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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2009 Honda Civic Recalls

The 2009 Honda Civic has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Honda Civic. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
8

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
396

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
42

6 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2009 Honda Civic, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

8 recalls on the 2009 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 2006–2008, 2010–2011 Civic, 11 other models

19V502000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2006–2008, 2010–2011 Civic, 12 other models

19V378000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2001–2008, 2010–2011 Civic, 9 other models

18V268000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
18V042000
Reported
January 9, 2018
Vehicles affected
up to 691,726
Risk NHTSA names
injury and death
Same campaign
also 2010–2011 Civic, 11 other models

18V042000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2006–2008, 2010–2011 Civic, 7 other models

17V545000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2006–2008, 2010–2011 Civic, 10 other models

17V030000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2006–2008, 2010–2011 Civic, 11 other models

16V346000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2008 Civic

08V535000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2009 Honda Civic complaints by year

NHTSA has received 396 owner complaints about the 2009 Honda Civic, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 42 describe a crash (11%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 39 injuries and 1 death.

In complaints about the 2009 Honda Civic, the component group named most often is the air bags (24%), followed by the structure (11%) and the electrical system (9%).

7 of the 2009 Honda Civic's 8 recalls also concern the air bags.

Where 2009 Honda Civic owners gave the mileage (267 complaints), the median was 31,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags95
  • Structure45
  • Electrical System36
  • Unknown Or Other36
  • Suspension31
  • Engine27

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2009 Honda Civic received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20082
200934
201063
201140
201226
201323
201423
201521
201652
201742
201816
201918
202010
20212
20227
20236
20243
20255
20263

Complaints about the 2009 Honda Civic peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 63. 42% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Honda Civic drew 1.9× the complaints of the median Honda Civic year in the same window: 6th highest of the 23 ranked years.

Honda Civic years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 5/5
  • Side: 4/5

The 396 complaints about the 2009 Honda Civic are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Honda Civic by model year

Other 2009 Honda models

Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted