2022 Honda Civic Reliability Report

Phantom braking is the main pattern. The car brakes hard with nothing ahead, sometimes at 65 mph with traffic behind. One such event led to an injury. Other reports describe adaptive cruise cancelling and refusing to resume until a restart, and the system losing track of vehicles in darkness and rain. One crash involved the system failing to slow for a stopped car. Warning lights for the braking system come and go, and dealers often cannot replicate the problem.

Manual-transmission clutches slip or fail outright, leaving the car stuck in low gear or unable to engage a gear. Some owners report a burning smell or smoke in the cabin, and some cars need a tow. Failures cluster around 42,070 to 45,000 miles. Dealers call it premature wear. Owners note that bulletin SB-22017 covers 2020 and 2021 cars but not the 2022, so they pay for the repair. A few filings here describe steering lockups or engine failure.

Paint peels or bubbles, and exterior trim deforms around the mirrors, bumper and windshield molding within the first year or so. Water leaks through the inside hatch panel and trim. One trunk lid would not stay open and fell on an owner's arm, causing an injury. Other isolated reports cover a windshield crack with no impact at 2,000 miles, a gouged window that waited months for a replacement part, and a backup camera display that failed during parking.

Failure to deploy in a crash is the main concern. Reports include a stopped car rear-ended at 40 to 45 mph, a collision where the knee bags fired but the steering wheel bag did not, and a frontal impact with no deployment. These complaints involve 3 crashes and 4 injuries. Separately, a supplemental restraint warning appears and clears after a restart, with no fix reported. One report describes a seat belt that does not retract properly.

Serious engine failures appear in a handful of reports. One describes a fuel line leaking in the engine bay and catching fire, injuring the driver and totaling the car. Others describe a knocking engine failure at 14,216 miles blamed on a manufacturing defect, and a leaking fuel injector that destroyed the engine without coverage under TSB A18-025. Auto idle stop sometimes fails to restart the engine or restarts roughly. Oil leaks from the valve cover gasket and rear main seal also appear.

Lane keeping steers the car even when it is centered in the lane, and sometimes overcorrects toward other vehicles at highway speed. Lane changes can trigger it. One crash occurred in rain when the wheel moved on its own and the car hydroplaned into a ditch. Other reports describe several driver-assist warnings lighting up together at startup, covering lane keeping, collision mitigation, road departure and adaptive cruise, on low-mileage cars.

The driver's seat belt fails to hold during braking in one crash report that lists 4 injuries, along with brakes that did not act before the impact. The only other complaint describes a rear passenger buckle that no longer latches, leaving that seat unusable for children. With 2 complaints in total, no broader pattern is visible.