2022 Honda Civic
Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues
Steering is the leading concern among 881 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 6th highest complaint count among 26 Civic model years with reports.
Of the 2022 reports, 34 involved a crash and 3 involved a fire. 19 people were injured.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
Air bags, sensor, occupant classification, front passengerMay 21, 2026
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2021, 2023 Acura TLX, 2019-2024 RDX, 2017-2020, 2022-2026 MDX, 2017-2021, 2023, 2025 Honda Ridgeline, 2017-2022 Pilot, 2019-2021 Passport, 2018-2026 Odyssey, 2019-2022 Insight, 2019-2021 HR-V, 2018-2020 Fit, 2020-2022 CR-V Hybrid, 2017-2022 CR-V, 2017-2018, 2021 Civic Type R, 2017-2021 Civic hatchback, 2016-2020 Civic coupe, 2016-2022 Civic, 2017-2022 Accord Hybrid, and 2016-2022 Accord vehicles. The front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, which can cause the air bags to deploy unintentionally during a crash.
Air bags that deploy unintentionally during a crash increase the risk of injury.
Dealers will replace the seat weight sensors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 7, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are BOL, WO9, OOA, WOM, XOH, NOC, POD, BOE, UOF, POB, EOG, AOI, QO8, TOJ, DO7, and SOK. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 24V064. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning May 29, 2026.
Campaign 26V332000 on NHTSA.gov
SteeringOct 3, 2024
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Acura Integra, Civic Type R, CR-V Hybrid, CR-V, HR-V, 2022-2025 Civic, Civic Hatchback, 2024-2025 Acura Integra Type S, 2025 CR-V Fuel Cell EV, Civic Hybrid, and Civic Hatchback Hybrid vehicles. The steering gearbox assembly may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can cause excessive internal friction and lead to difficulty steering the vehicle.
Difficulty steering can increase the risk of a crash.
Dealers will replace the worm gear spring and redistribute or add grease as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 18, 2024. Owners may contact Honda Customer Service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are SJS, MJU, QJT and VJV.
Campaign 24V744000 on NHTSA.gov
Air bags, sensor, occupant classification, front passengerFeb 1, 2024
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Pilot, Accord, Civic sedan, HR-V, Odyssey, 2020 Civic coupe, Fit, 2021-2022 Civic hatchback, 2021 Civic Type R, Insight, 2020-2021 CR-V, CR-V Hybrid, Passport, Ridgeline, Accord Hybrid, 2020 Acura MDX, 2022 Acura MDX, 2020-2022 Acura RDX, and 2020-2021 Acura TLX vehicles. The front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, failing to suppress the air bag as intended.
An air bag that deploys unintentionally during a crash can increase the risk of injury.
Dealers will replace the seat weight sensors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 28, 2024. This is a phased recall. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for these recalls are XHP and VHQ.
Campaign 24V064000 on NHTSA.gov
Steering, rack and pinionOct 19, 2023
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2022-2024 Civic 4-door and Civic 5-door vehicles that received a replacement power steering rack as part of a service repair. The steering rack may have been incorrectly assembled, which can allow the tire to chafe against the lower suspension or tie rod end, possibly resulting in tire damage.
A damaged tire can fail and increase the risk of a crash or injury.
Dealers will inspect and replace the electric power steering rack, as necessary, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed January 16, 2024. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is YFW.
Campaign 23V704000 on NHTSA.gov
Representative owner complaints
881 reports, newest first.
Fuel/propulsion system, Apr 7, 2023
Fuel efficiency exceptionally poor. Owned for over 1.5 years with 8500+ miles accumulated, rarely met published ratings. Achieved 280 miles per tank, roughly 23/24 mpg average. Driving style adjusted with no effect. Several others who owned the LX and Sport trims manufactured at the Canadian facility in 2021, we came to the conclusion that our Civics are likely part of the same manufacture error/deficiency that caused such poor fuel efficiency.
Steering, Apr 6, 2023
Steering feels sticky and I have to break it free while cruising on highway.
Steering, Apr 6, 2023
While driving my car at speeds above 30mph, the steering wheel starts to 'stick'. It feels like if I don't make any movements with the wheel for more than 1 second, it kind of 'locks' into place, so when I try to move it, I have to put a little more pressure than normal on the wheel to get it to turn. This is dangerous because sometimes when I'm trying to make small, tiny adjustments to slightly turn, the steering wheel won't move until I put more pressure than normal on it. Sometimes this causes me to over-compensate the small movement I want to make, and sometimes it takes longer to turn the wheel than I expect, thus delaying the movement. This is dangerous for both me and other drivers around me. I have not taken the car to the dealer yet because I just got the car 5 days ago and haven't had a chance. However, I looked the problem up online and have seen a large number of people posting about this, with an article stating that the NHTSA was already 'investigating' this problem. I just wanted to document that I am experiencing the same issue.
