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Honda seat belts problems

Across all Honda models in NHTSA's complaint database, 2,011 complaints involve seat belts. The Accord accounts for the largest share (33%). The single worst model year is the 1991 Accord with 59 seat belts complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
2,011 about seat belts, all Honda models
Most affected
Accord 33% of these complaints
Typical mileage
65,000 miles 886 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
362 and 8

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Honda models

ModelComplaintsShare
Accord66433%
Civic44722%
CR-V27114%
Odyssey22711%
Pilot1839%
Fit392%
Element362%
HR-V231%
Passport211%
Accord Hybrid171%

Worst model years for seat belts

  1. 1991 Honda Accord59 complaints
  2. 2000 Honda Accord57 complaints
  3. 2002 Honda Civic51 complaints
  4. 1991 Honda Civic42 complaints
  5. 2001 Honda Civic41 complaints

Seat belts complaints by model year

Honda seat belts complaints by model year 0 75 150 1990: 82 '90 1991: 110 1992: 34 1993: 35 '93 1994: 33 1995: 55 1996: 30 '96 1997: 42 1998: 44 1999: 46 '99 2000: 109 2001: 100 2002: 129 '02 2003: 91 2004: 122 2005: 104 '05 2006: 65 2007: 71 2008: 55 '08 2009: 33 2010: 39 2011: 36 '11 2012: 45 2013: 22 2014: 27 '14 2015: 32 2016: 28 2017: 65 '17 2018: 87 2019: 45 2020: 28 '20 2021: 16 2022: 15 2023: 57 '23 2024: 47 2025: 26 2026: 6 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199082
1991110
199234
199335
199433
199555
199630
199742
199844
199946
2000109
2001100
2002129
200391
2004122
2005104
200665
200771
200855
200933
201039
201136
201245
201322
201427
201532
201628
201765
201887
201945
202028
202116
202215
202357
202447
202526
20266

Among the 886 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 65,000 miles.

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