Paint/Trim
Paint (fading, chalking, cracking, or peeling), loose interior and exterior trim or moldings, rust.
What Owners Say
"The panels under the oil pan which I believe are designed to increase fuel economy were constantly hitting on objects. I finally removed them revealing the oil leak."
J S., PA (2012 Honda Civic LX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Plastic wheel well molding came loose"
Greg O., CA (2012 Honda Civic)"Loose rubber molding on roof."
Anonymous, FL (2012 Honda Civic EX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"trim piece on the roof became dislodged at the front of the car"
Jay S., MD (2012 Honda Civic EX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"rubber strip on the roof kept coming off in a car wash"
Anonymous, IN (2012 Honda Civic DX 1.3-L 4 Cyl hybrid)"Was due to an accident with another vehicle.Was last November. Was in shop being fixed for 4 weeks"
Anonymous, CO (2012 Honda Civic Unsure 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Front bumper panel was undamaged but seemed to fall off partially and not click back in. Some stupid plastic piece must have been damaged rendering entire bumper to feel ghetto"
Anonymous, NY (2012 Honda Civic EX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Trim on driver door loose. Dealer glued it back"
Anonymous, NJ (2012 Honda Civic Si 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"The sun visors separate when you use them. Then you can't get then to go back to their normal position. You have to buy a new one at $75"
Gregg F., CA (2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Paint on the hood has shown cracking, psint on the roof has chalked (white spots on the black paint) and faded"
Anonymous, MD (2012 Honda Civic LX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Peeling...not sure if normal wear and tear"
Joyce B., WA (2012 Honda Civic LX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Have returned to the dealer 5 times due to the paint fading,cracking,and peeling"
Kevin L., FL (2012 Honda Civic EX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The paint on the roof of the car is fading/chalking. I think a factory paint job should last more than 6 years."
Laine P., TX (2012 Honda Civic LX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Hood,roof, and trunk chipping and cracking due to paint and covered under a recall."
Anonymous, FL (2012 Honda Civic EX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Honda had a recall on the exterior paint. So far it has been back twice to the dealership"
Anonymous, FL (2012 Honda Civic EX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Paint is flaking from several parts of the body"
Michael B., NC (2012 Honda Civic DX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Hood paint started to crack and craze. Roof is chalking"
Andy B., MO (2012 Honda Civic EX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"window moldings front/rear doors, both sides of the vehicle, are cracking/chipping. The dealer wants about $300 to repair. This seems to be a quality problem"
Anonymous, FL (2012 Honda Civic LX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Way too many scratched and chips on the paint. It just seems the paint job was not that great"
Jon M., TX (2012 Honda Civic EX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Cheap plastics and location with a lot of handling have cracked and are no longer smooth"
Kelley M., VA (2012 Honda Civic EX 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"The paint was fading off the car as if it had been sand-blasted off. It was repainted under warranty. On both of our Hondas I have noticed that the paint quality is very poor. I had a VW Golf and the paint quality on that was superb"
Anonymous, MA (2012 Honda Civic DX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Paint is peeling close to the handles on the doors"
Susan Z., CO (2012 Honda Civic DX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)""Crow's foot"cracking clear coat on hood repaired by factory good will program"
William A., GA (2012 Honda Civic Si)"rear trunk and bmmpers"
Anonymous, TX (2012 Honda Civic EX Unsure)"The clear coat is peeling. I have seen several Civics that this happens to."
Anonymous, ON (2012 Honda Civic EX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"The paint on the hood and roof has both faded, cracked and chalked. Looks terrible and has progressively worsened."
Anonymous, MD (2012 Honda Civic LX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Paint is blue, however, there are spots where the overcoat has chipped away with only the grey primer showing"
Anonymous, NY (2012 Honda Civic Si 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Paint is cracking"
Anonymous, UT (2012 Honda Civic DX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"there was a recall. my honda civic has fading and peeling blue paint"
Sean L., MA (2012 Honda Civic EX 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"It is a new car and there are huge chips in the front on hood already. Chips that go down all the way to the metal and are starting to rust. While I know that paint does not last forever, it should surely last longer than 30 months!!!!"
James H., OH (2012 Honda Civic Si 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"Fading - front bumper - poor paint job - differs from color of the body"
Anonymous, ON (2012 Honda Civic EX-L 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"About 6 months after I bought the vehicle in Feb 2014 small cracks appeared in the paint on the hood, roof, trunk & upper part of the driver & passenger side doors. About the same time I received a notice from Honda that a warranty inspection for pai"
Anonymous, CT (2012 Honda Civic EX-L 1.8-L 4 Cyl)"Paint bubbling and rust appeared at the seam where the rear bumper meets the passenger-side rear quarter panel. I only found it recently, but it's clear it's been developing for a while. Car is 2 months outside of the warranty period, so I missed my opportunity to have Honda address it."
Derek B., NY (2012 Honda Civic Si 2.0-L 4 Cyl)"The body is starting to rust between the left front wheel well and the driver's door near the bottom. I have not done any thing about it."
Anonymous, (2012 Honda Civic Unsure 1.8-L 4 Cyl)
"The front bumper is very low and kept hitting the pavement until the bumper got loose. I had to replace the whole bumper because it fell off."
Anonymous, TX (2012 Honda Civic EX 1.3-L 4 Cyl hybrid)