The Lemon Index$700 middle bill · most between $550 and $800
Lower than the $800 middle bill owners of all 44 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 37,000 miles (23 reports).
Honda Civic owners reported paying a median of $700 for a AC condenser replacement, with the middle half of bills between $550 and $800. That's from 37 owner reports (37 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5008%
- $500–$1,00081%
- $1,000–$2,5008%
- $2,500–$5,0003%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 37 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2005 Honda Civic3$700 middle bill
- 2006 Honda Civic13$600 middle bill
- 2007 Honda Civic4$638 middle bill
- 2008 Honda Civic3$650 middle bill
- 2009 Honda Civic1too few for a middle
- 2010 Honda Civic1too few for a middle
- 2013 Honda Civic1too few for a middle
- 2016 Honda Civic5$907 middle bill
- 2017 Honda Civic5$500 middle bill
- 2019 Honda Civic1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2016 Honda Civic78 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
- 2017 Honda Civic67 complaints name it11% of that year's complaints
- 2018 Honda Civic48 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
- 2019 Honda Civic19 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2020 Honda Civic16 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a a/c condenser. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
1.3 L hybrid (Honda IMA) · 1.5 L hybrid (LEA (IMA)) · 1.5 L turbo (L15B7 / L15BA / L15CA) · 1.7 L D17 (D17A1 / D17A2) · 1.8 L R18 (R18A1 / R18Z1) · 2.0 L K20 (Si) (K20A3 / K20Z3) · 2.0 L K20C (K20C2 / K20C9) · 2.0 L turbo (Type R) (K20C1)
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Honda Civic reliability by year
- AC condenser replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Honda Civic owners reported
Transmission replacement (53) · Steering rack replacement (41) · AC evaporator replacement (35) · AC compressor replacement (31) · Brake repair (18) · Wiring harness repair (17) · Engine replacement (16) · Control arm replacement (12) · Clutch replacement (10) · Car battery replacement (9)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11540361, 11518774, 11429200, 11421417, 11375616, 11364049, 11354302, 11231678, 11228380, 11209333, 11030455, 10618069 and more.
Quick answers
How much does AC condenser replacement cost on a Honda Civic?
Honda Civic owners reported a median of $700, and the middle half paid $550 to $800, from 37 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Honda Civic AC condenser replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Honda Civic middle bill of $700 is lower than the $800 owners of all 44 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Honda Civic repair costs come from?
From 37 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Honda Civic years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2016 (78), 2017 (67), 2018 (48) Honda Civic named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.