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2010 Honda Civic — Problems & Complaints

NHTSA has 397 owner complaints on file for this vehicle. Every report below was filed by a real owner with the US government's road-safety agency.

397

Complaints

filed with NHTSA

Involved a Crash

owner-reported

Involved Fire

owner-reported

32 / 47

Injuries / Deaths

across all reports

Years to Avoid

Honda Civic — Complaints by Model Year

Years flagged AVOID have at least twice this model's average complaint count — the strongest public-data signal of a bad year.

2010 Honda Civic

397 complaints

2011 Honda Civic

169 complaints

2012 Honda Civic

455 complaints

2013 Honda Civic

319 complaints

2014 Honda Civic

292 complaints

2015 Honda Civic

380 complaints

2016 Honda Civic AVOID

1,081 complaints

2017 Honda Civic

599 complaints

Problem Areas

What Owners Complain About Most

Air Bags 96 reports

Service Brakes 89 reports

Structure 43 reports

Unknown Or Other 38 reports

Visibility/wiper 34 reports

Electrical System 23 reports

Hydraulic 23 reports

Engine 19 reports

In Their Own Words

Recent Owner Reports

Seats ODI 10817123 12/30/2015

THE DRIVERS SEAT IS EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE. IT CAUSES PAIN WHILE DRIVING CAUSING AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO FIND A POSITION THAT IS NOT AGONIZING. AFTER DRIVING FOR A SHORT LENGTH OF TIME I HAVE SEVERE LOWER BACK PAIN THAT INTERFERES WITH MY ACTIVITY. *JS

Structure ODI 11163781 12/28/2018

WHEN RAINS, WATER LEAKS INTO INTERIOR. BOTH BACK SEATS GET WET & IN A TRUCK GETS PUDDLES OF WATER. THE WIRING GETS WET, WHICH IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF SAFETY ISSUES. PLEASE, LET ME KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. WE HAVE THIS ISSUE SINCE 2013, THE CAR WAS PURCHASED. THE CAR WAS CERTIFIED BUT DEALERSHIPS REJECTED TO FIX IT.

Air Bags ODI 10937478 12/26/2016

I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HONDA IN JULY 2016, STATING THAT MY PASSENGER AIRBAGS WERE BEING RECALLED AND THE PARTS WOULD BE READY IN LATE SUMMER/EARLY FALL 2016. THE LETTER STATED THAT I SHOULD NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO SIT IN MY PASSENGER SEAT UNTIL THE AIRBAGS WERE REPLACED AS SHRAPNEL COULD BE DISLODGED IN AN ACCIDENT. ITHE IS NOW THE END OF DECEMBER 2016 AND I HAVE STILL NOT HEARD…

Service Brakes ODI 10441244 12/26/2011

TODAY, MY 2010 HONDA CIVIC NEEDED NEW FRONT BRAKES AT RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE - 26000 MILES. AT FIRST I WAS SHOCKED. NOW, I AM DEEPLY DISTURBED BECAUSE TODAY, I LEARNED OF A CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA REGARDING BRAKE ISSUES IN 2008, 2009 AND 2010 HONDA CIVICS. SERVICE REP AT HONDA DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR INDICATED THAT BRAKES HAVE …

Vehicle Speed Control ODI 11056345 12/25/2017

ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 21, 2017 AND ON DECEMBER 25, 2017 (AT APPROXIMATELY 5:20 PM EASTERN TIME), THE ENGINE OF MY 2010 HONDA FIT ACCELERATED RAPIDLY FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY OR SUBURBAN STREET. ON BOTH OCCASIONS, I WAS DRIVING AT 20-25 MILES PER HOUR. I WAS NOT TRYING TO INCREASE THE CAR'S SPEED BY PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE CAR HAS A MANUAL TR…

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Questions

FAQ

Is the 2010 Honda Civic reliable?

Owners have filed 397 safety complaints with NHTSA for the 2010 Honda Civic, most often about air bags. Compare the complaint counts across model years above — a year with far more complaints than the model's average is the strongest 'avoid' signal in public data.

Which Honda Civic years should I avoid?

The rule of thumb used by analysts: a model year whose complaint count is well above the model's own average (we flag 2× or more) usually had a real manufacturing or design problem — not just noisy reporting. Use the year-by-year strip on this page.

Where do these complaints come from?

Directly from NHTSA, the US government road-safety agency. Any owner can file a Vehicle Owner Questionnaire; NHTSA publishes them as public domain data. We cache each lookup for up to 7 days.

Do complaints mean a recall is coming?

Sometimes. NHTSA opens defect investigations when complaint patterns emerge, and investigations can end in recalls. Check the recalls page for this vehicle to see what has already been recalled.