I purchased my 2012 civic in April 2015 with 29,000mi on it for $12,000 and paid it off in 36 months. It is now 2026 and I still drive my car to work 70 miles round trip. It now has 245,000 mi on it and it still runs as new. It still passes emissions. The major repair I did was the suspension for $1,500 Always in Chicago.

Love this car. I'm at 98k miles. Still remember the day I walked into the dealership and walked around the lot to pick her out. My first grown up purchase and paid it off in 18 months. Never was a car guy, but I love how boring and vanilla this car is. Got no tints, fish bowlin it. Looking like a npc, but hey insurance, maintenance, and gassing her up is still cheap. Mechanics look at this thing and tell me they are easy to work on.

My 2012 Honda Civic has 415,000 mi on it! Driving it until it doesn't want to go anymore. 😂 And when it goes I'm going to buy a used one and use it as my daily commuter

mine just hit 100k, ive had to replace the battery, tensioner rattle, new alternator, tpms sensor, and window trim pieces. My only complaint is the damnSTARTER location, i physically cant replace it myself and hate paying labor for "simple" fixes

Great video! I've been driving a 2012 civic hybrid for about a year now, and I love it! I find that the "quality issues" people had were silly, and if you are into upholstery and design it's actually a great base to make custom dash covers and custom floor mats. MPG is crazy which is great in this economy, and I got mine used for about $6,000. Had some issues with the hybrid battery (which is not cheap to replace) but this came from poor wiring done by the previous owner to their after market sound system. Even though it did cause some issues, I do love the pounding bass haha! But yeah great car!

❤❤I had to change my battery in my 2012 back in 2023.  People tell me 11 years is unheard of on a battery.  It's November 2025 and I now have 56,000 miles on it.

I’ve owned three Civics from this generation and still have two 2013s. In my experience, this is probably the most reliable Civic generation, and it hits a nice sweet spot: enough technology that it doesn’t feel overly dated, but still simple enough that upgrades like an Android Auto/CarPlay screen are easy.

Across all three, the main issues I’ve had have been pretty minor:

Starter — One needed a starter at around 90k miles. I’ve since put another roughly 80k miles on it with no further issue.

EVAP/emissions light — Replaced the EVAP solenoid and that fixed it. Cheap and easy repair.

Tensioner rattle — Also an easy, inexpensive fix. This was causing low charge issues fir the battery and only realized after replacing the battery and alternator that it was the Tensioner that was contributing to both on that particular car. After that no rate no charging issue.

VSA module — This was the only expensive-looking issue. The dealer quoted nearly $3,000, with the module itself close to $2,000. OEM units online were around $1,300, so given how reliable these cars generally are, I bought a low-mileage used module and replaced it for about $400, all in.

I did all of these repairs myself except the starter, which I had done at the dealership.

One had 160k miles on it before it got totaled. The other has 175k mikes and the last one I bought with 19k miles on it last year knowing how reliable they are and how cheap they are to own

I just want to say you've got an amazing thing going with this channel. You deliver just the right amount of information very well. Comprehensive without being overwhelming to me as a non-car person. You approach everything from the buyer's perspective, not merely showing off mechanical or car enthusiast knowledge. Keep up the great work, easily one of the best car channels I've come across.

A weak battery will shorten the alternator's lifespan. Do a load test on the battery. Replacing the battery costs much less than replacing the alternator.

Mine is at 104,000 miles and I'm loving it a huge upgrade from my Honda Civic 2002

I have a 1995 civic with 214K miles and I’m looking for a 2012-2013 civic Si atm.

I’m a new subscriber because of this video. My 2013 EX-L has the facelift, upgraded steering and suspension, none of the paint issues and all of the bells and whistles of a much newer car.  At 99000 miles it has been absolutely rock solid, nothing but oil changes and tires. Next oil change I will do a transmission fluid change. In this economy I couldn’t ask for more in car

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MUST change the transmission fluid every 30,000 miles. With the first few changes being the most important. Or, you get the very common and well-known gear 1-2 slippage in the automatics, which equate to a failing torque converter. Change your transmission fluid religiously. Especially in the Gen-9s.

Dude I really would love to see you review all kinds of cars! The presentation is so nice and informative. Thank please keep these coming

I love my 2012 civic.  When the yellow emmision motor lights up,  I wait two days and it goes away.  I love how it fixes itself.

Bought my 2012 Civic EX-L new off the lot  and is about to turn over 300,000 miles. Two weeks ago, we took a trouble free 1,200 mile road trip which included 58 miles of Indiana dirt/gravel roads. I'll still avg. 40-42 mpg, cold A/C, and two new front McPherson struts keeps it smooth. I expect around 400,000 I'll start looking for another Civic.

Had a little bit of clearcoat peeling, the rattle of the tensioner and the tpms light staying on.  Got a tpms bypass to solve that just bc it was annoying seeing the light and the beeping.  About to change all the mounts as its about to hit the 100k mark.  Other than that its been a great car ive had for ten years used(got it at 30k miles for $10K)

great video

Excellent video.

Bought my FG3 brand new in 2012 and still drive it daily with almost 200K miles. Glad I went with the 5-speed manual gearbox.