MODELYEARINDEX

Honda Insight

310 complaints across 7 scored model years and 21 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Honda Insight Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2019 vs model median 2.6×
Model median3× median
Driver Assist 25
Electrical 8
Engine 7
Avoid

2010 · 2019

Best

2011 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
2.21× 47 F
2011
0.57× 19 B
2012
1.00× 28 C
2013
1.00× 29 C
2019
2.63× 66 F
2020
1.19× 36 D
2021
0.74× 29 B
2022 P
1.36× 51 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG52
City / Highway55 / 49
Engine1.5L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$1,200

Recalls

21 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
16V346000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010, 2011 2,719,386
23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2019–2022 2,490,460
16V061000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2013 2,232,187
18V661000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2013 1,355,406
17V030000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2012 977,708
24V064000 AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER 2021 750,114
20V771000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE 2019, 2020 737,233
18V042000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2013 691,726

+ 13 further campaigns

Others in Compact Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura ILX
20142016
C
Audi A3
20152017
C
BMW 1 Series
none flagged
C
BMW I3
none flagged
C
Buick Verano
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Bolt EV
2017
C
Chevrolet Cobalt
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Cruze
20112012
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2019 Insight
Complaints in window
66
Severity-weighted
129
Model median (weighted)
49
vs model median
2.63×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
8
Open investigations
1
Score 15.8 F