The Lemon Index$5,000 middle bill · most between $3,300 and $6,700
Lower than the $8,000 middle bill owners of all 168 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 98,000 miles (11 reports).
Honda Civic owners reported paying a median of $5,000 for a engine replacement, with the middle half of bills between $3,300 and $6,700. That's from 16 owner reports (16 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,50019%
- $2,500–$5,00025%
- $5,000 and up56%
Share of the 16 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2006 Honda Civic6$3,300 middle bill
- 2007 Honda Civic3$6,400 middle bill
- 2008 Honda Civic3$4,500 middle bill
- 2016 Honda Civic2too few for a middle
- 2023 Honda Civic2too 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
- 2006 Honda Civic38 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
- 2008 Honda Civic21 complaints name it2% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a engine failure. 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 turbo (L15B7 / L15BA / L15CA) · 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
- Engine 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 condenser replacement (37) · AC evaporator replacement (35) · AC compressor replacement (31) · Brake repair (18) · Wiring harness repair (17) · 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): 11773846, 11688396, 11564259, 11478083, 11373964, 11349887, 11311393, 11203393, 11101587, 11073579, 11072012, 11005325 and more.
Quick answers
How much does engine replacement cost on a Honda Civic?
Honda Civic owners reported a median of $5,000, and the middle half paid $3,300 to $6,700, from 16 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Honda Civic engine replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Honda Civic middle bill of $5,000 is lower than the $8,000 owners of all 168 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Honda Civic repair costs come from?
From 16 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 2006 (38), 2008 (21) 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.