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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
1HGEJ824XVL••••••1997 Honda Civic
This build draws 3.2× more complaints than the average 1997 Honda Civic build (5 vs 2).
5on this build
307on the model
197builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedPower Train 2Vehicle Speed Control 1Equipment 1Visibility 1
What owners of this build wrote
Vehicle Speed Controlcrash
When pulling into a parking space the car continued to accelerate despite the fact that the brakes were applied. The car continued to accelerate over the curb. The car continued accelerating hitting a fence and a tree before returning to the parking lot. The vehicle stopped only…
Power TrainOct 2011
Driving at a speed of 40 mph, then the car went into limp mode and check engine light came on with codes po700 and po715, took to transmission business, could not find the cause of the problem. This problem is still present. Recently found a service bulletin from honda about…
Air BagsMar 2005
The air bag warning light came on while driving, rendering the air bags inoperative in the event of a crash. Dealership indicated that this occurred because the SRS unit failed. The SRS unit needed to be replaced.*ak
VisibilityFeb 2004
Driver's side power window has failed twice in 3 months. Binds and slips off track
Power TrainFeb 2003
I purchased an automatic 1997 honda civic ex from costa mesa honda in costa mesa, ca on march 11, 2000. I purchased the vehicle with 27,000 miles on it. Today (2/6/03) the car has a total of 50,734 miles on it. I have personally only driven 24,000 miles in a total of 3 years.…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1HGEJ824XVL112118 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.