2008 Honda Civic electrical system problems
51 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2008 Honda Civic — 6% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“This one happend to my 18yrs brother in law . He using my car to get to his school i dont know what happend he said brake didnt went through . No injury got a car crash thats all . But the sad thing is my insurance went up and the car history gonna be under my safety driver record . Dmv said im a…”
filed Oct 17, 2021
“Third (high) brake light did not function upon annual inspection. Appears a soldered connection was defective. Ordered a replacement 3rd brake light and it to, new out of the box, also did not work and again had a faulty solder joint at connection to light. Seems to be a manufacturing defect.”
filed Nov 22, 2019
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related service bulletins
Service News - The navigation clock and date are incorrect. This is due to a limited GPS receiver Capacity resulting in a rollover of the internal chip memory; the rollover occurred on January 1, 2022, at 12:00AM local…
A21120B · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Jun 13, 2023
Electrical System problems in other Civic years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Civic | 5 | 18% |
| 2025 Civic | 6 | 9% |
| 2024 Civic | 7 | 6% |
| 2023 Civic | 16 | 6% |
| 2022 Civic | 38 | 4% |
| 2021 Civic | 17 | 12% |
| 2020 Civic | 36 | 16% |
| 2019 Civic | 36 | 8% |
| 2018 Civic | 60 | 8% |
| 2017 Civic | 101 | 17% |
| 2016 Civic | 119 | 11% |
| 2015 Civic | 27 | 7% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2008 Honda Civic
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.