2008 Honda Accord defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2008 Honda Accord. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• SRS Control Module Failure
  Preliminary Evaluation PE15029 · opened Aug 18, 2015 · closed Jun 17, 2016 · led to recall 16V594000

  As discussed further below, and by letter dated January 22, 2016, Honda is recalling certain model year (MY) 2008 through 2010 Honda Accords to replace a defective air bag/SRS control module that can result in the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) becoming fully inoperative (disabled).See NHTSA Safety Recall 16V056 a…

• Inadvertent Side Air Bag Deployment
  Engineering Analysis EA14004 · opened Jul 29, 2014 · closed Jan 4, 2016

  Honda is conducting a safety recall of approximately 303,900 model year 2008-2009 Honda Accord sedans to address inadvertent deployment of the side air bags (see NHTSA recall 15V-665 for more information).It should be noted that almost all of the recalled vehicles are the 2008 Accords (built from start of model year 20…

• Inadvertent Side Air Bag Deployment
  Preliminary Evaluation PE14004 · opened Jan 31, 2014 · closed Jul 29, 2014

  ODI has identified 293 incidents of alleged inadvertent deployment of the side air bags in model year (MY) 2008 Honda Accord 4-door vehicles.This total represents all incidents reported to both ODI and Honda including those from Honda's warranty system (note: the total shown above eliminates all duplicative reports to …