---
title: "Drive Wire: A Honda Civic Recall Is Coming"
description: "Dear Honda: this could hurt."
date: "2016-02-24"
modified: "2016-02-24"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/2313/drive-wire-a-honda-civic-recall-is-coming"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Civic"
  - "compact"
  - "honda"
  - "Recall"
  - "sedan"
---

# Drive Wire: A Honda Civic Recall Is Coming

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Honda has announced a stop-sale and is preparing a mid-March recall on the hugely popular 2016 Civic over possible engine failure. Honda says the problem is with mis-installed or even missing piston rings on an estimated 34,000 vehicles. This is a big hit for Honda -- the 2016 Civic was named the North American Car of the Year in January and was expected to be a big contributor to the manufacturer's total sales.

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