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Honda · NHTSA safety record

2025 Honda Accord Hybrid

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

21

Complaints

2

Crashes

0

Fires

2

Injuries

0

Deaths

Owners of the 2025 Honda Accord Hybrid have filed 21 safety complaints with NHTSA between November 2024 and April 2026. The most complained-about system is the brakes, named in 7 of them (33%). The typical failure was reported at 2,900 miles, the median across the 2 complaints that gave an odometer reading.

NHTSA has issued 2 recalls covering this vehicle.

Recalls (2)

TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE

26V366000 · June 4, 2026

The defect
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023-2026 CR-V Hybrid, Accord Hybrid, and 2025-2026 CR-V Fuel Cell EV vehicles. When using the tire repair kit, pressure may build within the sealant bottle, causing the bottle cap to detach.
The risk
A detached bottle cap can become a projectile and strike the user or others nearby, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the tire repair kit nozzle or sealant bottle, free of charge. Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed July 27, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the final remedy is available, anticipated in Fall 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-866-784-1870. Honda's number for this recall is DOV. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning June 11, 2026.

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) · up to 1,048,613 vehicles across all model years covered

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:HYBRID MANAGEMENT:POWER CONTROL UNIT/MODULE (HPCU):SOFTWARE

25V785000 · November 13, 2025

The defect
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.
The risk
A loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash or injury.
The 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.

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) · up to 256,603 vehicles across all model years covered

What owners report

Complaints naming each system. One complaint can name several, so these add up to more than 21.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER 8 38%
SERVICE BRAKES 7 33%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 5 24%
ENGINE 3 14%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 3 14%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 3 14%
LANE DEPARTURE 2 10%
POWER TRAIN 2 10%
STEERING 2 10%
AIR BAGS 1 5%
SEAT BELTS 1 5%
SEATS 1 5%

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2025 at 19.

2024 2025 2026
2024 to 2026, the last of them a part year

In owners' own words

Quoted from NHTSA's complaint file. These are unverified accounts by the people who filed them, not findings of fault.

SERVICE BRAKES

1 injured · crash · towed

The brake system, it is in the repair shop. I could not stop the car, had I been on the highway I hate to think what could have happened to me or others. No, it has not been reproduced. It is in the repair shop. No, it is in the repair shop. No, there was no warning lights or messages or problems prior to this. I was pulling into a parking space at work in the parking garage and as I pushed down on the brake pedal the brake did not stop the car it made it accelerate at a very high rate, and I ran into the concrete wall

NHTSA complaint 11674903. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

AIR BAGS

1 injured · crash · towed · 5,300 miles

The contact owned a 2025 Honda Accord Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 MPH and making a right turn onto the driveway, the vehicle unintendedly pulled to the left. The contact stated that while attempting to turn the steering wheel back to the intended direction, the vehicle accelerated unintendedly, and the brakes and the steering wheel were inoperable. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle crashed through the garage door, hit cabinets on the side, and drove on top of the cabinets, 3 inches from the ground, and stopped. The driver's side and passenger's side knee air bags deployed. The contact stated that the driver's side knee air bag deployed and

NHTSA complaint 11700295, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

SERVICE BRAKES
Vehicle drove normally in the morning commute. In the afternoon commute it started normally and as i approached highway speeds the alarms started showing up. the Brake, hill descent system, abs, critical failure. the vehicle started losing speed and could not accelerate. Losing speed at highway speed was alarming and finally all dashboard went red with alert to stop driving and engine heating warming. Speed was in the range of 35-40 mph on a highway rated 70 mph. I had to pull over and tow car to dealership.

NHTSA complaint 11732538. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

STEERING
Concerned about a knocking/creaking type noise made at stop and low speeds when turning the steering wheel. This seems to be a common issue and Honda hasn't acknowledged the issue publicly. But I'm concerned about letting it go long term if American Honda does not want to provide a rack replacement.

NHTSA complaint 11697572. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
While driving ~70 mph on highway on adaptive cruise control, the car suddenly LOST ALL POWER/ACCELERATION, including POWER STEERING and ALL WARNING LIGHTS FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD. I recalled some were BREAK SYSTEM, ACC, ABCS, CHECK ENGINE, POWER, TPMS...etc. Essentially any warning light Accord has was flashing. The car slowed with no power steering, I managed to parked on the shoulder and turned on hazard light. This is extremely dangerous as the highway traffic was extremely heavy. After I parked, I pressed the ENGINE START/STOP button thinking I needed to "turn it off" but the car already had lost power at that point anyway. After pressing it a couple times, the car restarted and I

NHTSA complaint 11691682, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

SEAT BELTS
My 7 year old grandson was in the left rear seat and became trapped within the seatbelt, like a noose, cinching tighter and tighter causing extreme abdominal pain and trouble breathing. This occurred when the vehicle was stopped in a parking lot, AFTER THE RELEASE of the belt from the latch. He was in a booster seat with the belt across his lap and chest. To release the clasp from the latch, he had to bend over and twist his torso to his right, reaching way down to where the red relates button is almost buried between the left and center seat sections. Quite hard. At that point, the chest portion of the belt slipped over and behind his head as he was trying and trying to press the red

NHTSA complaint 11691434, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

STEERING
The steering clicks in all roads in san francisco, the hondalink is the worst app never works as expected and the lane keeping assistance sucks, it can’t helps more than a second actually i used to have a toyota and really works great. The apple carplay sucks in unstable. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA complaint 11689605. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

Compare

Other years of the Honda Accord Hybrid

Model year Complaints Recalls Deaths
2024 76 4
2023 139 6
2022 54 1
2021 48 3
2020 39 5 1
2019 92 5
2018 114 4
2017 45 2
2015 39 1
2014 24 1

Other 2025 Honda models

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Where these numbers come from

A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.

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