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Honda Civic 2016–2021

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2016–2021 · 10th Generation

Updated By CarFaultIQ Editorial Team

Showing coverage that applies to the Honda Civic across 2016–2021.

The 2016–2021 Civic is the tenth-generation car in CarFaultIQ's coverage. The imported vehicle records for these model years show 1.5- and 2.0-litre four-cylinder gasoline configurations, on both regular and premium fuel. What follows gathers the issue pages, recall campaigns and complaint categories that can be tied to this specific year range rather than to the Civic as a whole.

What was offered in these years

  • Engine sizes: 1.5L, 2L
  • Cylinder counts: 4
  • Powertrain types: gasoline
  • Fuel types: premium gasoline, regular gasoline

Displacements and powertrain types come from the imported vehicle records for these model years. A specific engine code cannot be established from displacement alone, so no engine-specific claim is made here.

Documented problems for these years

Six documented pages apply to these years, and most of them sit in the earlier part of the generation rather than across all of it. Air conditioning appears twice — a condenser leak recorded for 2016–2020 and a compressor failure recorded for 2016–2018. The powertrain records are also early: CVT shudder for 2016–2020 and 1.5T oil dilution reports for 2016–2018, alongside an emissions-message page covering 2016–2018. Only the sun-visor record spans the full 2016–2021 range. A 2021 car therefore falls inside far fewer of these records than a 2016 one.

Recall campaigns covering these years

Eight campaigns reach into this window, across five systems: air bags, gasoline fuel delivery, hydraulic service brakes, electric power steering, and owner and service documentation. Only two apply to the full range — an occupant-classification sensor campaign and a fuel-pump campaign. The others are narrower: a brake master-cylinder campaign and a second airbag-sensor campaign affect 2020–2021, two further fuel-pump campaigns affect 2018–2020, and the power-steering and service-manual campaigns affect 2017–2018.

  • 26V332000 — AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER affects 2016–2021
  • 24V064000 — AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER applies to 2020–2021 within this 2016–2021 window
  • 23V858000 — FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP affects 2016–2021
  • 23V458000 — SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER applies to 2020–2021 within this 2016–2021 window
  • 21V215000 — FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP applies to 2019–2020 within this 2016–2021 window
  • 20V314000 — FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP applies to 2018–2019 within this 2016–2021 window
  • 18V817000 — EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL applies to 2017–2018 within this 2016–2021 window
  • 18V663000 — STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM applies to 2017–2018 within this 2016–2021 window

A model and year match does not prove a specific vehicle is affected. Check the VIN against the official recall database. Check a VIN at NHTSA

Reported complaint patterns

Six categories recur in aggregated owner reports for these years: air bags, steering, power train, engine, visibility, and an unclassified group. These are reports owners filed, not confirmed failures. A category appearing here tells you where attention has clustered; it does not establish how often a part fails, or that a defect exists in any particular car.

  • Air Bags reported across 2016–2021
  • Steering reported across 2016–2021
  • Power Train reported across 2016–2021
  • Unknown Or Other reported across 2016–2021
  • Engine reported across 2016–2021
  • Visibility reported across 2016–2021

These are categories that recur in aggregated owner reports for these years. They are evidence signals, not failure rates or proof of a defect.

Buying and inspection guidance

Because the documented issues concentrate in 2016–2018, the exact year matters within this generation. The model-wide resources below set out where repeat reports cluster across all Civic years, summarise the common problems, and list the recall and complaint evidence in full. Use them alongside a VIN recall check rather than in place of one.