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2009 Honda AccordProblems, recalls & complaints

NHTSA has logged 727 owner complaints about the 2009 Honda Accord, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic. It is covered by 10 safety recalls, and for recall 19V-502 the manufacturer reports only 36% of affected cars repaired.

2009 Honda Accord
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CarFlaw IndexSolid year1.3× the Accord median · #14 of 42 years by complaints
Safety recalls10Lowest repair rate 36%Owner complaints72789 with a crash, fire or injuryTypical failure mileage19kService brakes, hydraulic, median miles

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports, through October 19, 2026. Updated daily. Photo: OSX, Public domain.

Complaints by system

Where the 2009 Honda Accord has problems

727 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Service brakes, hydraulic1603
Air bags14433
Engine1113
Service brakes515
Electrical system442
Power train364
Steering301
Engine and engine cooling290
Seats284
18 other systems18919

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. Complaints are submitted by the public and are not verified by NHTSA.

10 recalls

2009 Honda Accord recalls and how many were fixed

Each ring shows the share of affected cars repaired, from the manufacturer’s latest quarterly report to NHTSA. Recall repairs are free at authorized dealers.

36%repaired · 2020 Q4

Passenger side: inflator module

Recall 19V-502 · Jun 27, 2019 · 9,555 vehicles · 3,462 repaired

Risk. An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Problem, fix and repair progress →

49%repaired · 2020 Q4

Passenger side: inflator module

Recall 19V-378 · May 16, 2019 · 19,138 vehicles · 9,375 repaired

Risk. An incorrectly installed air bag inflator may not properly deploy the passenger frontal air bag in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

Problem, fix and repair progress →

49%repaired · 2020 Q3

Driver side: inflator module

Recall 19V-182 · Mar 6, 2019 · 1,101,534 vehicles · 541,670 repaired

Risk. An explosion of an inflator within the driver frontal air bag module may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver, front seat passenger or other…

Problem, fix and repair progress →

85%repaired · 2019 Q3

Passenger side: inflator module

Recall 18V-268 · Apr 26, 2018 · 1,335 vehicles · 1,131 repaired

Risk. An incorrectly installed air bag may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

Problem, fix and repair progress →

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72%repaired · 2019 Q2

Passenger side: inflator module

Recall 18V-042 · Jan 9, 2018 · 691,726 vehicles · 501,334 repaired

Risk. An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Problem, fix and repair progress →

94%repaired · 2019 Q1

Passenger side: inflator module

Recall 17V-545 · Aug 31, 2017 · 3,257 vehicles · 3,066 repaired

Risk. In the event of a crash, an incorrectly installed passenger frontal air bag inflator may deploy the air bag improperly, increasing the risk of injury.

Problem, fix and repair progress →

70%repaired · 2018 Q2

Passenger side: inflator module

Recall 17V-030 · Jan 10, 2017 · 977,708 vehicles · 688,617 repaired

Risk. An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Problem, fix and repair progress →

64%repaired · 2018 Q1

Passenger side: inflator module

Recall 16V-346 · May 24, 2016 · 2,719,386 vehicles · 1,734,324 repaired

Risk. An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Problem, fix and repair progress →

55%repaired · 2018 Q1

Air bags

Recall 16V-056 · Feb 2, 2016 · 341,444 vehicles · 187,921 repaired

Risk. If the air bag control unit fails, the air bags may not deploy in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of occupant injury.

Problem, fix and repair progress →

–no report yet

Automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)

Recall 11V-395 · Aug 4, 2011 · 1,512,107 vehicles

Risk. THIS COULD RESULT IN A SHORT CIRCUIT CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL.

Problem, fix and repair progress →

Recalls apply to specific cars. To see whether a recall is still open on yours, enter the 17-character VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with Honda.

Mileage at failure

When do service brakes, hydraulic problems start?

19kmiles, median

Based on the odometer reading in 134 service brakes, hydraulic complaints. 99% were reported before 100,000 miles.

median0k50k100k150k200k+
115under 30k miles132under 100k miles2100k miles or more
Owner-reported costs

What owners say repairs cost

Dollar amounts owners wrote in their complaints when describing a repair or a quote. These are not price estimates; a system is shown only when at least 8 owners mentioned a cost.

Service brakes, hydraulic

17 owners mentioned a cost

$269median

Middle half: $230 – $400

Service brakes

9 owners mentioned a cost

$361median

Middle half: $200 – $586

Air bags

8 owners mentioned a cost

$450median

Middle half: $120 – $1,162

If a problem is covered by a recall, the dealer fixes it for free. Some manufacturers also reimburse owners who paid for a repair before a recall was announced.

Best & worst years

2009 vs. every other Accord year

Bars show complaints per model year. Colors show the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Accord median. How we score

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  • Avoid
  • Caution
  • Solid
  • Best
  • Not rated
NHTSA crash tests

2009 Honda Accord safety ratings

2009 Honda Accord 4-DR. w/SAB in NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program. Photos are from NHTSA's crash tests.

2009 Honda Accord frontal crash test, NHTSA
Frontal crashNot rated
2009 Honda Accord side barrier test, NHTSA
Side barrierNot rated
  • Stability control: Standard
  • Forward collision warning: No
  • Lane departure warning: No
2 investigations

NHTSA defect investigations

Federal investigations that included the 2009 Honda Accord, and the recalls they led to.

  1. Inadvertent Side Air Bag DeploymentEA14004 · closed Jan 4, 2016
    No recall
  2. SRS Control Module FailurePE15029 · closed Jun 17, 2016
    Led to recall 16V-056
In owners' words

What Accord owners report

Recent service brakes, hydraulic complaints filed with NHTSA, shortened. Personal details are removed.

The contact owns a 2009 Honda Accord. The contact stated that the vehicle had been taken for an alignment. While performing the alignment, the parking brake activated independently. After the service was completed, the contact disengaged the parking brake and noticed that the vehicle seemed a bit…
Complaint 11482408 · Sep 1, 2022 · 128,000 miles
VEHICLE HAS BEEN CONSUMING OIL SINCE PURCHASED WITH 9,500 MILES. OIL CONSUMPTION HAS CONTRIBUTED TO FOULED SPARK PLUGS. FOULED SPARK PLUGS TRIGGERED "CYLINDER #3 MISFIRE" CODE AND EXTREMELY POOR PERFORMANCE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE CAR EXPERIENCED DIFFERENT CYLINDER MISFIRE…
Complaint 10531472 · Jul 17, 2013 · 9,500 miles
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND APPROACHED A TRAFFIC STOP, AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE EMITTED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE BOTH REAR BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE…
Complaint 10476582 · Sep 20, 2012 · 24,914 miles

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