NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Honda Civic Recalls
The 2011 Honda Civic has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Honda Civic. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 169
- Crashes reported
- 22
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2011 Honda Civic, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2011 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 2006–2010 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 2006–2010 Civic, 12 other models
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 2010 Civic, 9 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 2001–2010 Civic, 9 other models
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 2009–2010 Civic, 11 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 2006–2010 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 2006–2010 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 2006–2010 Civic, 11 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 11V176000
- Reported
- March 15, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,056
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2011 Honda Civic
2011 Honda Civic complaints by year
NHTSA has received 169 owner complaints about the 2011 Honda Civic, the newest on September 29, 2026. Of these, 22 describe a crash (13%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries.
In complaints about the 2011 Honda Civic, the component group named most often is the air bags (30%), followed by the service brakes (15%) and the electrical system (9%).
8 of the 2011 Honda Civic's 9 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2011 Honda Civic owners gave the mileage (122 complaints), the median was 31,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags51
- Service Brakes26
- Unknown Or Other21
- Electrical System16
- Visibility/Wiper13
- Structure10
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 19 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 19 | |
| 2013 | 18 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 30 | |
| 2017 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2011 Honda Civic peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 30. 41% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Honda Civic drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Honda Civic year in the same window: 22nd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2011 one of the three best-measured Honda Civic years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★☆☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 2/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 169 complaints about the 2011 Honda Civic are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Civic by model year
Other 2011 Honda models
Newest record on this page: September 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted