2021 Honda Accord forward collision avoidance problems
60 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the forward collision avoidance on the 2021 Honda Accord — 26% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“The car's infotainment system constantly glitches out and changes channels,outputs,texts,videos while car is being driven. It's very distracting and dangerous. It will literally do it 100's of times within a short period. It's much worse than any text messaging distraction, which is against the…”
filed Sep 15, 2026
“Vehicle started flashing all lights on dashboard. I drove it for awhile and then it eventually went off. A few days later same lights came back on a car started misfiring. Was told by Honda that is was the Turbo that's going bad. Today is just cut off on me. Luckily there wasn't anyone behind me. I…”
filed Sep 10, 2026
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Forward Collision Avoidance problems in other Accord years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Accord | 12 | 14% |
| 2024 Accord | 24 | 17% |
| 2023 Accord | 22 | 26% |
| 2022 Accord | 60 | 25% |
| 2020 Accord | 101 | 28% |
| 2019 Accord | 153 | 22% |
| 2018 Accord | 337 | 18% |
| 2017 Accord | 34 | 6% |
| 2016 Accord | 13 | 2% |
| 2015 Accord | 22 | 4% |
| 2014 Accord | 54 | 6% |
| 2013 Accord | 44 | 3% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2021 Honda Accord
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.