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What 598 owners told NHTSA about the 2018 Honda Civic Si

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 (598)Crash / fire / injury (36)Steering (224)Fuel system (159)Electrical system (51)Engine (50)Brakes (21)Airbags (20)Body & structure (19)Transmission & drivetrain (14)Visibility & wipers (13)Driver assistance (8)

3 of 598 complaints match · Body & structure · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Aug 30, 2019SuspensionLightsBody & structureCrash

"I WAS PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT, WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN! I PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE MAX AND IT KEPT ON GOING, OVER CEMENT STOPPERS, GRASS, AND FINALLY A TREE STOP IT FROM CONTINUING! AND I AM NOT A ZENIOR CITIZEN YET!"

NHTSA ODI 11252505

Mar 13, 2019AirbagsBody & structureCrash

HAD A BUMPER TO BUMPER CRASH ON FREEWAY DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WAS STOPPING AND GOING BETWEEN 5 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND WHILE MY CAR WAS ON NEUTRAL THEN I HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME MY BUMPERS AND GRILL PLUS SAFETY BUMPER BAR WAS BENT INTO RADIATOR, FRONT VEHICLE HAD SMALL DENT PLUS BUMPER DAMAGE MY FRONT CAR WAS TOTALED. BUMPERS ARE CLIP ONS THEY CAN FALL AT ANY MOMENT.

NHTSA ODI 11186629

Dec 27, 2018Body & structureCrash1 injury

ACCIDENT

NHTSA ODI 11163608

Working with the data? Download all 598 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 19, 2026

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 Si verdict →