2010 Honda Insight problems
Owners have filed 155 complaints with NHTSA about the 2010 Honda Insight. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 37% of complaints. Next are brakes (12%) and body & structure (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 155 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 37% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 40 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 17 and 4
- Typical mileage
- 42,000 miles 88 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 | 26 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 12 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 21 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 12 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 88 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 42,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 81,000 miles (14 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 40 complaints mention a crash; 17 injuries reported; 4 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 93% 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 2010 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Honda Insight with enough data (77 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 10 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.
The contact is a police officer with the Florida Highway Patrol. The deceased owned a 2010 Honda Insight. The vehicle was at a stop sign attempting to traverse an intersection. The deceased struck the left front of another vehicle that was in the intersection with the front end of the vehicle. The air bag deployed, the other vehicle's air bag did not deploy. The deceased was transported by ambulance and pronounced dead at a trauma center.
Driving at 30-40 MPH when a car ran a stop sign. Hit this car with my vehicle's front bumper. The airbags failed to deploy on my car.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 honda insight. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, he became involved in a crash and the air bags did not deploy. The contact sustained a bruise spinal cord, multiple fractures in the vertebrae, broken ribs, collar bone fracture lacerations, and a stomach puncture in the large intestine. The passenger sustained broken ribs, a collar bone fracture, a fractured vertebrae, paralysis on right side and a fractured jaw. A police report was not filed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 honda insight. While driving 30 MPH, the brakes failed to stop the vehicle when the brake pedal was depressed. As a result, the contact crashed into the preceding vehicle. The air bags deployed with force and injured the contact's face and lower back, which required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure.
There is obviously an issue with the paint used by honda. Our other car - a toyota - which is 3 years older and same color kept in same conditions is looking just fine - however the paint on our honda's roof and hood has disintegrated. It looks awful. When picking up my car after a tire rotation at costco - a gentleman recommended I contact honda. I did. They basically said - oh well, too bad. We'll make a note of it in case something comes up.