1992 Honda Accord problems
Owners have filed 249 complaints with NHTSA about the 1992 Honda Accord. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 14% of complaints. After that come electrical system (10%) and seat belts (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 249 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 47 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 42 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 120,000 miles 31 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Among the 31 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 120,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 47 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 42 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 92% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1992 ranks 33rd most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Honda Accord with enough data (93 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 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.
Consumer daughter (16) year old was in an accident the seat belt came loose # a8aj666 and the air bag didn't deployed girl was killed. Tt
Vehicle rearend,forced to rearend another car;upon impact, driver's seat belt became unlatched, driver thrown into rearview mirror;airbag did not inflate. Tt
Tl- the contact owns a 1992 honda accord. When she attempted to make a left turn, the vehicle that had the right of way wasnt able to stop and crashed into her vehicle left side causing the vehicle turned several times the vehicle stopped when it crashed head into the other vehicle front end, and the driver frontal air bag didnt deployed. She received injuries to the chest, neck, knee, and back. The police report information, and the VIN, wasnt available.
While driving , the vehicle stalled. When this occurred the vehicle lost power, but the consumer was able to restart it within a few minutes. Several diagnostic test were done but no failure code was found. Jb there was a bad distributor, seat belt failure and an inoperative air bag.