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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2010 Honda Accord Recalls

The 2010 Honda Accord has 13 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Honda Accord. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
13

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
581

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
38

6 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2010 Honda Accord, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

13 recalls on the 2010 Honda Accord

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
19V502000
Reported
June 27, 2019
Vehicles affected
up to 9,555
Risk NHTSA names
injury and death
Same campaign
also 2008–2009, 2011–2012 Accord, 11 other models

19V502000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
19V378000
Reported
May 16, 2019
Vehicles affected
up to 19,138
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2008–2009, 2011–2012 Accord, 12 other models

19V378000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
18V661000
Reported
September 27, 2018
Vehicles affected
up to 1,355,406
Risk NHTSA names
injury and death
Same campaign
also 2011–2012 Accord, 9 other models

18V661000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
18V268000
Reported
April 26, 2018
Vehicles affected
up to 1,335
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2003–2009, 2011–2012 Accord, 9 other models

18V268000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
18V042000
Reported
January 9, 2018
Vehicles affected
up to 691,726
Risk NHTSA names
injury and death
Same campaign
also 2009, 2011–2012 Accord, 11 other models

18V042000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
17V545000
Reported
August 31, 2017
Vehicles affected
up to 3,257
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2008–2009, 2011–2012 Accord, 7 other models

17V545000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
17V030000
Reported
January 10, 2017
Vehicles affected
up to 977,708
Risk NHTSA names
injury and death
Same campaign
also 2008–2009, 2011–2012 Accord, 10 other models

17V030000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
16V346000
Reported
May 24, 2016
Vehicles affected
up to 2,719,386
Risk NHTSA names
injury and death
Same campaign
also 2008–2009, 2011 Accord, 11 other models

16V346000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags

Campaign
16V056000
Reported
February 2, 2016
Vehicles affected
up to 341,444
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2008–2009 Accord

16V056000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)

Campaign
11V395000
Reported
August 4, 2011
Vehicles affected
up to 1,512,107
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2005–2009 Accord, 2 other models

11V395000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Electrical system

Campaign
11V004000
Reported
January 6, 2011
Vehicles affected
up to 2,277
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 1 other model

11V004000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Suspension

Campaign
10V640000
Reported
December 16, 2010
Vehicles affected
up to 10,823
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2011 Accord, 1 other model

10V640000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Equipment

Campaign
09E063000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2008–2009 Accord

09E063000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2010 Honda Accord complaints by year

NHTSA has received 581 owner complaints about the 2010 Honda Accord, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 38 describe a crash (7%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 47 injuries and 2 deaths.

In complaints about the 2010 Honda Accord, the component group named most often is the air bags (23%), followed by the engine (20%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (11%).

9 of the 2010 Honda Accord's 13 recalls also concern the air bags.

Where 2010 Honda Accord owners gave the mileage (374 complaints), the median was 41,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags134
  • Engine116
  • Service Brakes, Hydraulic63
  • Service Brakes60
  • Power Train45
  • Seats41

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2010 Honda Accord received by NHTSA, by calendar year
201049
201162
201248
201331
201451
201544
201690
201770
201841
201924
202018
20216
202219
20237
202411
20256
20264

Complaints about the 2010 Honda Accord peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 90. 33% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Honda Accord drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Honda Accord year in the same window: 8th highest of the 23 ranked years.

Honda Accord years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

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

The 581 complaints about the 2010 Honda Accord are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Honda Accord by model year

Other 2010 Honda models

Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted