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2019 Honda Insight problems

Owners filed 99 complaints about the 2019 Honda Insight with NHTSA between Aug 2018 and Oct 2026. The most-cited component is forward collision avoidance (17).

Complaints
99
Filed with NHTSA
Crashes
12
Reported by owners
Fires
1
Reported by owners
Injuries
6
People reported injured
Deaths
0
Reported to NHTSA
01 —By component

Complaints by component

One complaint can cite several components
  1. Forward collision avoidance17
  2. Fuel system, gasoline15
  3. Electrical system14
  4. Service brakes12
  5. Fuel/propulsion system9
  6. Air bags8
  7. Engine7
  8. Lane departure6
  9. Visibility/wiper4
  10. Seat belts4
  11. Back over prevention3
  12. Electronic stability control (esc)3
  13. Exterior lighting2
  14. Power train2

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.

Data from NHTSA Complaints API · synced Oct 29, 2026NHTSA vehicle page
02 —Trend

When complaints were filed

Does it get worse with age? Complaints per calendar year filed
View as table
Model yearComplaints filed per calendar year
20183
201912
202010
20216
202211
20239
202428
202512
20268

Mileage at failure isn’t a structured field in NHTSA complaint data, so we don’t chart it. Some owners mention it in their reports below.

03 —Owner reports

Top problems in owners’ words

Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first

Forward collision avoidance

17 reports4 crashes
“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 steel plate and it made an emergency unsafe stop. It keeps doing it over and over. At this point it’s becoming really unsafe so I wanted to report it. It stopped all of sudden and made my neck in pain as my wife’s back. No the problem has not been talked to the dealer or they never told me about this kinds of problems will happen. No any warning lamps.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Dec 25, 2025Forward collision avoidanceODI 11707040

Fuel system, gasoline

15 reports3 related recalls
“The contact owns a 2019 Honda Insight. 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 made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Dec 12, 2024Fuel system, gasolineODI 11630288

Electrical system

14 reports2 crashes1 related recall
“Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2019 Honda Insight. It was discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy. The vehicle was a dealer sale. At the time of purchase, the vehicle mileage was 85,000 and at the time of registration, it was discovered that the mileage was 185,000.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Oct 15, 2026Electrical systemODI 11771440

Service brakes

12 reports5 crashes
“While stopped at a train track, I used the Brake Hold feature and it was on when suddenly without touching peddles the car went forward and I hit the car in front of me”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Oct 13, 2025Unknown or other, Service brakesCrash reportedODI 11693066

Fuel/propulsion system

9 reports
“My vehicle underwent Honda’s fuel-pump safety recall repair at an authorized Honda dealer on April 1, 2025. After the recall repair, the vehicle developed a sensor warning directing me to return to the dealer. On February 17, 2026, the dealer inspected the vehicle. Its repair record states “HIGH CIRCUIT VOLTAGE” at terminal #2 and “FOUND PIN MELTED IN FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY.” The dealer replaced the complete fuel-pump assembly at no charge. A dealership representative later told me their mechanic had accidentally caused the melted-pin condition during the earlier recall work. Since then, I have experienced recurring instrument-cluster/display corruption with vertical lines/banding that can make portions of the digital display unreadable. I have photos/videos documenting multiple occurrences. I am concerned because important vehicle information can become unreadable while driving. I have also observed estimated full-tank range decline from historically about 425 miles to approximately 373–395 miles. I have documented a fill of 7.438 gallons followed by a displayed range of 373 miles. I do not know whether this is related. I do not know whether the cluster…”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Sep 21, 2026Electrical system, Fuel/propulsion systemODI 11765734

Air bags

8 reports4 crashes1 fire1 related recall
“The car was last driven and parked at about 8:30pm local time. At around noon the next day, we noticed that the dashboard in the vicinity of the passenger airbag was melted with an approximately 12-inch hole. There was soot staining the interior of the vehicle, and the windshield was burned and cracked above the hole in the dashboard.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Jul 12, 2026Air bagsFire reportedODI 11749854
Data from NHTSA Complaints API (owner reports, unverified) · synced Oct 29, 2026

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.