2016 Honda Civic Exterior Lighting Problems
- 26
- 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.
What owners report
- brake light · 24 records
- rear window · 19 records
- third brake · 14 records
- light cover · 8 records
- safety issue · 7 records
- back window · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 20 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other
I bought a honda civic 2016. I notice that my front led light maker does not work only left side work and it is about to go out too. Sometime it goes on as its please. And air condition does not blow cold air . I hope they recall all these problems..
ODI 11291313
Electrical System · Engine · Exterior Lighting
I have issues that have been reported previously and while the vehicle was under warranty. Now that the warranty is out the problem has been more severe. The 1st problem is the display for the radio, heating and cooling and the speed display has been effected some but not like the radio and cooling/heating display. It has gone blank, it has froze up. It has lost all functioning. The 2nd is the air compressor. It has…
ODI 11242374
Engine · Exterior Lighting · Service Brakes
My vehicle break some time docent work....lighting is not proper and engine does nice even i do servicing and mention them but it got ignored by service center
ODI 11056985
Body · Exterior Lighting
I filed just moments ago but entered the wrong photos. These are more clear. The lights were on the entire time. They just don't show.
ODI 10936326
Body · Exterior Lighting
Following my wife after a recall on her car, it began to rain lightly. Knowing we were entering a 75mph turnpike, i phoned her to advise her to turn on her lights. She did. At the stop light before getting on the turnpike, all i could see were 2 tiny led bulb types on both sides. As she began to reach speed, she got 10-15 car lengths ahead of me. We knew the factory spoiler causes a vortex behind her car as we wipe…
ODI 10936316
Exterior Lighting · Service Brakes · Visibility/Wiper
Cover for center brake light keeps coming loose, obscuring rear window and flooding interior with red light when brake is applied at night. Known issue, but dealers do not have guidance on how to permanently fix it.
ODI 10924458
Exterior Lighting
The third brake light cover (inside top center of rear window) on my 2016 honda civic coupe is loose/drooping/falling off on the back passenger side with right-rear of cover separated by about 1/4" gap from inside of rear window. This condition has existed since i purchased the car on september 30, 2016. This allows distracting light leak while driving at night and impairs visibility through the rear window. Based…
ODI 10925564
Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper
The high-mounted brake light cover, mounted on the rear window, has detached itself from the window. This has resulted in a loss of visibility due to the plastic cover blocking important visual information from outside the car. In addition, red light from the brake light illuminates the rear window, making it almost impossible to see outside at night. I report this to the dealer (roberts honda in downingtown, pa)…
ODI 10924084
Exterior Lighting
3rd rear brake light cover on 2016 civic coupe came loose and when brakes are used 3rd brake light reflects on rear widow causing visibility problem at night. Also cover flaps against window when windows of car are open.dealer tried to glue cover it lasted 15 minutes. They said the currently have no fix. Honda needs to fix this design flaw problem especially since this is a safety issue.
ODI 10899733
Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other
The 3rd brake light on my new civic has been repaired and replaced twice and it will not stay covering the brake light , poses a safety hazard while driving as it hangs down and at night the brake light shines thru the windshield will be taking back to dealer for third time to try and rectify.
