NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Honda Civic Recalls
The 2008 Honda Civic has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Honda Civic. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 916
- Crashes reported
- 62
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Honda Civic, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2008 Honda Civic
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V502000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,555
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2011 Civic, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V378000
- Reported
- May 16, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,138
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2011 Civic, 12 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V268000
- Reported
- April 26, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,335
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2007, 2009–2011 Civic, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V545000
- Reported
- August 31, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,257
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2011 Civic, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V030000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 977,708
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2011 Civic, 10 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V346000
- Reported
- May 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,719,386
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2011 Civic, 11 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 08V535000
- Reported
- October 14, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 128
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Civic
2008 Honda Civic complaints by year
NHTSA has received 916 owner complaints about the 2008 Honda Civic, the newest on July 17, 2026. Of these, 62 describe a crash (7%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 50 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Honda Civic, the component group named most often is the air bags (19%), followed by the engine (17%) and the visibility (12%).
6 of the 2008 Honda Civic's 7 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Honda Civic owners gave the mileage (686 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags177
- Engine156
- Visibility112
- Suspension99
- Structure85
- Engine And Engine Cooling55
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 37 | |
| 2009 | 87 | |
| 2010 | 120 | |
| 2011 | 113 | |
| 2012 | 67 | |
| 2013 | 35 | |
| 2014 | 59 | |
| 2015 | 48 | |
| 2016 | 107 | |
| 2017 | 72 | |
| 2018 | 47 | |
| 2019 | 37 | |
| 2020 | 22 | |
| 2021 | 14 | |
| 2022 | 22 | |
| 2023 | 16 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2008 Honda Civic peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 120. 39% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Honda Civic drew 2.7× the complaints of the median Honda Civic year in the same window: 4th highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the Honda Civic years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 916 complaints about the 2008 Honda Civic are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Civic by model year
Other 2008 Honda models
Newest record on this page: July 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted