2012 Honda Accord problems
Owners have filed 508 complaints with NHTSA about the 2012 Honda Accord. Seats is the most reported problem area, at 13% of complaints. After that come air bags (11%) and engine (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 508 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seats 13% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 77 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 65 and 3
- Typical mileage
- 27,000 miles 364 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 | 154 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 64 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 34 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 44 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 22 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 18 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 8 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 7 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 364 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 26,000 miles. For seats specifically, the median reported mileage is about 0 miles (47 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 77 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 65 injuries reported; 3 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 83% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2012 ranks 20th most-complained-about out of 36 model years of the Honda Accord with enough data (347 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.
Driving my honda on a cold night at 20 degree, I hit my brakes and the car accelrated at a extreme high speed, I was unable to stop and crashed totalling my vehicle
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 honda accord. While driving 60 MPH, the vehicle started to shake and no warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician performed an alignment; however, the remedy failed to correct the failure. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, who stated that the vehicle was operating as designed. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 21,000.
"takata recall" I started having issues with the car heavily vibrating when the car reached 60,000 which is a concern driving on the highway. If felt unsafe, I first brought it in while under warranty at only 30,000 miles, they said it was cracked seals in the steering rack. The car would shake uncontrollable, vibrate. They fixed it, again it happened at 55,000 miles, then again a few thousand miles later replacing the steering column. All under warranty, thank god I have the extended warranty but is this normal.