Brakes complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2020 Honda Civic has 12 NHTSA brakes complaints and 1 brakes-related recall.
12
Complaints
1
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
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SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2020-2021 Civic, 2020-2023 Ridgeline, 2021-2023 Passport, 2021-2022 Pilot, and 2020 Acura MDX ve...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2025 | SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | My automatic Breaks that prevents me from rear ending a car keeps engaging when I am a few car lengt... |
| Jan 16, 2025 | SERVICE BRAKES | I believe my car is affected by this recall and although it isn't showing up by my vin number, I am ... |
| Jun 13, 2024 | PARKING BRAKE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY | The contact owns a 2020 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle came to an... |
| Nov 30, 2023 | SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | A lot of times the warning collision on dash will flash to “BRAKE” when going through caution lights... |
| Feb 23, 2023 | SERVICE BRAKES | The contact owns a 2022 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, ... |
| Apr 17, 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES | The automatic brake system comes on and brakes when there are no cars in front of me. Then when the... |
| Sep 8, 2021 | PARKING BRAKE | The contact owns a 2020 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while the vehicle was in park in the dr... |
| Aug 23, 2021 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | The contact owned a 2020 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving approximately 65 MPH, the veh... |
| May 13, 2021 | PARKING BRAKE | The contact owns a 2020 Honda Civic. The contact stated while stationary, the vehicle rolled backwar... |
| Jan 16, 2021 | SERVICE BRAKES | REAR ELECTRONIC PARKING BRAKE FAILED WHILE IN PARK. THE VEHICLE HAD THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED, AND T... |
| Oct 10, 2020 | SERVICE BRAKES | I HAD JUST PARKED MY VEHICLE ON A CITY STREET, TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. I APPLIED THE ELECTRICAL EMERG... |
| Jan 9, 2020 | SERVICE BRAKES | THE CRASH MITIGATION ACTIVATED TWICE IN TWO DIFFERENT SITUATIONS ALMOST CAUSING ME TO GET REAR ENDED... |