KnownCarProblems2015 Honda Civic Problems and Recalls
Owners filed 381 complaints with NHTSA about the 2015 Honda Civic, most often about the transmission (47% of complaints, typically around 84,500 miles). It is 15th of 27 Civic model years by number of complaints and has 1 recall.
Most common 2015 Honda Civic problems
Transmission
177 complaints · 47%Half of these problems showed up before 84,500 miles. Parts named most often: automatic transmission.
While driving this Civic at approximately 40 MPH, it suddenly started surging and decelerating. All lights lit up on the dashboard and became difficult to steer. Had to cut off traffic to pull to the side of the road. It was taken to the local Honda dealer for inspection. They called a day later and said: "the drive…
The contact owns a 2015 Honda Civic sedan. The contact stated that while driving at 40 MPH, approaching an intersection while depressing the accelerator pedal the vehicle failed to respond. The contact got out the vehicle, placed the vehicle in neutral pushed the vehicle to the shoulder of the roadway. The contact…
Air bags
58 complaints · 15%Half of these problems showed up before 43,000 miles. Parts named most often: frontal.
My car was struck in an accident in which the air bags did not come out, not a single one. My car was stationary at a traffic light on a city street when another car at full speed struck from behind. From the impact the seat was twisted and once again no airbags came out. Additionally, the seat belt got stuck and once…
The contact owns a 2015 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the airbag warning light was illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact took the vehicle to a dealer where she was informed that the front driverâs side airbag was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure.…
Other or unspecified
58 complaints · 15%Half of these problems showed up before 37,500 miles.
Driving normally when a sudden & very loud bang/crack was heard and I immediately felt small glass bits falling on me. Immediately pulled over and saw that the sunroof had exploded upwards towards the sky with a large hole in the center and a much smaller hole on the drivers side. Incident occurred while driving…
When I was driving down the highway at a constant speed, the moonroof glass randomly exploded. No rocks or foreign object struck the glass, it was a spontaneous event.
Engine
31 complaints · 8%Half of these problems showed up before 14,000 miles. Parts named most often: engine.
My daughter (17 years old) was driving at 35 miles in leona valley ca on last friday 2015 her Honda Civic (7,000 miles on odometer). Her car low-pressure air light came on and then car started to swerve violently left to right. Within few minutes the car brakes stopped functioning (according to her, it felt she was…
The contact owns a 2015 Honda Civic. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle experienced a complete loss of power while idling at a red light. The failure occurred approximately seven times. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure could not be diagnosed. The vehicle was not…
Electrical
28 complaints · 7%Half of these problems showed up before 32,000 miles. Parts named most often: instrument panel.
The contact owns a 2015 Honda Civic. While driving 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the battery warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer (sam linder Honda, 300 auto center cir, salinas, ca 93907, ([phone]) where it was diagnosed that the tire pressure needed to be adjusted. The vehicle was…
Rear backup safety camera does not consistently display what is behind me when car is put into reverse. Display monitor shows the display's visual guidelines but there is no actual display of what is behind you. Just shows as black screen with display's visual guidelines. Sample photo attached
Steering
21 complaints · 6%Half of these problems showed up before 12,000 miles. Parts named most often: linkages.
The contact owns a 2015 Honda Civic. While attempting to stop the vehicle, it veered to the right and all of the warning lights illuminated. As a result, the contact lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a pole. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed and no injuries were sustained. The…
Around 8500 miles while drive 35 MPH the car suddenly veered to the right hitting the curb causing $1200 plus damages to the wheel, etc. Around 12,250 miles while driving 45-50 MPH the car suddenly veered to the right and ran off the road causing a broken back and $725 in damage to the wheel skirts. This happened…
Speed control
20 complaints · 5%Half of these problems showed up before 49,000 miles.
Speedometer sticking reading over 60 when going less than 40. When stopped it read at 23 just do not calibrate correctly. Service department had to re-write the the TCM software.. No one could explain why this happen! It is still not accurate & yes it is a major safety concern
The car slowed down while driving on city streets, and then stopped completely. Also when I stopped or was slowing down, made a turn or braking the same thing occurred. This happened several times on individual days. I put on my flashing hazard lights to prevent being hit from behind on busy streets. I have read about…
Body and structure
17 complaints · 5%Half of these problems showed up before 18,000 miles. Parts named most often: body.
We were stopped in traffic, seat belts were fastened, turn signal on, and we were rear-ended by a work van moving at very high speed. Our car was totaled. The front seats were broken due to the impact. No airbags deployed. Not front, not side.
This is my everyday use car and bought it brand new 2015 and arround 2018 the paint started to scrape off in some areas. I did not use any chemical or anything like that. I use it in the city and the weather is not extreme.
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.
2015 Honda Civic recalls
Transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
Risk: If the transmission drive pulley shaft is damaged, it may break, and the vehicle may lose acceleration or the front wheels may lock up while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will update the software for the transmission, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin october 30, 2015. Owners may contact honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are ju2 (civic) and ju3(fit).
Full defect summary
Honda (american honda motor co.) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 civic vehicles manufactured january 16, 2014, to november 6, 2014 and 2015 fit vehicles manufactured march 12, 2014, to may 12, 2015. The software settings that control the transmission operation may result in damage to the transmission drive pulley shaft.
Recall repairs are free at any franchised dealer. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which recalls are still open on your car.
NHTSA defect investigations
Desiccated air bag inflator rupture
Summary
From 2000 through 2017, takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate ("psan") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004l. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to burn too quickly when ignited. The rapid burning can cause the inflator to rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious or even fatal injury to vehicle occupants. See 2016 blomquist report at www.NHTSA.gov/sites/NHTSA.gov/files/documents/expert_report-hrblomquist.pdf.consequently, all frontal inflators using propellant 2004 that do not contain a "desiccant" (a substa
Electrical overstress
Summary
The office of defects investigation (odi) opened this investigation to determine if the failure of airbags to deploy during severe crashes, in certain vehicles, was the result of a safety related defect.â during the investigation a complex failure was studied that can result in non-deployment of subject vehicle air bags and other restraint system devices in severe crash events. The subject vehicles may be equipped with an airbag control unit (acu) for the supplemental restraint system (SRS) electronic control unit (ecu) manufactured by zf-trw. â the ecu receives signals from crash sensors mounted in the vehicle and deploys the vehicle air bags and seat belt pretensioners in accordance with m
Questions about the 2015 Honda Civic
- What are the most common problems with the 2015 Honda Civic?
- By NHTSA owner complaints: transmission (177 complaints, typically around 84,500 miles); air bags (58 complaints, typically around 43,000 miles); other or unspecified (58 complaints, typically around 37,500 miles).
- How many recalls does the 2015 Honda Civic have?
- 1 recall listed by NHTSA, the latest from September 15, 2015 (transmission). Check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which ones are still open on your car.
- Is the 2015 a bad year for the Honda Civic?
- It is 15th of 27 Civic model years by number of complaints, with 381 complaints. Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, so popular years collect more of them, and the newest years have had less time to.