Owner-reported complaints naming the powertrain system, filed with NHTSA
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Powertrain reports that are not specifically the engine or transmission — driveshafts, axles, transfer cases and differentials. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2019 Honda Civic submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
While driving on interstate vehicle lost power had to weave through traffic to get to pull off lane. Honda dealership states Replace the flywheel, pressure plate, friction disc (Clutch), and release bearing. car has 40k miles.
Some how my steering wheel is crooked, so while going straight, my wheel is around 2 or 3 inches to the left. If I turn it all the way, in either direction the wheel will click, click, click back, moving back the opposite direction with every click. I've changed both front CV axles, sway bar links, brakes, all 4 tires, bought 2 rims so far. Still having issues. Also makes a cluck sound while braking. stalls while stopping and going a lot. Had fuel recalls done already. When a car is coming have to hit the gas pedal to the floor to get it to go. Almost killed me once while automatically braking while switching lanes. There was an 18 Wheeler in front of me to start off with, I turned my signal on to get over in the lane beside of me, which had another 18 wheeler coming a way back. Once I got over the brakes automatically locked down due to sensing the the truck in the other lane. Every since then I keep that feature off. I wouldn't trade her for anything, it's been a wild ride and she keeps me on my toes. Literally. 120,000, 1 owner, 6 years March 2025!
The contact owns a 2019 Honda Civic. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact stated that while at a traffic signal, the signal light turned green, and the contact depressed the accelerator pedal; however, the vehicle was not moving forward. The contact observed that the drive(D) indicator had turned yellow instead of the normal white color. The contact depressed the accelerator pedal and the vehicle jerked to the right while moving forward. The contact stated that the drive(D) light was white and not yellow. The contact called a local dealer who advised the contact to take the vehicle in to be diagnosed. The contact had not taken the vehicle to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 9,000. Parts distribution disconnect.
No parts till fall
Headgasket failure at extremely low miles due to poor or flawed design. Vehicle has a valley between the cylinders where the gasket sits begging to be blown out. The low mileage failure rate is tremendous causing numberous drivability issues while on the road. You loose entire throttle control every light on the dash comes on. Every advance system shuts down. You loose every assist feature. It’s all of a sudden and random as well. Pulled out on to the main highway 52 and my car just fell on its face. If I wouldn’t have been in an area safely and quickly to hurry and get out of the way of traffic. It could’ve seriously caused a big accident. Pulling out on a highway or interstate with everything being normal then bam you have no control of the vehicle is a very horrifying situation to have to be subjected to.
2019 Honda Civic Si (1.5L turbo engine with 6-speed manual transmission) purchased in September 2019 at CPO with 7,000 miles — current mileage 26,638. Honda factory CPO powertrain warranty valid until 11 June 2026 or 100K miles. If the vehicle is parked in gear (either 1st or Rerverse) without applying parking brake on even the slightest grade (uphill or downhill), the vehicle will slowly creep — on a couple of occurrences, the vehicle moved more than 6 feet. This has happened on multiple occasions as I do not always remember to manually apply the parking brake. Once while waiting for a friend to pick up a prescription at a pharmacy, I actually witnessed a "ratchet" effect movement of the vehicle in the parking lot while sitting in the driver's seat. I took the vehicle to Mohawk Honda (Scotia NY) for assessment. My answer was to always set parking brake as documented in owner manual — interestingly, it states the same for vehicles with CVT (automatic) transmissions as opposed to simply putting them in Park. I have owned literally dozens of manual transmission vehicles since 1981, and I have never before experienced this. Service manager (via phone) later blamed low compression engine as incapable of holding vehicle when in gear. Call to Honda Customer Service at the time referred me back to a dealer. I decided to pursue this once again after reading of another manufacturer's recall of a car that would not hold in place while parked.
I had purchased this vehicle on may 27th 2021. On june 10th 2021 the transmission blew out (the car only has 11,992 miles). Even though i was able to purchase an extended warranty it appears that due to a code stored from the previous owner on november 2020 (P0219 engine overrev). The factory warranty is voided. This is unsafe to the consumer as the actual code is a private honda dealership secret, and i had zero way of seeing this code. It was not on carfax and dealerships won’t share information about a vehicle if you were not the owner at the time.
MY CAR ALWAYS GRINDS GOING INTO SECOND GEAR I ACTUALLY CAN'T DOWNSHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR IF I'M TRYING TO COME TO A STOP BECAUSE IT GRINDS REALLY BAD WILL NOT EVEN ENTER SECOND GEAR FROM A DOWNSHIFT SOMETIMES SO IT REQUIRES ME TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND START IN FIRST GEAR I REPORTED THIS RIGHT WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW AT 5K MILES IT DID IT FROM DAY 1 BUT THEY SAID NOTHINGS WRONG BUT I'VE HAD MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS IN THE PAST I KNOW THIS IS NOT NORMAL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUTOFF WHILE DRIVING, WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE LUTHER BROOKDALE HONDA DEALER LOCATED AT 6800 BROOKLYN BLVD, BROOKLYN CENTER, MN 55429, AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND LUNGED FORWARD WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DON JACOBS HONDA (2699 REGENCY RD, LEXINGTON, KY 40503, (859) 276-5555) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH CASE NUMBER: 09765134. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR ON THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,500.
TRAVELING UPHILL ON HIGHWAY 17 SANTA CRUZ COUNTY CALIFORNIA THE ENGINE STARTED TO RACE FAST AND THE CAR SLOWLY STOPPED MOVING FORWARD. STRONG SMELL FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR AND THE CAR COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD ANY LONGER. THE CLUTCH APPEARED TO BE SLIPPING CONSTANTLY AND WOULD NOT HOLD. 12,000 MIKECWARRENTRR AND WERE AT 13000 MILES. A VERY COSTLY REPAIR GLIDE TO $5,000.
ON DECEMBER 20, I BOUGHT THE CAR, HONDA CIVIC TYPE R 2019 RED. APPROXIMATELY THE DAY I BOUGHT IT, I NOTICED THAT WHEN I PUT THE SECOND CHANGE TO A STRANGE NOISE, I TOLD THE SELLER [XXX] AND HE TOLD ME THAT MAYBE IT IS ME WHO IS THROWING THE WRONG CHANGES. TIME PASSES AND I KEEP GOING MORE OFTEN I CALL AMERICA HONDA THE FOLLOWING MONTH, WHICH WAS IN JANUARY ABOUT 3 WEEKS AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE AND I TELL THEM THAT I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION THAT EVERY TIME I PUT THE SECOND CHANGE IT MAKES ME AN STRANGE NOISE, ALL THE INFORMATION IS POINTED OUT, THE CASE NUMBER THEY GIVE ME IS # [XXX] AND IN THAT CASE NUMBER IS ALL THE INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. WHEN I MAKE THE FIRST CHANGE OF OIL AND FILTER OF THE AUTO I COMMUNICATE WHAT OF SAID FAILURE AND THEY TELL ME THE CAR IS WELL MAYBE THEY ARE THEIRS. ON MARCH 24 I NOTICED THAT WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN SECOND PLACE THE CHANGE AFTER SEVERAL DAYS TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER YESTERDAY MARCH 25, 2019 AND TODAY MARCH 26 THE MANAGER CALLS ME IF HE AUTHORIZED IT TO LOWER THE TRANSMISSION SINCE THE CODES THAT THE CAR GAVE HIM DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ACCURATE AND THE TECHNICIAN TELLS HIM THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A BAD HANDLING OR A BAD CHANGE AND THERE IS THE COMMUNICATION TO THE SERVICE MANAGER [XXX] THE CAR IS NEW AND SINCE HE BOUGHT IT HAD A FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION SO MISMANAGEMENT CAN NOT BE AND HE TELLS ME THAT THE TECHNICIAN CONFIRM THAT THERE WAS A MISHANDLING OR HONDA GUARANTEE OR THE EXTENDED THAT I PUT ADDITIONAL TO THE CAR WOULD COVER THE DAMAGE AND AT THAT TIME I COMMUNICATE FROM THE BEGINNING COMMUNICATE PROBLEMS OF TRANSMISSION. MY NAME IS [XXX] AND PHONE NUM IS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *CC *TR
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.
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