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BrakesPart report

2017 Honda Civic Brakes Problems

Complaints
38about this part
Share
6%of 604 total for the year
Median mileage
19,989miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 38 complaints about the brakes of the 2017 Honda Civic, 6% of the 604 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 19,989 miles. 9 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“This happened to me three times in three years. Suddenly an error message pops up saying electrical parking brake problem . The first two times it went away after I fiddled with electrical parking and the error message went away. The third time, couldn't start the car as the brake pad doesn't move at all. Car was stationary and it happened in a parking lot.”

NHTSA complaint #11325348, filed 2020-05, 30,000 miles

“Driving along highway speed and the car brakes abruptly and the accelerator pedal was unresponsive. If this would have happened at rush hour, this would have caused a pile-up. If this would have happened in front of a semi, I might be dead. I moved across two lanes of traffic with no throttle control. The car regained throttle response after about 45 seconds.”

NHTSA complaint #11309064, filed 2020-02, 72,000 miles

“The car brake stop working when the warning sign came on. I was driving on the highway upon getting off the high on a ramp the brakes froze I wasnt able to apply brakes for about 40 seconds because it became stiff . That's when the warning sign came on . This wasnt my first report on this problem”

NHTSA complaint #11277956, filed 2019-11, 50,563 miles

“While driving my car will put the brakes on if another care passes me on drivers side. This did it for a few weeks, then the collision mitigation system light came on and will not clear. Cruise will not work. This has happened before, but never with light staying on.”

NHTSA complaint #11298656, filed 2020-01, 90,000 miles

“Every now and then there will be brake proble while im driving car will stop in the for no reason.lastweek as I was reversing the car had an error stating electric parking brake problem and it wouldnt move. I shut the car off thwn turn it back on it went away as I was driving the error appears again while I was driving the car started to slow down so I pulled over in a parking lot and turn it off and waited”

NHTSA complaint #11101942, filed 2018-06, 19,989 miles

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Brakes: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026516%
2025912%
202476%
2023145%
2022233%
20211812%
2020177%
2019327%
2018253%
2017386%
2016969%
2015154%
2014186%
20133912%
2012409%
20113320%
20109023%
20095113%
2008425%
2007434%
2006624%
2005165%
2004113%
2003347%
2002243%
2001474%
2000145%
1999185%
1998113%
1997236%
19966120%
1995137%
19941713%
1993128%
199277%
199187%
199067%
198934%
198725%
198626%
198517%
1984120%

Other parts of the 2017 Honda Civic

Steering
174 complaintsOther or unknown
166 complaintsElectrical system
103 complaintsEngine
66 complaintsBody and structure
37 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
37 complaintsFuel system
34 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
29 complaintsAir bags
24 complaintsVehicle speed control
13 complaintsElectronic stability control
11 complaintsForward collision avoidance
10 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2017 Honda Civic

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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