165 complaints reported

2005 Honda Accord Air Bags

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
165
Crashes
35
Fires
0
Injuries
33

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Nov 2018 Crash Injury

TAKATA RECLL" I WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT ON AUG,7 I WAS HEADING SOUTH ON A TWO WAY STREET AND SOMEONE PASSED ME ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY CAR AND NOT MKING IT THE REAR OF HIS TRUCK HIT THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WELL OF MY CAR AND SET OF MY AIRBAG WICH IMIDIENTLY I FELT A HARD IMPACT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY FACEI COULD NO LO GER FEEL MY BODY JUST A LOUD PEIRCING NOICE AND THEN I PASSED OUT WHEN I WOKE UP I FELT MASSIVE PAIN IN MY CHEST JUST PAIN PAIN PAIN,, I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED, THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED AND ASSEST ME AND TOOK ME MY ARMS WERE BLEEDI G WITH TINY PEICES OF SOMETHING IN THEM MTHE EMERGENCT ROOM TOOM BLOOD AND X RAYS AND RELEASED NY MY CHEST WAS STIL HURTI G BAD, FOR 30 DAYS IT STILL HURT I WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM AGAIN AND TGEY SAID MY FEMUR BONE HAD BEEN BROKEN ZND WAS HEALING FROM ACCIDENT

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jul 2018
Oct 2018

DO NOT RESEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Feb 2017
Oct 2018 Crash Injury

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, BUT THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES, WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Oct 2018
Oct 2018

I CALLED HONDA SERVICE CTR IN ESCONDIDO, CA TO ASK IF MY HONDA WAS AFFECTED/INCLUDED IN THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL AND WAS TOLD IT IS NOT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Feb 2018
Sep 2018 Crash Injury

"TAKATA RECAL" I WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR FENDER BENDER ON AUG 7 2018 ALL I COULD REMEMBER AT THE TIME WAS TWO SUDDEN BLOWS TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY HEAD AND THEN A LOUD RINGING NOISE THAT GOT LOUDER AND LAOUDER AFTER THAT I JUST REMEMBER MASSIVE PAIN TO MY CHEST I WAS OUT FOR A FEW MINUTS WHEM I WOKE UP, I WAS STILL IN THE DRIVING POSITION AND MY MOUTH WAS FULL OF BLOOD AND MY ARMS WERE CUT ON BOTH ARMS AND BLEEDING, LITTLE PEICES OF MATERIAL WERE IN MY SKIN, I HAD LOSS OF MEMORY FOR ABOUT TWO WKS. I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH DOWN ARDEN ST IN SAN BDNO WHEN A TAILGATOR TRIED TO PASS ME ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDEAND FAILED TO MAKE IT SO HIS REAR BUMPER CAUGHT THE FRONT OF MY CAR AND RIPPED ACROS MY FRONT GRILLM WICH I DIDNOT SEE HAPPEN I WAS KNOCKED OUT BY GHEN BY AIR BAG, BUT DAMAGES SHIW THAT CONCLUSION, I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT W5 TO 35 MPH, I INCURED A BLOW TO MY CHEST WICH CAUSED A FRACTURED STERNUM, MY CHEDT AND BREAST WERE ALL BLACK AND BLUE , I HAVE BEEN HAVING CHEST PAINS EVERYDAY SINCE AND BEEN TO A EMERGENCY ROOM TWICE , THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT AND ON SEP 17 IM STILL IN PAIN.HAVING A HARD TIME BREATHING OR EVEN MOVING

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jul 2018
Sep 2018

THE AIR BAG DASH LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND GO OFF RANDOMLY. STAYS ON FOR DAYS THEN WILL GO OFF FOR DAYS. MY CONCERN IS ABOUT SAFETY. WILL THE AIR BAG NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION WHILE THE LIGHT IS ON?

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jun 2017
Jul 2018

TAKATA RECALL. THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES THIS BUT THE VIN DOESN'T SHOW THE VEHICLE (2005 HONDA ACCORD HYBRID) COVERED UNDER THE RECALL.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2016
Feb 2018

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IS INTERMITTENTLY ON. THE WARNING LIGHT EITHER REMAINS ON THE ENTIRE TIME THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, OR IT LIGHTS TEMPORARILY AT START UP AND THEN GOES OUT AS NORMAL.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2018
Feb 2018

WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE AN ICON APPEARES ON THE DASH INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. MY AIR BAGS HAVE NEVER BEEN DEPLOYED. THIS ICON REMAINS LIT ALL THE TIME THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Feb 2018
Feb 2018

THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ALWAY TURN ON HAD WHILE DRIVING,TURNS OFF SOMETIMES WHEN TURNING ON STREETS BUT THEN IT TURN BACK ON

