1999 Honda Civic

Problems owners report

Complaints filed with NHTSA about the 1999 Honda Civic, by the system named in each complaint. One complaint can name several.

• Electrical system118
• Air bags58
• Power train35
• Engine and engine cooling30
• Tires17
• Structure16
• Service brakes, hydraulic16
• Engine14
• Unknown or other13
• Visibility13

NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026 · 54 injuries and 1 deaths reported

Compared with other years

NHTSA ODI complaints by model year

Fatal crashes in the US

From 2020 to 2023, 88 1999 Civic vehicles were involved in crashes on US public roads in which someone died; 74 people died inside them, and 17 of the vehicles rolled over. This is a count, not a crash rate: it grows with the number of cars on the road.

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), crash years 2020–2023 (public domain)

New York safety inspections

At its first New York inspection the 1999 Honda Civic failed the safety check 1.80% of the time — 2% more often than the average 1999 passenger car (1.76%). Median odometer at inspection: 146,601 miles.

NY DMV Vehicle Inspections (vezn-fmmk), initial inspections since Aug 2021 · how we count

Engines

The most common engines in 1999 Honda Civic cars on Dutch roads are the 1.4 petrol (66 kW, 89 hp), 1.5 petrol (84 kW, 113 hp) and 1.4 petrol (55 kW, 74 hp), out of 4 versions with at least 20 cars.

RDW Open Data (CC0): registered passenger cars and their fuel data · engine size rounded to 0.1 litre, net maximum power · versions with at least 20 cars

In the Netherlands

600 first registered in 1999 are on Dutch roads; 8% arrived later as imports.

Most common APK defects

• Bandenspanning niet op juiste waarde222
• Overmatige vloeistoflekkage overige vloeistoffen213
• Stofhoes stuurinrichting beschadigd, dicht niet af164
• Stofhoes aandrijfas beschadigd en dicht niet af146
• Band onvoldoende profiel135
• Stuur- of fuseekogel met slijtage kleiner of gelijk 1,0 mm124
• Band(en) aanwezig met een profieldiepte van 1,6 t/m 2,5 mm116
• Uitlaatsysteem niet gasdicht / onveilige afvoer uitlaatgasse110

Colours

RDW Open Data: registered vehicles and APK defects (CC0) · defect descriptions in the RDW's Dutch wording

In the United Kingdom

968 cars built in 1999 were licensed for the road at the end of 2025, and 2,524 more were declared off the road (SORN).

Department for Transport and DVLA, vehicle licensing statistics (table VEH0124, year of manufacture) · Open Government Licence v3.0

MOT test results in Great Britain

In 2023, 1,763 of these cars first registered in 1999 took their annual MOT test. 63% passed first time; among all cars first registered in 1999 the figure was 63%.

DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023 (Department for Transport) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · first tests only; a fix made at the test station within the hour still counts as a fail

In Finland

174 of these cars first registered in 1999 were in use in Finland on 30 Jun 2026, with an average of 249,000 km on the odometer at their last inspection.

Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), open data on vehicles in use · CC BY 4.0

In New Zealand

225 1999 cars are on the New Zealand register; 49% arrived as used imports, 47% were sold new in New Zealand.

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Motor Vehicle Register (March 2026) · CC BY 4.0

Fuel consumption

Official Canadian test results for 5 variants: combined 7.9–9.7 L/100 km (about 24–30 mpg US), CO₂ 182–223 g/km.

Litres per 100 km. Natural Resources Canada, Fuel consumption ratings (open.canada.ca) · Open Government Licence – Canada

Recalls in Canada

2 Transport Canada recalls for the 1999 Honda Civic.

Transport Canada Vehicle Recalls Database · Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Recalls

Whether a recall was fixed on a particular car is known only to the manufacturer: check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

NHTSA recalls · summaries in NHTSA's own words

Service bulletins

What Honda told its dealers about the 1999 Honda Civic: known faults, fixes and updates.

NHTSA manufacturer communications (public domain)