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Honda Insight

Safety Grade: F
667
Total Complaints
80
Crashes
51
Injuries
4
Deaths

Top Issues

AIR BAGS
121
ENGINE
89
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
50
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
41
SERVICE BRAKES
39
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: A
35
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
25
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
22
POWER TRAIN
21
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
19

Recent Complaints

2022 HONDA INSIGHT — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BCM Body Control Module failed/malfunctioned. We had to pay for the repair at DCH Honda Mission Valley. The car does not start when it is cold outside. Many times, my husband, who primarily drives the car, was stranded and would have to wait for the weather to warm up a bit and then eventually, t...
2019 HONDA INSIGHT — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The contact owns a 2019 Honda Insight. The contact stated that while driving 75 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. In addition, several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated that the failure had occurred while drivin...
2020 HONDA INSIGHT — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Battery keeps draining. On my 3rd battery and believe there’s a defect in the DC/DC converter (earlier recall - K9E). This has caused issues being stranded in the cold.
2021 HONDA INSIGHT — FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Went in for a typical servicing. They noted that the downstream O2 sensor was damaged by rodents. The vehicle, with around 14k has always been stored in a weather tight garage, never stored outside. There has been no rodents in the building since I owned it from 1999. This is a presumptuous stat...
2019 HONDA INSIGHT — POWER TRAIN
Car was put into reverse to perform a T turn to drive in the opposite direction on 1/14. The "D" button was depressed to place the car into Drive. The car quickly accelerated backwards and crashed into the mailbox. Service Advisor at the David McDavid Honda Dealership was contacted yesterday regard...
2019 HONDA INSIGHT — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Car was put into reverse to perform a T turn to drive in the opposite direction on 1/14. The "D" button was depressed to place the car into Drive. The car quickly accelerated backwards and crashed into the mailbox. Service Advisor at the David McDavid Honda Dealership was contacted yesterday regard...
2019 HONDA INSIGHT — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Back up camera stopped working, no blown fuses and the system updates I can do on the car from the touch screen say everything is up to date. My car has no open/not repaired recall for this.
2019 HONDA INSIGHT — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Back up camera stopped working, no blown fuses and the system updates I can do on the car from the touch screen say everything is up to date. My car has no open/not repaired recall for this.
2021 HONDA INSIGHT — SEATS
I received a 2021 Insight Seat Weight Sensor Safety Recall in September 2025 saying that recall replacement parts were now available at Honda Dealers. Ever since I received this notice, none of the Atlanta area Honda dealers are able to remedy the defect in my vehicle due to lack of parts, contrary ...
2019 HONDA INSIGHT — FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
The Honda Sensing suite's CMBS uses a combination of a front-facing camera and a radar sensor, it detected a sewerage as a hole and steel plates as a hole and made a sudden unsafe stop. Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS™) experiencing a false positive. We were going to like 15-20 over the ...

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