2015 Honda Civic
Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues
Power train is the leading concern among 380 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 14th highest complaint count among 26 Civic model years with reports.
Of the 2015 reports, 37 involved a crash and 2 involved a fire. 23 people were injured.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
Power train, automatic transmission, control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)Sep 15, 2015
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.
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.
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).
Campaign 15V574000 on NHTSA.gov
Representative owner complaints: air bags
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Air bags, Other or unspecified, Lane departure, Dec 2, 2020, crash
I WAS DRIVING ON A 3 LANE HIGHWAY AND HAD SLOWED DOWN WITH HAZARDS ON WHEN I WAS REAR ENDED MOVING ABOUT 7 MPH. I SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES INCLUDING A GRAND MAL SEIZURE AND 2 BRAIN BLEEDS BECAUSE I BOUNCED MY HEAD OFF THE STEERING WHEEL AS WELL AS MY PASSENGER HITTING HER HEAD ON THE DASH AND CAUSING HER TO BLACKOUT BECAUSE THE CAR AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF WHEN WE GOT HIT BY SOMEONE DRIVING 65 MPH. THE CAR HAD BEEN HIT SO HARD IT GOT HIT INTO A BUSH CAUSING FRONTAL DAMAGE TO AND SEVERE REAR DRIVER DAMAGE.
Air bags, Jul 13, 2020
INTERMITTENT CHECK AIR BAG SYSTEM WARNING. RANDOMLY COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. STARTED ABOUT JUNE 2019. TOOK IN TO DEALER TO CHECK BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND AN ERROR CODE. WARNING DID NOT SHOW AGAIN UNTIL MAY 2020. HAS HAPPENED MORE OFTEN SINCE BUT IS STILL INTERMITTENT. WHILE THE WARNING WAS ON TOOK TO DEALER AND HAD IT CHECKED WHILE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING. READ AN ERROR CODE OF B0001:13, OPEN OR INCREASED RESISTANCE IN THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG FIRST INFLATOR. WARNING HAS NOT COME ON SINCE THEN. MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER TO CHECK SYSTEM AGAIN. CODE SEEMS TO RESET AND CLEAR ON ITS OWN.
Air bags, Mar 11, 2020
DURING 2019, THE AIRBAG SRS CODE B0001-13 APPEARED. I MADE 2 VISITS TO WALSER HONDA IN BURNVILLE. MN TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DEC. 2ND I WAS CHARGED $79.26 AND DEC. 16, 2019 $148.51. THEY REPLACED THE REEL CABLE IN THE SYSTEM, BUT IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM OF THE ERROR MESSAGE LISTED ABOVE. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN MARCH 6, 2020 BECAUSE THE SAME WARNING LIGHT IS ON NON-STOP. I WAS TOLD TO REPLACE SRS UNIT FOR $1100. THE DEALERSHIP OFFERED TO PARTICIPATE YET I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $500 DEDUCTIBLE. HONDA'S AUTO TOUCHLINE COMMUNITY NOTES THAT MY CAR ISN'T THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS AIRBAG SENSOR PROBLEM.@MARSHALL SIDDONS "HAVE SEEN QUITE A FEW OF THESE CARS - '12-'14 CIVICS (NOT SURE IF I'VE EVER SEEN A '15 THOUGH)SINCE THE CARS WERE NEW.....THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG SEEMS TO BE THE FIX." MY VEHICLE IS IN GOOD SHAPE WITH 30,000 MILES. THIS IS A DEFECTIVE AIRBAG AND LIKELY A PROBLEM FOR OTHER HONDA CIVIC OWNERS. SHOULDN'T IT BE A FACTORY RECALL? TODAY, I SPOKE TO NATALIE IN AMERICAN HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE COMPANY DECLINES TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR. I REQUEST AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. PAY FOR THE FULL INSTALLATION OF NEW SRS AIRBAG UNIT AT NO COST TO ME AND REIMBURSE ME FOR $227.77. THIS IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT.
Air bags, Nov 19, 2019, crash
MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN I WAS REAR ENDED WITH MY SEATBELT ON WHEN I WAS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT ON A BUSY SUBURBAN STREET. MY AIRBAG LIGHT GOES OFF AND ON AT TIMES. I WAS TOLD FIXING THE AIRBAG PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED. WHY IS THAT WHEN TAKATA B BAGS WERE REPORTEDLY RECALLED FOR THE 2015 HONDA CIVIC.
Air bags, Sep 19, 2019, crash
TANAKA RECALL, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY NOTICE FROM HONDA ABOUT THE AIRBAGS! A RECENT ACCIDENT DEPLOYED THE AIRBAGS AND THE CAR IS A LOSS OF TOTAL! DO I GET ANY RESTITUTION BEFORE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED? THE CAR MADE A LEFT TURN WHEN THE OTHER MOTORIST HIT THE SIDE OF THE FRONT BUMPER AS MY CAR WAS GOING INTO MOTION ON A MAIN STREET
Air bags, Sep 13, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG ERRONEOUSLY PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Air bags, Seat belts, Seats, Aug 2, 2019, crash
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 I UNBUCKLED MY SEAT BELT IT DID NOT RETURN TO ITS PLACE LIKE IT NORMALLY DOES. WITHIN THIS COMPLAINT, I WILL ATTACH PICTURES FROM THE CRASH AND IT SHOWS HOW THE AIRBAGS DID NOT COME OUT.
Air bags, Jun 14, 2019
TAKATA AIRBAG GOES OFF WHEN A PASSENGER SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF THE CAR
Air bags, Other or unspecified, Apr 16, 2019
TAKATA RECALL; AIRBAG LIGHT HAS COME ON TWICE FOR NO REASON OVER THE PAST 3 MONTHS FOR A FEW DAYS AT A TIME AND WILL GO OFF. HAS COME ON ONLY WHEN STATIONARY AND SHOWS UNTIL IT DECIDES TO GO OFF AFTER I'VE STARTED THE VEHICLE AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME, AS IF IT NEVER WAS ON. TRANSMISSION ISSUE; TRANSMISSION PULLING/SLIPPING. WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE IT STALLS AND JERKS BACK. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP VEHICLE STALLS/JERKS. WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP VEHICLE JERKS CONSISTENTLY. LESS THAN 100,000 MILES.
Air bags, Apr 2, 2019
AIR BAG LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF RANDOMLY FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS.
Air bags, Feb 5, 2019
OPEN OR INCREASED RESISTANCE IN THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG FIRST INFLATOR. INTERMITTENT FAILURE AT THIS TIME.
Air bags, Jan 28, 2019
THE SRS LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. MOST LIKELY DUE TO A FAULTY OCCUPANT SENSOR.
Air bags, Jan 14, 2019
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR AN IMPACT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000.
Air bags, Nov 3, 2018
CAR WAS STATIONARY SITTING IN DRIVE-WAY. AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD AS SOON AS CAR WAS TURNED ON. CAR WAS TAKEN TO HONDA DEALERSHIP AND I WAS INFORMED THAT TWO ISSUES MIGHT BE THE CAUSE: FRONT RIGHT IMPACT SENSOR FAILURE ($300ISH TO REPLACE) OR SRS MOTHERBOARD FAILURE ($1400 TO REPLACE). HONDA IS REFUSING TO PAY FOR ANY SAFETY FAILURES ON THE CAR BECAUSE, "VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY". SO EVEN THOUGH THE AIR BAG MAY DEPLOY AT ANY MOMENT OR NOT DEPLOY WHEN NEEDED (LIKE A CAR CRASH); IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE PAID FOR BY THE LOYAL HONDA CUSTOMER TO REPLACE. I HAVE NOT HAD MY CAR SERVICED YET, MIGHT DECIDE TO GO WITH SOMEONE OTHER THAN HONDA FOR SERVICING. SIDE NOTE: CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS OF ANY NATURE AND HAS ONLY BEEN SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP.
Air bags, Sep 28, 2018, crash
MY DAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION ON 9/27/2018 IN HER 2015 HONDA CIVIC. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND SHE HIT HER HEAD, CHEST, AND PELVIS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. WE HAVE HAD THIS CAR SINCE IT WAS NEW. SHE WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35MPH WHEN A CAR STARTED TO TURN IN FRONT OF HER, AND THEY COLLIDED NEARLY HEAD-ON.
