Skip to content
Vehicle speed controlPart report

2017 Honda Civic Vehicle speed control Problems

Complaints
13about this part
Share
2%of 604 total for the year
Median mileage
9,800miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 13 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2017 Honda Civic, 2% of the 604 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 9,800 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

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

“I was driving down I-30 merging on the highway. I put it in sport mode and try to get up to speed but all of a sudden car goes to limp mode. Then would not go over 40mph. I was able to safely pull off from the road turn the car off and back on. Cleared all issues. I took it to the dealer next day and no cel was stored.”

NHTSA complaint #11174655, filed 2019-02, 9,800 miles

“Adaptive cruise control will fail to turn on. After attempting to turn on, accelerator pedal will have .5-1 second delay when attempting to accelerate from stop/idle causing near collisions. Since purchase, there have been 10-15 episodes where I attempt to turn on adaptive cruise control while on the freeway but the system will not engage. I only get 3 beeps and an acc off indication on the dash. Once this happens, for the rest of that drive, there is a pedal dead zone/severe acceleration delay when starting from a stop. …”

NHTSA complaint #11362713, filed 2020-10, 27,000 miles

“The issue I have been having is the brake assist program is breaking when there is no object around causing my car to break for no reason this cause quick use of the break one day its gonna cause someone to rear end me I took this to Honda they cant find the issue this happens about 4 times to and from work this is a huge safety concern as well my lane departure assist hasnt work since the day I bought the car to many issues took car to 3 different dealers all the dealers said they reset the system no issues found Honda doesnt care about safety at all. …”

NHTSA complaint #11209411, filed 2019-05, 6 miles

“While vehicle was in motion on an interstate highway while entering a tunnel with no cars immediately in front of it, the collision mitigation braking system(part of Honda sensing suite of safety features) activated and significantly braked the car, nearly to a stop, with cars at highway speed behind me. There were pavement markings that appeared to be ground off as a result of recent construction that perhaps the car's sensing system mistook for an object that it thought it could hit, but there was nothing obstructing the car's path. No cars were in front of me. …”

NHTSA complaint #11191779, filed 2019-03, 8,300 miles

“I was leaving a parking lot, approaching a gate with an inductive-loop traffic detector, which can detect vehicles passing or arriving at a certain point, once a vehicle is detected the gate would open. I was approaching, maybe 50 feet from the gate, at approximately 5 MPH, when the engine of my 2017 Honda Civic revved up and accelerated forward towards the gate. My foot was not on the accelerator, as I was approaching the gate which was still closed. There was no debris on the floor board or anything obstructing the pedals that would have caused it to depress the accelerator. …”

NHTSA complaint #11123410, filed 2018-08, 21,996 miles

Related service bulletins

Vehicle speed control: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202626%
202545%
202443%
202342%
2022425%
202164%
202042%
2019112%
201851%
2017132%
2016172%
2015205%
201493%
2013206%
2012388%
2011106%
2010154%
2009174%
2008293%
2007242%
2006403%
2005258%
2004237%
2003347%
2002254%
2001303%
2000176%
1999134%
1998297%
19973810%
19963110%
199574%
199497%
199353%
199222%
199122%
199055%
1989913%
19881328%
1987410%

Other parts of the 2017 Honda Civic

Steering
174 complaints
Other or unknown
166 complaints
Electrical system
103 complaints
Engine
66 complaints
Brakes
38 complaints
Body and structure
37 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
37 complaints
Fuel system
34 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
29 complaints
Air bags
24 complaints
Electronic stability control
11 complaints
Forward 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.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology