2021 Honda Accord problems
Owners have filed 375 complaints about the 2021 Honda Accord with NHTSA. Forward collision avoidance accounts for 20.3% of them, narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 17.6%.
Complaints375
Crashes27
Fires1
Injuries16
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Forward collision avoidance 20.3% · 76
Electrical system 17.6% · 66
Unknown or other 14.9% · 56
Engine 9.9% · 37
Service brakes 7.5% · 28
Lane departure 5.6% · 21
Air bags 4.0% · 15
Power train 3.7% · 14
Severity
Of those complaints, 27 describe a crash, 1 describe a fire and 16 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 36 model years of the Honda Accord in this data, 2021 sits 28th by complaint volume. 2018 draws the most.
Filings are rising, 284 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
Vehicle started flashing all lights on dashboard. I drove it for awhile and then it eventually went off. A few days later same lights came back on a car started misfiring. Was told by Honda that is was the Turbo that's going bad. Today is just cut off on me. Luckily there wasn't anyone behind me. I see a lot of people are having these same issues and a recall should be put out immediately. 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
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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