2012 Honda Civic Exterior Lighting Problems
- 9
- 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 9 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 3 |
| 30–60k mi | 3 |
| 60–100k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other
My wife and i have a 2012 honda civic which seriously is a nightmare in repairs a lot of maintenance issues involving electrical as well as the car lacking power and the car needing to replace electrical harness due to the wires bing wrapped in some kind of sweet texture that rodents seemed to enjoy to much. Furthermore with the amount of problems we had with his car at 66100 miles i would much rather go back to my…
ODI 11241385
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
Car would not be able to start without a jump for months. Got 2 new batteries. 3 new alternators. Kept happening. Now i must keep headlights on at all times, even in the brightest daylight, or else battery will begin to lose charge again.
ODI 11265524
Air Bags · Body · Exterior Lighting
Driving on a rural highway and hit a deer. Impact bent the bracket that holds the airbag sensor completely backwards and into the sensor itself, which cracked. Airbag never deployed. Now, post repair, airbag warning and light are on constantly.
Crash reported
ODI 10991745
Body · Exterior Lighting · Wheels
Involved in a hit and run accident where the airbag sensors where hit but the airbags did not deploy. All panels of car had to be replaced. We where hit going thru an intersection and the car ran a red light going 65 sideswiped us into a wall and electrical box....updated 09/15/15 *bf updated 11/13/2017*cn
Crash reported · 2 injuries
ODI 10733419
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
While car was parked and idling, i noticed flames coming from backseat ceiling light. Plastic and flames dripped onto the upholstery catching it on fire as well as the ceiling area. I was able to extinguish the flames with a snow brush. I immediately called the honda dealership in town and am waiting for a tow truck to take it to the dealership so they can diagnose the issue. *tr
Fire reported
ODI 10683683
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
On 12/24/13 i rented a car from hertz and returned on 12/30/13. During that entire time period the car had no working taillights and partially functional dashboard and console lights. The car was unsafe not only for me and my wife but any other driver on the roads at the time. The car was illegal to operate in pennsylvania, ohio and indiana and i was pulled over three times by various police departments. I contacted…
ODI 10561353
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting
While driving through heavy rainfall, all interior lighting went out, media player crackled and stopped playing. A few minutes after pulling over, the car returned to normal. There were no lightening conditions observed at the time of the event. *tr
ODI 10508768
Exterior Lighting · Front · Frontal · Glass, Side/Rear · Interior Lighting · Power Train · Windshield Wiper/Washer
2012 honda civic. Consumer writes in regards to defective vehicle and clunking noise coming from gear shift. *tgw the consumer stated the windshield wipers would leave lines and smears on the windshield. The wipers were replaced four times. There was a buzzing noise coming from the heater, the passenger air bag light illuminated and stayed on for an hour. The dimmer lights didn't change from high to low, the seat…
ODI 10476163
Exterior Lighting · Headlights
I was driving home at night. I had my headlights turned to auto like i always do. As i was driving home it seemed darker than usual. When i pulled up in front of my house, my husband, who i had followed home, told me my daytime running lights were on, not my headlights. He came to my door before i turned off the car. I pointed to the indicator light on the dash to show him that the headlight symbol was on and that…
ODI 10454089
Catalog parts for this system
Catalog year/make/model rows for 2012 Honda Civic.
Catalog fitment does not by itself prove OEM-equivalent compatibility.