Honda Accord / 2020
2020 Honda Accord problems
Owners have filed 556 complaints about the 2020 Honda Accord with NHTSA. Forward collision avoidance accounts for 23.6% of them — the clear leader, ahead of engine at 12.4%.
Complaints556
Crashes25
Fires2
Injuries18
Deaths1
What owners report breaking
Forward collision avoidance 23.6% · 131
Engine 12.4% · 69
Service brakes 9.7% · 54
Electrical system 9.0% · 50
Fuel/propulsion system 8.8% · 49
Unknown or other 7.2% · 40
Air bags 6.3% · 35
Steering 3.6% · 20
Severity
Of those complaints, 25 describe a crash, 2 describe a fire, 18 report an injury and 1 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 36 model years of the Honda Accord in this data, 2020 sits 22nd by complaint volume. 2018 draws the most.
Filings are rising — 371 in the last three years against 146 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 12,500 miles.
In owners' own words
The vehicle automatically turned on the forward collision mitigation system when there was nothing to avoid. Vehicle went from 55mph to 20mph in about 2 seconds. Fortunately there was no vehicle approaching from behind. I had no control over trying to override the braking system. Had vehicle checked at Honda dealership & was informed there was nothing they could do other than make a note of the issue. Forward collision avoidance
Both my wife and I have multiple dates and time experienced issues of CMBS Collision Mitigation Braking System, we would be driving with no traffic near us or with in hundreds of feet in front of us that the system would flash "brake" on the dash and then start slowing the vehicle down. Also the Front and rear brakes pads and rotor have been replaced under 6000 miles on the vehicle Forward collision avoidance
There has been no incident with my vehicle but I am writing to look into this issue. I see several threads online regarding these warning lights that just randomly pop up without any indicator of a problem with the vehicle. This stops all these assistive features from responding if there were a hazard. Please look into this because Honda is not responsive to the recall issue. Forward collision avoidance
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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