This model year has 1,080 processed complaint reports; STEERING is the most frequently classified system at 41.1% of reports.
Federal telemetry verified ● Model-year dossier
2016 HONDA CIVIC
Complaint-pattern analysis from publicly available NHTSA safety records.
1.0Reliability score / 10
System health index
Reliability telemetry
A normalized signal from documented incident volume and NHTSA crash or fire report flags.
Documented incidents1,080
Reports with crash / fire flags40
Flagged-report share3.70%
Primary reported systemSTEERING
Crash and fire flags identify how a complaint was recorded by NHTSA. They do not establish that a reported component caused the event.
Data-based buyer guidance
Research carefully
Review the underlying reports, recall status, and service history before making a vehicle-specific decision.
Available adjacent years span 593–1,080 reports. This year has more reports than 2017.
Before you buy
- Check open recalls using the vehicle identification number (VIN).
- Review the linked NHTSA reports for symptoms that match the vehicle you are considering.
- Ask for maintenance records and arrange an independent pre-purchase inspection.
This is a statistical research aid, not a mechanical diagnosis, failure prediction, or recommendation to buy or avoid a vehicle.
Component analysis
Most frequently reported systems.
STEERING444 documented reports
41.1%OTHER / UNSPECIFIED253 documented reports
23.4%ELECTRICAL SYSTEM119 documented reports
11.0%ENGINE95 documented reports
8.8%SERVICE BRAKES95 documented reports
8.8%STRUCTURE48 documented reports
4.4%VISIBILITY/WIPER47 documented reports
4.4%POWER TRAIN36 documented reports
3.3%EXTERIOR LIGHTING30 documented reports
2.8%AIR BAGS28 documented reports
2.6%Show all 29 reported components
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM28 documented reports
2.6%ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)27 documented reports
2.5%VISIBILITY20 documented reports
1.9%WHEELS19 documented reports
1.8%VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL17 documented reports
1.6%EQUIPMENT15 documented reports
1.4%FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE8 documented reports
0.7%TIRES8 documented reports
0.7%LANE DEPARTURE7 documented reports
0.6%SUSPENSION6 documented reports
0.6%ENGINE / ENGINE COOLING4 documented reports
0.4%SEATS4 documented reports
0.4%SEAT BELTS4 documented reports
0.4%PARKING BRAKE3 documented reports
0.3%FUEL SYSTEM2 documented reports
0.2%GASOLINE2 documented reports
0.2%AIR2 documented reports
0.2%BACK OVER PREVENTION1 documented reports
0.1%HYDRAULIC1 documented reports
0.1%What the data says
STEERING is the most frequently classified component, appearing in 41.1% of complaint reports in this dataset. This 2016 HONDA CIVIC has 1,080 complaint reports in the records we have processed. One report can be classified under more than one component, so component shares do not add up to 100%.
Compare model years
These nearby model years have 2017: 593 reports. Complaint totals are not failure rates and should be read with vehicle age, sales volume, and reporting patterns in mind.