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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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2HGFC1F98GH••••••2016 Honda Civic
This build draws 1.6× more complaints than the average 2016 Honda Civic build (8 vs 5).
8on this build
1044on the model
212builds in total
Most reportedSteering 5Electrical System 1Vehicle Speed Control 1Electronic Stability Control (esc) 1
What owners of this build wrote
Visibility/wiperNov 2025
My A/C system experienced a total failure at around 79,000 miles. I took the vehicle to a service center, and they confirmed the failure is the A/C Evaporator. This component is now broken and available for inspection upon request. This evaporator failure is an extremely common,…
SteeringOct 2021
Steering would "catch" at the centerline when attempting to steer straight. Extra force needed to overcome resistance which causes oversteering and vehicle veered into next lane. This issue has become progressively more dangerous until now the vehicle is unsafe to drive
EngineMay 2019
My air condition compressor is defective and leaking the new very flammable refrigerant r1234yf gas out from the compressor itself. The shaft seal seems to be where it is leaking. This is a known problem and honda should issue a recall to replace all of the defective compressors…
Electrical SystemJan 2016
While driving the vehicle and using the cruze control in our touring model the systems would fail and the display multiple errors like stability control and collision mitigation have failed. To reset these we had to pull off the road stop the engine and restart. We have videos…
SteeringJun 2020
I noticed that the steering wheel would start being sticky or knotchy. The electronic steering worked fine but for subtle movements you feel resistance. The resistance makes it difficult to change lanes, as it feels like a force is acting in opposite direction and it takes more…
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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 2HGFC1F98GH642700 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.