NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Honda Insight Recalls
The 2021 Honda Insight has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 21, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Honda Insight. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 25
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 Honda Insight, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2021 Honda Insight
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 2019–2020, 2022 Insight, 16 other models
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger
- Campaign
- 24V064000
- Reported
- February 1, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 750,114
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 14 other models
Electrical system: propulsion system: dc/dc converter
- Campaign
- 20V798000
- Reported
- December 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 27,838
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Insight, 2 other models
2021 Honda Insight complaints by year
NHTSA has received 25 owner complaints about the 2021 Honda Insight, the newest on September 21, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (4%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2021 Honda Insight, the component group named most often is the forward collision avoidance (32%), followed by the service brakes (16%) and the air bags (12%).
2 of the 2021 Honda Insight's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Component groups named in complaints
- Forward Collision Avoidance8
- Unknown Or Other6
- Service Brakes4
- Air Bags3
- Electrical System3
- Seats3
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2021 Honda Insight peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 6. 60% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Honda Insight drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Honda Insight year in the same window: 5th highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 25 complaints about the 2021 Honda Insight are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Insight by model year
Other 2021 Honda models
Newest record on this page: September 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted