2016 Honda Civic
Complaints about this year name compressor far more often than the other years of this generation — 9% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 2.9%.
First year of a new generation. The Honda Civic was redesigned for 2016. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 1,071 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 396 |
| Involving a crash | 36 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 34 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- direction — 7% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR STOPPED WORKING. THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE COMPRESSOR.
NO COLD AIR COMING OUT WITH AC ON. NEEDED TO REPLACE A LEAKING AC COMPRESSOR AT 45,000 MILES.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 16V526000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 16V725000 PARKING BRAKE Fixed free of charge.
- 16V074000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 26V332000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Honda Civic 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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