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2012 Honda Civic airbags problems

The 2012 Honda Civic has 149 airbags complaints filed with NHTSA — 24% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

149

Airbags complaints

24%

Share of year

34

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Airbags complaints by year

Civic airbags complaints by model year323 complaints1990: 1 complaints1991: 1 complaints1992: 18 complaints1993: 29 complaints1994: 66 complaints1995: 83 complaints1996: 75 complaints1997: 146 complaints1998: 97 complaints1999: 60 complaints2000: 86 complaints2001: 323 complaints2002: 249 complaints2003: 141 complaints2004: 136 complaints2005: 128 complaints2006: 185 complaints2007: 158 complaints2008: 178 complaints2009: 97 complaints2010: 98 complaints2011: 51 complaints2012: 149 complaints2013: 111 complaints2014: 57 complaints2015: 57 complaints2016: 27 complaints2017: 22 complaints2018: 22 complaints2019: 8 complaints2020: 29 complaints2021: 8 complaints2022: 9 complaints2023: 7 complaints2024: 2 complaints2025: 3 complaints
Civic airbags complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“HELLO GOOD MORNING, YESTERDAY I WAS GETTING HOME AND I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND WHEN I RELEASE THE PEDAL MY CAR WAS GETTING INTO MY PARKING SLOT AT A SPEED OF 5 MPH, SUDDENLY LIGHTS STARTED BLINKING AND THE CARD ACCELERATED IT SELF HITTING A ROCK OR SOMETHING IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. I HAVE A…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Airbags · January 21, 2013 · crash

Common questions

How many airbags complaints does the 2012 Honda Civic have?

NHTSA has 149 complaints about the 2012 Honda Civic airbags — 24% 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.