NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Honda Accord Recalls
The 2013 Honda Accord has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 19, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Honda Accord. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 1,427
- Crashes reported
- 67
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Honda Accord, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2013 Honda Accord
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 25V422000
- Reported
- June 19, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 72,256
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2013 Honda Accord
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 23V858000
- Reported
- December 18, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,490,460
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2022 Accord, 19 other models
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 20V769000
- Reported
- December 10, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 235,034
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Accord
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery
- Campaign
- 17V418000
- Reported
- June 29, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,148,550
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2016 Accord
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 13V297000
- Reported
- July 8, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,659
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2013 Honda Accord
2013 Honda Accord complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,427 owner complaints about the 2013 Honda Accord, the newest on October 22, 2026. Of these, 67 describe a crash (5%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 59 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2013 Honda Accord, the component group named most often is the steering (35%), followed by the electrical system (29%) and the engine (13%).
1 of the 2013 Honda Accord's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2013 Honda Accord owners gave the mileage (884 complaints), the median was 45,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering499
- Electrical System417
- Engine179
- Unknown Or Other120
- Service Brakes111
- Power Train110
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 124 | |
| 2014 | 107 | |
| 2015 | 125 | |
| 2016 | 100 | |
| 2017 | 133 | |
| 2018 | 135 | |
| 2019 | 97 | |
| 2020 | 87 | |
| 2021 | 154 | |
| 2022 | 75 | |
| 2023 | 88 | |
| 2024 | 87 | |
| 2025 | 70 | |
| 2026 | 38 |
Complaints about the 2013 Honda Accord peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 154. 32% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Honda Accord drew 2.1× the complaints of the median Honda Accord year in the same window: 5th highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2013 one of the Honda Accord years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 1,427 complaints about the 2013 Honda Accord are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Accord by model year
Other 2013 Honda models
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted