1991 Honda Accord problems
Owners have filed 242 complaints with NHTSA about the 1991 Honda Accord. Seat belts is the most reported problem area, at 24% of complaints. After that come body & structure (14%) and latches & locks (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 242 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 24% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 20 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 22 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 159,000 miles 51 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 8 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 19 |
What the data shows
Among the 51 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 159,000 miles. For seat belts specifically, the median reported mileage is about 188,000 miles (27 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 20 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 22 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 35th most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Honda Accord with enough data (60 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Driver's shoulder/lap belt became undone; threw driver from driver to passenger side; face ended up hitting windshield; broadsided by another vehicle at 55 MPH.
Upon impact, during rear end collision, at approx. 10MPH, driver's automatic shoulder harness fail to retract, result driver hit windshield. Tt
Consumer was in accident and could not get out of the seat belt, lost use of her arm and daughter could not get out was in the back seat, car was totaled. Tt
Tl*the contact owns a 1991 honda accord. The contact stated that the seat belt on the front passenger seat will not remain locked. The vehicle has not been inspected by the dealer and the manufacturer has not been notified. The current and failure mileages were 240,000.
Seatbelt warning light and chime suddenly started to activate even when the seatbelts are connected.this occurs every time the car is in use. I don't know how to fix this problem or what parts to replace.