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2018 HONDA CIVIC — STRUCTURE:BODY

crash2 injured · 2259657 · 2026-10-22

Vehicle

Make
HONDA
Model
CIVIC
Year
2018
Manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Component
STRUCTURE:BODY

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
2
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
Yes
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

I am reporting a structural manufacturing issue on my 2018 Honda Civic. The vehicle is currently grounded at Caliber Collision in Ceres, CA. A certified structural facility (Caliber Collision) has documented that the factory sheet metal seams are splitting open in both front wheel wells and the center floor area directly under the driver’s seat. The vehicle was involved in a minor right-side accident on [XXX] (fully repaired), and a minor left-side accident on [XXX]. Caliber Collision has officially stated in writing that the impact forces from these accidents were not hard enough to cause this type of structural damage. Coupled with a complete lack of buckling to the sheet metal, Caliber has determined that this seam splitting does not appear to be loss-related, and they are exploring the possibility of an inherent manufacturer defect. Caliber Collision attempted to reach out to Service Manager Jorge Sanchez at Mistlin Honda in Modesto, CA, to escalate this structural problem, but he was completely unresponsive. Because a local resolution failed, American Honda Corporate has since opened an active safety investigation into this vehicle under Honda Case Number: [XXX]. Because the structural seams under the driver's seat and wheel wells are splitting under non-loss conditions, this creates an active vehicle safety hazard. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11772987
Machine
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