Steering, Suspension, Apr 6, 2023
Steering feels like it sticks when making micro adjustments on highway speed and when it finally budges, it over-exaggerates the adjustment and you end up wandering in your lane or going out of the lane, causing you to swerve out of the lane. Been taken to the dealer 2 times in less than a month and was told they’ve had multiple complaints from other owners about the same problem and have felt it themselves on other ‘22 Civics but since it does not generate an error code when they run a diagnostics, they cannot do anything about it nor can they replace anything.
Steering, Apr 6, 2023
Shortly after getting the Civic in 4/22, I had two terrifying experiences with the steering. On the first I had to brake to let a car turn left and as I tried to enter the right lane to go around, the steering wheel locked. The second was on a twisty, curved entrance to a highway. Again, the wheel seemed to jam, and I had to yank it to avoid going on to the other side, this resulted in no grip on the road and I zig-zagged for a bit before being able to right the car. This continued to happen; but foolishly I adapted and learned not to trust the car. It was constantly dangerous to drive: the steering always unpredictable. In 10/22, the flashers were left on, and the battery discharged. All of the warning lights went on and the AAA person told me they would clear with driving. They didn’t. In 12/22, I brought the car to the dealership, believing they could best fix the warning lights. The dealership told me that the rack and pinion was bent and that this was the reason the warning lights were on. When I asked how an 8-month-old car with 1600 miles could have this, I was repeatedly blamed. First, they told me I must have hit a pothole. I did not. Then they told me the car had impact accidents. It did not. I told them these things did not happen. But they told me to put in an insurance claim. I refused to do this and paid them to fix it since I was now clear that the problems with the steering weren’t just something to adapt to, but something very dangerous. Despite my repeatedly asking for photos of the rack and pinion, the dealership refused to provide them. An added insult, they returned the car with a new knocking sound. I took it to my own repair person, and he had to tighten the bolts that they left loose. The mechanic told me that there was no way I could have damaged the rack and pinion unit and there was clearly something wrong with the manufacture of the car. All attempts to receive assistance from corporate Honda were frustrating and futile.
Steering, Apr 6, 2023
Multiple incidents where steering feels sticky while driving greater than 20mph causing abrupt forceful action to bring back to straight line driving.
Steering, Apr 4, 2023
Steering become sticky, and becomes very hard to do minor adjustments on the highway
Steering, Electrical system, Apr 3, 2023
The steering is sticky meaning it feels like the power steering is not working and it makes the steering more difficult and harder to control. When the speed increases on the highway the issue is even more noticeable. No warnings pop up and no other issues/symptoms happen prior to. Another issue we are experiencing is electrical. During frigid temperatures when starting the car every car warning pops up and shows no safety and vehicle systems are working, this issue happened every time the temperature was lower than 15 degrees and now I notice a delay in my LED screen popping up when starting my car so the screen stays blank for the first few minutes of driving my car. Not sure if these 2 issues are related but it is definitely worth mentioning because I'm afraid an electrical issue or steering issue will be the cause of an accident.
Steering, Other or unspecified, Service brakes, Apr 3, 2023
The vehicle steering wheel locked up and several error warnings were displayed on the dashboard. We had to have the vehicle towed to the dealership.
Steering, Service brakes, Lane departure, Apr 2, 2023
When I am driving my steering wheel is sticky, wonders left and right and I keep having to correct the steering it feels like the steering where clicks back and forth with no sound it does not drive safe and it is hard to turn the steering wheel. Yesterday I was driving on the freeway and out of no where the brake light on the dash popped up 3 times and the car started to pull. When I turn on the lane assist a different time the brake like on the dash came on and it pulled to the right hard. This is very scary and unsafe! I just bought this car and the steering wheel issues needs fixing very scary and unsafe to drive there needs to be a recall.
Steering, Apr 2, 2023
Uncontrollable steering wheel jerking while driving. At first I noticed when I was going over 40 mph now it’s happening more frequently I have took it to the car dealer and they said they don’t know what’s going on.
Steering, Apr 2, 2023
When turning to the right it has a little shake in the steering wheel
Steering, Apr 2, 2023
Steering wheel sticking when driving above 30 MPH. Sticks to center while driving. Hard to start slight turns. Feeling of resistance on turn in both directions.
Steering, Apr 1, 2023
A few months after purchase, I was backing out of a parking area into the highway, and the steering froze. I forced the wheel to turn and attributed the incident to having inadvertently turned on a safety feature. I began noticing, then, that the steering seemed to "almost stick" when I drove more than 40-45 mph. I do not lose complete steering control, but steering seems stilted, especially when highway driving. The vehicle has been driven fewer than 6000 miles. I heard on an ABC newscast that incidents such as those I had been experiencing were being investigated. I telephoned the local Honda dealer and was told that the dealership was unaware of any such investigation, but would inspect the car to determine if the safety features were working properly. Before taking the vehicle to the inspection appointment, I researched the news article and found it to be accurate. The dealership noted that they were not aware of any other reports having been made of these experiences. The "head mechanic" drove the car and said all was well as, in comparison to other Civics, the steering felt as it should. It was suggested that I might not be familiar with the electric power steering that the vehicle features.There have been no warning messages. Although there have been no direct instances of near safety risks, I am apprehensive when driving at highway speeds and am filing this report for documentation of my concerns.
