2010 Honda Civic Problems & Complaints

Most common 2010 Honda Civic problems

• Air bags~72,000 miles
  9624%
• Brakes~20,000 miles
  9023%
• Windows, wipers & sunroof~40,000 miles
  5213%
• Body & structure~62,000 miles
  4311%
• Other / not specified~65,000 miles
  3810%
• Engine & cooling~60,000 miles
  297%
• Electrical system~50,000 miles
  236%
• Steering~42,000 miles
  195%
• Wheels & tires~35,000 miles
  195%
• Speed control & acceleration~50,000 miles
  154%
• Suspension~40,000 miles
  144%
• Transmission & drivetrain~77,000 miles
  123%
• Seat belts~77,000 miles
  82%
• Seats~35,000 miles
  62%
• Lights~64,000 miles
  51%
• Fuel & propulsion system~87,000 miles
  41%
• Stability & traction control~90,000 miles
  41%
• Equipment & accessories~8,000 miles
  31%
• Locks & latches~35,000 miles
  31%
• A/C & heater~113,000 miles
  10%

Share of the 397 complaints; one complaint can involve more than one system. "~" is the median mileage when the problem started.

Honda Civic complaints by model year

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2010 Honda Civic recalls (8)

What 2010 Honda Civic owners say

Air bags all 96 →

The contact owned a 2010 Honda Civic. The contact's wife stated while driving 45-50 mph and suddenly the vehicle hydroplaned, the contact's wife lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a tree, the vehicle then rolled three times then crashed into a telephone pole where the vehicle came into a stop. The frontal air bags did not deploy but the side air bags did deploy. The contact sustained inquires to her c3 and c4 vertebrae's, bruising to the body that was treated medically at a hospital. A police report was filed and the vehicle was towed to a tow yard where the vehicle was determined destroyed. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with, NHTSA Campaign Number: 18V042000 (AIR BAGS) however the VIN was not included. The contact stated no warning lights were illuminated. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 250,000.

The contact owns a 2010 Honda Civic. The contact stated while her daughter was driving 20 MPH, the driver-side air bag curtain deployed without any impact, causing the contact to lose control of the vehicle and struck the curb on the passenger side. The inside of the vehicle was damaged due to the deployment of the air bag. The contact was able to drive the vehicle home. The contact was severely injured and had to seek medical attention. No police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, but the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, and they stated that the air bag deploy because she struck the curb. The failure mileage was 142,000.

Brakes all 90 →

My brakes will be stuck (I could not apply the brake) when I suddenly press down the brake pedal hardly. I had this issue when I bought it new. I have reported the issue to Honda once I did online survey. Today, I was involved in an car accident because I could not apply brake. I hit the car in front of me in the street. The brake works fine after the accident if I press the pedal slowly. This is dangerous and scary.

I bought my Honda Civic brand new in 2010 and I had to change both front and rear brakes three times already, and now I need to change my front disc and brakes again! I also have machine turned the rotors once and now I have to replace the front rotors because recently on highway driving, when I need to use my brakes, the car wobbles and shakes. I was told by an auto mechanic that it's my front rotors that need to be replaced. I only have a little over 58,000 miles on my car and mostly highway driving! My son has a 2009 Honda Civic and he only had to change his brakes once since buying the car new!! I understand there's lots of complaints about the 2010 Civic's brakes and this has to be a recall that Honda need to address! I do not have a job and this is costing me unnessesary expense that I can't afford!

Windows, wipers & sunroof all 52 →

The sun visor keeps splitting at the seam. When that happens it'll no longer hold itself in place and it will flop down blocking my view. At this point I've replaced both sun visors 3 times since I bought the car, about once every 3 years in the summer. This started happening at about 80,000 miles. Whatever adhesive Honda is using to put these together don't hold up in the heat. You can feel the visors getting soft and bending in the heat until it inevitably breaks. It can't be usage either since both the driver and passenger side fail at about the same rate and the passenger sun visor rarely gets used.

I recently read about NHTSA ID Number: 11469938 It made me realize I have the same problem although not as bad. My driver side sun visor is split at the seam. This causes it to hang slightly lower but does not completely block my view of the road. I have never had it inspected/replaced, but after reading about the complaint case above, I am worried the same may happen to my visor in the future (i.e. visor will flop down and block my view of the road).

2010 Honda Civic engines & fuel economy

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