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Honda cruise control problems

Across all Honda models in NHTSA's complaint database, 3,807 complaints involve cruise control. The Accord accounts for the largest share (30%). The single worst model year is the 2018 Accord with 111 cruise control complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
3,807 about cruise control, all Honda models
Most affected
Accord 31% of these complaints
Typical mileage
35,000 miles 2,222 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
969 and 15

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Honda models

ModelComplaintsShare
Accord1,16231%
Civic63417%
CR-V55815%
Odyssey48613%
Pilot37710%
Passport782%
Fit752%
HR-V662%
Accord Hybrid511%
Civic Hybrid401%

Worst model years for cruise control

  1. 2018 Honda Accord111 complaints
  2. 2003 Honda Accord81 complaints
  3. 1998 Honda Accord69 complaints
  4. 2019 Honda Odyssey67 complaints
  5. 2018 Honda CR-V65 complaints

Cruise control complaints by model year

Honda cruise control complaints by model year 0 175 350 1990: 12 '90 1991: 9 1992: 16 1993: 17 '93 1994: 35 1995: 43 1996: 70 '96 1997: 91 1998: 126 1999: 100 '99 2000: 115 2001: 126 2002: 138 '02 2003: 215 2004: 163 2005: 177 '05 2006: 127 2007: 156 2008: 137 '08 2009: 71 2010: 102 2011: 71 '11 2012: 136 2013: 140 2014: 120 '14 2015: 98 2016: 139 2017: 133 '17 2018: 304 2019: 196 2020: 77 '20 2021: 66 2022: 101 2023: 49 '23 2024: 59 2025: 59 2026: 13 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199012
19919
199216
199317
199435
199543
199670
199791
1998126
1999100
2000115
2001126
2002138
2003215
2004163
2005177
2006127
2007156
2008137
200971
2010102
201171
2012136
2013140
2014120
201598
2016139
2017133
2018304
2019196
202077
202166
2022101
202349
202459
202559
202613

Among the 2,222 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 35,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.