2014 Honda Civic Hybrid

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Air Bags2
101
Unknown or Other1
000
Power Train1
000
Engine1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine
Filed Jun 12, 2019CA

SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR MY CAR DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE CAR STARTS LOSING POWER AND THE ENGINE START SHAKING AND I HAVE TO STOP TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I TURN OFF ENGINE AND T AND STARTED ENGINE AGAIN AND START THE CAR AGAIN AND GOES BACK TO NORMAL THAT'S MY PROBLEM THERE IS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT

Unknown or Other
Filed May 26, 201940,000 milesTN

WHEN BOUGHT NEW. IN JUST A FEW DAYS (LOW TIRE WARNING CAME ON) DIDN'T SAY WHAT TIRE, SO I CHECKED ALL OF THEM.NONE CHECKED LOW. DEALER RESET SOMETHING AND STAYED OFF UNTIL TIRE ROTATION THEN IT HAPPEN AGAIN. DEALER RESET AGAIN. NOW IT COMES AFTER STARTING ABOUT 5 TIMES. I KEEP DRIVING BUT WORRY ABOUT THE WARNING MESSAGE, AND THINK IT MAY BE DANGEROUS. CAME ON WHEN STATIONARY AND IN MOTION.

Air Bags
Filed Aug 30, 2018MA

TAKATA RECALL - AS A YOUNG DRIVER, I BEING FRIGHTENED OF DRIVING SEEING A YOUNG GIRL KILLED IN A HONDA. HONDA FINANCIAL WAS PAID OFF BY ME IN REGARDS TO MY LOAN, AND THEY HAVE NOT WANTED ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME TO HELP ME WITH THIS SITUATION. I HAVE ENTERED MY VIN NUMBER INTO THE TAKATA RECALL DATABASE, AND MY MOM HAS HELPED ME BY MAKING SEVERAL PHONE CALLS, AND TAKATA REPRESENTATIVES TOOK MY VIN NUMBER FROM MY MOM, AND NEVER BOTHERED TO SEND THE INFORMATION IN WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS "LONG FORM" - SO UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME I WAS NEVER CONTACTED BY ANYONE AFTER THEY REPEATEDLY SENT ME THE TAKATA AIRBAG SETTLEMENT DATES, AND MY MOM AND MYSELF HAVE TRIED TIRELESSLY TO GIVE THEM MY INFORMATION, AND YET NO RESPONSE FROM ANYONE!! TAKATA AIRBASGS WERE THE ONES TO SEND ME THE CLASS ACTION SUIT INFORMATION TELLING ME THAT MY CAR IS DANGEROUS, AND THEY HAVE NEVER BOTHERED TO MAKE ANY CONTACT WITH ME AT ALL. THE FACT IS THAT I DID NOT HAVE AN ACTUAL INCIDENT WITH THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER I AM REACHING OUT TO NOTIFY SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP ME, AS TAKATA, AND HONDA HAVE NOT CONTACTED ME WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION I HAVE GIVEN THEM ON LINE. THIS, WHEN THEY INITIATED THE CLASS ACTION SUIT TO NOTIFY ME OF A SITUATION THAT COULD BE FATAL TO ME AS THE DRIVER OF MY VEHICLE, OR A PRECIOUS FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND SITTING IN THE PASSENGERS SEAT.

Power Train
Filed Mar 23, 201833,000 milesOH

WHEN PRESSING GAS PEDAL INTO PASSING GEAR THE CAR STAYS IN PASSING GEAR. TACHOMETER SHOWS 5000 RPM AS IF ENGINE IS IS SPEEDING UP BUT CAR SLOWS DOWN WHEN I TAKE MY FOOT OFF GAS PEDDLE AND AND CAR SOUNDS LIKE TRANSMISSION IS STUCK IN LOWER.GEAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES. I PULL THE CAR OFF ONTO SIDE OF ROAD AND SHUT CAR OFF AFTER APPROXIMATELY 19 MINUTES I RESTART CAR AND CAR GOES BACK TO NORMAL DRIVING. HAPPENS ON HIGHWAY. THE PROBLEM SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THE TRANSMISSION.

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Oct 14, 201754,000 milesCA

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CURVY STREET, IN LANE THAT GOES STRAIGHT WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE MOVED ABRUPTLY FROM LEFT TURN LANE INTO MY LANE. WHEN I SAW THIS I KNEW I WOULD HIT IT AS THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT SPACE TO BRAKE BEFORE IMPACT.

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2008
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20257200Routine
20155000Routine
2014 — this page5000Routine
20139000Routine
201212100Routine
20111600Routine
201012600Routine
200928500Routine
200864401Fatalities reported
200764500Routine
200655700Routine
200548600Routine
200435600Routine
200351600Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.