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What 601 owners told NHTSA about the 2018 Honda Civic Sedan

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (601)Crash / fire / injury (36)Steering (225)Fuel system (160)Electrical system (52)Engine (52)Brakes (21)Airbags (20)Body & structure (19)Transmission & drivetrain (14)Visibility & wipers (13)Driver assistance (8)

2 of 601 complaints match · Transmission & drivetrain · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Sep 8, 2022Transmission & drivetrainFire

My 2018 Honda Civic had caught on fire two days ago coming onto Florida’s turnpike car was running just fine had no signs of anything going wrong with it come to come on to the turnpike and what sounded like the engine blowing up so I pulled over top the hood and the engine is on fire so I got a grab something and put it out there won’t go out so then the AC line gets hot and explodes luckily the road ranger was right behind us otherwise the whole car would’ve went up in flames I personally think with all of what I’ve read that Honda needs to recall the engine which is a 1.5 dual overhead cam turbo or fix it or the people that have had the same situation like me needs to have their money returned or car bought back something or they give you a new vehicle toes that’s ridiculous just random combustion I have also had them service engine light codes come on and then I will turn the car off turn it back on and it’s not on anymore and it does this on the random also had lack of power ever since I bought it

NHTSA ODI 11483466

Mar 6, 2019Transmission & drivetrainBrakesCrash

2018 HONDA CIVIC PARKED ON AN INCLINE. AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE AND GOING INSIDE HOME, SPONTANEOUSLY ROLLED DOWN HILL AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND DID NOT ROLL IMMEDIATELY. THIS HAPPEN SOMETIME AFTER ENTERING THE RESIDENCE. IN RESEARCHING ONLINE I HAVE FOUND THIS HAS OCCURED WITH SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS AND HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE HONDA CORPORATION SINCE 2016. 2016-2018 HONDA CIVICS SEEM TO BE THE VEHICLE MODELS/YEARS AFFECTED.

NHTSA ODI 11184522

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How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2018 Honda Civic Sedan verdict →