NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Honda Accord Recalls
The 2016 Honda Accord has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 21, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Honda Accord. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 610
- Crashes reported
- 32
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Honda Accord, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2016 Honda Accord
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger
- Campaign
- 26V332000
- Reported
- May 21, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 98,892
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2022 Accord, 16 other models
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 2013–2015, 2017–2022 Accord, 19 other models
Fuel system, other: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 19V060000
- Reported
- January 29, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 437,032
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Accord, 2 other models
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 2013–2015 Accord
2016 Honda Accord complaints by year
NHTSA has received 610 owner complaints about the 2016 Honda Accord, the newest on October 17, 2026. Of these, 32 describe a crash (5%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 29 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Honda Accord, the component group named most often is the electrical system (33%), followed by the exterior lighting (21%) and the engine (7%).
1 of the 2016 Honda Accord's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 Honda Accord owners gave the mileage (289 complaints), the median was 36,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System199
- Unknown Or Other129
- Exterior Lighting128
- Engine44
- Fuel/Propulsion System39
- Steering31
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 57 | |
| 2017 | 60 | |
| 2018 | 82 | |
| 2019 | 88 | |
| 2020 | 38 | |
| 2021 | 27 | |
| 2022 | 24 | |
| 2023 | 42 | |
| 2024 | 41 | |
| 2025 | 88 | |
| 2026 | 61 |
Complaints about the 2016 Honda Accord peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 88. 47% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Honda Accord drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Honda Accord year in the same window: 6th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 610 complaints about the 2016 Honda Accord are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Accord by model year
Other 2016 Honda models
Newest record on this page: October 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted