2023 Honda Accord
This year drew an ordinary 83 complaints for a Honda Accord — the model's median is 579. What they were about is the unusual part: 21.7% of them mention warnings, against 7.5% across the model's other years.
First year of a new generation. The Honda Accord was redesigned for 2023. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
| Complaints filed | 83 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 579 |
| Involving a crash | 7 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 32 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- warnings — 21.7% of this year's complaints, against 7.5% across the model's other years (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: warnings, popping, affecting, requested.
- turning — 14.5% of this year's complaints, against 3.5% across the model's other years (4.2×). Owners wrote it as: turning, stiff, rack assembly, steering noise.
- reduced — 12% of this year's complaints, against 2.2% across the model's other years (5.6×). Owners wrote it as: reduced, displayed, brake system, performance.
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
During transit, the dash displayed several errors and then finally stated that there was a "Brake System problem, Brake performance my be reduced. See your dealer." The car lost power and I had to find a parking lot to exit the street to. After turning the car…
Before the collision, while turning left from a complete stop, the steering wheel suddenly became extremely stiff and would not turn normally. There were no dashboard warning lights (no EPS, brake, or hybrid warnings). The steering problem occurred before impa…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V782000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 24V763000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 24V859000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 26V054000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
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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