Honda air bags problems
Across all Honda models in NHTSA's complaint database, 12,836 complaints involve air bags. The Accord accounts for the largest share (32%). The single worst model year is the 2000 Accord with 471 air bags complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 12,836 about air bags, all Honda models
- Most affected
- Accord 32% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 80,000 miles 5,335 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 3238 and 62
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Honda models
Worst model years for air bags
- 2000 Honda Accord471 complaints
- 2001 Honda Accord431 complaints
- 2008 Honda Accord379 complaints
- 2008 Honda CR-V325 complaints
- 2001 Honda Civic323 complaints
Air bags complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 5 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1992 | 64 |
| 1993 | 72 |
| 1994 | 140 |
| 1995 | 363 |
| 1996 | 222 |
| 1997 | 302 |
| 1998 | 211 |
| 1999 | 186 |
| 2000 | 637 |
| 2001 | 859 |
| 2002 | 778 |
| 2003 | 903 |
| 2004 | 772 |
| 2005 | 797 |
| 2006 | 604 |
| 2007 | 856 |
| 2008 | 1,083 |
| 2009 | 590 |
| 2010 | 667 |
| 2011 | 686 |
| 2012 | 346 |
| 2013 | 373 |
| 2014 | 168 |
| 2015 | 151 |
| 2016 | 118 |
| 2017 | 95 |
| 2018 | 151 |
| 2019 | 200 |
| 2020 | 166 |
| 2021 | 131 |
| 2022 | 42 |
| 2023 | 30 |
| 2024 | 23 |
| 2025 | 25 |
| 2026 | 13 |
Among the 5,335 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.