2019 Honda Insight
Complaints about this year name fuel far more often than the model's other years — 26% of them, about 61× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 97 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 31 |
| Involving a crash | 12 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 8 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 50 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- fuel — 25.8% of this year's complaints, against 1.3% across the model's other years (20.3×).
- turned off — 9.3% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (46.4×). Owners wrote it as: turned off, various speeds, three times, lines.
- automatic braking — 6.2% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (30.9×). Owners wrote it as: automatic braking, slowing.
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.
Also unusual this year
- camera — 14% of complaints, 36× usual
- fuel system — 14% of complaints, 36× usual
- system gasoline — 14% of complaints, 36× usual
What owners wrote
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000 (Fuel System, Gasoline); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was m…
while driving 45 MPH, the check engine warning light and several other unknown warning lights illuminated, and the vehicle decelerated. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to the residence; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was not part of the…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V314000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 20V771000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 21V215000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 18V629000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 18V664000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 23V158000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 26V332000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Honda Insight 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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