2007 Honda Accord
This year drew an ordinary 524 complaints for a Honda Accord — the model's median is 579. What they were about is the unusual part: 19.1% of them mention bags, against 6.1% across the model's other years.
Last year of its generation. This Honda Accord ran from 2003 to 2007, so it had the whole run for its faults to be found and fixed. Last years are usually the most sorted of a generation.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 524 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 579 |
| Involving a crash | 88 |
| Involving a fire | 15 |
| Recalls | 10 |
| EPA combined | 23 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- bags — 19.1% of this year's complaints, against 6.1% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: bags, air bags, police, deploy.
- airbag — 11.3% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the model's other years (4.7×). Owners wrote it as: airbag, curtain, airbag light, stays.
- deployed — 9% of this year's complaints, against 1.5% across the model's other years (6×). Owners wrote it as: deployed, airbags deployed, side curtain.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES TO THE CHEST AND LEFT SHOULDER…
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AFTER FALLING ASLEEP. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE CHEST, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V182000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 19E068000 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Fixed free of charge.
- 19V501000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 19V499000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 18V268000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V320000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V178000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V370000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 10. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Honda Accord was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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