Honda Civic SI Problems by Model Year
NHTSA recorded 189 consumer complaints across the 9 model years of the Honda Civic SI (2007–2025) that have at least 5 complaints. 2022 has the most, with 73. Across all years, the part named most often is steering (140 mentions). Pick a model year below to see its parts, mileage, recalls and service bulletins.
All Civic SI model years
Years with fewer than 5 complaints are not listed. The score compares years of the same model, allowing for the era and for how long each year has collected complaints: 50 is a typical year, lower means fewer complaints. It is not adjusted for sales volume.
| Year | Complaints | Median mi | Recalls | TSBs | Score (50 = typical) | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | — | 0 | 5 | — | Too new |
| 2024 | 8 | 13,000 | 0 | 4 | — | Too new |
| 2023 | 65 | 21,250 | 0 | 4 | Not compared (fewer than 3 comparable model years) | Too new |
| 2022 | 73 | 8,000 | 0 | 4 | Not compared (fewer than 3 comparable model years) | Rising |
| 2019 | 8 | 37,300 | 0 | 5 | — | Not enough data |
| 2015 | 8 | 58,000 | 0 | 12 | — | Not enough data |
| 2012 | 6 | 200 | 0 | 0 | — | Not enough data |
| 2008 | 7 | 125,000 | 0 | 2 | — | Not enough data |
| 2007 | 8 | 83,000 | 0 | 2 | — | Not enough data |
Parts named most often, all years
Counts add up complaint mentions across the listed years. A complaint can name several parts.
- Steering140 70%
- Other or unknown12 6.0%
- Air bags11 5.5%
- Engine10 5.0%
- Lane departure9 4.5%
- Transmission and drivetrain7 3.5%
- Forward collision avoidance6 3.0%
- Fuel system5 2.5%
Example complaints
One per model year, chosen for length and detail. Personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
2015: “I have had my car for 6 months and I have had to get it aligned every month because the rear end will not stay aligned which is coasting a bunch of money I would like to get a investigation started on this because it has to be something wrong with this it has almost caused me to wreck 3 times”
NHTSA complaint #11076806, filed 2018-03, 58,261 miles2007: “Not sure if this is part of takata recall. Was driving about 5 mpg through a cvs parking lot when my drivers side curtain airbag went off in my face without hitting anything forcing me to swerve to the right and hit the curb and pop my tire as well as pull the fender liner off.”
NHTSA complaint #11058328, filed 2018-01, 72,000 miles2008: “Takata recall. Honda refuses to come to my climate controlled garage and replace my recalled passager side air bag activator-seems maybe discrimination- age related. Maybe- or maybe just mean.”
NHTSA complaint #11192584, filed 2019-03, 168,000 milesOther Honda models
24,617 complaintsHonda Civic
16,239 complaintsHonda CR-V
16,058 complaintsHonda Odyssey
12,865 complaintsHonda Pilot
9,393 complaintsHonda Ridgeline
2,216 complaintsHonda Fit
2,201 complaintsHonda HR-V
1,871 complaints
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 27, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate. Methodology