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2008 Honda Accord electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 109 complaints for the 2008 Honda Accord, 6% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
109 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
29,000 miles 81 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 5
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2008 Honda Accord Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 29,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 36 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 10 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 6 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 7 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 4 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 29,000 miles
Based on 81 complaints that include mileage. 63% 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 miles36
20k to 40k miles10
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles6
100k to 120k miles7
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles4

What the data shows

Of the 81 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 29,000 miles, and 63% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 5 fires, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

The contact owned a 2008 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed on a highway, an abnormal burning odor leaked through the air vents into the interior cabin. The contact stated that his girlfriend was sitting in the front passenger seat during the failure. The contact managed to pull over to the shoulder of the road after a fire appeared from under the driver's side of the hood. The contact attempted to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher, but was unsuccessful.

Reported at 200,022 miles, August 2025 FireInjury

On thanksgiving night 2012, I went shopping and got back to my parents house around 11:00pm. I had gifts and food in the car and the power door locks locked on me automatically with me in it. I finally was able to open the passage door and got out. The car door locked again and I was not able to get into the car either by using the keyless entry nor by manually trying to unlock it with the key in the door lock. I had to let the food stay in the car over night as well as the other things I had purchased.

Reported at 59,000 miles, November 2012

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