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Honda Civic

Honda's global compact and one of the most-modified cars on earth, which matters diagnostically: a Civic with a code has above-average odds of carrying non-standard parts, and the corpus's advice to check the simple and human causes first applies double.

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Honda Civic sedan, eleventh generation (FE), front three-quarter view
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Generations

  • Third and fourth generation 1983–1991

    Carburetted and early PGM-FI cars; the fourth generation introduces the double-wishbone suspension the nameplate became known for.

    Body styles
    Hatchback · Sedan · Estate · Coupé
    Platform
    Honda Civic
    Engines
    • 1.3 four-cylinder — D13B · petrol · D13
    • 1.5 four-cylinder — petrol · D15
    • 1.6 four-cylinder — petrol · D16 and B16A
    • 1.2 — ZA1 · petrol
    • 1.3 — EV1 · petrol
    • 1.5 — EW1 · petrol
    • 1.5 — EW3 · petrol
    • 1.5 — EW5 · petrol
    • 1.4 — D14A · petrol
    • 1.6 — B16A · petrol · 150–157 Nm (111–116 lb-ft)
    Transmissions
    5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic · 4/5-speed manual · 5+1 speed manual 4WD · 3-speed Hondamatic semi-automatic · 4-speed Hondamatic semi-automatic
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive

  • Fifth generation (EG/EH/EJ) 1991–1995

    The rounded EG, and the generation where VTEC reached the ordinary Civic. D-series fours below, B-series above.

    Body styles
    Hatchback · Sedan · Coupé
    Engines
    • 1.3 petrol — D13B2 · petrol
    • 1.5 petrol — D15B7 · petrol
    • 1.5 VTEC-E — D15Z1 · petrol
    • 1.6 petrol — D16A8 · petrol
    • 1.6 VTEC — D16Z6 · petrol
    • 1.6 VTEC — B16A1 · petrol
    • 1.8 petrol — B18B3 · petrol
    Transmissions
    5-speed S20 A000 manual · 5-speed S20 B000 manual · 4-speed S24A automatic
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive

  • Sixth generation (EJ/EK/EM) 1995–2000

    The widest body range the Civic ever had, and the only one with a Rover diesel — the L-series 2.0 turbodiesel in Europe.

    Body styles
    Hatchback · Sedan · Coupé · Liftback · Estate
    Engines
    • 1.3 petrol — D13B4 · petrol
    • 1.4 petrol — D14A3 · petrol
    • 1.4 petrol — D14Z4 · petrol
    • 1.5 VTEC — D15Z6 · petrol
    • 1.6 VTEC — D16Y8 · petrol
    • 1.6 VTEC — B16A2 · petrol
    • 1.6 VTEC Type R — B16B · petrol · 160 Nm (118 lb-ft)
    • 1.8 petrol — B18A · petrol
    • 2.0 turbodiesel — 20T2N · diesel
    Transmissions
    5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic · CVT
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive

  • Seventh generation (EP/ES/EU) 2000–2005

    The tall EU hatchback and the K20A2 Type R, plus the two engines this nameplate had never carried before — a petrol-electric LDA and an Isuzu diesel.

    Body styles
    Hatchback · Sedan · Coupé
    Engines
    • 1.3 hybrid — LDA · hybrid
    • 1.4 petrol — D14Z6 · petrol
    • 1.5 petrol — D15Y3 · petrol
    • 1.6 petrol — D16V1 · petrol
    • 1.7 petrol — D17A1 · petrol
    • 1.7 VTEC — D17A2 · petrol
    • 1.7 CNG — D17A1 · CNG bi-fuel
    • 1.7 diesel — 4EE2 · diesel
    • 2.0 VTEC Type R — K20A2 · petrol · 149 kW (200 hp)
    Transmissions
    5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 4-speed automatic · 5-speed automatic · CVT
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive

  • FD/FG/FA 2005–2011

    The eighth generation; R18 and K20 engines, with the hybrid's IMA battery aging into P0A80-family territory.

