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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2010 Honda Civic Recalls

The 2010 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 2010 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
397

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
31

5 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2010 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 2010 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 2006–2009, 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 2006–2009, 2011 Civic, 12 other models

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

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
18V661000
Reported
September 27, 2018
Vehicles affected
up to 1,355,406
Risk NHTSA names
injury and death
Same campaign
also 2011 Civic, 9 other models

18V661000: 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 2001–2009, 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 2009, 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 2006–2009, 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 2006–2009, 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 2006–2009, 2011 Civic, 11 other models

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

2010 Honda Civic complaints by year

NHTSA has received 397 owner complaints about the 2010 Honda Civic, the newest on September 26, 2026. Of these, 31 describe a crash (8%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 32 injuries and 47 deaths.

In complaints about the 2010 Honda Civic, the component group named most often is the air bags (24%), followed by the service brakes (16%) and the structure (11%).

8 of the 2010 Honda Civic's 8 recalls also concern the air bags.

Where 2010 Honda Civic owners gave the mileage (264 complaints), the median was 39,960 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags96
  • Service Brakes65
  • Structure43
  • Unknown Or Other38
  • Visibility/Wiper34
  • Electrical System23

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2010 Honda Civic received by NHTSA, by calendar year
201027
201123
201236
201341
201437
201533
201675
201748
201818
201914
202011
20219
202213
20234
20241
20254
20263

Complaints about the 2010 Honda Civic peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 75. 32% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Honda Civic drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Honda Civic year in the same window: 12th 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 397 complaints about the 2010 Honda Civic are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Honda Civic by model year

Other 2010 Honda models

Newest record on this page: September 26, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted