Complaint volume
337 consumer-submitted complaints are matched to this model year. Treat the count as a research signal, then read the actual summaries for repeated symptoms.
Complaint records
2020 Honda Accord Complaints
337 consumer-submitted complaints on record for the 2020 Honda Accord, grouped by component category.
337 Total complaints
13 Crash reports
2 Fire reports
7 Injury reports
Complaint data reflects consumer-submitted reports. A complaint is not proof
of a defect, recall, or manufacturer fault. Enriched severity fields come
from official bulk records when the complaint can be matched by ODI number.
Buyer interpretation
How to use these complaints before buying
Complaint records are most useful when they turn into inspection points, seller questions, and comparison checks against nearby model years.
Pattern to inspect
The most common categories are forward collision avoidance, engine, air bags. Use those categories as a test-drive checklist instead of judging the vehicle from the total count alone.
Severity flags
Enriched records include 13 crash reports, 2 fire reports, 7 injury reports, and 1 fatality report. These fields come from complaint records and should be read in context.
Mileage clue
Mileage is available on 82 complaints, with an average reported failure mileage of 31,265 miles. Compare that with the mileage on the listing.
Questions to ask the seller
- Have you had any problems related to forward collision avoidance, engine, air bags?
- Can I see recent maintenance and repair records?
- Has the vehicle ever been towed, involved in a crash, or repaired for the same issue twice?
- Can we also check the recall record for this 2020 Honda Accord?
Used-car checklist
Use these complaints before the test drive.
Build a buyer checklist to turn these issues into questions and inspection points.
2020 Honda Accord
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How severe are the 2020 Honda Accord complaints?
13 Crash
2 Fire
7 Injury
1 Fatality
12 Towed
5 Medical attention
What are the most common 2020 Honda Accord complaint categories?
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 53
ENGINE 31
AIR BAGS 25
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 18
SERVICE BRAKES 17
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 15
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 15
STEERING 14
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 11
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 8
337 total complaints on record
Latest complaints
| Date | Component | Summary | Severity | Mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | As I stated, the Hondalink information feature stopped working on October 1, 2024. I have sent screenshots to Honda showing the app keeps crashing, yet I only get the same email every few weeks saying they are."reviewing" the problem and will advise me when a "fix" is available. If they can't fix it, I should receive monetary compensation for a feature that has stopped functioning. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jan 2025 | SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | When I was attempting to merge into the turning lane the car slowed down by itself and abruptly stopped in the middle of both lanes while a car was behind me. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jan 2025 | AIR BAGS | The contact owns a 2020 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V064000 (Air Bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jan 2025 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Honda letter from DMV that I have to do. My car registration says that there is a safety recall that the manufacture of Honda should’ve contacted me, but I have not received anything and it has not been fixed so now what?I’m | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Jan 2025 | SEATS | Honda accord have recall, weight seat sensor, and the dealer is not fixing the issue it’s been almost a year | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Dec 2024 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | While I am driving I have experienced incidents where the (Automatic Brake System) AEB system engages unexpectedly, causing the car to brake hard without any obstruction or vehicle in front of me. This incident have happened on both highways and main roads. When my car unexpectedly breaks, sometimes I get a warning That Says Brake then the car Beeps and sometimes It won’t give a warning. Today when it happened it only braked once but like I said it happens unexpectedly. (2020 Honda Accord Sport 1.5lt) | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Dec 2024 | ENGINE | Nothing happened, I just want to know if my engine is a 1.5 or 2.0 | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Dec 2024 | SEAT BELTS,SEATS | Red Warning comes on: supplemental restraint system problem Warning has come 3-4 times in past 2 months | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Nov 2024 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | The car's automatic emergency breaking activates randomly when there are no objects in front of it. This is very dangerous as the car is often driving full speed when this happens. I have found that this happens most often when I am driving under something, like an overpass. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Nov 2024 | STEERING | Steering sticks when driving straight. Additional pressure needed on steering input causing car to jerk left or right. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Nov 2024 | LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | All of the lights on my dashboard come on every few hours and go off. Vehicle is losing power as I drive. Multiple people with this make and model have expressed their concerns of the same issue. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Nov 2024 | AIR BAGS | The contact owns a 2020 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V064000 (Air Bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Nov 2024 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | I was headed to work going 40-45mph, as I was going I felt my car shift out and my speed dropped to 25 automatically. My engine light popped up FLASHING. I could not accelerate my car above 25, leaving me late for work, I had to turn my hazard lights on so people could know something was wrong but I could have been hit from behind. My car did not give me any notifications from my car on the issue it could be having like usually, (oil change, tire rotation, spark plugs, etc.) After cranking my car again a few hours later, I noticed a difference in how it is cranking up. Honda dealership is wanting 150 to even look at the car for a possibility of repairs. I need to know exactly why it is happening and why a recall is not open if I have spoken to multiple people and they are having the same issues, all within this year. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Nov 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | My blinker won't appear on the dash. My trunk won't open. My back up camera won't come on at all. Can't adjust my exterior lights, stuck on the dimmest setting and can't change. Lights will also flicker and I have no control over it. My radio screen told me to enter a code but wouldn't allow me to. My break system light was on. There is warning reading adaptive cruise control see dealer, automatic emergency braking see dealer, lane departure warning see dealer. Doors locked and unlocked while driving. Air condition wasn't blowing the temperature it said, and acting as it was on low when it was on the highest setting. It is available for inspection upon request. I brought my car into a Honda dealership today. My car had to stay overnight because they were unable to address the problem. There were no prior problems or warnings beforehand. All these problems first appeared when I started my car for the first time on November 14, 2024. These put myself and others at risk because the doors locked and unlocked which could have caused us to get trapped in. The lights not working put me at risk at night because I could not see the road that good. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Nov 2024 | AIR BAGS | The contact owns a 2020 Honda Accord. The contact stated while driving approximately 50 MPH, the air bag warning light illuminated, and disappeared and reappeared approximately three weeks later. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the air bag needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 54,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 54,000 |
| Nov 2024 | AIR BAGS | The contact owns a 2020 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V064000 (Air Bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Nov 2024 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | The vehicle's transmission stalls when trying to accelerate, causing unnecessary RPM fluctuations. While going downhill with the brakes applied, the RPM gauge spikes pass 4000 RPM causing the car to accelerate rather than slow down. when this occurs, extra pressure has to be applied onto the breaks to slow vehicle down. If enough space isn't given to the car Infront, pressing the break will cause a crash. Accelerating too fast on the highway will cause blown head gasket if transmission is stalling. This seems like a common issue with 1.5L engine & Honda's CVT transmission as other owners has been through similar issue & proven by independent service center. I've taken the vehicle to different dealer for inspection. only recommendation is transmission fluid change. Dealers refuse to do anything regarding the actual issue at hand. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Nov 2024 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | The contact owns a 2020 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000(Fuel System, Gasoline); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced the failure. Parts distribution disconnect. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Oct 2024 | SEATS | Unknown | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Oct 2024 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | The contact owns a 2020 Honda Accord. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle stalled and became inoperable. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 70,000 |
| Sep 2024 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | The contact owns a 2020 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000 (Fuel System, Gasoline); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked and attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start, with several unknown warning lights illuminated. The dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 46,000. Parts distribution disconnect. | Crash: No Fire: No | 46,000 |
| Sep 2024 | AIR BAGS | The contact owns a 2020 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V064000 (Air Bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Aug 2024 | ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE | The 1st thing that happened was that all the components of ADAS stopped working in the spring of 2023. All the warning lights turned on in the middle of my commute home from work. It was very intimidating because I thought the car was going to stall in the middle of the highway, so pulled over to the side. I contacted Honda dealership and they were going to charge me to diagnose the problem. So I went to Autozone and it diagnosed my problem as "System too rich (Bank 1)". I went to an independent mechanic and they had the same warning on their machine as Autozone. They tried replacing an oxygen sensor, that did not work in getting rid of the problem with all my warning lights turning on. Again the ADAS component lights turned on and the system did not work. The next thing they did was replace 4 fuel injectors. I have not had any issues with my car since concerning this problem with fuel too rich. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Aug 2024 | AIR BAGS | Supplemental RestraintSystem Problem warning keeps coming on. I have taken it in to the dealership and made them aware of this. However they keep telling me that when I take the vehicle in they don’t see anything wrong with it and that warning light isn’t on. I have been told to take it in when it stays on completely. It never stays on completely, it comes and it goes. Worried | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Aug 2024 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | The contact owns a 2020 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle went into LIMP Mode. The emission control system, ABS, and several other unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was determined that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but informed the contact that there was no recall associated with the VIN. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V215000 (Fuel System, Gasoline); however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000. | Crash: No Fire: No | 60,000 |