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1997 Honda Civic visibility & wipers problems

The 1997 Honda Civic has 34 visibility & wipers complaints filed with NHTSA — 8% of the year's total, and roughly flat versus the prior model year.

34

Visibility & Wipers complaints

8%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Visibility & Wipers complaints by year

Civic visibility & wipers complaints by model year239 complaints1985: 1 complaints1987: 1 complaints1989: 2 complaints1990: 7 complaints1991: 6 complaints1992: 5 complaints1993: 7 complaints1994: 3 complaints1995: 7 complaints1996: 35 complaints1997: 34 complaints1998: 26 complaints1999: 16 complaints2000: 6 complaints2001: 33 complaints2002: 21 complaints2003: 13 complaints2004: 9 complaints2005: 8 complaints2006: 239 complaints2007: 214 complaints2008: 133 complaints2009: 29 complaints2010: 54 complaints2011: 21 complaints2012: 13 complaints2013: 14 complaints2014: 6 complaints2015: 6 complaints2016: 67 complaints2017: 32 complaints2018: 14 complaints2019: 9 complaints2020: 11 complaints2021: 3 complaints2022: 11 complaints2024: 3 complaints2025: 4 complaints2026: 2 complaints
Civic visibility & wipers complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH REARVIEW MIRROR; WHENEVER MIRROR IS ADJUSTED FROM DAY TO NIGHT AND RETURNED BACK TO DAY, THE WHOLE MIRROR HAS TO BE READJUSTED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPLACED MIRROR ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. THIS CAN LEAD TO A VEHICLE ACCIDENT DUE TO ADJUSTING MIRROR.…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Visibility & Wipers · October 20, 1999

Common questions

How many visibility & wipers complaints does the 1997 Honda Civic have?

NHTSA has 34 complaints about the 1997 Honda Civic visibility & wipers — 8% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.