NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Honda Civic Recalls
The 2012 Honda Civic has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 21, 2012.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Honda Civic. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 456
- Crashes reported
- 55
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Honda Civic, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2012 Honda Civic
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 12V548000
- Reported
- November 21, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 157
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2012 Honda Civic
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 12V256000
- Reported
- June 4, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 50,190
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2012 Honda Civic
Fuel system, other: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 11V288000
- Reported
- May 18, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,156
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2012 Honda Civic
2012 Honda Civic complaints by year
NHTSA has received 456 owner complaints about the 2012 Honda Civic, the newest on October 13, 2026. Of these, 55 describe a crash (12%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 41 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Honda Civic, the component group named most often is the air bags (33%), followed by the steering (16%) and the electrical system (13%).
1 of the 2012 Honda Civic's 3 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2012 Honda Civic owners gave the mileage (321 complaints), the median was 30,150 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags149
- Steering74
- Electrical System60
- Power Train49
- Vehicle Speed Control38
- Service Brakes35
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 44 | |
| 2013 | 46 | |
| 2014 | 44 | |
| 2015 | 49 | |
| 2016 | 30 | |
| 2017 | 35 | |
| 2018 | 43 | |
| 2019 | 40 | |
| 2020 | 30 | |
| 2021 | 21 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 16 | |
| 2024 | 16 | |
| 2025 | 14 | |
| 2026 | 9 |
Complaints about the 2012 Honda Civic peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 49. 42% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Honda Civic drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Honda Civic year in the same window: 8th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 456 complaints about the 2012 Honda Civic are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Civic by model year
Other 2012 Honda models
Newest record on this page: October 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted