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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2002 Honda Insight Recalls

The 2002 Honda Insight has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on February 24, 2004.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Honda Insight. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
12

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
0

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2002 Honda Insight, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

1 recall on the 2002 Honda Insight

Exterior lighting: headlights

Campaign
04V086000
Reported
February 24, 2004
Vehicles affected
up to 440,000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2000–2001 Insight, 1 other model

04V086000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2002 Honda Insight complaints by year

NHTSA has received 12 owner complaints about the 2002 Honda Insight, the newest on January 7, 2016.

In complaints about the 2002 Honda Insight, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (67%), followed by the electrical system (17%) and the power train (8%).

The 2002 Honda Insight's only recall also concerns the exterior lighting.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Exterior Lighting8
  • Electrical System2
  • Power Train1
  • Tires1

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2002 Honda Insight received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20011
20021
20031
20084
20101
20111
20131
20141
20161

Complaints about the 2002 Honda Insight peaked in 2008, when NHTSA received 4. 25% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Side: 4/5

The 12 complaints about the 2002 Honda Insight are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Honda Insight by model year

Other 2002 Honda models

Newest record on this page: January 7, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted