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Honda Accord 2017

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.55 per 1,000

1.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 184 complaints filed in the first three years, of 582 ever. 95% lower bound 0.47.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	1.87	698
2009	0.82	272
2010	0.56	169
2011	0.28	76
2012	0.50	141
2013	1.04	363
2014	0.54	203
2015	0.44	164
2016	0.57	199
2017	0.55	184
2018	1.49	456
2019	0.63	175
2020	0.55	129
2021	0.42	85
2022	0.55	98
2023	1.05	186

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Electrical System 164 complaints

static	45	28%
loud	42	26%
speakers	32	20%
static noise	24	15%
loud static	22	14%
audio	22	14%

Unknown Or Other 137 complaints

static	32	24%
speakers	26	19%
loud static	17	13%
audio	17	13%
static noise	16	12%
volume	16	12%

Engine 68 complaints

fuel

31%

When it breaks

54% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 26,009 miles, from 258 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Pedestrian alert sounds

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10908045 · 10911069 · 10918763 · 10930082 · 10934489 · 10945695

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.