2016 Honda Civic — Known Issues & Recalls

Sticky Steering causing over correction when attempting to drive straight. Driving and drifting to either left or right, then attempting to find center, steering wheel will feel sticky and over correct past center. This then makes the car drift to the other direction, then requiring another correcting back, which also over corrects/skips center.

Steering became "sticky" at highway driving speeds. This caused the driver to be unable to make small adjustments to steering at highway driving speeds. Clicking sound could be heard when making steering adjustments while driving.

Your steering wheel feels sticky or resistant when you try to make small adjustments, which can cause you to overcorrect and swerve more than intended. This makes the car harder to control smoothly, especially during normal driving.

Your steering wheel notches or sticks while driving on highways, requiring constant attention to keep the car on course. This problem is less noticeable during short trips around town, but it's distracting and dangerous at highway speeds. The issue may require inspection of the steering system components and potential adjustment or replacement of steering hardware.

Steering is sticking when driven for while, making it very unsafe for myself and others and sometimes it sticks and the wheel has to be jerked back which could cause over correction.

Steering intermittently sticks making driving awkward and difficult to hold a straight line.

Steering can be "sticky" in warm weather, especially above 70 degrees. The issue is intermittent and almost disappears during colder weather, below 60 degrees. I have been noticing this issue for the last couple of years.

Increased resistance making minor adjustments to the steering wheel in either direction when driving the highway at high speeds. I've seen every symptom of the Honda 'sticky steering' problem that only has a recall for 2022-2025 right now, but I know it's not a coincidence.

While driving straight, steering wheel sticks in the straight position. Moving the steering wheel slightly to left or right leads to over correction due to resistance.

There is a jerky/sticky issue with the steering while driving. The steering wheel seems to get stuck and I end up almost over correcting to get it to unstick. I’ve read multiple complaints of this issue and my car’s year is 2016 purchased in October 2025.

Steering is very stiff and fights you while trying to make minor corrections at highway speeds (45mph+). Not safe to drive the vehicle on road trips or for extended periods of time on the highway. As I understand it, the 11th generation civics have a recall on the same component.

2016 Honda Civic LX. Electronic power steering has sticky feeling when traveling at highway speeds, does not return to center. This leads to a danger situation as car becomes difficult to control when traveling at highway speeds.

Your A/C system has required multiple repairs over several years, including four compressor and condenser replacements. Now your evaporator core has failed, which isn't covered by warranty or recall. You believe these repeated failures indicate a defect in Honda's A/C system design, and your goodwill claim with Honda was rejected. Fixing the evaporator core will likely require replacing the entire core unit and recharging the refrigerant system.

The white orchid pearl paint on my 2016 civic is peeling. the car has 150000 miles on it. I've seen this is a known defect with this type of paint.

The contact owns a 2016 Honda Civic. The contact stated that the white paint was peeling off the vehicle. Large white pieces from the rear hood started to peel off first.

Your fuel pump is failing, causing your car to stall while you're driving. This is a serious issue that requires immediate repair to avoid being stranded on the road.

Your car is shutting off unexpectedly during long drives, with symptoms that suggest a failing fuel pump — such as loss of power or stalling. This could leave you stranded on the road if it happens during highway driving. The repair will likely involve diagnosing the fuel system and potentially replacing the fuel pump or related fuel delivery components.

2016 Honda civic EX steering wheel airbags and front passenger airbags didn’t deploy during my husbands wreck. He totaled the car…

The paint is flaking all areas surrounding the rear windshield which will cause rust damage and may lead to rear windshield needing to be replaced

The contact owns a 2016 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while the vehicle was running with the A/C unit activated, there was an abnormal odor inside the cabin of the vehicle. Additionally, while the A/C unit was activated, only hot air was coming from the vents.