FaultScore

Worst years for a Honda Civic Hybrid

Owners have filed 596 complaints about the Honda Civic Hybrid with NHTSA across model years 2003 to 2025. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2007 Honda Civic Hybrid

106 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2025 Honda Civic Hybrid

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Honda Civic Hybrid year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2025 A 10 0 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2015 6 0 0 117,729 Engine & Cooling
2014 7 3 0 54,000 Airbags
2013 A 12 0 0 45,000 Engine & Cooling
2012 C 23 7 0 20,000 Electrical System
2011 1 0 0 Airbags
2010 B 22 1 0 40,000 Electrical System
2009 B 41 0 0 52,000 Electrical System
2008 D 88 9 0 64,500 Electrical System
2007 F 106 11 0 77,000 Electrical System
2006 C 89 3 0 105,000 Electrical System
2005 D 69 8 0 95,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2004 C 55 8 0 116,500 Transmission & Drivetrain
2003 C 67 6 0 126,000 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Honda Civic Hybrid

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 123 20.6%

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2003

Engine & Cooling 81 13.6%

Worst in 2007

Airbags 69 11.6%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2007

Other & Unspecified 21 3.5%

Worst in 2005

Steering 20 3.4%

Worst in 2007

Brakes 14 2.3%

Worst in 2006

Suspension 14 2.3%

Worst in 2009

Lights 12 2.0%

Worst in 2003

Wheels 11 1.8%

Worst in 2007

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 10 1.7%

Worst in 2008

Body & Structure 8 1.3%

Worst in 2005

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Honda Civic Hybrid, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Aug 2011 peak 54 May 2026

Honda Civic Hybrid problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Honda Civic Hybrid

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.