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2016 Honda Civic steering problems

The 2016 Honda Civic has 425 steering complaints filed with NHTSA — 32% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

425

Steering complaints

32%

Share of year

4

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Steering complaints by year

Civic steering complaints by model year727 complaints1979: 1 complaints1982: 1 complaints1986: 1 complaints1989: 3 complaints1990: 2 complaints1991: 3 complaints1992: 5 complaints1993: 15 complaints1994: 4 complaints1995: 9 complaints1996: 6 complaints1997: 5 complaints1998: 8 complaints1999: 2 complaints2000: 6 complaints2001: 20 complaints2002: 23 complaints2003: 15 complaints2004: 6 complaints2005: 6 complaints2006: 47 complaints2007: 26 complaints2008: 23 complaints2009: 13 complaints2010: 19 complaints2011: 4 complaints2012: 74 complaints2013: 37 complaints2014: 15 complaints2015: 20 complaints2016: 425 complaints2017: 164 complaints2018: 291 complaints2019: 98 complaints2020: 27 complaints2021: 56 complaints2022: 727 complaints2023: 191 complaints2024: 57 complaints2025: 23 complaints2026: 3 complaints
Civic steering complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“My front driver side wheel completely detached from the vehicle’s body while I was driving home causing the left side of my car to collide with the street pavement and skid to a stop. The driver door airbags deployed, fluid leaked from under the vehicle and the bottom driver side of the car was…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Steering · November 1, 2025 · crash

Common questions

How many steering complaints does the 2016 Honda Civic have?

NHTSA has 425 complaints about the 2016 Honda Civic steering — 32% 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.