RSJ

I have owned a number of Hondas over the years (Civic, Accord, CRV) and have always had rock solid reliability.

I now have a 2013 Honda Civic EX Sedan. This is the first Honda I have had with the electronic climate control system that is all digital. Anybody have any thoughts about the long-term reliability of this system being so heavily electronic? This Civic is also the first Honda I have owned with the all electronic/digital instrumentation - I know Honda usually is pretty good with building all around reliable cars but I have a small fear of the electronics of all this going haywire someday and costing me a pretty penny to replace - I am sure it would be after the warranty expires! Any experience or thoughts about this?

CraigW

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They do a lot of R&D, it will likely be fine.

The MICU has a huge amount of task in the newer Civics, and the #s keeps growing.

Every time I'm considering another car and look close at the Corolla, (and their parts $$$$) And weird option levels.... The Civic always looks better.

GolNat

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I don't know why Toyota parts are so pricey!

I am not a fan of all the new tech with the climate controls and car controls but it's the future. I am sure Honda did their research and only released things that they felt were reliable.

CraigW

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Most of that stuff trickles down to the poor Civic owners......eventually.

Hopefully they got some good reliability information in the meantime.

ezone

I personally haven't seen issues-- but they are still quite young.