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2003 Honda Accord electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 148 complaints for the 2003 Honda Accord, 6% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
148 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
67,000 miles 106 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
8 and 6
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2003 Honda Accord Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 67,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 14 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 15 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 18 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 16 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 11 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 9 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 9 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 5 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 67,000 miles
Based on 106 complaints that include mileage. 44% 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 miles14
20k to 40k miles15
40k to 60k miles18
60k to 80k miles16
80k to 100k miles11
100k to 120k miles9
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles9
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles5

What the data shows

Of the 106 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 66,000 miles, and 44% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 8 crashes, 6 fires, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda accord. Upon exiting the vehicle, before the passenger exited the front passenger side, smoke appeared within the inner part of the front passenger side door and a fire erupted. The driver and the front passenger were able to extinguish the flames. A fire report was not filed. The dealer was notified. The passenger was burned and had to exit the vehicle through the front passenger side window, which required medical treatment. The failure mileage was not available. Updated 06/29/16

April 2016 FireInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda accord. The contact stated that the key could be removed from the ignition without the vehicle being secured in park. The contact was able to remove the key while the vehicle was in drive. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where an unknown repair was performed under a manufacturer's voluntary recall for the ignition key: interlock switch. Three days later after the recall remedy was performed, the failure recurred.

Reported at 48,116 miles, November 2010

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