2019 Honda Civic SI
Complaints about this year name driving far more often than the model's other years — 35% of them, about 88× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 356 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 6 |
| Involving a crash | 23 |
| Recalls | 0 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
What the complaints were about
- fuel — 31.2% of this year's complaints, against 5.9% across the model's other years (5.3×).
- manufacturer made — 21.3% of this year's complaints, against 5.6% across the model's other years (3.8×).
- made aware — 21.6% of this year's complaints, against 6.6% across the model's other years (3.3×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- fuel — 31% of complaints, 78× usual
- time — 29% of complaints, 72× usual
- civic contact — 27% of complaints, 68× usual
What owners wrote
THE VEHICLE QUIT RUNNING THREE TIMES IT ACTED LIKE A FUEL PUMP NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. CAME ON I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AND I HAD THE AIR ON.
The fuel pump gave out . The Honda dealership tried to fix the car multiple times ande fuel pump they fixed is steal leaking fuel. I was in the street driving home and the car auto stalled on me. I spent almost 2 grand to get it fixed and the dealership charge…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Honda Civic SI was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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