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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2011 Honda Insight Recalls

The 2011 Honda Insight has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Honda Insight. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
10

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
41

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
3

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
Not rated

On a 2011 Honda Insight, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

10 recalls on the 2011 Honda Insight

Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module

Campaign
19V500000
Reported
June 27, 2019
Vehicles affected
up to 1,558
Risk NHTSA names
injury and death
Same campaign
also 2010, 2013 Insight, 9 other models

19V500000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2010, 2012–2014 Insight, 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 2010, 2012–2013 Insight, 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 2010, 2012–2014 Insight, 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 2010, 2012 Insight, 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 2010, 2012–2013 Insight, 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 2010, 2012 Insight, 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 2010, 2012 Insight, 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 2010 Insight, 11 other models

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

Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module

Campaign
16V061000
Reported
February 3, 2016
Vehicles affected
up to 2,232,187
Risk NHTSA names
crash, injury and death
Same campaign
also 2010, 2012–2014 Insight, 10 other models

16V061000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2011 Honda Insight complaints by year

NHTSA has received 41 owner complaints about the 2011 Honda Insight, the newest on August 18, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (7%); owners reported 2 injuries.

In complaints about the 2011 Honda Insight, the component group named most often is the air bags (68%), followed by the engine (12%) and the vehicle speed control (7%).

10 of the 2011 Honda Insight's 10 recalls also concern the air bags.

Where 2011 Honda Insight owners gave the mileage (16 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags28
  • Engine5
  • Vehicle Speed Control3
  • Seat Belts2
  • Wheels2
  • Electrical System1

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2011 Honda Insight received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20111
20123
20134
20142
20151
201628
20201
20261

Complaints about the 2011 Honda Insight peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 28. 24% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Honda Insight drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Honda Insight year in the same window: 8th highest of the 9 ranked years.

That makes 2011 one of the three best-measured Honda Insight years.

Honda Insight years to avoid →

The 41 complaints about the 2011 Honda Insight are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Honda Insight by model year

Other 2011 Honda models

Newest record on this page: August 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted