2023 Honda Civic SI
Complaints about this year name steering far more often than the model's other years — 93% of them, about 234× the usual rate of 0.4%.
| Complaints filed | 61 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 6 |
| Recalls | 0 |
What the complaints were about
- steering — 93.4% of this year's complaints, against 31.1% across the model's other years (3×).
- wheel — 65.6% of this year's complaints, against 21.6% across the model's other years (3×).
- sticky — 42.6% of this year's complaints, against 8.4% across the model's other years (5.1×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- steering wheel — 57% of complaints, 143× usual
- driving — 46% of complaints, 115× usual
- speeds — 44% of complaints, 111× usual
What owners wrote
While driving, the steering wheel becomes stiff and sometimes even sticks, making it hard to turn or keep the car in control, especially at freeway speeds. It’s a struggle to keep the car straight, and this problem can happen at any time, which makes it really…
When driving down the road at speeds above 40mph, the steering wheel “sticks” when attempting to make adjustments and when force is applied it jerks the steering wheel (and car) when it unsticks. Has happened multiple times but dealership was unable to replica…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Honda Civic SI was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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