Honda Civic Hybrid vs BMW Z4

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Honda Civic Hybrid	BMW Z4
Complaints on file	596	1,444
Model years covered	2003–2025	2002–2022
Worst model year	2007	2003
Best model year	2025	2008
Crashes reported	56	34
Fires reported	0	7
Injuries reported	38	9
Deaths reported	1	2
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Steering
Share of complaints involving harm	15.9%	3.6%

Honda Civic Hybrid by year

67 55 69 89 106 88 41 22 1 23 12 7 6 10

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 25

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 123 20.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 104 17.4%

Engine & Cooling 81 13.6%

Airbags 69 11.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 49 8.2%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 40 6.7%

Other & Unspecified 21 3.5%

Steering 20 3.4%

BMW Z4 by year

6 460 443 204 107 42 27 26 10 57 7 12 10 7 5 7 11 1 2

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Steering 993 68.8%

Airbags 101 7.0%

Engine & Cooling 78 5.4%

Electrical System 74 5.1%

Wheels 25 1.7%

Brakes 21 1.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 18 1.2%

Body & Structure 18 1.2%