Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1985 Honda Accord

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
19
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

19 filed
5
Crashes
2
Fires
6
Injuries reported
2
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • SUSPENSION:FRONT
    2
  • Fuel SYSTEM, Gasoline
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER Pipe AND CAP
    1
  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC System
    1
  • VISIBILITY:POWER Window Devices AND Controls
    1
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    1
  • Unknown OR Other
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
92V028000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP1992-03-03

IF THE PLASTIC COATING OF THE FUEL FILLER AND/OR BREATHER PIPE IS DAMAGED, SALT WATER MAY ACCUMULATE BETWEEN THE PLASTIC COATING AND THE STEEL PIPES, AND THE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE CORROSSION WHICH WOULD EVENTUALLY RUST THROUGH THE AFFECTED PIPES, ALLOWING GASOLINE FUMES AND FUEL TO LEAK.

RiskGASOLINE FUMES AND/OR FUEL LEAKAGE THROUGH THE FILLER ORBREATHER PIPES COULD RESULT IN A FIRE WHEN EXPOSED TO A SOURCE OF IGNITION.

FixCORRODED FILLER OR BREATHER PIPES WILL BE CLEANED AND RECOATED OR REPLACED AS NEEDED.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
DP87013·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1987-03-03 → 1987-05-04

HONDA HIGH ENGINE SPEED

PE86066·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1986-07-28 → 1986-11-03

SUDDEN ACCELERATION

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