1991 Honda Civic DX from North America - Comments

The engine seized at about 240,000 miles. The seats are in poor condition.

The seat belts don't retract anymore.

At about 250,000 got a big crack in the windshield and had to replace.

At 268,000, car wouldn't start on and off. We could not figure out what was wrong. Had it towed. The moment it rolled off the tow truck it started fine. We finally had it taken apart and tested. It was the ignition switch;we had it replaced.

Most recently, major tune up needed.

Car fuel efficiency going down slightly, now only at 30 mpg in the city.

Driver side window mechanism broke last week, we have to guide the window back up by hand.

Struts on the back trunk stopped working at around 250,000.

AC hasn't worked since about 150,000 miles.

New clutch put in at 269,000.

Even though once you get into the 200,000 mile range, the civics tend to have a lot of random and hard to diagnose electrical problems, and this is quite frustrating, the civic is a great car. My dad has a 94 Toyota corolla with 102,000 and my 269,000 civic not only runs better, but is more dependable. Other than the fact that the car is very hard, interior wise, and maybe not the most comfortable car, it's a great buy. The seats on those civics do seem to get destroyed very quickly, even if under seat covers. Car drives smoothly and quickly. Right now, honestly, my greatest problem with the car is trying to keep people from stealing it.

So uh, your seats are worn out at 669,000 miles eh? I guess it doesn't matter that your arse was in that seat for 14 years.

Another cool story on honda realiablity. Not found nowadays. But those early 90s cars were awesome, but bland.

This is in regard to the last comment. my "arse" wasn't in those seats for 269,000, but the person whose "arse" was, was only in them for about 80,000 before the seats ripped. the car was an arizona car and the sun really did a number on it.

It matters not one Jot that this car was an Arizona Car. A good application of Elbow Grease and lashing of a half decent brand name Wax would have prevented any Paint deteriation.