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2024 Honda Civic Type R problems, complaints & recalls

Most-reported problem areas: Visibility/Wiper (1)

🧭 Reliability snapshot

97 /100
✓ Typical or better for this model

Compared against other Honda Civic Type R model years — complaint volume vs the model's median year, recalls and severity. How we score →

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Complaints
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Recalls
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Service bulletins
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Crashes reported
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Fires reported
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Deaths

Safety recalls (1)

Steering 2024-10-03 · campaign 24V744000 · 1,693,199 vehicles

Defect: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Acura Integra, Civic Type R, CR-V Hybrid, CR-V, HR-V, 2022-2025 Civic, Civic Hatchback, 2024-2025 Acura Integra Type S, 2025 CR-V Fuel Cell EV, Civic Hybrid, and Civic Hatchback Hybrid vehicles. The steering gearbox assembly may have been manufactured incorrectly, which can cause excessive internal friction and lead to difficulty steering the vehicle.

Risk: Difficulty steering can increase the risk of a crash.

Fix: Dealers will replace the worm gear spring and redistribute or add grease as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed November 18, 2024. Owners may contact Honda Customer Service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are SJS, MJU, QJT and VJV.

Service bulletins (4)

Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.

Engine 2025-09-17 · A25-089 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

service bulletin - oil leak at the cam chain tensioner inspection cover due to and insufficient sealant adhesion on the inspection cover.

Engine 2025-03-04 · A25-023 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

service bulletin - the mil comes on with dtc p0369, camshaft position (cmp) ex-vtc actuator interruption due to the pcm software at start-up determining the ex-vtc actuator operation as noise of the ex-cmp sensor b, causing mil to turn on and set dtc p0369.

Engine And Engine Cooling 2024-04-29 · A24-070 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

service bulletin - during the engine warm-up, the variable valve timing control system may not be able to control within the vtc target. as a result, the malfunction indicator lamp (mil) is illuminated and sets dtc p0011 (variable valve timing control (vtc) a system malfunction).

Steering 2024-02-09 · A24-006 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

service bulletin - customers are seeing the electric power steering (eps) system indicator on the instrument panel due to the 12-volt battery degrading. it can cause low voltage to be detected during an ignition cycle. this causes the steering angle calculation to stop, which leads to dtc u3000-49 f

What owners report

2026-09-08 · Visibility/Wiper

“windshield is soft and the small pits are making driving into the sun mire difficult.…”

Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.

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