FaultScore

Worst years for a Honda Insight

Owners have filed 682 complaints about the Honda Insight with NHTSA across model years 2000 to 2022. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2019 Honda Insight

128 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly driver assist & collision avoidance.

Cleanest on record

2002 Honda Insight

12 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Honda Insight year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2022 C 52 0 0 32,250 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2021 C 36 1 0 1,200 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020 D 50 6 0 6,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2019 F 128 21 1 26,295 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2014 5 0 0 Airbags
2013 D 63 4 5 60,000 Engine & Cooling
2012 C 66 4 0 67,000 Engine & Cooling
2011 D 51 6 0 25,400 Airbags
2010 F 155 40 0 41,700 Airbags
2006 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2005 2 0 0 Suspension
2004 3 0 0 Electrical System
2003 6 0 0 197,864 Electrical System
2002 A 12 0 0 104,000 Lights
2001 B 17 0 2 60,000 Lights
2000 C 34 0 0 53,000 Electrical System

What breaks on a Honda Insight

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 125 18.3%

Worst in 2010

Engine & Cooling 98 14.4%

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2019

Brakes 49 7.2%

Worst in 2010

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2019

Lights 30 4.4%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2010

Acceleration & Cruise Control 20 2.9%

Worst in 2010

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 17 2.5%

Worst in 2010

Seat Belts 17 2.5%

Worst in 2010

Seats 11 1.6%

Worst in 2021

Exactly what failed on a Honda Insight

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Emergency Braking 36 37.1%
Warnings 18 18.6%
Body 16 16.5%
Adaptive Cruise Control 7 7.2%
Blind Spot Detection 4 4.1%
Engine 4 4.1%
12V/24V/48V Battery 4 4.1%
Glass, Side/Rear 3 3.1%
Retractor 3 3.1%
Warning 2 2.1%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Honda Insight, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Aug 2001 peak 27 Aug 2026

Honda Insight problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Honda Insight

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.