Other brake problem on the 2013 Honda Civic
1 injury 1 of the 25 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other brake problem gets reported
Owners of the 2013 Honda Civic report other brake problem at a median of 10,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 2,400 miles and a quarter after 25,000 miles, from 15 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 88,000 miles. It is the 3rd most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 300 miles at the tenth percentile to 75,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 76,655 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
80% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 345 miles | 2,400 miles | 9,000 miles | 25,625 miles | 77,000 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 an injury is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $300–$1,800 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 28 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2024, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 2004 at 125,000 miles.
By volume the 2010 carries the most reports, with 66; the 2013 has 25. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
I bought a new car an driving at 245 miles I felt rubbing feel with brakes took car back to honda service! Honda road tested vehicle an confirmed there was a problem, removed pads cleaned an reinstalled. Returned car same day, this was done at 376 miles. Same issue on february 1,2013 2 weeks later took car in an now they say the calipers are sticking car has 600 miles they are keeping it for a week due to not having the parts. I don't feel safe, never took car on freeway due to this issue! What can I do? Purchased on 12-19-2013. *tr
Purchased a 2013 honda civic on 08/31/13. On 09/02/13 car had to be towed back to culver city dealership. While pulling away from curb wheel felt heavy and the console lit up with red, organ and yellow lights, indicating that the power steering and breaks needed to be checked and low oil pressure. My son and I were going down hill and picking up speed with no power steering or breaks. He continued to pump the breaks but there was no response, he finally pulled the emergency break and turned the wheel extremely hard into the curb. Came three feet from hitting a parked bmw.
This is a complaint against honda civic 2013 I purchased on 12/27/2013. There is no accident occurs but if this issue occur on the road, it will lead/cause a big accident to me and to any other nearby vehicle. Today (01/07/2013) and with the cold weather I practiced two safety issues. 1-check the tire pressure. I checked the tire pressure and it is ok. However, the flag and the issues is continued 2-after I drove the vehicle for 7minutes and I stopped in the islamic center to pray for almost 10minutes. I tried to drive the vehicle. The power steering was frozen. It is very stiff and I cannot turn the vehicle left or right. The vehicle kept on rolling/moving forward. I cannot control on it. I have to use the brake. When the brake did not function I have to put the vehicle into park to avoid any accident or hitting any other vehicle. I am requesting the following 1- checking the honda civic product all across for similar issue 2- ensure honda review the product my phone number is [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr
Also reported on the 2013 Honda Civic
Other body or interior problem
Airbag inflator rupture
Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault
Other steering problem
Other electrical problem
Other powertrain problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 25 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other brake problem happen on the 2013 Honda Civic?
Across 15 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 10,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 2,400 miles and a quarter after 25,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other brake problem on the 2013 Honda Civic?
25 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.3 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed