NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Honda Accord Recalls
The 2012 Honda Accord has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Honda Accord. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 373
- Crashes reported
- 46
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Honda Accord, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2012 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 2008–2011 Accord, 11 other models
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 2008–2011 Accord, 12 other models
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 2010–2011 Accord, 9 other models
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 2003–2011 Accord, 9 other models
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 Accord, 11 other models
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 2008–2011 Accord, 7 other models
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 2008–2011 Accord, 10 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 12V030000
- Reported
- February 1, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 347
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2012 Honda Accord complaints by year
NHTSA has received 373 owner complaints about the 2012 Honda Accord, the newest on August 13, 2026. Of these, 46 describe a crash (12%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 44 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2012 Honda Accord, the component group named most often is the seats (17%), followed by the air bags (15%) and the steering (14%).
8 of the 2012 Honda Accord's 8 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2012 Honda Accord owners gave the mileage (271 complaints), the median was 25,284 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Seats64
- Air Bags56
- Steering51
- Engine43
- Service Brakes36
- Electrical System32
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 72 | |
| 2013 | 43 | |
| 2014 | 21 | |
| 2015 | 43 | |
| 2016 | 32 | |
| 2017 | 31 | |
| 2018 | 27 | |
| 2019 | 28 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 14 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2012 Honda Accord peaked in 2012, when NHTSA received 72. 49% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Honda Accord drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Honda Accord year in the same window: 13th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 373 complaints about the 2012 Honda Accord are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Accord by model year
Other 2012 Honda models
Newest record on this page: August 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted