1997 Honda Civic Frontal Problems
- 53
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 53 stored complaint records:
- 37 indicate a crash
- 25 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- upon impact · 9 records
- airbags deployed · 8 records
- passenger side · 5 records
- light came · 4 records
- airbags deploy · 4 records
- neither deployed · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 6 |
| 30–60k mi | 2 |
| 1–30k mi | 1 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Frontal
While driving 35mph another vehicle failed to yield while making a right turn. Honda "t" boned other vehicle. Upon impact with vehicle, neither air bag deployed. Driver hit steering wheel. Minor injury, but emergency room treatment. *ak
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 877571
Frontal
Consumer was traveling about 65mph on highway and tire hit a rock , and both airbags deployed. Driver suffered a burn on the left arm. He has contacted a honda dealership. *ak
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 870802
Frontal
Consumer was involved in a 30 mph frontal collision in which driver's or passenger air bags did not deploy, cause unknown. *ak
Crash reported · 2 injuries
ODI 870265
Frontal
Vehicle was at a stop light when another vehicle rearended it after traveling 40mph & pushed it into another. Upon impact, driver's air bag failed to deploy. No emergency treatment. Has police report. *ak
Crash reported
ODI 870965
Frontal
Air bag light sensor was remaining on. Vehicle hit a dog at 50 mph, and both air bags deployed without inflating. Dealer notified. *ak
Crash reported
ODI 863344
Frontal
Involved in an accident and driver's air bag deployed, causing second degree burns near wrist, possibly due to gun powder in the airbag. *ak
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 859574
Frontal
When vehicle hit a guardrail head-on there was no deployment of driver's side or passenger's side air bags. Vehicle was traveling 40 mph when this happened. Vehicle will be repaired. *ak *ml
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 858484
Frontal
On dec.10,1999 was involved in accident.hit on driver side of vehicle then proceeded to hit a light pole head on.received serious amount of damage.consisting of broken nose,broken ribs,loss of bone teeth and tissue,bruised liver and lungs ,bleeding on the brain. *ak
Crash reported · 3 injuries
ODI 717076
Frontal · Tires
The air bag falsly deployed when the right front tire went flat causing the consumer to crash into a utility pole. Consumer escaped with only a few bruises. Nlm
ODI 551992
Frontal
While traveling at 40 mph consumer had a head-on collision, and air bags did not deploy. *ak
Crash reported
ODI 851257
Frontal
The air bag deployed and apparently burst causing severe eye injury a twelve year old child (my son) who was waering his seat belt. From the initial diagnosis of the ambulance crew to his chief cornea & other eye specialist - all of the damage was caused by the deployment of the air bag. We were struck from the driver's side by a speeding vehicle at an intersection in saginaw michigan. Because of the intensive…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 718784
Frontal
Vehicle was at a stop when another vehicle traveling at high speed rear ended the honda civic, causing it to have a frontal impact with another vehicle. Upon impact, airbags did not deploy, which did not protect the occupant in this crash. Please provide further information. *ak
Crash reported
ODI 842134
Frontal
Consumer had head-on collison and neither air bag deployed. Consumer sustained muscular injuries. *ak
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 836441
Anchorage · Frontal · Sensor/Control Module
I own a 97 honda civic lx 4dr and have been in 3 accidents w/o air bag deployment. In 9/98 i was rear-ended at 40 mph which bent the frame of my car and cost several thousand to repair. Honda service said that the airbags would not deploy unless there was a sudden decel and/or frontal impact. A few mos later in 01/99, i was in an accident and the police rpt states that i broadsided a 81 cadillac on the front…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10029323
Frontal
Driver's side air bag did not deploy after a rear end collision at approx. 55 mph impact. Dealer/mfr. Have not been contacted at this time. *ak
Crash reported
ODI 832987
Frontal
Consumer was driving in the rain, and ran in to back of the another vehicle. Upon impact, driver's airbag didn't deploy. *ak
Crash reported
ODI 839074
Frontal · Retractor
Was traveling 25mph & rearended another vehicle sitting too far out in the lane. Left front end pushed backwards. Driver's air bag failed to deploy upon impact. Seat belt did not restrain driver whose head hit the windshield. Had cuts to face & lips from broken windshield. *ak
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 831832
Frontal
No deployment of air bags did during accident. *yc
ODI 608518
Frontal
Dual airbags deployed during front end collision. Impact from driver's side airbag caused open wounds/burns from chin to chest, force of passenger's airbag shattered front windshield, vehicle at body shop, driver hit another moving vehicle, wet weather. *ak
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 815361
Frontal
Consumer was driving east at approx 45 mph, truck jumped out in front, hit head on other vehicle side, bumper was completely pushed in. Airbag did not deploy. Due to this defect, consumer hit dashboard with head, hit steering wheel with chest. Seat belts were not working at time of incident. *ak
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 814699
Frontal
While driving at 40-50 mph on the freeway had direct frontal impact where the defective driver's and passenger's airbags system did not deploy, and did not protect the occupant in this accident. Manufacturer said airbag sensor is moving back towards the vehicle due to earlier civic model having inadvertent deployments. *ak
Crash reported
ODI 816192
Frontal
While driving at low speed, driver struck the vehicle in front of her and may have been struck from behind. Air bag deployed, driver sustained thermal 2nd degree burns to the medial aspect of both hands, wrists/biceps and chin. *ak
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 524559
Air Bags · Frontal
1997 honda civic air bag light on. Determined air bag module is bad. Searched the web and it seems thousands of accord, civic and prelude owners are having the same problem. Nhtsa does have recall campaign id number: 97v193000 for passenger side airbag not put in right, how about one for a junk module?? *tr
ODI 10260650
Frontal
Airbag light stays illuminated while vehicle is in motion. Dealer has inspected vehicle. *ak
ODI 876591
Frontal
Consumer was involved in a 30 mph frontal collision in which the driver's or passenger's air bags did not deploy. Please give any further details. *ak
Crash reported
ODI 819981