2001 Honda Insight: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2001 Honda Insight. The newest campaign is 04V086000. NHTSA received the report on 24 Feb 2004. The NHTSA record gives the component Exterior Lighting / Headlights. NHTSA has 11 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 04V086000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the head light switch and coupler for signs of heat damage. If heat damage is present, the dealer will replace the switch and coupler. If no heat damage is present, the dealer will replace the head light switch and one mating pin in the coupler. Owner notification began on april 5, 2004. Owners should contact honda at 1-800-999-1009.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Since the last update
No tracked figure of this page changed in a data update. What the log tracks
Recall campaigns
2 campaigns, newest first. 440,375 units in total.
04V086000Received . 440,000 units.
Exterior Lighting / Headlights
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
On certain passenger vehicles, the low-beam terminal on the head light wire harness can overheat and could cause the low beams to fail without warning.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
An unexpected loss of low beams could result in a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the head light switch and coupler for signs of heat damage. If heat damage is present, the dealer will replace the switch and coupler. If no heat damage is present, the dealer will replace the head light switch and one mating pin in the coupler. Owner notification began on april 5, 2004. Owners should contact honda at 1-800-999-1009.
Report filed by HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.). Manufacturer campaign number P23. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
02V196000Received . 375 units.
Air Bags / Frontal
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
On certain passenger vehicles, some of the passenger air bag modules were not properly welded and may not deploy in a collision.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
The seat occupant may not be properly protected in the event of a collision, increasing the risk of personal injury.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will replace the passenger air bag module. Owner notification began august 2, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact honda at 1-800-999-1009 or acura at 1-800-382-2238.
Report filed by AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
11 complaints, 13 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Steering | 2 |
| Electrical System | 2 |
| Power Train | 2 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 2 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 1 |
| Tires | 1 |
| Electronic Stability Control | 1 |
| Structure | 1 |
| Air Bags | 1 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 0
- Complaints that report a fire
- 2
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 16 Mar 2010
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DP22005 | Defect petition | Pedestrian alert sounds | Electrical System / Propulsion System | 27 Jan 2023 | 7 Aug 2023 | 22V063000 |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2001 Honda InsightThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2001 Honda Insight: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/honda/insight/2001/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.)
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2001 Honda Insight?
- 440,375 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Honda Insight have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 24 recall campaigns for the Honda Insight, model years 2000 to 2022. 2 of them name the 2001 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2001 Honda Insight name most often?
- Steering: 2 of 13 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2001 Honda Insight open?
- No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.