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1983 Honda Civic Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 4, 2001
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Apr 17, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 9 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1983 Honda Civic. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–9 of 9

Tires & wheels
Filed Jan 4, 2001

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HEARD FLAPPING NOISES COMING FROM FIRESTONE TIRE P155R13, RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD DELAMINATED, DOT HYE5F5A133. *SLC

NHTSA ID
877452
Incident
Dec 31, 2000
Fuel system
Filed Nov 9, 1999

FUEL FILLER PIPE HAS CORROSION AND LEAKS. FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CREATES A POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE. *AK

NHTSA ID
852716
Incident
Aug 9, 1999
Seat belts
Filed Jul 18, 1999

MY DAUGHTER AND I CANNOT WEAR THE SEAT BLETS IN THIS CAR BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO SHORT AND HONDA WILL NOT MKAE AN EXTENDER. *AK

NHTSA ID
708759
Fuel system
Filed Sep 18, 1996

GAS TANK FILLER TUBE RUSTED, CAUSING LEAK.

NHTSA ID
508843
Incident
Sep 10, 1996
Fuel system
Filed Jul 19, 1995

FUEL TANK FAILURE, FUEL INLET TUBE WAS CORRODED, REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PART. TT

NHTSA ID
969058
Incident
Jul 19, 1995
Fuel system
Filed Jul 6, 1995

THE FUEL FILLER IS LEAKING. *AK

NHTSA ID
968274
Incident
Jun 1, 1995
Fuel system
Filed Jun 20, 1995

FUEL FILLER IS LEAKING GAS ONTO THE REAR BRAKES. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT

NHTSA ID
967254
Incident
May 12, 1995
Fuel system
Filed May 5, 1995

FUEL LEAKS FROM TANK; LAST OF FILLER PIPE SEGMENTS THAT JOINS TO TAMK HAS A HOLE. TT

NHTSA ID
964883
Incident
May 3, 1995
Fuel system
Filed Apr 17, 1995

METAL FILLER TUBE WHERE GAS GOES IN, LEAKS ALL GAS OUT FROM TOP; CAUSED BY CORROSION OF METAL FILLER TUBE. TT

NHTSA ID
963907
Incident
Aug 22, 1994

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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