Since I have purchased my vehicle back in 2017 everything was running smooth with the A/C until one day one side of my center air vents was blowing hot air when the A/C was turned on. Then I kept hearing a hissing sound (like gasses escaping or boiling water) coming from the bottom of my dash on the front passenger side. So I called Honda and informed them. I dropped off vehicle to Honda I spoke with the service manager and he stated that they would take a look at it. After my vehicle was serviced they stated it was the AC condenser and it was replaced. That I should be good now. A few weeks later I heard the same escaping gas noises coming from the same area again. I called Honda and told them that I continued to hear the same gasses escaping from inside my car. This time they said it was the fan blower motor and that was replaced. A few months later I heard the same sound again and took it back in and they said that my refrigerant was low and that they will fill it up. All seemed to be ok. Then just recently (about 2 weeks ago) I take my car in to Honda (I'm now living in [XXX]) to get the a/c checked because it was blowing warm air again and I was hearing the escaping gasses again and they said it was the compressor seal and that was replaced. They also mentioned that my Evaporator Core was leaking and needed to be replaced. That costs $2850 to be replaced. I was shocked by the price and I stated that I've been telling Honda Techs this for years and no one care to replace
2017 Honda Civic SI
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility › defroster/defogger/hvac system › condensor/evaporator. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Condensor/Evaporator | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filings1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2022| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2023 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2022 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2017 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.