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2002 Honda Civic seat belts problems

The 2002 Honda Civic has 51 seat belts complaints filed with NHTSA — 6% of the year's total, and roughly flat versus the prior model year.

51

Seat Belts complaints

6%

Share of year

11

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Seat Belts complaints by year

Civic seat belts complaints by model year51 complaints1983: 1 complaints1985: 5 complaints1986: 14 complaints1987: 21 complaints1988: 10 complaints1989: 19 complaints1990: 34 complaints1991: 42 complaints1992: 9 complaints1993: 12 complaints1994: 10 complaints1995: 16 complaints1996: 7 complaints1997: 13 complaints1998: 10 complaints1999: 9 complaints2000: 14 complaints2001: 41 complaints2002: 51 complaints2003: 20 complaints2004: 20 complaints2005: 19 complaints2006: 16 complaints2007: 16 complaints2008: 9 complaints2009: 5 complaints2010: 8 complaints2011: 7 complaints2012: 14 complaints2013: 5 complaints2014: 3 complaints2015: 5 complaints2016: 4 complaints2017: 5 complaints2018: 3 complaints2019: 4 complaints2020: 1 complaints2021: 1 complaints2022: 4 complaints2023: 3 complaints2024: 2 complaints2025: 1 complaints2026: 1 complaints
Civic seat belts complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AND I HAD A HORRIBLE CAR ACCIDENT I HIT A 80,000 LB STEEL TRUCK MY AIR BAGS DEPLOYED SO HARD IT BROKE MY STERNUM COME UP HIT MY CHIN BUSTING IT OPEN AND CHIPPING MY FRONT TOOTH. IT ALSO BROKE MY SHOULDER IN 3 PLACES FROM THE SEAT BELT AND AIR BAG TOGETHER. I HAVE BAD…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Seat Belts · February 16, 2015 · crash

Common questions

How many seat belts complaints does the 2002 Honda Civic have?

NHTSA has 51 complaints about the 2002 Honda Civic seat belts — 6% 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.