ODI 10898660
Exterior Lighting
Third brake light housing came undone. I've researched several honda civic forums and this seems to be a wide spread problem. One complaint even read that when they contacted their dealer they said that every single 2016 civic coupe they had in the lot is having this issue. Mind you those vehicles haven't even been driven yet. While for me this is mildly annoying i can see how this can cause real visibility issues.…
ODI 10896461
Exterior Lighting
3rd light brake cover on coupe falls off. Fell off with 17 miles on the vehicle. Numerous repair attempts have failed. Result rear window floods with red light at night causing a serious safety issue *blinding*. No known recalls or fix attempts by honda have repaired issue. Unable to drive the car at night!!! Serious safety issue and design flaw
ODI 10896257
Exterior Lighting
The cover on the third brake light at the top center of the rear window on the coupe version of this car does not stay adhered to the window. This causes a safety issue in visibility in the rear view mirror. Besides reducing visual sight area, at night the red light upon brake application is both distracting and obliterates any other viewing out of the rear window. Dealer attempt to fix was unsuccessful. Part needs…
ODI 10897155
Exterior Lighting
The cover on the third brake light at top center of the rear window on the coupe version of this car does not stay adhered to the window. This causes a safety issue i visibility in the rear view mirror. Besides reducing visual sight area. At night the red light upon brake application is both distracting obliterates any other viewing out of the read window. Dealer attempt to fix was unsuccessful. Part needs to be…
ODI 10908837
Exterior Lighting
Third brake light cover will not stay affixed to window causing light to flood the back glass when braking.
ODI 10896781
Exterior Lighting
The cover on the third brake light has fallen off. The honda dealership has tried to fix it four times and now says there is nothing they can do because this is a known issue at honda and there is no fix. This is a serious safety issue. There is no way to see out the back window in the dark or when condensation is on the window, if the brake is engaged. All you see is a reflection of the brake light. Without the…
ODI 10927383
Exterior Lighting
Within a month of purchasing my car in july the third brake light cover has fallen down. When it is dark the red light from the brake light reflects on the rear window making it difficult to see out the rear window. The vehicle was stationary when the fault was initially noticed. Honda has not come up with any fix to this problem. The adhesive used for the third brake light cover is not strong enough to with stand…
ODI 10896450
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other
Certain honda civic's have apple's carplay installed, through the ios iphone mobile phone platform. When enabled, or plugged into the car, navigation support provided by apple's maps application goes into 'day mode' while at night. This creates a huge amount of brightness in the car and blinds the driver with brightness. There is no fix for this problem and i can easily see how accidents can be triggered due to…
ODI 10884184
Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper
Third brake light came came loose shortly after driving the car off the dealer lot and persisted after attempting a fix. Dealer replaced the adhesive and it did not fix the issue. Third brake light housing loose severely affects visibility through rear windshield. Braking at night illuminates the entire rear windshield and severely obstructs the view. Definite safety issue that requires a recall.
ODI 10897278
Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper
Third brake cover off, and they told me that now can not be permanently repaired, when you depress the brake entire glass is red . Wipers can not clean the windscreen .
ODI 10885110
Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper
Third brake light cover will not stay up. This causes a visibility issue when driving at night or in rain, as the reflection from the red light covers the entire back window and reflects in the side mirrors. You cannot see. It does not matter if the temp is hot or not. Leased in ohio end of june and was like that then, as were all coupes on lot. Dealer said they could glue in ohio. Called another dealer he said not…
ODI 10899526
Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper
The 3rd brake light that's on the inside of the rear window (i have the coupe) has a cover which keeps the light directed outside of the car and attaches to the window. The glue holding it to the window isn't strong enough, so the cover hangs down, blocking some of the rear window, reducing visibility. Also, at night the light itself washes out the rear window, making it difficult to see out the back at all. This…
ODI 10925635
Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper
The cover for the reverse light, rear window, of the 2016 civic has dropped and after repeated attempts trying to get american honda to correct, still has not been fixed. The cover can't be removed as the reverse light is too bright and makes it impossible to see out the rear window at night. During the day, the cover obscures objects/cars in the rear view window.
ODI 10925664
Exterior Lighting
Third brake light cover, on rear window, keeps falling down allowing a red glare at night when the brakes are applied.
ODI 10914945
Exterior Lighting
High brakelight cover will not remain attached to rear window and hangs down. The velcro attaching strips pull away from the glass in hot weather. The result is that rearward vision is reduced, and at night, applying the brakes will light up the entire rear glass obstructing outward vision whether vehicle is moving or not. Passengers in the rear seat will have the plastic cover hit their heads.
ODI 10891726
Catalog parts for this system
Catalog year/make/model rows for 2016 Honda Civic.
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