2014 Honda Civic · symptom sheet
Airbag warning light or recall
- 53owner reports
- 73,000median miles
- $2,000median quote
- 16involved a crash
Newest report Jun 21, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
53 of the 261 complaints on this car describe airbag, which makes it the most reported problem on the 2014 Civic.
Tick what matches of 53 reports
Airbag on other Civic years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Airbag complaints split into a few kinds. The most common is an airbag warning light that won't go out. Others involve the passenger seat sensor switching the passenger bag off with an adult sitting there, an airbag that didn't deploy in a crash, or one that went off without a crash at all. A large share also come from owners waiting on a recall part.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the occupant sensor (16 reports), the inflator (5 reports) and the module (3 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the airbags covers the 2014 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
NHTSA investigations into the airbags on the Civic
Desiccated air bag inflator rupture. Open.
Electrical overstress. Closed sep 19, 2024, led to recall 20V-024.
Air bag inflator rupture. Open, led to recall 14V-668.
Honda ewr reporting. Closed apr 21, 2016.
Air bag inflator rupture. Closed mar 2, 2015, led to recall 13V-172.
Rupturing driver's air bag inflators. Closed may 6, 2010.
What owners paid
8 of the 53 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $1,100 to $5,000.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 43,000 and 90,554 miles, from the 30 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 1 service bulletin or notice for the 2014 Honda Civic that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
DEALER MESSAGE IF THE SRS WARNING LAMP IS ILLUMINATED AND A DTC 11-1X OR 11-2X OR A B0001-13 IS STORED IN THE SRS MAIN UNIT, REPLACE THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG MODULE.
What owners wrote
“The car crashed into the back of the truck in front of it. The crash caused the airbag to go off and either the airbag itself or the area that covers the steering wheel cut my wifeâs jaw/throat. She was luck it did not cut her artery or wind pipe she was able to be transported to the hospital and survived.”
Filed Feb 4, 2024
“I was involved in a multi vehicle crash on the highway at a high rate of speed, approximately 50mph. I was hit from behind and hit the car in front of me totaling my car. My airbags did not deploy and I hit the steering wheel upon impact and suffered 4 compression fractures in my T1-T4 vertebrae. The doctor stated that if my airbags would have deployed I would not have suffered the neck fractures that I did.”
Filed Mar 15, 2023
“A message comes up on my dash to check airbag system.I brought it to the Honda dealership in Mobile,Al. for a diagnostic.I was told that my driver airbag needs to be replaced.”
Filed Mar 3, 2023
“The airbag lights come one and comes off periodically. The Honda Motors refused to address the issue. This car 's current audiometer reading is 51500 miles”
Filed Feb 9, 2023 · 51,500 miles
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 16 of 53 reports involved a crash and 18 people were hurt. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Taking it to a shop? How to describe this problem so it gets found
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