Owner complaints · every model year, every system

Honda Accord problems, by model year and system

5,524 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Honda Accord 2016–2026, and the 5 systems the record is deep on — automatic emergency braking (1,200), engine (1,173), electrical (1,168), fuel system (984), brake (688). Each system has a page across the years; 24 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.

The systems the record is deep on

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications

1,200complaints, automatic emergency braking

Automatic emergency braking problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

1,173complaints, engine

Engine problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

1,168complaints, electrical system

Electrical problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

984complaints, fuel system

Fuel system problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

688complaints, brakes

Brake problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

Honda Accord complaints, year by system

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Model year	automatic emergency braking	engine	electrical	fuel system	brake
2026 10 in all	1	1	1	—	—
2025 108 in all	23	3	15	—	16
2024 219 in all	36	20	38	35	26
2023 226 in all	60	42	72	36	62
2022 306 in all	104	38	112	17	26
2021 282 in all	91	49	71	20	34
2020 401 in all	150	79	62	66	62
2019 785 in all	220	220	123	206	99
2018 1,998 in all	458	607	313	495	271
2017 581 in all	57	68	163	65	59
2016 608 in all	—	46	198	44	33

Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).

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Common questions

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Which Honda Accord system draws the most complaints?

Automatic emergency braking: 1,200 complaints across 11 model years, 22% of everything owners filed about the Honda Accord. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.

Which Honda Accord year has the most complaints?

2018 (1,998), 2019 (785), 2016 (608). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.