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2016 Honda Accord — Problems & Complaints

NHTSA has 610 owner complaints on file for this vehicle. Every report below was filed by a real owner with the US government's road-safety agency.

610

Complaints

filed with NHTSA

Involved a Crash

owner-reported

Involved Fire

owner-reported

Injuries

across all reports

Years to Avoid

Honda Accord — Complaints by Model Year

Years flagged AVOID have at least twice this model's average complaint count — the strongest public-data signal of a bad year.

2010 Honda Accord

580 complaints

2011 Honda Accord

296 complaints

2012 Honda Accord

380 complaints

2013 Honda Accord AVOID

1,425 complaints

2014 Honda Accord

981 complaints

2015 Honda Accord

601 complaints

2016 Honda Accord

610 complaints

2017 Honda Accord

539 complaints

2018 Honda Accord AVOID

1,891 complaints

2019 Honda Accord

696 complaints

2020 Honda Accord

364 complaints

2021 Honda Accord

241 complaints

2022 Honda Accord

257 complaints

2023 Honda Accord

0 complaints

Problem Areas

What Owners Complain About Most

Electrical System 199 reports

Unknown Or Other 129 reports

Exterior Lighting 128 reports

Engine 44 reports

Fuel/propulsion System 39 reports

Service Brakes 33 reports

Steering 31 reports

Power Train 29 reports

In Their Own Words

Recent Owner Reports

Electrical System ODI 11057742 12/31/2017

SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN MARCH 2016 HAS BEEN HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES, ALMOST EVERYDAY NO START CONDITION. NEEDS TO BE JUMPED EVERYDAY. HAD THE DASH BOARD FUSE BLOWN WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF PURCHASE OF THE CAR, HAD BATTERY REPLACED WITHIN 9 MONTHS OF PURCHASE AND HAD ALTERNATOR TESTED. SINCE THE TRANSMISSION RECALL ROUGH IDLE ON DRIVE AND RPMS LOWER THEN WHAT NORMALLY WERE. N…

Visibility/wiper ODI 10938879 12/31/2016

DRIVER-SIDE SIDE-VIEW MIRROR IS SPLIT INTO A FLAT AND CONVEX PARTS. THIS IS EYE-STRESS INDUCING AND IS NOT NATURAL TO LOOK AT. PLEASE REPLACE WITH PROPER BLIND SPOT SYSTEM.

Fuel/propulsion System ODI 11707891 12/30/2025

My car stalls at times or pause for a second

Electrical System ODI 11707916 12/30/2025

The car speakers and microphones unexpectedly emit deafening loud static sounds that continues while driving. Powering audio system OFF makes no difference. The static is at least 90 decibels. It's frightening and impedes safe driving. Cale YARBOROUGH'S HONDA DEALERSHIP is witness to the defect and determine that the "head unit" must be replaced. The head unit integrates the …

Chest Clip ODI 11499501 12/30/2022

On 12/29/22, while in our driveway and preparing to leave home, our forward-facing daughter alerted us to a functionality issue with her car seat straps. The child was able to pull herself all the way forward while strapped into her car seat. After tightening the straps several times, the issue persisted and she continued to be able to fully loosen the straps by simply leaning…

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Questions

FAQ

Is the 2016 Honda Accord reliable?

Owners have filed 610 safety complaints with NHTSA for the 2016 Honda Accord, most often about electrical system. Compare the complaint counts across model years above — a year with far more complaints than the model's average is the strongest 'avoid' signal in public data.

Which Honda Accord years should I avoid?

The rule of thumb used by analysts: a model year whose complaint count is well above the model's own average (we flag 2× or more) usually had a real manufacturing or design problem — not just noisy reporting. Use the year-by-year strip on this page.

Where do these complaints come from?

Directly from NHTSA, the US government road-safety agency. Any owner can file a Vehicle Owner Questionnaire; NHTSA publishes them as public domain data. We cache each lookup for up to 7 days.

Do complaints mean a recall is coming?

Sometimes. NHTSA opens defect investigations when complaint patterns emerge, and investigations can end in recalls. Check the recalls page for this vehicle to see what has already been recalled.