2008 Honda Accord problems
Owners have filed 1,856 complaints with NHTSA about the 2008 Honda Accord. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 31% of complaints. After that come air bags (20%) and engine (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1,856 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 31% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 86 and 18
- Injuries and deaths
- 94 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 28,000 miles 1,374 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 | 450 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 379 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 114 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 108 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 109 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 73 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 46 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 36 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 25 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 22 |
| 200k+ miles | 12 |
What the data shows
Among the 1,374 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 28,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 22,000 miles (527 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 86 complaints mention a crash; 18 complaints mention a fire; 94 injuries reported; 1 death reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2008 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Honda Accord with enough data (1,138 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 8 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.
Takata recall--m y husbands honda accord 2008 was involved in an accident on january 16, 2013. The accident happened in somerset county nj. He was hit head on by a drunk driver while driving on a local road on his way home from work. He was killed instantly, my daughter suffered numerous injuries. This accident happened just prior to the first announcement if takata airbags. Since then there have been numerous recalls - it was not until just recently my husbands vehicle was actually recalled.
I was traveling in my new-used 2008 honda had set cruise control after leaving out of a small town back to my house on 259 north out of ore city texas I set the cruise at 72 it jammed and would not disengage it took me off the road and I hit an embankment knocking me out hearing the stories and seeing the pictures that were took of me and my car it was bad I've contacted honda corp with no help as my insurance co has washed there hands of this complaint they were both asking for an inspection of the car I've tried…
Tl* the contact owned a 2008 honda accord. While driving 30 MPH, an oncoming vehicle crashed into the driver side of the contact's vehicle. Another vehicle crashed into the passenger side of the contact's vehicle. The passenger air bag failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The driver and three other passengers sustained injuries that required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 85,000.
My rear brakes had to replaced at 21,400 miles because of excessive wear on the inside brake pad - I had read other reports about this and my brakes had been squeaking since 4000 miles!
Engine stops running at idle or while driving, is difficult to restart. Dealer could not reproduce. No engine error codes found. Occurred on more than one occasion.