NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Honda Civic Recalls
The 2020 Honda Civic has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 21, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Honda Civic. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 231
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 Honda Civic, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2020 Honda Civic
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger
- Campaign
- 26V332000
- Reported
- May 21, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 98,892
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2016–2019, 2021–2022 Civic, 16 other models
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger
- Campaign
- 24V064000
- Reported
- February 1, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 750,114
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2022 Civic, 14 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 23V858000
- Reported
- December 18, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,490,460
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2016–2019, 2021 Civic, 19 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 23V458000
- Reported
- June 29, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 124,077
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Civic, 4 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 21V215000
- Reported
- March 25, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 624,552
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Civic, 15 other models
2020 Honda Civic complaints by year
NHTSA has received 231 owner complaints about the 2020 Honda Civic, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 15 describe a crash (6%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 Honda Civic, the component group named most often is the electrical system (16%), followed by the steering (14%) and the power train (13%).
None of the 2020 Honda Civic's 5 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2020 Honda Civic owners gave the mileage (53 complaints), the median was 15,400 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System37
- Unknown Or Other37
- Steering32
- Power Train31
- Air Bags29
- Forward Collision Avoidance24
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 29 | |
| 2022 | 28 | |
| 2023 | 30 | |
| 2024 | 48 | |
| 2025 | 48 | |
| 2026 | 34 |
Complaints about the 2020 Honda Civic peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 48. 44% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Honda Civic drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Honda Civic year in the same window: 14th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 231 complaints about the 2020 Honda Civic are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Civic by model year
Other 2020 Honda models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted