NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Honda Insight Recalls
The 2012 Honda Insight 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 Insight. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 59
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2012 Honda Insight, 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 Insight
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 2010–2011, 2013–2014 Insight, 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 2010–2011, 2013 Insight, 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, 2013–2014 Insight, 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 2010–2011 Insight, 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 2010–2011, 2013 Insight, 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 2010–2011 Insight, 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 2010–2011 Insight, 10 other models
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 2010–2011, 2013–2014 Insight, 10 other models
2012 Honda Insight complaints by year
NHTSA has received 59 owner complaints about the 2012 Honda Insight, the newest on December 18, 2024. Of these, 1 describe a crash (2%).
In complaints about the 2012 Honda Insight, the component group named most often is the engine (61%), followed by the air bags (19%) and the fuel/propulsion system (5%).
8 of the 2012 Honda Insight's 8 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2012 Honda Insight owners gave the mileage (39 complaints), the median was 69,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine36
- Air Bags11
- Unknown Or Other6
- Fuel/Propulsion System3
- Vehicle Speed Control3
- Seats2
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 22 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2012 Honda Insight peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 22. 19% 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 Insight drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Honda Insight year in the same window: 7th highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the three best-measured Honda Insight years.
The 59 complaints about the 2012 Honda Insight are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Insight by model year
Other 2012 Honda models
Newest record on this page: December 18, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted