2005 Honda Civic Hybrid: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 69 complaints
69
Total Complaints
95,000mi
Median Mileage
POWER TRAIN
Top Issue
8
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

68,000 25th Percentile
95,000 Median Mileage
150,893 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

POWER TRAIN
20
AIR BAGS
15
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
10
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
5
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
4
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
2
ENGINE
2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2
SUSPENSION
1
STEERING
1

Severity Assessment

8
Crashes
0
Fires
7
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"TRANSMISSION IS JUDDERING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. I'M ONLY 10,000 MILES OVER THE 105,000 EXTENDED TRANSMISSION WARRANTY (THEY KNOW THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE BROKEN), AND I HAVE AN EXTREMELY EXTENSIVE SERVICE RECORD WITH THE DEALER. THEY REFUSE TO WORK WITH ME ON THE ISSUE. A RECALL SHOULD BE I..."
"2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID BEGAN JUDDERING WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO BEGAN SLIPPING. HONDA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 105,000 MILES OR 7 YEARS. HOWEVER, THEY INITIALLY INSIST ON ATTEMPTING TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH A PROCEDU..."
"I RECEIVED A RECALL UPDATE FROM HONDA ON MY 2005 CIVIC HYBRID. THEY PERFORMED THE UPDATE THEN MY HYBRID BATTER DIED AND MY CAR WOULD NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. WHILE DRIVING, MY HEADLIGHTS WOULD DIM GREATLY AND MY INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD SHOULD DOWN. MY CAR WOULD ALSO SURGE FORWARD WHEN THE TACHOMETER W..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28