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1981 Honda Civic

Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.

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Owner complaints

1 complaints1 involved a fire

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Defect investigations

NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.

Every Honda Civic model year

Bars are owner complaints, dots mark years with recalls. Select a year to open its report.

1973: 0 complaints, 2 recalls19731974: 0 complaints, 2 recalls1975: 0 complaints, 2 recalls1976: 0 complaints, 2 recalls1977: 0 complaints, 3 recalls1978: 0 complaints, 1 recalls19781979: 1 complaints, 1 recalls1980: 0 complaints, 0 recalls1981: 1 complaints, 0 recalls1982: 1 complaints, 0 recalls1983: 9 complaints, 0 recalls19831984: 5 complaints, 3 recalls1985: 15 complaints, 2 recalls1986: 35 complaints, 3 recalls1987: 39 complaints, 3 recalls1988: 46 complaints, 8 recalls19881989: 69 complaints, 6 recalls1990: 91 complaints, 10 recalls1991: 110 complaints, 8 recalls1992: 98 complaints, 13 recalls1993: 146 complaints, 13 recalls19931994: 135 complaints, 14 recalls1995: 199 complaints, 12 recalls1996: 305 complaints, 17 recalls1997: 373 complaints, 16 recalls1998: 435 complaints, 18 recalls19981999: 338 complaints, 15 recalls2000: 287 complaints, 18 recalls2001: 1,079 complaints, 27 recalls2002: 702 complaints, 24 recalls2003: 499 complaints, 24 recalls20032004: 350 complaints, 15 recalls2005: 316 complaints, 15 recalls2006: 1,404 complaints, 15 recalls2007: 1,204 complaints, 9 recalls2008: 916 complaints, 7 recalls20082009: 396 complaints, 8 recalls2010: 397 complaints, 8 recalls2011: 169 complaints, 9 recalls2012: 456 complaints, 3 recalls2013: 319 complaints, 0 recalls20132014: 293 complaints, 2 recalls2015: 381 complaints, 1 recalls2016: 1,082 complaints, 5 recalls2017: 604 complaints, 6 recalls2018: 748 complaints, 6 recalls20182019: 443 complaints, 4 recalls2020: 234 complaints, 5 recalls2021: 147 complaints, 4 recalls2022: 886 complaints, 4 recalls2023: 259 complaints, 4 recalls20232024: 126 complaints, 3 recalls2025: 78 complaints, 2 recalls2026: 32 complaints, 0 recalls2026
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