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2017
Jan 2018

"TAKATA RECALL" WHEN EVER I START ENGINE AND UNTIL I SWITCH OFF THE ENGINE, THE RED LIGHT FOR THE AIRBAG LIGHTS ON.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2018
Jan 2018 Crash Injury

TLA* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 HONDO ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CRASHED HEAD ON INTO A TREE WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT AND DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUFFERED MINOR SCRATCHES, WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER NETS CAMPAIGN NUMBER: (AIR BAGS) AT HONDO OF FORT WORTH (3400 W LOOP 820 S, FORT WORTH, TX 76116). THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE RECENT FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,623.*DAD*JB

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Nov 2018
Jan 2018

THE AIRBAG LINGT ALWAYS TURN ON SOMTIMES IN MOTION. SO I AM AFRAID OF MY HONDA CAR ,WHEN I AM DRIVING IT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Aug 2018
Dec 2017

THE HONDA STATION SERVICE SAID THE AIR BAG DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2017
Oct 2017 Crash Injury

VERIFIED WITH HONDA THAT AIRBAGS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION AT A HIGH SPEED (OVER 50 MPH) ON THE HIGHWAY (AFTER THE CAR IN FRONT STOPPED SUDDENLY) AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CAR PASSED PA STATE INSPECTION 3 DAYS BEFORE, AND THERE WERE NO WARNING OR INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD HYBRID, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Oct 2017
Sep 2017

TAKATA RECALL... I AM CONCERNED THAT MY 2005 HONDA ACCORD HYBRID WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TAKATA RECALL... WHEN, IT SEEMS THAT ALL OTHER ACCORDS WERE RECALLED. PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY MY 2005 HONDA ACCORD HYBRID WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TAKATA RECALL. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD HYBRID, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Aug 2017
Aug 2017 Crash Injury

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS STALLED ON THE ROAD. THE CONTACT FAILED TO SEE THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO FULLY DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO THE STERNUM THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TWO RECALLS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V370000 AND 15V320000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Aug 2017
Jul 2017

TAKATA RECALL: ON JULY 21 2017, MY SRS LIGHT ON MY 2005 ACCORD CAME ON WHILE TURNING THE WHEEL TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. BOUGHT THE CAR IN MARCH OF 2017 AND HAD NO ISSUES UP UNTIL THIS TIME. THE LIGHT HAS REMAINED ON EVER SINCE. RAN THIS VEHICLES VIN AND FOUND NO OPEN RECALLS. MY WIFE DRIVES THIS CAR AND IS VERY PETITE, I FEAR FOR HER SAFETY, AS WELL AS MY OWN AS WE BOTH USE THE CAR. NO HELP FROM DEALER.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jul 2017
Jul 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE STATIONARY AND DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME ESPECIALLY IN HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS. WALSH HONDA IN MACON, GEORGIA WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TAKATA AIR BAG RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2016
Jun 2017 Crash Injury

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE DRIVER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK AND SHOULDER INJURIES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DRIVERS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V320000 AND 14V700000 (AIR BAGS) AT HONDA WORLD DOWNEY DEALER, LOCATED ON 10645 STUDEBAKER RD, DOWNEY, CA 90241, (562) 929-7000. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,259.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jun 2017
Apr 2017 Crash Injury

"TAKATA RECALL" MY HONDA WAS TOTALED IN FEBRUARY, IT WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION AND NOT ONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THIS CAR IS SUPPOSED TO BE EQUIPPED WITH AIRBAGS IN FRONT AND SIDE AIRBAGS. NOT ONE DEPLOYED. I HAD 3 RECALLS ON AIRBAGS AND RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP EACH TIME TO HAVE THEM FIXED BUT THAT DID NOT HELP. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN HIT ON A HIGHWAY. IT WAS TURNING AND A TRUCK HIT ME HEAD ON. I HAVE ATTACHED IMAGES.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Feb 2017
Mar 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A ROCK IN THE ROAD AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 177,143.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Mar 2017
Feb 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TAKATA AIR BAG RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN AND RECALL INFORMATION WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2016
Jan 2017

TAKATA INFLATORS - I NEVER GOT A RECALL NOTICE AND THEY ARE SAYING THAT MY AIRBAG WAS FIXED IN 2014 I KNOW FOR SURE I HAVE NOT BEEN INTO A DEALERSHIP TO GET THIS FIXED - HOW DO I GET MY AIRBAG FIXED?

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2017
Jan 2017

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SRS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, PROVIDED NO SOLUTION, AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2005 HONDA ACCORD, Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Incident: Jan 2016

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Quick Summary

The 2005 Honda Accord has 165 Air Bags complaints on file. 35 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.