666 of the 4,373 complaints about the Honda Accord (15.2%) concern Electrical, making it the model's second-largest problem area. That share is 1.0× the Electrical share across all tracked vehicles.
666Complaints · Electrical
15.2%Share of complaints
0.97×vs. all vehicles
190Last 12 months
4.1%Share involving a crash or fire
4Related recalls
Analysis
190 Electrical complaints were filed in the last 12 months versus 135 in the 12 months before — up 41%.
28 of these reports (4.1%) describe a crash or fire, with 22 injuries and 0 deaths mentioned.
4 recall campaigns relate to this area, most recently campaign 25V785000 (2025-11-13, model years 2023, 2024 and 2025).
The contact owns a 2021 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving with the driver assist enabled, the vehicle veered over to the left and crashed into the median. The contact stated that the vehicle was uncontrollable. No air bags deployed.
Electrical · 2026-10-01 · ODI 11768388 · Crash
I’m taking my car to the body shop over five occasions and have to take it back one due for it being a computer chip, which was replaced, but the lights on my dash all of them comes on after the second start up.
Electrical · 2026-08-24 · ODI 11758978 · Crash
The infotainment system and center touchscreen display unit on my 2022 Honda Accord suffer a severe component failure commonly referred to as "Ghost Touch". The screen touches by itself so the radio, map, everything in the menu change by itself.
Electrical · 2026-10-12 · ODI 11770662
The Supplemental Restraint System Problem message along with the airbag light comes and goes on my dash randomly. Anytime I am able to take it to get scanned, it doesn’t show up. Then when I’m driving down the road it will randomly appear.
Electrical · 2026-10-10 · ODI 11770278
Was at a stoplight, came to a complete stop once at a complete stop car completely shut all the way off, losing all electricity no hazard lights. You cannot press down on the brakes to restart the car. You could not do anything.
Electrical · 2026-10-09 · ODI 11770230
The infotainment system glitches and will not respond to touch or will have phantom “touches” where the system will make inputs on its own.
Electrical · 2026-10-09 · ODI 11770175
Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.
Related recalls
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:HYBRID MANAGEMENT:POWER CONTROL UNIT/MODULE (HPCU):SOFTWARE Campaign 25V785000 · 2025-11-13 · Model years: 2023, 2024, 2025
Summary: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Honda Accord Hybrid vehicles. Due to a software error, the integrated control module (ICM) central processing unit (CPU) may reset while driving, causing a loss of drive power.
Remedy: Dealers will reprogram the ICM CPU software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed January 6, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is TN2. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning November 18, 2025.
Summary: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2020 CR-V Hybrid, Accord Hybrid, and 2020-2021 Insight vehicles. The DC-DC converter may shut down and prevent the 12-volt battery from recharging, possibly resulting in a loss of drive power.
Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will update the power converter unit (PCU) software, free of charge. The recall began February 12, 2021. Owners can contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is K9E.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE Campaign 20V771000 · 2020-12-10 · Model years: 2018, 2019, 2020
Summary: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Accord Sedan, Accord Hybrid, and 2019-2020 Insight vehicles. A software error may cause intermittent or continuous disruptions in communication between the Body Control Module (BCM) and other components. This may result in malfunctions of various systems such as the windshield wipers and defroster, rearview camera, exterior lights, audible warning of a stopped vehicle, and power window operation. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 103, "Windshield Defrosting and Defogging Systems" and number 111, "Rear Visibility" as well as FMVSS numbers 104, 108, 114, 118, and 305.
Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will update the BCM software, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin February 22, 2021. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is X95.
BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA Campaign 18V629000 · 2018-09-13 · Model years: 2018
Summary: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018 Honda Accord and 2019 Honda Insight vehicles. In certain scenarios, the back-up camera center display may not function properly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 111, "Rearview Mirrors."
Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the display audio unit software, free of charge. The recall began October 30, 2018. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are K2G and V2F.
