1995 Honda Accord problems
Owners have filed 673 complaints with NHTSA about the 1995 Honda Accord. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 34% of complaints. After that come brakes (21%) and electrical system (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 673 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 34% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 94 and 7
- Injuries and deaths
- 83 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 106,000 miles 101 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 | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 15 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 27 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 11 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 20 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 8 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 5 |
What the data shows
Among the 101 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 106,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 110,000 miles (33 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 94 complaints mention a crash; 7 complaints mention a fire; 83 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 21st most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Honda Accord with enough data (344 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.
False/violent deployment of airbags, causing burns to driver's hands/bruises on chest/arms/passenger's lower lip blistered.
Failure on the arm rest, consumer was involved in a head-on collision and the arm rest broke, casuing injuries to the back seat occupant.
While putting car into drive consumer tapped accelerater and car took off at about 40 MPH. The only way to stop vehicle was to hit another car. Also, airbags deployed, and car was full of smoke inside. Car has been towed to a honda dealer. The consumer had a second accident under indentical circumstances. The manufacturer investigated the first accident but did not acknowledge that the vehicle was defective. The consumer had contacted the manufacturer again and is waiting for response.
Vehicle was taken to the dealer because fuel was leaking. Dealer replaced two fuel lines, two brake lines, and one vent purge line.
Vehicle ABS started making noise around 90,000 miles and was slowly losing fluid. Light came on permanantly at 100,000 miles and ABS malfunctioned. American honda is aware of the problem. TSB 96-05 was issued. Dealer stated it was a common problem and the modulater costs is approx. $1,100. No recall was issued knowing the plugs on the ABS modulator were not properly tightened when the vehicle was shipped from the factory.