Air bags, Structure, Jun 29, 2018, crash
AIR BAGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BUT VIN NUMBER ON THE AIR BAGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
Air bags, May 9, 2018
I JUST PURCHASED THIS HONDA CERTIFIED USED CAR ON MAY 7, 2018. AFTER I STARTED IT IN MY DARK GARAGE THE NEXT MORNING, I NOTICED THAT TO THE RIGHT OF THE CLOCK WAS A WHITE "PASSENGER AIRBAG" NOTICE THAT WAS ON AND REMAINED ON. I HADN'T NOTICED IT IN THE BRIGHT SUNLIGHT THE DAY BEFORE WHEN I DROVE THE CAR HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND STARTED IT AGAIN. THAT NOTICE CAME ON RIGHT AWAY FOLLOWED WITH WITH A LARGER, AMBER-COLORED "OFF" SIGN UNDER IT. THIS OFF SIGN WENT AWAY AFTER A FEW SECONDS, BUT THE WHITE "PASSENGER AIRBAG" NOTICE STAYS ON ALL THE TIME THAT I DRIVE THE CAR, AND EVERY TIME THAT I HAVE DRIVEN IT. I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON OR NEAR THE PASSENGER SEAT. I CALLED THE DEALER AND SOMEONE IN SERVICE TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN. I CHECKED MY OWNER'S MANUAL ON PAGES 8-11 BUT THE INFORMATION THERE ABOUT THE AIRBAG WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE "PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF" INDICATOR AS THOUGH IT WAS ONE LIGHT, WHEREAS ON MY CAR IT IS TWO LIGHTS...THE WHITE "PASSENGER AIRBAG" LIGHT THAT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME, AND THE AMBER "OFF" LIGHT THAT IS ONLY ON FOR A FEW SECONDS. I CHECKED THE INTERNET AND FOUND SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AND IT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE NORMAL FOR IT TO STAY ON ALL THE TIME. WHEN I GOT TO THE HONDA WEST, LAS VEGAS, SERVICE DEPARTMENT THE MORNING OF MAY 9, 2018, I SHOWED THE SERVICE REP WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND HE TOLD ME THAT HIS OLDER HONDA HAD DONE EXACTLY THE SAME THING, AND IT WAS NORMAL. I ASKED HIM TO SIT IN MY PASSENGER SEAT (WHILE THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING) AND THE WHITE "PASSENGER AIRBAG" LIGHT REMAIN ON. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GETTING THE CORRECT INFORMATION FROM THIS SERVICE GUY. I TRIED TO FIND A WAY TO CONTACT HONDA USA TO ASK THEM, BUT I COULDN'T FIND A WAY TO DO SO. SO CONTACTING YOU SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY WAY TO HOPEFULLY GET THIS RESOLVED. THE WEIGHT SENSORS ON THE SEAT SEEM TO BE TRICKY AND I DON'T KNOW IF MY PASSENGER AIRBAG IS O.K.
Air bags, Jan 7, 2018
MY AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF RANDOMLY. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO HONDA MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET IT LOOKED AT. THEY RAN TESTS ON IT AND DIDN'T KNOW WHY IT WAS HAPPENING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY AIRBAG IS WORKING CORRECTLY. I HAVE AVOIDED HAVING PASSENGERS IN MY CAR WITH ME BECAUSE OF THIS, BUT CAN NOT COME TO A CONCLUSION WITH THE HELP OF HONDA ON WHAT THE ISSUE IS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON AND OFF FOR THE PAST 8 MONTHS.
Air bags, Dec 15, 2017
TAKATA RECALL. I RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR MY VEHEICLE'S AIRBAGS' RECALL
Air bags, Dec 13, 2017
TAKATA RECALL FOR DO COMPLAINT
Air bags, Dec 13, 2017
TAKATA RECALL I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MY AIRBAGS ARE WORKING AND NOT DEFECTIVE, BECAUSE MY LIGHT TO MY AIRBAGS COME ON AND OFF EVERY DAY , IT WILL COME ON ONCE I GET DOWN THE STREET AND JUMP OFF AND THEN COME RIGHT BACK ON . NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM.
Air bags, Nov 29, 2017, crash
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SKID. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HEAD AND CHEST INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOWING LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Air bags, Nov 20, 2017
AIR BAG LIGHTS COMES ON AND OFF SPORADICALLY! DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS HAPPENING WHEN I AM DRIVING ON MY CITY STREET OR ON THE HIGHWAY!
Air bags, Oct 2, 2017, crash
I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH, THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS DAMAGED AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THE TAKATA RECALL.
Air bags, Jun 6, 2017, crash
I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON 5/29/17. MY CAR WAS HIT ON THE LEFT REAR NEAR THE FENDER WELL. THE CAR SPUN OUT OF CONTROL ACROSS THE INTERSTATE AND HIT THE GUARD RAIL FACING THE TRAFFIC. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.