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HONDA CIVIC

2009 HONDA CIVIC

7 safety recall campaigns, 499 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns7
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints499
Complaints citing a crash63
Complaints citing a fire11

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 6 of 7

19V5020002019-06-27

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

19V3780002019-05-16

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An incorrectly installed air bag inflator may not properly deploy the passenger frontal air bag in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

18V2680002018-04-26

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An incorrectly installed air bag may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

18V0420002018-01-09

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

17V5450002017-08-31

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

In the event of a crash, an incorrectly installed passenger frontal air bag inflator may deploy the air bag improperly, increasing the risk of injury.

17V0300002017-01-10

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

What owners report most

  • 92AIR BAGS
  • 36STRUCTURE:BODY
  • 36UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 30ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 27ENGINE
  • 25TIRES
  • 23SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
  • 21SERVICE BRAKES

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2009 HONDA CIVICs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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