2017 Honda Civic
This year drew an ordinary 581 complaints for a Honda Civic — the model's median is 396. What they were about is the unusual part: 14.3% of them mention hot, against 5% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 3 of the Honda Civic, which began in 2016 and ran to 2021. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 581 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 396 |
| Involving a crash | 22 |
| Involving a fire | 6 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 34 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- hot — 14.3% of this year's complaints, against 5% across the other years of this generation (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: hot, blowing, hot air, blows.
- alarm — 6% of this year's complaints, against 1.3% across the other years of this generation (4.5×). Owners wrote it as: alarm, body control, key fob, accessory.
- cold — 6% of this year's complaints, against 1.4% across the other years of this generation (4.4×). Owners wrote it as: cold, cold air.
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.
What owners wrote
HONDA REPAIRED THE CONDENSER IN MY VEHICLE BUT THE ISSUE PERSISTED AND GOT WORSE, IT BLOWS HOT AIR OUT THE DRIVERS SIDE AND COLD AIR OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE BUT IT BLEW PIECES OF ICE OUT OF THE VENT.
A/C was not working as a result of condenser (covered by warranty) and evaporator (not covered by warranty.). Considered a safety hazard due to unusually hot summer where heat related dangers could be caused without A/C. I found myself driving in 110 degree we…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V663000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 18V817000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 18V266000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V706000 POWER TRAIN 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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