1. Honda Civic
  2. Problems
  3. 2012
  4. Suspension

2012 Honda Civic Suspension 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
  • 0 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi2
60–100k mi2
30–60k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • July 13, 2018 · 69,400 miles

    Electrical System · Steering · Suspension

    At 70,000 miles my "vsa alert" and "check steering alert" has been flashing on my dashboard. Honda service "claims they never saw such a complaint" but last week honda motor corporation issued a recall to fix this issue on 130,000 honda vehicles for this same problem. The fix could run over $2,000.00 . This alert flashes and beeps, annoyingly, while auto is stationary and moving, it flashes constantly now for the…

    ODI 11219186

  • October 28, 2016 · 72,812 miles

    Suspension

    Vibration and extreme roughness when shifting gear to reverse and drive. The motor mounts have been replaced in 2016, 2017, 2018.

    ODI 11120231

  • November 15, 2015 · 57,000 miles

    Suspension

    Tl* the contact owns a 2012 honda civic. While driving at speeds below 40 mph and accelerating, the contact heard a grinding noise coming from the front end of the vehicle. No further information was available. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 57,000.

    ODI 10816952

  • February 9, 2014 · 21,280 miles

    Electronic Stability Control · Steering · Suspension

    First time driving this car in light snow. At the top of a hill, i turned left to traverse the hill to take a side street, following my co-workers. The civic slipped - just a bit- and the vsa light lit. I immediately lost all throttle control, brakes were wildly activating (seemingly 1 at a time), and the steering wheel was jerking. I was going very slow when the civic took all control away from me. I could not…

    Crash reported

    ODI 10586883

  • October 23, 2013 · 15,200 miles

    Engine · Service Brakes · Suspension

    I search on the internet that a lot of 2012 civic owners experiencing the same annoying problems like clunking noise on the suspension or under the car, loud noise when shifting to reverse like axle shaft is disengaging, loud noise when putting pressure on the brake, clunking or popping noise when turning left or right, rolling noise on the seat belts, clunking loud noise when accelerating and releasing gas pedal,…

    ODI 10556293