Honda Civic Si Complaints

208 consumer complaints on file.

#11565568January 15, 2024
STEERING
While driving at speeds in excess of 40 miles per hour and while the wheel was centered, the steering would stick. This would make the minimum adjustment enough to send you from one side of the lane to the other. This made it very dangerous to drive on the highway because it was very difficult to stay in the lane while driving.. Despite all attempts to change this (turning off active safety features, turning on adaptive cruise control, changing to sport mode, etc.) the problem persisted. Even adaptive cruise control would noticeably over correct. This problem was present for three to four thousand miles and has gone away recently and thus is not currently able to be replicated. There were no warning lights, and the problem was not inspected or independently verified.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11565505January 15, 2024
STEERING
Only center sticky steering feel when making slight left-right adjustment.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11565385January 13, 2024
STEERING
- Faulty steering rack. - Car feels uncontrollable at speeds anywhere above 20mph. The steering wheel sticks when turning and has to be forced to make adjustments or to bring the wheel back to center. Therefore un allowing me to make proper steering adjustments making the car feel jerky. -The problem has not been able to be reproduced by dealer. - It has been inspected by a dealer ship 2 times. - No warning lights.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11565137January 12, 2024
STEERING
When driving down the road at speeds above 40mph, the steering wheel “sticks” when attempting to make adjustments and when force is applied it jerks the steering wheel (and car) when it unsticks. Has happened multiple times but dealership was unable to replicate this. This has been happening intermittently since the odometer read approximately 2,500 miles. Car currently has 6,200 miles on it.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11565098January 12, 2024
STEERING
The power steering sometimes randomly fails and locks the wheel in position. It is similar to when the vehicle is stopped at a complete stop with the auto start/stop on and the car shuts off. It takes a significant amount of force to get the wheel to move. This is incredible dangerous on the freeway to have to attempt to fight the wheel to ensure you don’t hit the vehicle next to you.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11565096January 12, 2024
STEERING
Steering “sticks” in curves while driving around 40-50 MPH. The steering sticks and does not return to center own its own. Problem worse in warmer weather , the cold has made the issue come and go (40 degrees and lower issue not as apparent). Aside from sticking in curves it’s hard to keep the car driving in a straight line , you need to force it almost to pass that “sticky “ feeling , another way I can word it , the steering feels choppy trying to keep straight line while driving. Switching drive modes doesn’t not help also.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11565079January 12, 2024
STEERING
After driving for about 20-30min, the steering were sticky and hard to adjust giving resistant, I see there is a recall on other Honda Civic Trim but not on the SI, I believe the SI Trim had the same issue.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11565073January 12, 2024
WHEELS
After driving for 20-30 min, when I noticed the steering wheel is hard to adjust I am assume it is about all other complaint refer to "sticky steering" issue I see there are recall on the other Civic trim but not the SI trim, I believe the SI also have the same issue.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11564554January 10, 2024
STEERING
When driving at higher speeds >50MPH, the steering becomes increasingly 'sticky' to the point where you feel like you are fighting the car to make corrections to the tracking of where you are going. The faster you go, the more dangerous it feels. It does not feel safe at high speed when you have to fight the steering wheel to make an abrupt avoidance maneuver. It's basically undrivable at highway speeds because of this issue. I disabled the lane assist thinking this was the problem but it didn't help.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11564496January 9, 2024
STEERING
Having issues with steering locking up and have to really pull other direction to break steering free. No accident, there is a recall on other models using same steering rack, but not on the Si model I own.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11564050January 7, 2024
STEERING
On highways when the car is at 50-60 mph speed, the steering sticks at 12 o'clock position. I cannot make a micro turn left or right because the steering is just stuck there. To release it, I have to put more efforts to sort of "unlock" it from its position. I have noticed that pushing a little more to "unlock" from it's sticky position makes the car turn a little more than needed which causes other cars to think I am going to hit them. Happened to me a couple of times. Upon my investigation, I have seen many 11th Gen Honda Civic owners report this issue. There is a group on facebook [XXX] " where the owner of this model car has been showing their worries. Most of the time, Honda dealers say they can't replicate it. This is a serious concern as it increases the chances of unintended highway maneuvers, resulting in collision with parallel car traffic. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11563851January 5, 2024
STEERING
The steering sticks and is making it difficult to steer while at Highway speeds. You have to put pressure to steer and then it over steers causing you the car to move from side to side in the lane. Getting worse and is really unsafe to drive!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11563119January 2, 2024
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The contact owns a 2022 Honda Civic SI. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the steering wheel seized in the 12 o’ clock position. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the electronic power steering assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact believed that the failure was associated with NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V734000 (Electrical System). The failure mileage was 8,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11562919January 1, 2024
STEERING, LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
Incident occurs on most highway drives when lane assist is activated and then deactivated. Steering tends to “stick” and not allow smooth motion. Can also be felt at a complete stop from occasion.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11562868December 31, 2023
STEERING
The steering on the Honda Civic has issues after driving for 5K miles. The steering currently has a sticky/locking feeling when driving highway speeds (55+ mph) which feels unsafe to drive at high speed. The vehicle is currently at the local Honda dealership and was assessed that the Electronic Power Steering (EPS) gearbox requires replacement. There is currently a backorder on the EPS gearbox with an unknown ETA. My vehicle has currently been sitting at the local Honda dealership for over 5 weeks (since Nov 25, 2023).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11562512December 29, 2023
STEERING
Steering wheel at speeds 40+ sticks. Makes it hard to make small movements and causes very abrupt changes and over corrections. Taking a tight turn it stuck and I almost hit a guard rail. I will be taking it in to the dealer in a few days.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11562482December 29, 2023
STEERING
Steering feels “sticky” when executing turns. Does not feel smooth as when I first bought vehicle.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11562068December 27, 2023
STEERING
The steering on my vehicle has started to "stick" in the center. It's only really noticeable when traveling straight at highway speeds. In this scenario, it becomes more difficult to stay within 1 lane, as the smallest increment I'm able to turn the wheel is larger than the amount I actually need to turn the wheel. So I am constantly over-correcting, causing me the vehicle to slowly bounce between the left side of the lane and the right, rarely able to actually stay in the center of the lane. This increases the amount of effort required by the driver to stay inside the lane, leading to more mistakes. It also decreases the predictability of my driving and can seem erratic. At first I assumed it was an artifact of the lane keeping assistance system, but even with the LKAS disabled, the behavior persists. Today (12/27/23) I dropped the car off at the dealer for a full inspection of the steering system. My main concern is that if there is a major problem in the power steering, LKAS, or steering system as a whole, that it may continue to get worse, reducing the car's controllability and becoming more and more of a safety concern. No error codes or messages have been displayed on the car's dashboard. This fact, combined with the fact that the issue is quite subtle led me to delay taking the car to the dealership in the hopes that it would go away or at least not worsen. This is not the case. When I first bought the vehicle, the steering perfectly smooth and has gotten noticeably worse over time. I just recently hit 10k miles.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11561417December 22, 2023
STEERING
My civic Si is experiencing “sticky” steering while driving above 40 mph. Small adjustments in steering cannot be made. I need to jerk the steering wheel for it to adjust sometimes. Cannot make smooth adjustments when highway bends. There are no warning messages. This however is a well know issue happening on all 11th generation Honda civics. This is a safety issue because if you need to make minor adjustments in steering as the road bends, sometimes you have to jerk the steering wheel and it will over steer.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11561245December 21, 2023
STEERING
My Civic SI has developed sticky steering while on the highway. When driving 70mph in a straight line I have to put increased effort into turning the steering wheel. It can cause over steer if putting to much effort into trying to turn.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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