2018 Honda Civic forward collision avoidance problems
10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the forward collision avoidance on the 2018 Honda Civic — 1% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“I was driving today and for no reason at all the cars anti collision system automatically braked hard and could have caused an accident if someone was driving behind me. There was no one, objects or vehicles around my car at the time that would cause it to happen.”
filed Jun 8, 2025
“March 5th 2020 I finally recorded a message that had been appearing in my dash board during late night drives. Message read as "Adaptive Cruise Control Problem" "Collision Mitigation System Problem" I notified Honda of North Hollywood service department at the time, and they said they could not do…”
filed Jan 4, 2025
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Forward Collision Avoidance problems in other Civic years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Civic | 6 | 26% |
| 2025 Civic | 8 | 12% |
| 2024 Civic | 17 | 15% |
| 2023 Civic | 14 | 6% |
| 2022 Civic | 71 | 8% |
| 2021 Civic | 33 | 24% |
| 2020 Civic | 24 | 11% |
| 2019 Civic | 34 | 8% |
| 2017 Civic | 10 | 2% |
| 2016 Civic | 8 | 1% |
| 2015 Civic | 2 | 1% |
| 2014 Civic | 1 | 0% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2018 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.