Vehicle report
1999 HONDA CIVIC
This model year
What the record shows
The 1999 Honda Civic is a subcompact car, and the 21st model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1979 to 2027.
The EPA rated six configurations: a single 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine, front-wheel drive only, two transmissions and running on natural gas, premium gasoline and regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 25 to 30 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 338 owner complaints, 1 safety recall and 98 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.