Model year record
2014 Honda Civic Hybrid recalls & problems
The 2014 Honda Civic Hybrid has no safety recalls on file with NHTSA, and 5 owner complaints. The most-reported problem area is air bags (2 complaints).
Safety recalls
No safety recalls have been filed for the 2014 Honda Civic Hybrid.
Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. A recall listed here may already have been fixed on a particular car: enter its 17-character VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see open recalls.
Crash test ratings
2014 Honda Civic Hybrid 4 DR FWD
| Frontal crash | ★★★★★ |
|---|---|
| Side crash | ★★★★★ |
| Rollover | ★★★★★ |
| Rollover risk | 10.5% |
Forward collision warning: Optional · Lane departure warning: Optional
NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings (New Car Assessment Program). Ratings are comparable only between vehicles of similar size and weight, and ratings from 2011 on use tougher tests than earlier years. Photos: NHTSA.
Fuel economy
Civic Hybrid Hybrid
| City / highway | 43 / 45 mpg |
|---|---|
| Fuel | Regular Gasoline |
1.5 L · 4 cyl · Automatic (variable gear ratios) · Front-Wheel Drive · about $1,500/year to fuel
EPA estimates from fueleconomy.gov for each engine and transmission sold. Annual cost is the EPA's estimate for 15,000 miles a year at its current fuel and electricity price assumptions. Your results will vary.
What owners report
| Problem area | Complaints | Typical mileage* |
|---|---|---|
| Air bags | 2 | — |
| StructureBody | 1 | — |
| Steering | 1 | — |
| Power train | 1 | — |
| Unknown or other | 1 | — |
| Engine | 1 | — |
*Median odometer reading when the problem happened, where owners gave one. One complaint can name several problem areas.
Recent owner complaints
- Engine
SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR MY CAR DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE CAR STARTS LOSING POWER AND THE ENGINE START SHAKING AND I HAVE TO STOP TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I TURN OFF ENGINE AND T AND STARTED ENGINE AGAIN AND START THE CAR AGAIN AND GOES BACK TO NORMAL THAT'S MY PROBLEM THERE IS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT
- Unknown or other
WHEN BOUGHT NEW. IN JUST A FEW DAYS (LOW TIRE WARNING CAME ON) DIDN'T SAY WHAT TIRE, SO I CHECKED ALL OF THEM.NONE CHECKED LOW. DEALER RESET SOMETHING AND STAYED OFF UNTIL TIRE ROTATION THEN IT HAPPEN AGAIN. DEALER RESET AGAIN. NOW IT COMES AFTER STARTING ABOUT 5 TIMES. I KEEP DRIVING BUT WORRY ABOUT THE WARNING MESSAGE, AND THINK IT MAY BE DANGEROUS. CAME ON WHEN STATIONARY AND IN MOTION.
- Air bags
TAKATA RECALL - AS A YOUNG DRIVER, I BEING FRIGHTENED OF DRIVING SEEING A YOUNG GIRL KILLED IN A HONDA. HONDA FINANCIAL WAS PAID OFF BY ME IN REGARDS TO MY LOAN, AND THEY HAVE NOT WANTED ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME TO HELP ME WITH THIS SITUATION. I HAVE ENTERED MY VIN NUMBER INTO THE TAKATA RECALL DATABASE, AND MY MOM HAS HELPED ME BY MAKING SEVERAL PHONE CALLS, AND TAKATA REPRESENTATIVES TOOK MY VIN NUMBER FROM MY MOM, AND NEVER BOTHERED TO SEND THE INFORMATION IN WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS "LONG FORM" - SO UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME I WAS NEVER CONTACTED BY ANYONE AFTER THEY REPEATEDLY SENT ME THE TAKATA AIRBAG SETTLEMENT DATES, AND MY MOM AND MYSELF HAVE TRIED TIRELESSLY TO GIVE THEM MY INFORMATION,…
- Power train
WHEN PRESSING GAS PEDAL INTO PASSING GEAR THE CAR STAYS IN PASSING GEAR. TACHOMETER SHOWS 5000 RPM AS IF ENGINE IS IS SPEEDING UP BUT CAR SLOWS DOWN WHEN I TAKE MY FOOT OFF GAS PEDDLE AND AND CAR SOUNDS LIKE TRANSMISSION IS STUCK IN LOWER.GEAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES. I PULL THE CAR OFF ONTO SIDE OF ROAD AND SHUT CAR OFF AFTER APPROXIMATELY 19 MINUTES I RESTART CAR AND CAR GOES BACK TO NORMAL DRIVING. HAPPENS ON HIGHWAY. THE PROBLEM SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THE TRANSMISSION.
- Air bagsCrash1 injury
VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CURVY STREET, IN LANE THAT GOES STRAIGHT WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE MOVED ABRUPTLY FROM LEFT TURN LANE INTO MY LANE. WHEN I SAW THIS I KNEW I WOULD HIT IT AS THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT SPACE TO BRAKE BEFORE IMPACT.
Owner complaints are submitted to NHTSA by the public and are not verified. Shown as filed (NHTSA removes personal details); long reports are shortened.
NHTSA defect investigations
- Pedestrian alert soundsClosedLed to recall 22V063000
NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 KG or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after March 1, 2021.On January 27, 2023, NHTSA opened Defect Petition (DP) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matter described in the petition. On June 24, 2023 and as supplemented on June 25, 2023, the petitioner notified NHTSA he was withdrawing his petition. The petitioner indicated that, based on his review…
- Desiccated Air Bag Inflator RuptureOpen
From 2000 through 2017, Takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate ("PSAN") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004L. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to burn too quickly when ignited. The rapid burning can cause the inflator to rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious or even fatal injury to vehicle occupants. See 2016 Blomquist Report at www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/expert_report-hrblomquist.pdf.Consequently, all frontal inflators using propellant 2004 that do not contain a "desiccant" (a substance that traps and holds moisture) in US vehicles are under recall. These "non-desiccated" inflators either have been or are required to be replaced.In some cases, the remedy part for these recalled…
- Electrical overstressClosedLed to recall 20V024
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation to determine if the failure of airbags to deploy during severe crashes, in certain vehicles, was the result of a safety related defect. During the investigation a complex failure was studied that can result in non-deployment of subject vehicle air bags and other restraint system devices in severe crash events. The subject vehicles may be equipped with an airbag control unit (ACU) for the supplemental restraint system (SRS) Electronic Control Unit (ECU) manufactured by ZF-TRW.  The ECU receives signals from crash sensors mounted in the vehicle and deploys the vehicle air bags and seat belt pretensioners in accordance with manufacturer design specifications.  The ECU in the subject vehicles contains a model DS84 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) which controls the communication of the crash sensor signal,…