This model year has 593 processed complaint reports; STEERING is the most frequently classified system at 28.7% of reports.
Federal telemetry verified ● Model-year dossier
2017 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 incidents593
Reports with crash / fire flags29
Flagged-report share4.89%
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. It has fewer reports than 2016 and 2018.
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.
STEERING170 documented reports
28.7%OTHER / UNSPECIFIED165 documented reports
27.8%ELECTRICAL SYSTEM101 documented reports
17.0%ENGINE66 documented reports
11.1%STRUCTURE37 documented reports
6.2%SERVICE BRAKES35 documented reports
5.9%FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM32 documented reports
5.4%POWER TRAIN29 documented reports
4.9%AIR BAGS24 documented reports
4.0%VISIBILITY/WIPER21 documented reports
3.5%Show all 26 reported components
VISIBILITY14 documented reports
2.4%VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL13 documented reports
2.2%ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)11 documented reports
1.9%FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE10 documented reports
1.7%WHEELS9 documented reports
1.5%LANE DEPARTURE6 documented reports
1.0%SUSPENSION5 documented reports
0.8%SEAT BELTS5 documented reports
0.8%ENGINE / ENGINE COOLING5 documented reports
0.8%EXTERIOR LIGHTING4 documented reports
0.7%TIRES4 documented reports
0.7%SEATS3 documented reports
0.5%FUEL SYSTEM2 documented reports
0.3%GASOLINE2 documented reports
0.3%PARKING BRAKE1 documented reports
0.2%EQUIPMENT1 documented reports
0.2%What the data says
STEERING is the most frequently classified component, appearing in 28.7% of complaint reports in this dataset. This 2017 HONDA CIVIC has 593 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 2016: 1,080 reports · 2018: 598 reports. Complaint totals are not failure rates and should be read with vehicle age, sales volume, and reporting patterns in mind.