Complaint volume
874 consumer-submitted complaints are matched to this model year. Treat the count as a research signal, then read the actual summaries for repeated symptoms.
Complaint records
2022 Honda Civic Complaints
874 consumer-submitted complaints on record for the 2022 Honda Civic, grouped by component category.
874 Total complaints
34 Crash reports
3 Fire reports
12 Injury reports
Complaint data reflects consumer-submitted reports. A complaint is not proof
of a defect, recall, or manufacturer fault. Enriched severity fields come
from official bulk records when the complaint can be matched by ODI number.
Buyer interpretation
How to use these complaints before buying
Complaint records are most useful when they turn into inspection points, seller questions, and comparison checks against nearby model years.
Pattern to inspect
The most common categories are steering, steering,lane departure, unknown or other. Use those categories as a test-drive checklist instead of judging the vehicle from the total count alone.
Severity flags
Enriched records include 34 crash reports, 3 fire reports, 12 injury reports, and 0 fatality reports. These fields come from complaint records and should be read in context.
Mileage clue
Mileage is available on 48 complaints, with an average reported failure mileage of 35,060 miles. Compare that with the mileage on the listing.
Questions to ask the seller
- Have you had any problems related to steering, steering,lane departure, unknown or other?
- Can I see recent maintenance and repair records?
- Has the vehicle ever been towed, involved in a crash, or repaired for the same issue twice?
- Can we also check the recall record for this 2022 Honda Civic?
Used-car checklist
Use these complaints before the test drive.
Build a buyer checklist to turn these issues into questions and inspection points.
2022 Honda Civic
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How severe are the 2022 Honda Civic complaints?
34 Crash
3 Fire
12 Injury
0 Fatality
19 Towed
8 Medical attention
What are the most common 2022 Honda Civic complaint categories?
STEERING 615
STEERING,LANE DEPARTURE 37
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 16
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 16
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 15
STEERING,SUSPENSION 13
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 9
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 7
VISIBILITY/WIPER 7
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 6
874 total complaints on record
Latest complaints
| Date | Component | Summary | Severity | Mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2023 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Steering wheel has a sticking feeling, more noticeable at higher speeds. Seems to require more force to make small corrections, which results in over correction. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | While operating the vehicle, the steering wheel sticks or hangs. This happens at all speeds at all times and the issue makes it difficult to drive and very uncomfortable at high speeds. Called Teams Honda dealership and they said they are aware of the issue and no recall has been issued at this time. So basically... just drive it. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING,SUSPENSION | Steering wheel is sticking when moving steering wheel/driving. Steering wheel locks while driving. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | have had my 22 sport for almost a year, just about 18k miles, i noticed about a month ago at higher speeds the steering gets strange. when driving straight and making the little left to right adjustments it feels likes it grabbing and i almost have to fight it to get that small adjustment, best comparison is when u try to change lanes without a blinker and the car tries to keep u in the lane, at first it was only randomly on the highway now it seems to be with all higher speeds, it doesn’t do this at lower speeds. i have turned all assistance off and it doesn’t help. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | While traveling home on a paved county road, I was approaching an intersection where the current road I was on makes a right hand, 90 degree, turn and comes to a stop sign where the road adjoins another highway. Approximately 350 ft prior to where the road turns right and comes to the stop sign, I turned off my cruise control in preparation of slowing down and navigating the right had turn. At this time, I noticed that I was unable to move my steering wheel in either left or right direction. The steering seemed very stiff or sticky. I focused my attention inside the vehicle, looking for any lights or indications as to what was taking place in an attempt to regain control of the vehicle. I was unable to regain control of the vehicle and the vehicle continued straight, unable to navigate the right turn. While exiting the road, I contacted a right turn arrow sign and proceeded through the grass and down a slight hill. Although the steering was very stiff, I was able to navigate the vehicle slightly right. I came in contact with an embankment at the bottom of the slight hill. This embankment leads up to the highway that I would have been stopping at if I had been able to make the right turn and come to the stop sign. My momentum carried me up the embankment and across the highway. The vehicle finally came to a stop in the ditch on the opposite side of the highway that I had crossed. I'm simply reporting this incident to the NHTSA because I feel there needs to be a sense of awareness brought to this issue. Since my accident, I have read cases of this same occurrence on the '22 and '23 Honda Civics. I suffered injuries in this accident and my car was considered a total loss by my insurance. | Crash: Yes Fire: No Injuries: 1 Towed Medical attention | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | While traveling at highway speeds, the vehicle suddenly engaged emergency braking causing rapid reduction in speed. The vehicle repeated this multiple times almost causing an accident due to other vehicles behind and around the car. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | The steering starts sticking after about 15 or 20 miles at highway speeds it gradually gets worse and worse the car just hit 11,000 miles on the odometer I have taken it back into the dealer they said they cannot find anything wrong I am taking it back in tomorrow to drop it off | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | Steering get stuck while driving. Took it to Honda and found the rack is bad. Honda has had my car for a month and said the part will not be available until July. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | It feels like a EPS malfunction. Will take more effort than usual to steer. For lack of better words it feels like "sticky steering". Started to feel this at 10,000 miles approx. As soon as you catch some speed, you can start feeling the malfunction. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | I've been experiencing steering wheel issues for some time now. I've had to go to the honda service center multiple times and they could not figure out what the issue was. They had told me that it was because my lane assist was ON but I had it off and I never use my lane assist feature. My steering wheel felt stiff while I was on the highway and felt resistance when turning my steering wheel and this would only happen while I was on the highway and not when I was driving local. I've gone to the service center 3 times within 2 weeks because they could not fix the issue so I had to keep going back. If the steering wheel is stiff or "locked", it would not only endanger me, the driver but other people driving on the highway. