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2010 Honda Civic brakes problems

The 2010 Honda Civic has 90 brakes complaints filed with NHTSA — 18% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

90

Brakes complaints

18%

Share of year

5

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Brakes complaints by year

Civic brakes complaints by model year98 complaints1984: 1 complaints1985: 1 complaints1986: 5 complaints1987: 2 complaints1989: 3 complaints1990: 6 complaints1991: 10 complaints1992: 7 complaints1993: 12 complaints1994: 20 complaints1995: 14 complaints1996: 65 complaints1997: 29 complaints1998: 11 complaints1999: 19 complaints2000: 14 complaints2001: 52 complaints2002: 24 complaints2003: 34 complaints2004: 11 complaints2005: 17 complaints2006: 64 complaints2007: 43 complaints2008: 44 complaints2009: 51 complaints2010: 90 complaints2011: 33 complaints2012: 39 complaints2013: 38 complaints2014: 18 complaints2015: 15 complaints2016: 98 complaints2017: 36 complaints2018: 26 complaints2019: 31 complaints2020: 17 complaints2021: 18 complaints2022: 22 complaints2023: 13 complaints2024: 6 complaints2025: 8 complaints2026: 4 complaints
Civic brakes complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“MY BRAKES WILL BE STUCK (I COULD NOT APPLY THE BRAKE) WHEN I SUDDENLY PRESS DOWN THE BRAKE PEDAL HARDLY. I HAD THIS ISSUE WHEN I BOUGHT IT NEW. I HAVE REPORTED THE ISSUE TO HONDA ONCE I DID ONLINE SURVEY. TODAY, I WAS INVOLVED IN AN CAR ACCIDENT BECAUSE I COULD NOT APPLY BRAKE. I HIT THE CAR IN…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Brakes · January 28, 2021 · crash

Common questions

How many brakes complaints does the 2010 Honda Civic have?

NHTSA has 90 complaints about the 2010 Honda Civic brakes — 18% 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.