2006 Honda Civic — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 1,709 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Engine366 (21.4%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2001–2016.
• Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)238 (13.9%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2001–2006.
• Suspension206 (12.1%)
• Air bags (restraint system)185 (10.8%)Official recall records for this system: 67, covering model years 1996–2022.
• Tires & wheels103 (6.0%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2014–2025.
• Electrical system101 (5.9%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 1998–2003.

Other / uncategorized: 60 classifications (3.5%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (30,694 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), steering and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Safety recalls (385 records, model years 1995–2025) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), lights and fuel system.
• Transport Canada recalls (187 records, model years 1995–2025) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), fuel system and seat belts.
• Manufacturer communications (6,244 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.
• Investigations (51 records, model years 1996–2024) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), speed control & accelerator and electrical system.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 1,101reports included a mileage
• 73,896average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 225 records for 1995 225
2. 1996 452 records for 1996 452
3. 1997 524 records for 1997 524
4. 1998 597 records for 1998 597
5. 1999 499 records for 1999 499
6. 2000 445 records for 2000 445
7. 2001 1,546 records for 2001 1,546
8. 2002 1,055 records for 2002 1,055
9. 2003 847 records for 2003 847
10. 2004 617 records for 2004 617
11. 2005 501 records for 2005 501
12. 2006 1,527 records for 2006 1,527
13. 2007 1,305 records for 2007 1,305
14. 2008 1,001 records for 2008 1,001
15. 2009 471 records for 2009 471
16. 2010 457 records for 2010 457
17. 2011 228 records for 2011 228
18. 2012 538 records for 2012 538
19. 2013 395 records for 2013 395
20. 2014 405 records for 2014 405
21. 2015 444 records for 2015 444
22. 2016 1,402 records for 2016 1,402
23. 2017 857 records for 2017 857
24. 2018 980 records for 2018 980
25. 2019 628 records for 2019 628
26. 2020 394 records for 2020 394
27. 2021 222 records for 2021 222
28. 2022 1,008 records for 2022 1,008
29. 2023 354 records for 2023 354
30. 2024 217 records for 2024 217
31. 2025 160 records for 2025 160
32. 2026 52 records for 2026 52

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 78mention a crash
• 21mention a fire
• 68mention an injury
• 3mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 15
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 103
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 7
• Owner complaints NHTSA 1,402

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0111 in 1 record
• P0128 in 1 record
• P0606 in 1 record
• P2183 in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.