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | Steering wheel is sticking and on highway or freeway it causes the vehicle to be hard to steer. I have already been to dealership twice about it. This is an unsafe issue even with me being an experienced driver. Please help as I want to avoid any incidents. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING,LANE DEPARTURE | * At times the steering wheel locks up and won't allow you to make adjustments in either direction while you are driving. The steering seems to freeze up. The steering then all of a sudden seems to release in response to you trying to correct the direction of the car. This causes the car to then jerk while it feels like the steering releases. It also feels as though you are fighting with the steering to keep car going correct direction. Very annoying and concerned about my safety. It is available for inspection and has been inspected by Pensacola, FL Honda. The first time was in 2022 and they found nothing wrong - despite my concerns and I feel the problem obvious. Problem persisted. Had others drive as I thought I was being crazy. In 2023 I returned to same dealership was told known problem. Electronic power steering rack. Part on back order until July 2023. In military and have to drive this car over 1000 miles end of May 2023. Getting run around from same Honda dealership and American Honda Motor Co. I am concerned for my safety with the drive I must make. Dealerships are independent and don't work together. American Honda Motor Co. independent of dealerships. Have to have part ordered with order number for try and get help from American Honda Motor Co. Was told to have part ordered by Honda dealership in Omaha, NE by American Honda Motor Co. Need part before drive of 1000 miles made. I have done this and now I wait. Concerned about my safety and others when I drive this vehicle. I have no other vehicle to drive. I saw NHTSA on 3/25/23 investigating what I feel is this problem. Risk associated with problem "which increases the risk of a crash and injury." Very frustrating such a rich company with net worth of $45 billion dollars worries about profit over safety. *No warning lamps or messages have ever appeared. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | There are two issues that I want to report: 1. While using the adaptive cruise control on the freeway, I was cruising at about 65 MPH and my adaptive cruise control turned off by itself. My car began to decelerate with vehicles approaching my rear bumper rather quickly. I was not able to reengage the adaptive cruise control at all. 2. While driving on the freeway, I noticed my steering was not steady or stable. I would steer just a little bit to maintain my lane and the steering did not respond so I pushed the steering wheel a little more and the steering was sticky. So I pushed harder and the steering did move but it moved more than just enough to maintain my lane so I was weaving in my lane as I tried to make the corrections. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | While driving straight or even turning my steering wheel feels sticky and has a clicking noise and also while making a u turn or a night turn the steering wheel gets stuck at a spot and have to jerk it back to regular. I’ve had many close accident incidents where the steering wheel caused an issue and it is starting to be a daily issue. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | The Collision Mitigation System has spontaneously engaged 4 times with no obstacles in front or to the side of my car. 3 incidents were on city streets with a low rate of speed. The 4th incident happened on the freeway at about 65MPH! I had no vehicles in front of me or to the side of me but I had several behind me. The car came to a screeching halt on the freeway with a truck behind me. Thankfully the truck was far enough behind that he was able to maneuver around me. I was able to get the car going and pulled over to the shoulder of the freeway and threw up because I thought for a moment that I might die if the truck had slammed into me. It was very close and the truck driver was pretty angry as he passed. There were no obstacles in any of the 4 instances. I asked about the issue during the next routine tune up but was told they couldn't replicate it and no codes from the car. It's happened 4 times since June 2021 when I bought the car brand new from the Honda dealership. I'm scared to get on the freeway now after that last incident. They can't replicate it they said - so now what do I do with a car I can't rely upon to be safe? | Crash: No Fire: No Injuries: 1 | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | When I am driving above 30-40 MPH and I am turning, it would be easy to steer one way and then when I steer back straight, the steering wheel would feel like its stuck and difficult for me to steer back straight. When I am steering back straight, it feel like the car jerks and the steering gets stiffer than usual. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | I've seen on forums many people complaining 11th gen civic having what's being called as "sticky steering". For a few months now my steering has felt weird. Lots of times when driving my steering feels sticky or stuck. Minor adjustments I want to make is troublesome. The steering wheel feels sorta stuck in place and I have to yank a little hard to correct it. There's is also a clicking noise when making these adjustments. The steering wheel makes like a clicking sound when doing these adjustments. My car sometimes has smooth steering with effortless adjusting but usually it feels stuck and sticky. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | On multiple occasions, at higher rates of speed, namely on interstates - with speeds around 65 mph and above, I felt as if I was fighting for control of the steering wheel. Example, when attempting to transition to the next lane over, I would attempt to easily shift the steering wheel in the direction of the lane that I’m intending to change into and I felt the steering wheel fighting me for control. This happened on multiple occasions. It often led to an over-correction on my end, as it caused panic. Then, when driving, again at a high speed on the interstate, when attempting to guide the car through general directional lane shifts, again, I felt the car retaining grip if the wheel and what felt like fighting me for control of the steering. It became so bad and concerning, that I would no longer take it onto the interstate. When traveling at much lower speeds on community roadways, when engaging tight right turns, a clicking sensation was felt within the tightest portion of the turn. I did leave it with the dealership for a few days and was told they were unable to replicate the issue. I noticed though, that the mileage in and out on the paperwork was identical, so I’m not even sure if they did indeed perform any type of testing, namely road/testing. Without the concern being addressed seriously, I had no choice other than to trade it in. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 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. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | Steering feels sticky and I have to break it free while cruising on highway. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING,SUSPENSION | 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. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | 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. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | 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. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | Multiple incidents where steering feels sticky while driving greater than 20mph causing abrupt forceful action to bring back to straight line driving. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Apr 2023 | STEERING | Steering become sticky, and becomes very hard to do minor adjustments on the highway | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |