2016 Model Year

Honda Civic

NHTSA Complaints & Reliability Data

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Complaints
1,010
Recalls
3
Crashes
36
Severe
52

Active Recalls

Manufacturer safety recalls

16V725000 Oct 2016

Other

No consequence data available

16V526000 Jul 2016

Other

No consequence data available

16V074000 Feb 2016

Other

No consequence data available

Recent Complaints

Latest owner reports

Structure
Feb 2026

The paint is flaking all areas surrounding the rear windshield which will cause rust damage and may lead to rear windshield needing to be replaced

Steering
Feb 2026

While driving straight, steering wheel sticks in the straight position. Moving the steering wheel slightly to left or right leads to over correction d...

Engine
Jan 2026

The contact owns a 2016 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while the vehicle was running with the A/C unit activated, there was an abnormal odor ins...

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jan 2026

The contact owns a 2016 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the white paint was peeling off the vehicle. Large white pieces from the rear hood starte...

Air Bags Crash
Jan 2026

2016 Honda civic EX steering wheel airbags and front passenger airbags didn’t deploy during my husbands wreck. He totaled the car…

Steering
Dec 2025

There is a jerky/sticky issue with the steering while driving. The steering wheel seems to get stuck and I end up almost over correcting to get it to...

Power Train
Dec 2025

The CVT transmission causes the car to stall when gaining acceleration past 20 mph-40 mph from a complete stop and when slowing down and then trying t...

Steering
Dec 2025

Steering gets “sticky” on long mostly straight roads and resists small course corrections. This causes “jerky” steering corrections. This issue seem...

Steering
Dec 2025

Steering becomes sticky in the middle specifically when it is warm out or after the engine has been on for a while .this was not an issue in the winte...

VISIBILITY/WIPER
Nov 2025

My A/C system experienced a total failure at around 79,000 miles. I took the vehicle to a service center, and they confirmed the failure is the A/C Ev...

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Data updated: March 4, 2026

Summary

The 2016 Honda Civic has 1010 complaints and 3 recalls on record. The most commonly reported issue is Steering. 36 crash-related incidents have been reported.

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