Powertrain complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2016 Honda Civic has 31 NHTSA powertrain complaints and 0 powertrain-related recalls.
31
Complaints
0
Recalls
1
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 10, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | The CVT transmission causes the car to stall when gaining acceleration past 20 mph-40 mph from a com... |
| Jul 2, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | Upon a quick right turn into traffic, the right front drive axle shaft snapped in two, leaving the v... |
| Dec 15, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2016 Honda Civic. The contact stated upon taking the vehicle to the dealer for se... |
| Jun 14, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | - HONDA CVT TRANSMISSION: 4356 - Went out. Is available for inspection within the week. - My daught... |
| May 30, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | Turbo charger malfunctioned went out |
| Feb 5, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | Transmission shifted out of gear into neutral driving down the highway with no available gear option... |
| Nov 1, 2023 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | Over a several month period the car was losing radiator fluid. I figured it was probably a stuck the... |
| Jul 24, 2023 | POWER TRAIN | My Honda Civic with manual transmission, suddenly would not go into gear and lost power (engine stil... |
| Nov 8, 2022 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | The contact owns a 2016 Honda Civic. The contact stated that on numerous occasions while the vehicle... |
| Oct 18, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | TRANSMISSION FAILED |
| Jun 14, 2022 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | The air conditioner does not blow cold air. The heating and fan work just fine, but no cool air. I w... |
| Nov 17, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | I experienced a total catastrophic failure of the transmission with less than 55000 miles and only 5... |
| Aug 16, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | When driving for over 15-20 minutes started to noticed my steering begin to become stiff then would ... |
| Jul 1, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | The contact's son owns a 2016 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while her son was driving 60 mph,... |
| May 10, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR 7 MONTHS AGO FROM ELITE MOTORS IN SACRAMENTO I ALSO NOUGHT A WARRANTY FOR POWE... |
| Sep 15, 2020 | POWER TRAIN | MY 2016 HONDA CIVIC EXL A/C SYSTEM NO LONGER WORKING. FOR THE YEAR OF THE VEHICLE I WOULD THINK THE... |
| Sep 6, 2020 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | TRANSMISSION FILL PLUG CAME OUT AND LEAKED FLUID ALL OVER MY TRANSMISSION. THE FLUID WAS CHANGED AT ... |
| Sep 1, 2020 | POWER TRAIN,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | FIRST, THE NEW "NO FUEL CAP" FUEL PUMP SUCKS.. IT ALWAYS GET STUCKED WHEN I'M PUMPING GAS AT ANY GAS... |
| Jul 7, 2020 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | A COUPLE OF TIMES WHILE IM STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT MY CAR STALLS, I TOOK IT TO A HONDA DEALER BUT THE... |
| Jun 10, 2020 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | OVER THE LAST YEAR MY 2016 HONDA CIVIC FELT LIKE IT WANTED TO STALL WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. I... |