This model year has 598 processed complaint reports; STEERING is the most frequently classified system at 37.5% of reports.
Federal telemetry verified ● Model-year dossier
2018 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 incidents598
Reports with crash / fire flags30
Flagged-report share5.02%
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 348–598 reports. This year has more reports than 2017 and 2019.
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- Check open recalls using the vehicle identification number (VIN).
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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.
STEERING224 documented reports
37.5%OTHER / UNSPECIFIED105 documented reports
17.6%FUEL SYSTEM89 documented reports
14.9%GASOLINE89 documented reports
14.9%FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM70 documented reports
11.7%ELECTRICAL SYSTEM51 documented reports
8.5%ENGINE50 documented reports
8.4%SERVICE BRAKES21 documented reports
3.5%AIR BAGS20 documented reports
3.3%STRUCTURE19 documented reports
3.2%Show all 26 reported components
POWER TRAIN14 documented reports
2.3%FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE8 documented reports
1.3%WHEELS8 documented reports
1.3%VISIBILITY/WIPER7 documented reports
1.2%VISIBILITY6 documented reports
1.0%SEATS6 documented reports
1.0%ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)6 documented reports
1.0%VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL5 documented reports
0.8%HYDRAULIC5 documented reports
0.8%SUSPENSION4 documented reports
0.7%LANE DEPARTURE4 documented reports
0.7%PARKING BRAKE3 documented reports
0.5%EXTERIOR LIGHTING3 documented reports
0.5%SEAT BELTS3 documented reports
0.5%TIRES2 documented reports
0.3%EQUIPMENT1 documented reports
0.2%What the data says
STEERING is the most frequently classified component, appearing in 37.5% of complaint reports in this dataset. This 2018 HONDA CIVIC has 598 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 · 2019: 348 reports. Complaint totals are not failure rates and should be read with vehicle age, sales volume, and reporting patterns in mind.