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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.
2HGFB2F54CH••••••2012 Honda Civic
That is about average for the 2012 Honda Civic — 3 complaints per build across 132 builds.
4on this build
403on the model
132builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedAir Bags 2Power Train 1Vehicle Speed Control 1Fuel/propulsion System 1
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashSep 2014
My son used the car and had a fender bender since then the air bag warning comes on and the bag did not deploy, quite a nuisance to have to deal with every time I start the car. I understand many others are experiencing similar problems and no recall or satisfaction from honda
SteeringMay 2019
Check power steering warning indicator displays on dash, would go away and come back, steering loss during driving. Immediately took the car to the dealer and they charged $130 to diagnose that the problem was due to faulty software.this is a safety issue and all civic should…
Power TrainOct 2017
I have experienced acceleration problems for over a period of 3 months, similar to those listed by other honda owners online. Most recent incident occurred on 11/27/2017 ,10/6/2017,10/9/17 and in other several occasions when operating the vehicle and its inability to perform in…
Air BagsApr 2019
There is a hole in rear passenger side air bag. Brought this up to honda and they don't seem to think it's an issue I don't think I wanna find out if it will be an issue this hole was not there before and it just happened thru no fault of our own. Honda telling me to fix it on…
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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 2HGFB2F54CH515247 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.