2020 Honda Accord: owner complaints and recalls

Complaints about the 2020 Honda Accord include 1 report of a fatality, alongside 13 crashes and 2 fires across 340 filings.

340
Complaints
5
Recalls
13
Crash reports
2
Fire reports
10
Injuries
54.1
Severity index

Severity index 54.1 - Medium. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 54.1p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2020 Honda Accord sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 103 2020 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2020 Honda Accord ranks 51 of 103 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 50% of its model-year peers. See the full 2020 ranking.

What actually fails

Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 93 complaints (27.4%)93 27%EngineEngine: 66 complaints (19.4%)66 19%Service BrakesService Brakes: 55 complaints (16.2%)55 16%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 48 complaints (14.1%)48 14%Fuel/Propulsion SystemFuel/Propulsion System: 46 complaints (13.5%)46 14%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 38 complaints (11.2%)38 11%Air BagsAir Bags: 34 complaints (10.0%)34 10%SteeringSteering: 20 complaints (5.9%)20 6%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE9327.4%
ENGINE6619.4%
SERVICE BRAKES5516.2%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM4814.1%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM4613.5%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER3811.2%
AIR BAGS3410.0%
STEERING205.9%

Complaints filed per year

0551102020: 262021: 352022: 432023: 192024: 592025: 1052026: 53 (partial year)20212223242510526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
202026
202135
202243
202319
202459
2025105
2026 (year to date)53
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 1.8x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
20V77100010/12/2020ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWAREHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Accord Sedan, Accord Hybrid, and 2019-2020 Insight vehicles. A software error may cause intermittent or continuous disruptions in communication between the Body Control Module (BCM) and other components. This may r
21V21500025/03/2021FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMPHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Acura MDX, MDX Sport Hybrid, RDX, TLX, Honda Accord, Civic Hatchback, Insight, 2019 Acura ILX, Honda Accord Hybrid, Civic Coupe, Civic Coupe Si, Civic Sedan, Civic Sedan Si, Civic Type R, Fit, HR-V, Odyssey, Passport
23V85800018/12/2023FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMPHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2013-2023 Honda Accord, Civic Coupe, Civic Sedan, Civic Hatchback, Civic Type R, CR-V, HR-V, Ridgeline, Odyssey, Acura ILX, MDX, MDX Hybrid, RDX, RLX, TLX, 2019-2022 Honda Insight, Passport, 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid, 2018-2019 H
24V06400001/02/2024AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGERHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Pilot, Accord, Civic sedan, HR-V, Odyssey, 2020 Civic coupe, Fit, 2021-2022 Civic hatchback, 2021 Civic Type R, Insight, 2020-2021 CR-V, CR-V Hybrid, Passport, Ridgeline, Accord Hybrid, 2020 Acura MDX, 2022 Acura MDX
26V33200021/05/2026AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGERHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2021, 2023 Acura TLX, 2019-2024 RDX, 2017-2020, 2022-2026 MDX, 2017-2021, 2023, 2025 Honda Ridgeline, 2017-2022 Pilot, 2019-2021 Passport, 2018-2026 Odyssey, 2019-2022 Insight, 2019-2021 HR-V, 2018-2020 Fit, 2020-2022 CR-
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.