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Honda Accord 2019

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

0.63 per 1,000

1.1 times this nameplate’s own median · from 175 complaints filed in the first three years, of 790 ever. 95% lower bound 0.53.

Against its own model years

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

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	1.87	698
2009	0.82	272
2010	0.56	169
2011	0.28	76
2012	0.50	141
2013	1.04	363
2014	0.54	203
2015	0.44	164
2016	0.57	199
2017	0.55	184
2018	1.49	456
2019	0.63	175
2020	0.55	129
2021	0.42	85
2022	0.55	98
2023	1.05	186

What owners describe

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

Engine 211 complaints

gasket	108	51%
head	108	51%
head gasket	105	50%
blown	38	18%
turbo	34	16%
blown head	28	13%

Forward Collision Avoidance 175 complaints

mitigation	46	21%
collision mitigation	34	15%
brake system	23	11%
mitigation system	22	10%
nothing front	21	10%
mitigation braking	20	9%

Electrical System 125 complaints

departure	13	11%
mitigation	12	10%
adaptive cruise	12	10%
adaptive	12	10%
head gasket	11	9%
collision mitigation	10	8%

When it breaks

60% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 18,000 miles, from 234 complaints that recorded one).

Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.

What NHTSA did

3 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 77 complaints about this component over roughly 15 months before an investigation opened.

Inadvertent Automatic Emergency Braking

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:

11173464 · 11180954 · 11185133 · 11190449 · 11196042 · 11208399

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.