2021 Honda Insight problems

NHTSA lists 25 complaints for the 2021 Honda Insight, 1 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 1 complaints mention an injury, with 1 injuries and 0 deaths reported.

Data build 2026-10-09.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as HONDA INSIGHT.

At a glance

Complaints: 25
With crash: 1
With fire: 0
With injury (complaints): 1
Injuries: 1
Deaths: 0
Recalls: 3
Do not drive recalls: 0
Park outside recalls: 0
Recall potential units (maximum): 750,114
Investigations: 3
Open investigations: 1
Manufacturer communications: 25

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
System	Complaints	Share of this vehicle's complaints
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE	8	32.0%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER	6	24.0%
SERVICE BRAKES	4	16.0%
AIR BAGS	3	12.0%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	3	12.0%
SEATS	3	12.0%
ENGINE	1	4.0%
EXTERIOR LIGHTING	1	4.0%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM	1	4.0%
LANE DEPARTURE	1	4.0%

Top subsystems
System	Subsystem	Complaints
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE	AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING	5
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE	WARNINGS	4
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE	ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL	2
LANE DEPARTURE	BLIND SPOT DETECTION	1
STRUCTURE	BODY	1

One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.

Model-generated complaint tags

These labels are model-generated, not NHTSA data.

Failure modes
Label	Count	Share of tagged	Mean confidence
electrical electronic	14	56.0%	0.79
loss of control	5	20.0%	0.60
restraint or airbag	4	16.0%	0.83
structural or corrosion	1	4.0%	0.93
visibility or lighting	1	4.0%	1.00

Severities
Label	Count	Share of tagged	Mean confidence
moderate	19	76.0%	0.84
high	3	12.0%	0.99
low	3	12.0%	0.73

Model: typesafe/jev-1.13-20260917; schema version: tag-v1. 25 tagged complaints of 25 complaints (100.0%).

Confidence is the model's own probability for the label it chose (0 to 1), not accuracy.

Model-generated labels on tagged complaints only. Model years 2013 and newer are tagged in full; 2012 in part (see tagged_share); earlier model years have no tags. NHTSA's own flags remain separate in the complaints block.

Recalls

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3 recalls.

26V332000

Date: 2026-05-21. Systems: AIR BAGS.

Defect: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2021, 2023 Acura TLX, 2019-2024 RDX, 2017-2020, 2022-2026 MDX, 2017-2021, 2023, 2025 Honda Ridgeline, 2017-2022 Pilot, 2019-2021 Passport, 2018-2026 Odyssey, 2019-2022 Insight, 2019-2021 HR-V, 2018-2020 Fit, 2020-2022 CR-V Hybrid, 2017-2022 CR-V, 2017-2018, 2021 Civic Type R, 2017-2021 Civic hatchback, 2016-2020 Civic coupe, 2016-2022 Civi (excerpt)

Consequence: Air bags that deploy unintentionally during a crash increase the risk of injury. (excerpt)

Remedy: Dealers will replace the seat weight sensors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 7, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are BOL, WO9, OOA, WOM, XOH, NOC, POD, BOE, UOF, POB, EOG, AOI, QO8, TOJ, DO7, and SOK. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 24V064. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involve (excerpt)

Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.

24V064000

Date: 2024-02-01. Systems: AIR BAGS.

Defect: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Pilot, Accord, Civic sedan, HR-V, Odyssey, 2020 Civic coupe, Fit, 2021-2022 Civic hatchback, 2021 Civic Type R, Insight, 2020-2021 CR-V, CR-V Hybrid, Passport, Ridgeline, Accord Hybrid, 2020 Acura MDX, 2022 Acura MDX, 2020-2022 Acura RDX, and 2020-2021 Acura TLX vehicles. The front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short cir (excerpt)

Consequence: An air bag that deploys unintentionally during a crash can increase the risk of injury. (excerpt)

Remedy: Dealers will replace the seat weight sensors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 28, 2024. This is a phased recall. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for these recalls are XHP and VHQ. (excerpt)

Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.

20V798000

Date: 2020-12-17. Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

Defect: 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.

Consequence: A loss of drive power can increase the risk of a crash.

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.

Do not drive: No. Park outside: No.

Investigations

3 investigations; 1 open.

EA25002

Opened: 2025-01-17. Closed: Not listed.

Inadvertent Automatic Emergency Braking

On March 7, 2024, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE24008) to assess reports of inadvertent activation of the Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system in model year 2019-2022 Honda Insight and 2019-2022 Honda Passport vehicles. The complainants allege activation of the AEB system with no apparent obstruction in the vehicle's path, resulting in rapid vehic

Systems: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE.

Linked campaign numbers: None listed.

PE24008

Opened: 2024-03-07. Closed: 2025-01-17.

Inadvertent Automatic Emergency Braking

Systems: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE.

Linked campaign numbers: None listed.

DP22005

Opened: 2023-01-27. Closed: 2023-08-07.

Pedestrian alert sounds

NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and ele

Systems: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

Linked campaign numbers: 22V063000.

Manufacturer communications

25 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
System	Count
PARKING BRAKE	10
EQUIPMENT	4
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	3
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE	3
SUSPENSION	3
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL	3
VISIBILITY	3
AIR BAGS	2

10244663

Date: 2023-10-25. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL.

Service Bulletin - The ACC system error message comes on while driving when outside temperatures are low/near freezing due to snow and ice getting stuck to the front of the millimeter wave radar. This can cause DTC P2583-76 (Temporary stop of Integrated Driver Support System [Misalignment Millimeter

10244299

Date: 2023-10-17. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL.

Service News - If an Adaptive Cruise Control System Problem comes back on when the vehicle is driven in freezing conditions, inform the customer it is likely due to snow or ice buildup on the radar. Advise the customer of the following procedure to clean the front grille where the radar is located.

10233670

Date: 2023-03-27. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: PARKING BRAKE.

Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for any & all 2018-2022 Accord Hybrids, 2020-2022 CR-V Hybrids & 2019-2022 Insights that match the criteria listed below. Qualifiers AHM is interested ONLY if the vehicle meets the following requirements: 1. Manufactured dat

10232967

Date: 2023-03-10. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: PARKING BRAKE.

10232246

Date: 2023-02-23. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: PARKING BRAKE.

10231829

Date: 2023-02-07. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: PARKING BRAKE.

Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for any & all 2018-2022 Accord Hybrids, 2020-2022 CR-V Hybrids & 2019-2022 Insights that match the criteria listed below. AHM is interested ONLY if the vehicle meets the following requirements: 1. Manufactured date on the Dri

10230593

Date: 2023-01-18. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: PARKING BRAKE.

Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for any & all 2018-2022 Accord Hybrids, 2020-2022 CR-V Hybrids & 2019-2022 Insights that match the criteria listed below.

10229680

Date: 2023-01-03. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: PARKING BRAKE, STEERING, SUSPENSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL.

Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for any & all 2018-2022 Accord Hybrids, 2020-2022 CR-V Hybrids & 2019-2022 Insights that match the criteria listed below.

10228194

Date: 2022-12-13. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: PARKING BRAKE.

10227233

Date: 2022-11-28. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: EQUIPMENT, PARKING BRAKE.

Notes on this record

Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.

Other names NHTSA uses

None listed.

Matched NHTSA models

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model label	Complaints
INSIGHT	25

Same model, other years

2000 Insight: 24 complaints
2001 Insight: 15 complaints
2002 Insight: 12 complaints
2003 Insight: 3 complaints
2004 Insight: 2 complaints
2005 Insight: 2 complaints
2006 Insight: 2 complaints
2010 Insight: 119 complaints
2011 Insight: 41 complaints
2012 Insight: 59 complaints
2013 Insight: 45 complaints
2014 Insight: 5 complaints
2015 Insight: 0 complaints
2016 Insight: 0 complaints
2019 Insight: 98 complaints
2020 Insight: 31 complaints
2021 Insight (current year): 25 complaints
2022 Insight: 33 complaints

All model years | All Honda models

Other Honda models, 2021

Pilot: 438 complaints
CR-V: 435 complaints
Accord: 285 complaints
Civic: 159 complaints
Odyssey: 143 complaints
Passport: 142 complaints
Ridgeline: 101 complaints
HR-V: 63 complaints

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