2015 Honda Civic · symptom sheet
Airbag warning light or recall
- 58owner reports
- 45,452median miles
- $500median quote
- 22involved a crash
Newest report Sep 1, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
58 of the 380 complaints on this car describe airbag, which makes it the most reported problem on the 2015 Civic.
Tick what matches of 58 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 (17 reports) and the inflator (3 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the airbags covers the 2015 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
9 of the 58 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $227 to $1,400.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 24,000 and 67,000 miles, from the 40 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 1 service bulletin or notice for the 2015 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.
THIS COMMUNICATION IS INFORMING HONDA OF A DELAMINATION ISSUES WITHIN AN I.C. PRODUCED BY NXP AND ASSEMBLED INTO AIRBAG SENSOR SUPPLIED BY DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC.
What owners wrote
“The ABS system failed and the car crashed and when the ABS system failed the airbag light came on but airbags did not deploy in significant front end collision”
Filed May 12, 2026
“Airbag light came on intermittently. Had module and something else replaced by McCarthy Honda in Overland Park, KS.”
Filed Apr 22, 2025
“Randomly the passenger airbag indicator light comes on and a notification to check airbag”
Filed Feb 23, 2025
“We purchased the car in April 2023. Before we got home, the airbag warning light came on. The dealer agreed to repair the issue. Now, the airbag warning light is coming on fairly regularly. What should we do?”
Filed Nov 18, 2024
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 22 of 58 reports involved a crash and 19 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
Other problems on this car
- Transmission fails or needs replacement 53 reports
- Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard 42 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 32 reports