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Forward collision avoidancePart report

2021 Honda Civic Forward collision avoidance Problems

Complaints
33about this part
Share
22%of 147 total for the year
Median mileage
21,240miles
Trend
RisingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% higher than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 33 complaints about the forward collision avoidance of the 2021 Honda Civic, 22% of the 147 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 21,240 miles. 2 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.

“Nov 9th, 3:00pm, Fruitridge Rd 35 mph, driving with foot on the gas The safety brake feature overrode my ability to drive by forcefully coming to a complete stop while flashing 'brake' messege appeared on dashboard. No car, item or person was in front of me. The car behind me (who was also going around 35 mph) almost hit me and drove off angrily.”

NHTSA complaint #11699460, filed 2025-11

“My 2021 Honda civic ex’ forward collision sensor light flashed mid intersection my brakes locked up causing me to be a victim of a hit and run. As I was in between policies with my insurance therefore I wasn’t covered for the accident and I am now suffering financial hardships.. dealership didn’t want to hear what I had to say because it was a new car & no recalls were announced at the time.”

NHTSA complaint #11659892, filed 2025-05

“I’ve had multiply times where my dash with start indicating I need to break while I’m driving an will break for me while on the freeway or street with traffic. For the lane departure my car will just start turning out of a lane there was two incidents where I almost hit the wall divider on the Freeway from my car almost turning me into it.”

NHTSA complaint #11468518, filed 2022-06

“Was merging onto the crossover lane and it senses the water barrels by the wall as you go slightly left in the lane it doesn’t seem to understand that and pulls you toward the wall and hits the auto brakes almost causing an accident. This was in the 10 freeway by morongo and it has happened multiple times. I have taken those assist programs off as it’s almost killed me”

NHTSA complaint #11468636, filed 2022-06

“On multiple occasions my car has applied the brake while driving on the highway as well as my caliper has become frozen and I have replaced brakes 3 times in less than one calendar year. I have all old brakes that have needed to be replaced and there is uneven wear on them.”

NHTSA complaint #11632366, filed 2024-12

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Forward collision avoidance: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026825%
20251013%
20241714%
2023166%
2022718%
20213322%
20202410%
2019348%
2018101%
2017102%
201681%
201521%
201410%
201310%
200510%

Other parts of the 2021 Honda Civic

Steering
66 complaints
Brakes
18 complaints
Electrical system
18 complaints
Other or unknown
13 complaints
Lane departure
11 complaints
Air bags
9 complaints
Vehicle speed control
6 complaints
Engine
5 complaints
Fuel system
4 complaints
Seats
3 complaints
Suspension
3 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
3 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2021 Honda Civic

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 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