Greg - Your Car Angel- talks about the problems in each generation of the Honda Civic. Focusing on the 7th generation up till the 11the generation. Problems with the seventh generation which ran between the years 2001-2005 had many recalls with transmission problems, power steering pump failure, clear coat paint failure, hybrid battery problems, throttle management issues, and of course the Takata airbag recall makes this the civic the least reliable with the most problems. The 2006-2011 had problems with the paint but most serious was the engine block cracking. This issue was the worst and affected the 2006, 2007, 2008 and some 2009 models. there was a technical service bulletin for the R18 engine. Honda extended the warranty on these engines. The 2012 through 2015 models were very reliable except the 2014 and 2015 models equipped with the CVT transmission.
The 2016 through 2019 models with the 1.5 liter turbo earth dream engines had oil dilution issues. There was also a TSB but no recall on that.
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