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Honda Accord 2012

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.50 per 1,000

0.9 times this nameplate’s own median · from 141 complaints filed in the first three years, of 381 ever. 95% lower bound 0.41.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20081.87698
20090.82272
20100.56169
20110.2876
20120.50141
20131.04363
20140.54203
20150.44164
20160.57199
20170.55184
20181.49456
20190.63175
20200.55129
20210.4285
20220.5598
20231.05186

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Seats 64 complaints

pain4569%
back pain2640%

Air Bags 58 complaints

rear1018%

Steering 52 complaints

tires1529%
noticed1224%
vibration1122%

When it breaks

50% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 28,000 miles, from 276 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Autoliv Air Bag Propellant Mixture

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10432239 · 10432441 · 10436412 · 10436647 · 10438815 · 10443644

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.