Steering, Mar 31, 2023
Feeling stickiness of steering while driving with 60mi/hour speed even sometime it's back with less speed. Also, at highway speed car started pulled over towards any side and makes more effort to control the car. This problem almost 5 months before and Honda USA and their dealer have informed multiple times but no solution yet taken.
Steering, Mar 31, 2023
The contact owns a 2022 Honda Civic. The contact stated while driving at various speeds and making a turn or switching to another lane, the steering wheel was temporarily slightly resistant. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the failure mostly occurred while driving at high speeds. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that they had received similar complaints. The vehicle was then taken to a second dealer, Ohio Valley Honda (532 N 3rd St, Steubenville, OH 43952) where the mechanic test drove the vehicle and noticed the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 11,000.
Steering, Mar 30, 2023
The contact owns a 2022 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 70 MPH, the steering wheel became firm. The contact stated that no warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 400.
Electrical system, Mar 30, 2023
Hello, I am a victim of cyber stalking. My vehicle was broken into and someone downloaded some type of application within the audio system. I am hoping you can assist by contacting Honda on my behalf. I have tried going to a local dealership and ask for assistance with a software update but they said i had to download an app on my mobile phone. I cannot download the app because the person is accessing my phone. I have gone to the authorities several times in the past. I am asking that please contact Honda Motor Corp. And if they can contact the dealership in Weymouth MA and provide instructions for how they can provide a software update to my vehicle. The person is tracking my every driven mode. I tried doing a factory reset but that does not work because there seems to be an app or something imbedded. I was just going to remove the external radio feature which is mounted but this, external piece, i believe assist with some safety features. This has been going on for over a year.
Steering, Mar 29, 2023
Steering is sticking when driving for long distances or on highway. Trying to make small steering adjustments is hard and the steering jumps around and has a jittery feeling.
Steering, Mar 29, 2023
While driving for a few months now at 5K miles the car is having steering control issues. Where the steering is sticky while driving shifting from side to side and locking in a steady state while driving around a bend. There are no safety warnings present on the dashboard. Because of this vehicle issue, I feel unsafe driving my vehicle. I have taken it to a dealership to look at and investigate. They’ve told me the power steering rack needs a replacement. The power steering rack is currently on back order until July. I am hoping for a loaner vehicle, because I do not feel safe driving my vehicle with this problem still occurring. This could cause a possible accident that I would hope could be prevented.
Steering, Mar 29, 2023
The steering seems to get suck at any speed over 50 mph. I have to jerk the steering wheel to unstick it to keep my car in the lane. This is even with all of the lake keep assist off and no drivers aids being used. I am unable to drive my car on the freeway or anywhere over 50 mph. It almost caused me to crash on three separate occasions.
Steering, Mar 29, 2023
While driving at highway speeds the vehicle wonders to either side and when trying to adjust the steering wheel sticks to that position making it hard to keep the car stray in the line. When it happens the cars feels loose and unsafe to drive since I have to constantly adjust the steering wheel and literally fight against the car to keep it stray.
Steering, Lane departure, Mar 29, 2023
After driving for 30 to 45 minutes the steering becomes sticky and won’t got straight veering left or right slightly. The wheel often gets stuck veering left and needs extra force to bring it back often causing an over correction. Started at 22000 miles. This happened during winter months but the last two weeks during spring I’ve noticed it less so it may be related to colder temps. Also gets stuck in curves wanting continue turning by itself rather than straightening itself. On a couple occasions when the lane keep assist is activated it veers strongly to the opposite direction also need extra force to bring the wheel back to center.
Steering, Mar 28, 2023
The steering system developed a "notchy"-ness to it. The steering required above normal pressure to correct the direction and then "jumped" a little too far which required the same process to correct it. Almost like the car could only correct in 2 degree increments to try and keep it heading straight. Each correction was slightly too much though and required another correction in the opposite direction. This was at highway speeds of 70 MPH. The lane assist was turned off as it was thought that affected it but it didn't. After parking the car at our destination the steering was fine on the way home only to randomly start happening again. I have not had it checked at a dealer yet but will bring it in. Car has about 9900 miles. My wife looked at me and didn't understand why I couldn't keep the car simply headed straight. Have hundreds of thousands of miles of experience - its a steering malfunction.
Steering, Mar 28, 2023
The steering wheel sticks and then when your steer harder in the direction you’re trying to go the steering wheel frees up. It does it both going left and right.