Honda Accord / 2021

2021 Honda Accord problems

Owners have filed 340 complaints about the 2021 Honda Accord with NHTSA. Forward collision avoidance accounts for 20.6% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 16.5%. A further 15.3% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints340

Crashes25

Fires1

Injuries14

Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Forward collision avoidance 20.6% · 70

Electrical system 16.5% · 56

Unknown or other 15.3% · 52

Engine 9.7% · 33

Service brakes 7.4% · 25

Lane departure 5.9% · 20

Air bags 4.1% · 14

Power train 3.5% · 12

Severity

Of those complaints, 25 describe a crash, 1 describe a fire and 14 report an injury.

Reading the numbers

Across the 36 model years of the Honda Accord in this data, 2021 sits 29th by complaint volume. 2018 draws the most.

Filings are rising — 249 in the last three years against 91 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.

The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 62,000 miles.

In owners' own words

My car slammed on its own brakes hard out of nowhere with nothing in its forward. The first time it happened was about 9 months ago while I was driving on the highway, it was a quick moment of breaking without any reason, but the car didn't stop. Today it happened again, the speed was about 30 m/h, the car slammed hard on the brakes to an almost complete stop. I was lucky, nobody was behind. Forward collision avoidance

I was driving on the freeway going 65mph when the automatic safety brake system slowed my car down abruptly for no reason at all. Luckily there wasnât any other vehicles anywhere near me or it would have caused an accident. This wasnât the only time the safety system activated without reason either. It also happened two other times in similar situations. Forward collision avoidance

A vehicle in front of me made a quick slow down. The automatic braking engaged, the driver behind me did not react in time and struck the back of my car. Resulting in totaling of the vehicle. The automatic braking would not stop engaging, if it would have dis-engaged I could of pulled forward a few feet and the driver behind me would of missed me. Forward collision avoidance

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

Safety recalls

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Other Honda Accord years

2018 2,908 complaints · 18.2% engine 2019 1,074 complaints · 17.7% forward collision avoidance 2020 556 complaints · 23.6% forward collision avoidance 2022 368 complaints · 24.5% electrical system 2023 152 complaints · 22.4% forward collision avoidance 2024 212 complaints · 21.2% steering

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