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Honda Insight

Every model year 2019–2022: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

4 Model years 2019–2022
20 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years
188 Complaints owner reports, all years
C Newest grade 2022 Safety Signal
2021 Best on record cleanest filed year
Honda Insight — photograph via Wikimedia Commons
Honda Insight · Photo: Kevauto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Every Honda Insight model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year
YearPowertrainsSafetyRecallsComplaintsCrashBest efficiency
2022HybridC333★★★★★52 mpg
2021HybridC325★★★★★52 mpg
2020HybridD631★★★★★52 mpg
2019HybridD899★★★★★52 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road
Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2021

On the filed record so far, the 2021 is the cleanest Insight year we hold, and the 2019 the one to check hardest.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

YearSafety SignalRecalls /yrComplaints /yr
2021C0.65
2022C0.88
2020D15
2019D1.114
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Common questions about the Honda Insight

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Honda Insight year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2021 Insight comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade C (79/100), 3 recalls and 25 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Honda Insight years should I avoid?

2019, 2020 have the weakest recall records in this range. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every Insight model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the Honda Insight have?

Across model years 2019–2022, NHTSA has posted 20 recall campaigns for the Honda Insight. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.