Honda Accord: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 80 recall campaigns for the Honda Accord, model years 1976 to 2026. NHTSA has 24,651 complaints on file for this model line. 42 of the 51 model years have a page on this register. By recall campaigns, the Honda Accord is number 2 of 69 model lines of Honda on the register. Recall campaigns for the Honda Accord: 3 in 2024 and 1 in 2025. For all Honda vehicles, the count did not change, from 16 in 2024 to 16 in 2025.

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NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 5 Nov 2026. Recall file through 3 Nov 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Honda Accord: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2026 Honda Accord NHTSA page	0	14	3%
2025 Honda Accord	0	101	21%
2024 Honda Accord	3	156	32%	1,024,701
2023 Honda Accord	5	89	18%	3,515,193
2022 Honda Accord	4	264	55%	3,339,852
2021 Honda Accord	4	246	51%	3,343,812
2020 Honda Accord	5	369	76%	4,701,251
2019 Honda Accord	6	699	145%	4,535,745
2018 Honda Accord	6	1,900	393%	4,143,333
2017 Honda Accord	3	540	112%	3,026,384
2016 Honda Accord	4	613	127%	4,174,934
2015 Honda Accord	5	602	125%	4,311,213
2014 Honda Accord	4	982	203%	3,874,181
2013 Honda Accord	5	1,427	295%	3,947,959
2012 Honda Accord	8	374	77%	3,058,472
2011 Honda Accord	9	296	61%	5,788,334
2010 Honda Accord	12	581	120%	7,644,162
2009 Honda Accord	10	727	150%	7,377,190
2008 Honda Accord	8	1,521	315%	5,583,930
2007 Honda Accord	9	524	108%	14,693,563
2006 Honda Accord	12	433	90%	15,885,485
2005 Honda Accord	15	656	136%	15,333,870
2004 Honda Accord	13	1,018	211%	14,753,075
2003 Honda Accord	13	1,987	411%	15,342,776
2002 Honda Accord	5	1,050	217%	7,890,734
2001 Honda Accord	7	922	191%	7,925,673
2000 Honda Accord	8	1,183	245%	2,877,396
1999 Honda Accord	4	1,135	235%	3,490,361
1998 Honda Accord	6	1,200	248%	3,162,626
1997 Honda Accord	3	460	95%	2,092,646
1996 Honda Accord	1	472	98%	967,771
1995 Honda Accord	2	543	112%	1,131,910
1994 Honda Accord	1	369	76%	37
1993 Honda Accord	1	186	38%	45,958
1992 Honda Accord	2	206	43%	45,976
1991 Honda Accord	3	212	44%	3,765,646
1990 Honda Accord	2	192	40%	3,745,958
1989 Honda Accord	1	86	18%	3,700,000
1988 Honda Accord	2	88	18%	3,799,088
1987 Honda Accord	3	111	23%	4,719,671
1986 Honda Accord	2	54	11%	4,620,583
1985 Honda Accord NHTSA page	1	13	3%	903,219
1984 Honda Accord	2	22	5%	950,472
1983 Honda Accord NHTSA page	1	7	1%	903,219
1982 Honda Accord	2	10	2%	1,080,806
1981 Honda Accord NHTSA page	0	7	1%
1980 Honda Accord NHTSA page	0	2	0%
1979 Honda Accord NHTSA page	1	2	0%	936,774
1978 Honda Accord NHTSA page	1	0	0%	936,774
1977 Honda Accord NHTSA page	1	0	0%	936,774
1976 Honda Accord NHTSA page	1	0	0%	936,774

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

32,467 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Honda Accord: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Electrical System	130.4	4,234
Air Bags	127.3	4,133
Power Train	119.2	3,870
Engine	69.5	2,256
Unknown or Other	55.6	1,804
Steering	51.6	1,676
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	50.5	1,639
Forward Collision Avoidance	38.7	1,256
Engine and Engine Cooling	37.1	1,205
Vehicle Speed Control	36.9	1,199

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Honda Accord, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2019, with 6 campaigns.

Complaints about the Honda Accord, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2010, with 1,323 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Civic79 campaigns
CR-V63 campaigns
Odyssey82 campaigns
Pilot62 campaigns
Ridgeline39 campaigns
Fit34 campaigns
HR-V13 campaigns
Passport29 campaigns
Element20 campaigns
Prologue3 campaigns
Accord Hybrid16 campaigns
GL180015 campaigns
Insight24 campaigns
CR-V Hybrid14 campaigns
Civic Hybrid18 campaigns
Prelude12 campaigns
VTX13001 campaign
Civic SI0 campaigns
Clarity Plug-In Hybrid2 campaigns
Crosstour5 campaigns
VTX18003 campaigns
Honda0 campaigns
S20005 campaigns
Accord Crosstour8 campaigns
CR-Z3 campaigns
Honda Motorcycle0 campaigns
GL1800A4 campaigns
CMX250C1 campaign
CBR1000RR9 campaigns
Silverwing0 campaigns
Civic Type R6 campaigns
Civic Hatchback3 campaigns
ST13005 campaigns
VT7502 campaigns
VFR8003 campaigns
ST1300A5 campaigns
Civic GX8 campaigns
CRF11003 campaigns
VFR1200F2 campaigns
CBR300R4 campaigns
CBR929RR2 campaigns
CTX7002 campaigns
CB300F3 campaigns
Grom1253 campaigns
VT6002 campaigns
CRF250L4 campaigns
Silver Wing3 campaigns
Shadow Phantom4 campaigns
CMX5003 campaigns
FSC6004 campaigns
Clarity Fuel Cell4 campaigns
CB500X3 campaigns
NSS3004 campaigns
CB300R2 campaigns
CBR650R3 campaigns
CB1000SP3 campaigns
CB7504 campaigns
CMX3005 campaigns
7502 campaigns
CBR500R3 campaigns

Honda: all 69 model lines

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Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 3 Nov 2026
Complaint file through: 5 Nov 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file: AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.

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Questions

Which Honda Accord model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2005 with 15, 2004 with 13, 2003 with 13. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Honda Accord model year has the most complaints?: The 2003 model year, with 1,987 of the 24,651 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Honda Accord name?: Electrical System: 130.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 127.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 119.2 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Honda Accord?: 41 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.