    Body styles
    Sedan · Coupé · Hatchback
    Platform
    Honda Global Compact
    Engines
    • 1.4 i-VTEC — L13A7 · petrol
    • 1.8 i-VTEC — R18A2 · petrol · 103 kW (138 hp) · R18
    • 2.0 i-VTEC Type R — K20Z4 · petrol · 150 kW (201 hp) · 193 Nm (142 lb-ft) · K20
    • 1.3 IMA hybrid — LDA-MF5 · hybrid · 69 kW (93 hp) · 121 Nm (89 lb-ft)
    • 2.2 i-CTDi — N22A2 · diesel · 104 kW (140 hp) · 340 Nm (251 lb-ft)
    • 2.2 i-DTEC — diesel
    • 1.8 — R18A1 · CNG bi-fuel · 4-cylinder, US market 2006-2011
    • 1.6 — R16A1 · petrol
    • 2.0 — K20Z2 · petrol · 114 kW (153 hp)
    • 2.0 — K20A · petrol · 112–149 kW (150–200 hp) · 186–215 Nm (137–159 lb-ft)
    Transmissions
    5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 5-speed automatic · CVT · 6-speed I-SHIFT automated manual
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive

  • FB/FG 2011–2015

    The ninth generation, mechanically conservative.

    Body styles
    Sedan · Coupé · Hatchback · Estate
    Platform
    Honda Global Compact
    Engines
    • 1.4 i-VTEC — petrol
    • 1.8 i-VTEC — R18 · petrol · 103–104 kW (138–139 hp) · 173–174 Nm (128 lb-ft)
    • 2.0 i-VTEC — R20Z1 · petrol
    • 2.0 turbo Type R — K20C1 · petrol · 228–235 kW (306–315 hp) · 400 Nm (295 lb-ft)
    • 1.5 IMA hybrid — LEA-MF6 · hybrid · 83 kW (111 hp) · 142 Nm (105 lb-ft)
    • 1.6 i-DTEC — diesel · 88 kW (118 hp) · 300 Nm (221 lb-ft)
    • 2.2 i-DTEC — diesel · 103–110 kW (138–148 hp)
    • 1.6 — R16A1 · petrol
    • 2.4 — K24Z7 · petrol · 138–153 kW (185–205 hp)
    • 1.8 — CNG bi-fuel · 4-cylinder, US market 2011-2015
    Transmissions
    5-speed manual · 6-speed manual · 5-speed automatic · CVT
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive

  • FC/FK 2015–2021

    The tenth generation brings the 1.5 turbo — fuel-dilution complaints and direct-injection carbon patterns arrive with it.

    Body styles
    Sedan · Coupé · Hatchback
    Platform
    CCA
    Engines
    • 1.0 VTEC Turbo — P10A2 · petrol · 93–95 kW (125–127 hp) · Europe
    • 1.5 VTEC Turbo — L15B · petrol
    • 2.0 — K20C2 · petrol · 187 Nm (138 lb-ft) · North America
    • 2.0 Turbo Type R — K20C1 · petrol · 400 Nm (295 lb-ft)
    • 1.6 i-DTEC — N16A · diesel · 89 kW (120 hp) · 300 Nm (221 lb-ft) · Europe
    • 1.6 — R16B · petrol
    • 1.8 — R18Z1 · petrol · 104 kW (139 hp)
    Transmissions
    6-speed manual · CVT · 9-speed ZF 9HP automatic
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive

  • FE/FL 2021–present

    The eleventh generation, continuing the 1.5T and 2.0.

    Body styles
    Sedan · Hatchback
    Platform
    Honda Architecture
    Engines
    • 1.5 VTEC Turbo — L15C · petrol · 134 kW (180 hp)
    • 2.0 — K20C2 · petrol · 118 kW (158 hp) · 187 Nm (138 lb-ft) · North America
    • 2.0 e:HEV hybrid — K20C9 · hybrid · 112 kW (150 hp)
    • 2.0 Turbo Type R — K20C1 · petrol
    • 1.5 turbo — L15B7 · petrol · 134 kW (180 hp) · 240 Nm (177 lb-ft)
    • 1.5 turbo — L15BG · petrol · 134 kW (180 hp)
    • 1.5 — L15BJ · petrol · 95 kW (127 hp) · 180 Nm (133 lb-ft)
    Transmissions
    6-speed manual · CVT · e-CVT
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive

CAN data

Bus databases covering this vehicle, mirrored from the open-source opendbc project.

Service information

Information, not instruction

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