1. Honda Civic
  2. Problems
  3. 2005
  4. Structure

2005 Honda Civic Structure Problems

5
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 5 stored complaint records:

  • 1 indicate a crash
  • 1 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
30–60k mi1
150–400k mi1
100–150k mi1
1–30k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • February 14, 2015 · 129,000 miles

    Structure

    Honda is refusing to fix the clear coat issue on the 05 civics. It starts off as a light area usually on the roof of the car and then spreads. The clear coat is now gone from almost half of the roof and has started on the trunk lid and doors of the car. Customer service told me that after 10 years they expect all cars should be repainted and that it was my job to have that done. Since this problem started 3-4 years…

    ODI 10684146

  • February 1, 2014 · 166,000 miles

    Structure

    Water is leaking into front driver's side of car (onto floor, carpet). Wolchase honda did not find problem but told me it was windshield. I purchased a new windshield at auto glass place but still had water from rain running into my car. The glass technician actually found leak after returning, roof of car not welded to body of car correctly leaving hold where water is running directly into car on left driver's side…

    ODI 10573310

  • December 8, 2012

    Structure

    Clear coat is peeling off my 2005 honda civic at an accelerated rate since last year. The resulting pattern is distracting (and embarrassing) to myself and other drivers. *tr

    ODI 10494616

  • March 12, 2010 · 59,500 miles

    Structure · Suspension · Tires

    On 2/26/10, i had 4 new tires installed in my 2005 civic; at 56,000 miles. Even purchased the warranty. About two weeks later, i felt a very mild vibration between 48-52 mph. I didn't make such a big deal of it then. The past 6 weeks or so, about 60,000 miles, the civic's vibrating has gotten worse between 48-52mph. I took it for it's maintenance, had everything done, especially the break rotors and alignment. The…

    ODI 10351102

  • October 14, 2005 · 4,529 miles

    Steering · Structure

    (1) new vehicle - steering was not as responsive as previous vehicle (same model) (2) during a left turn motion of engine caused skid into right wall of underpass. (3) left front engine mount was replaced - i have the original mount. Vehicle had approx 4700 miles when accident occurred. *jb

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 10144480