Honda Civic Si Reliability by Year
Based on 2M+ real complaints filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
234 NHTSA complaints (2002–2025).Complaint rate: 20.8 per 1,000 vehicles.
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Should I buy a Honda Civic Si?
Quick answer from 234 NHTSA complaints · 2002–2025
Honda Civic Si reliability depends heavily on the model year. Several years show complaint spikes well above the model's own average, while others are meaningfully cleaner. The most commonly reported issue across all years is steering defects. Pick the right year and this Civic Si can be a reasonable used buy; pick the wrong one and you're inheriting known problems.
- 2010 Honda Civic Si· 4 complaints
- 2020 Honda Civic Si· 4 complaints
- 2012 Honda Civic Si· 9 complaints
- 2022 Honda Civic Si· 89 complaints
- 2023 Honda Civic Si· 67 complaints
Keep scrolling for year-by-year complaint trends, recall campaigns, and component breakdowns — or click any year above for a full report.
Why these years are worse
The most common issues driving the complaint spikes:
- steering defects — 132 complaints (0.0% involved a crash)
- airbags — 20 complaints (10.0% involved a crash)
- engine problems — 11 complaints (0.0% involved a crash)
- lane departure: assist — 9 complaints (0.0% involved a crash)
- transmission / drivetrain — 8 complaints (0.0% involved a crash)
Which Years to Buy & Avoid
Years auto-clustered by complaint volume relative to this model's median.
Rankings based on raw NHTSA complaint counts. Sales volume data not yet available for this model.
Bottom line: Avoid the 2022–2023 Honda Civic Si. The 2020 models had significantly fewer reported issues. Most common issue across all years: Steering.
Avoid These Years
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Better Years
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Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA complaint count per model year
Common Honda Civic Si Problems
Most reported component complaints to NHTSA. Bar length = volume; color = crash-involvement rate.
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| Component | Complaints | Crash % |
|---|---|---|
| Steering Defects | 132 | 0.0% |
| Airbags | 20 | 10.0% |
| Engine Problems | 11 | 0.0% |
| Lane Departure: Assist | 9 | 0.0% |
| Transmission / Drivetrain | 8 | 0.0% |
| Gasoline Fuel System | 5 | 0.0% |
| Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control | 5 | 0.0% |
| Body Structure | 5 | 0.0% |
| Electrical Faults | 5 | 0.0% |
| Suspension Failures | 4 | 0.0% |
When Each Problem Spiked
Year × component heatmap. Darker cells = more complaints that year. Reveals which model years a specific defect concentrated in — useful for spotting redesign-cycle quality dips.
Year-by-Year Breakdown
NHTSA complaint count per model year — click any year for full problems & recalls breakdown.
| Year | Generation | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002NO DATA | — | 4 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2006NO DATA | — | 4 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2007NO DATA | — | 8 | 2 | — | View → |
| 2008 | — | 11 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2009NO DATA | — | 2 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2010NO DATA | — | 4 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2012NO DATA | — | 9 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2015 | — | 10 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2020NO DATA | — | 4 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2022AVOID | — | 89 | 1 | — | View → |
| 2023AVOID | — | 67 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2024TOO NEW | — | 6 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2025TOO NEW | — | 3 | 0 | — | View → |
Year-by-Year Breakdown
Tap any year for full problems & recalls breakdown.
Data Sources & Methodology
Complaints: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation consumer complaint database (234 records for this model). Public domain data, updated monthly.
Sales data: Not yet available for this model. Complaint counts are shown as raw numbers.
Rate calculation: Complaints per 10,000 vehicles sold = (complaint count / US annual sales) x 10,000. This normalizes for sales volume so high-volume models like Civic or Camry aren't unfairly penalized.
Year classifications: AVOID = 1.5x+ the model's median complaint count. GOOD = 0.6x or below. Years less than 3 years old are marked TOO NEW (insufficient data).
See also: Honda Civic Siaccident & safety statistics from our vehicle history database.
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