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2001 Honda Civic structure problems

29 owner complaints to NHTSA about the 2001 Honda Civic cite structure, 3% of all 1,089 complaints for this model year.

Complaints
29
3% of all complaints
Crashes
7
Reported by owners
Fires
1
Reported by owners
Injuries
6
Reported by owners
01 —Owner reports

What owners say about the structure

Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first
“TAKATA RECALL, THE SRS LIGHT SIGNAL IS ON THE WHOLE TIME WHENEVER THE CAR IS MOVING, IT WONT GO AWAY. AND THE CAR BREAKS ISNT BREAKING FAST WHEN BRAKE PADS ARE BEING PRESS DOWN ALL THE WAY INSTEAD IT BREAKS SLOW TO STOP. ALSO HOOD NEEDS TO BE SLAM HARD IN ORDER TO CLOSE.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Jan 7, 2019Air bags, Structure, Service brakesODI 11165035
“WE HAD A FRONT END COLLISION THAT TOTALED OUR VEHICLE - AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF - PERSON IN FRONT OF US HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS AND STOPPE-D DEAD IN FRONT OF US -THE FRONT END OF OUR VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE REAR END OF HERS THANK GOD WE WERE NOT BADLY INJURED. WE WERE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Dec 12, 2017Air bags, StructureCrash reportedODI 11054216
“WHILE DRIVING HOOD FLIPPED UP , WENT AND PARKED VEHICLE TO FIND THAT THE HOOD LATCH HAD COME OFF THE BASE DUE TO RUST ISSUE . THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE FACT I COULD NOT SEE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. HAS ANY OTHER ISSUES AROSE LIKE THIS ONE THAT HAPPENED TO ME? THANK YOU.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Dec 10, 2017StructureODI 11053767
“THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A FRONTAL IMPACT CRASH INVOLVING A HONDA CIVIC AND GMC YUKON TRUCK. MY VEHICLE THE HONDA CIVIC WAS HEADING ON A TWO-LANE STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR BEFORE IMPACT INTO A STOPPED TRUCK MAKING A LEFT TURN ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHILE HONDA WAS IN MOTION THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME ON WHY THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALL RECALLS HAVE BEEN COMPLIED WITH FOR THE 2001 HONDA CIVIC. RECALL 13V-132: RECALL 14V-351 COMPLETED. NUMBER OF OPEN RECALLS ARE ZERO AT THIS TIME.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled May 11, 2016Air bags, Structure, EngineCrash reportedODI 10864444
“DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, CITY STREET, AND THE HOOD FLEW OPEN AND SMASHED RIGHT INTO THE WINDSHIELD, CRACKING CAUSING ME TO ALMOST CRASH. THE WINDSHIELD IS CRACKED. CALLED HONDA DEALER AND THEY JUST LAUGHED AND SAID: YEAH, THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Feb 13, 2016StructureODI 10826014
“ON APRIL 8 2015 WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO MY HOUSE, I SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE DASHBOARD SO I HAD TO DESPERATELY STOP THE CAR I RUN. MY CAR WAS CALL FOR RECALL AND I WHEN TO HONDA SERVICES IN HILLSIDE, NEW JERSEY WHERE THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD TO FIX SOMETHING FROM THE AIR BAG IN THE DASH BOARD THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE TO ORDER SOME PARTS AND THEY WILL CALL ME TO COMEBACK SO I WAIEDT FOR ONE MONTH AND TWO MONTH AND THEY NEVER CALL ME I CALLED TO FIND OUT ABOUT THOSE PARTS AND I WAS TOLD THE SAME THING, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO CALL ME I BELIEVE MY CAR WAS TOTAL DESTROY IN FIRE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT FIX MY CAR ON TIME. *TR”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled May 4, 2015Electrical system, Structure, SeatsFire reportedODI 10714511

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Data from NHTSA Complaints API (owner reports, unverified) · synced Nov 5, 2026NHTSA vehicle page

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.