Pontiac G6 vs Honda Civic

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 Pontiac G6 Honda Civic
Complaints on file 8,455 20,348
Model years covered 2003–2014 1979–2026
Worst model year 2006 2001
Best model year 2010 1994
Crashes reported 381 2,377
Fires reported 111 247
Injuries reported 201 1,478
Deaths reported 10 37
Most complained-about part Steering Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm 8.3% 20.3%

Pontiac G6 by year

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

What breaks

Steering 3,132 37.0%
Electrical System 1,002 11.9%
Lights 987 11.7%
Brakes 738 8.7%
Airbags 411 4.9%

Honda Civic by year

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

What breaks

Airbags 2,932 14.4%
Steering 2,559 12.6%
Engine & Cooling 1,886 9.3%
Electrical System 1,570 7.7%
Other & Unspecified 1,358 6.7%
Brakes 1,073 5.3%