NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Honda Insight Recalls
The 2013 Honda Insight has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Honda Insight. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 45
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2013 Honda Insight, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2013 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 2010–2011 Insight, 9 other models
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
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 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 2010–2012, 2014 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 2010–2012 Insight, 11 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 2010–2012, 2014 Insight, 10 other models
2013 Honda Insight complaints by year
NHTSA has received 45 owner complaints about the 2013 Honda Insight, the newest on November 18, 2025. Of these, 2 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Honda Insight, the component group named most often is the engine (69%), followed by the air bags (18%) and the power train (16%).
6 of the 2013 Honda Insight's 6 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2013 Honda Insight owners gave the mileage (31 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine31
- Air Bags8
- Power Train7
- Electrical System4
- Fuel/Propulsion System4
- Service Brakes2
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2013 Honda Insight peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 11. 36% 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 Insight drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Honda Insight year in the same window: 6th highest of the 9 ranked years.
The 45 complaints about the 2013 Honda Insight are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Insight by model year
Other 2013 Honda models
Newest record on this page: November 18, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted