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2003 Honda Accord air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 321 complaints for the 2003 Honda Accord, 13% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
321 14% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
90,000 miles 215 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
91 and 2
Injuries and deaths
105 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2003 Honda Accord Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 90,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 30 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 14 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 19 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 23 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 37 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 24 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 20 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 16 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 11 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 7 complaints 200k+ miles: 14 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 90,000 miles
Based on 215 complaints that include mileage. 29% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles30
20k to 40k miles14
40k to 60k miles19
60k to 80k miles23
80k to 100k miles37
100k to 120k miles24
120k to 140k miles20
140k to 160k miles16
160k to 180k miles11
180k to 200k miles7
200k+ miles14

What the data shows

Of the 215 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 91 crashes, 2 fires, 105 injuries.

What owners wrote

Takata recall (possibly?). I was in a car accident on june 21, 2018, in my 2003 honda accord coupe driver side airbag did not deploy. I was driving on a city street, the road was wet, and I was going around a curve in the road (going about 40 MPH). My car lost traction and fish tailed, then ended up slamming into a telephone pole with the passenger side being impacted first.

Reported at 140,000 miles, June 2018 CrashInjury

Tl*the contact 2003 honda accord. While driving approximately 55 MPH the vehicle was involved in a crash in which only the passenger side air bag deployed. The contact was not sure if a police report was filed. The driver suffered injuries during the crash. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to an insurance lot. The vehicle did not have the failure diagnosed. The failure and current mileages were 87,000.

Reported at 87,000 miles, December 2010 CrashInjury

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