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1994 Honda Del Sol problems

Owners have filed 26 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Honda Del Sol. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 58% of complaints. After that come seat belts (12%) and transmission (8%).

At a glance

Complaints
26 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Air bags 58% of complaints
Crashes and fires
8 and 0
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

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%.

  • Air bags 58%
  • Seat belts 12%
  • Transmission 8%
  • Engine 4%
  • Latches & locks 4%
  • Steering 4%
  • Tires 4%
  • Wipers, windshield & visibility 4%

What the data shows

Safety-related details: 8 complaints mention a crash; 6 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 97% of model years in our database.

It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.

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.

Failure on the driver and passenger side air bag consumer was involved in a head on collision and the air bags did not dpeloy.

July 1996 CrashInjury

At 12:00 position, at 50-60MPH, car went over an embankment and hit a ditch, the driver's side airbag did not deploy.

August 1996 CrashInjury

While driving the transmission went . Dealer has been notified. The dealer notified the owner that this was normal for this vehicle with the amount of miles that owner had at that time.

May 1997

Dt*: the contact stated the SRS light illuminated on the dashboard indicating the air bags were inoperable. The vehicle was driven to the dealer who determined the SRS control module needed to be replaced. Updated 03/30/07.

Reported at 104,000 miles, July 2006

Other model years of the Del Sol

  • 1997
  • 1996
  • 1994