NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Honda Insight Recalls
The 2001 Honda Insight has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 24, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Honda Insight. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 15
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Honda Insight, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2001 Honda Insight
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 04V086000
- Reported
- February 24, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 440,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Insight, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V196000
- Reported
- July 24, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 375
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2001 Honda Insight complaints by year
NHTSA has received 15 owner complaints about the 2001 Honda Insight, the newest on November 15, 2018. Of these, 2 describe a fire.
In complaints about the 2001 Honda Insight, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (27%), followed by the electrical system (13%) and the engine and engine cooling (13%).
1 of the 2001 Honda Insight's 2 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2001 Honda Insight owners gave the mileage (12 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting4
- Electrical System2
- Engine And Engine Cooling2
- Power Train2
- Air Bags1
- Electronic Stability Control1
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Honda Insight peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 2. 40% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 15 complaints about the 2001 Honda Insight are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Insight by model year
Other 2001 Honda models
Newest record on this page: November 15, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted