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I would never own another Honda
mcarthurdw, 08/02/2019
2016 Honda Civic LX 2dr Coupe (2.0L 4cyl 6M)
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
I bought the 2016 Civic Lx to replace a 2012 Civic that the electrical system failed on. I thought it was just a rare issue, boy was I wrong. The first week I owned the 2016 Civic the third break light shroud fell and block view through the rear windshield. The local dealer tried to repair it multiple times, but it just kept falling down. It took threatening Honda Corporate USA with the lemon law to get it fixed. The car was good over all for a few months, but then began having strange random issues. The trunk would open on it's own, windows would roll themselves down when no one was around and the car was locked. By the time it was a year old the Air Conditioning stopped working, a few weeks later one of the key fobs completely failed, replacing the battery in it did nothing. The final event was when the car caught fire sitting in the driveway. It was locked and had not been driven for hours. Honda took no responsibility what so ever for any of the problems, and I lost thousands of dollars I had invested in the car.
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Great tech, great daily driver, great purchase!
Civic Owner, 09/09/2016
2016 Honda Civic EX-T 4dr Sedan (1.5L 4cyl Turbo CVT)
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
Yep, there's no volume knob. Moving on. I drive this car about 25 miles a day for my commute. I've put a little over 7000 miles on it in the 10 months I've owned it and am averaging 36.9 mpg. Things I like: acceleration once the turbo kicks in, sport mode, info-tainment system, Android Auto, interior storage, gas mileage, quiet cabin, feeling of quality of interior, brake hold is awesome! Things I'm not crazy about: price is a little steep, but not crazy, no adjustable lumbar support (come'on Honda!), CVT is really hesitant from a dead stop. Overall, nothing is perfect, I love this car. To me, the lack of a volume knob is made up for with the touch sensitive steering wheel volume control.
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Corolla s plus to Civiic ex
J. Huffman, 06/21/2016
updated 06/28/2018
2016 Honda Civic EX 4dr Sedan (2.0L 4cyl CVT)
12 of 14 people found this review helpful
In todays era of energy efficient lighting Honda has not installed HID or LED headlights on this model but they did think enough to install LED running lights on the front that only makes you visible to others and does not help with actual lighting to see by. I traded a 2015 Corolla for the Civic EX which had GREAT lighting with LED headlights so I took a GIANT step backwards on lighting. Civic does seem to have a better ride and of course more power and better MPG with the 2.0L engine. The Civic EX interior fabric seems to be tarnished a bit already with only 3 weeks ownership @approximately 1000 miles. The arm rest on the doors is CLOTH the same as the seats and it appears to stain easily. The doors should have at least a vinyl covering at minimum in my opinion. Also during this same 3 weeks period I notice the rear glass developed a film of some sort that needed to be cleaned in order to see properly out of it without obscured vision. These are my observations in the 3 weeks I have owned this Civic EX. I traded my Civic EX for 2018 Camry XSE last September and that was a mistake on my part. The only gains were a bit larger car with more room but the Camry was not what I expected from the hype brought forward by Toyota and my own hopes. I did test drive the Camry and it seemed to be better in overall results. The 8 speed automatic in the 2.5L engine is not as expected if you get in a rush. The 1st and 2nd gear doesn't do much except run up the RPM's and hardly goes anywhere. The ride is about the same as the Civic but Toyota's idea of Navigation is NOT as expected along with it does not have Apple Car Play or Android. It has Toyota's own idea of that called Entune 3.0 some without nav and some with navigation if you use your smart phone. No smart phone no nav. Since I have owned my Camry I found out there is another option of nav that comes with a bigger PRICE and you still have to subscribe to Entune (for a fee) after the initial 3 months free trial so I will soon be going back to FORD that has the real user friendly straight forward navigation. The Camry does get good gas mileage but sacrifice low speed power even though it is rated 206 HP for the XSE. The Camry also has great styling and looks but I am overall disappointed in the 18 Camry's performance . Now that I have had the Civic for 6 months I must add a few mentions. We took this Civic out to Las Vegas, Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and I must say the gas mileage was phenomenal. We averaged over 43mpg at Interstate speeds. . I currently have about 19,400 miles and experienced what seemed like a wheel hop on the right front when driving interstate speeds on concrete highways with the joints causing that sensation after you have progressed to a smooth surface. I did experience this in Texas and New Mexico on Interstate 40 west bound and on some other highways. I also experienced the front end drifting at highway speeds and unable to keep the vehicle straight. It may need a sway bar or something on the front. I would buy another Civic if Honda would fit the Civic with HID or LED headlamps and at minimum a vinyl trim on the doors including the armrest etc. June 27, 2017: I now have owned the car for 12 months and have 30000 miles on the Civic. I had to replace the Firestone tires at 29000 due to excessive road noise. My dealer told me they were only rated 30000 miles but I couldn't find where they were even rated for mileage. If this is the case poor judgement on tire selection by Honda in my opinion. I have also discovered the REAL cost of ownership with the required service intervals and the cost of the service at the dealer.
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Best Civic Coupe ever
Samuel Newman, 05/09/2016
2016 Honda Civic EX-L 2dr Coupe (1.5L 4cyl Turbo CVT)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
Pros: - great MPG, mine average is 37 for NYC-NJ-LI; - coupe looks very good - people are still staring and asking about the car; - acceleration, especially in Sport mode; - fun to drive. Cons: - constant issues with Android Auto on Samsung Galaxy Note 4 - I'm an IT guy and still can't make it work properly. - CVT is not smooth. When I slow down fast almost to stop and then release brake (mostly in traffic) - feels like stroke in CVT. Audi's 1.8T 2004 CVT feels much better that Civic 1.5T 2016 - manual front seats for EX-L? come on, it's 2016
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Could be a great car
Steve, 08/15/2016
updated 08/24/2020
2016 Honda Civic EX-T 2dr Coupe (1.5L 4cyl Turbo CVT)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
This car could be great, but I have had constant computer and electrical issues as well as problems with the third brake light housing coming down within the first week of purchase. I have found, per my dealership, that every coupe with a third brake light has the housing coming down. The electrical issues included the passenger window and sunroof not working randomly. The display would stop working for several minutes at a time, beeping constantly during this period. I have had multiple computer updates and this car had been in the shop for over 30 days total. The basic response from the dealership was, "That's what you get for buying the first year of a new vehicle." Update: After 2 years of ownership and multiple electrical issues, I finally traded it in for a 2018 Si. It was still having USB issues, and two weeks before I traded it in, the entire computer went black for about 10 seconds. I was over it at that point.
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