2023 Honda Civic service brakes problems
14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2023 Honda Civic — 6% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“I have a christmas tree of lights on my dashboard, I cant use my cruise control or lane assist features. I took my car to a Honda dealership to have a diagnostic done and found that the EPB on the left rear brake was bad. I changed it out and had the computer reset to find that the car is still…”
filed Sep 15, 2026
“I rear ended a vehicle and my brakes did not respond nor the emergency system activate I gave a dash cam on the incident and no one has inspected the car for that failure”
filed Dec 5, 2024
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- A ball valve in the vehicle stability assist (VSA) modulator may leak brake fluid, which…Campaign 23V430000 · Jun 15, 2023
Service Brakes problems in other Civic years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Civic | 4 | 14% |
| 2025 Civic | 6 | 9% |
| 2024 Civic | 7 | 6% |
| 2022 Civic | 22 | 2% |
| 2021 Civic | 17 | 12% |
| 2020 Civic | 13 | 6% |
| 2019 Civic | 31 | 7% |
| 2018 Civic | 18 | 2% |
| 2017 Civic | 35 | 6% |
| 2016 Civic | 92 | 9% |
| 2015 Civic | 14 | 4% |
| 2014 Civic | 18 | 6% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2023 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.