Honda InsightYears to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 519 NHTSA owner complaints across 16 model years, the Honda Insight years to avoid are 2010 and 2019, and the strongest years are 2011, 2013, 2020 and 2021. The Insight has 24 safety recalls on record.

Honda Insight

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: Cutlass, CC0.

Complaints by system

Most common Honda Insight problems

All model years combined: 519 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
Air bags12426
Engine913
Electrical system635
Forward collision avoidance516
Service brakes3915
Exterior lighting300
Power train257
Structure252
Fuel/propulsion system251
21 other systems15727
3 investigations

NHTSA investigations of the Insight

  1. Inadvertent Automatic Emergency BrakingEA25002 · 2019–2022 · still open
    Open
  2. Inadvertent Automatic Emergency BrakingPE24008 · 2019–2022 · closed Jan 17, 2025
    No recall
  3. Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2001–2022 · closed Aug 7, 2023
    Led to recall 22V-063