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2012 Honda Accord steering problems

The 2012 Honda Accord has 51 steering complaints filed with NHTSA — 10% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

51

Steering complaints

10%

Share of year

3

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Steering complaints by year

Accord steering complaints by model year496 complaints1984: 1 complaints1987: 2 complaints1988: 3 complaints1989: 4 complaints1990: 8 complaints1991: 8 complaints1992: 7 complaints1993: 5 complaints1994: 2 complaints1995: 3 complaints1996: 13 complaints1997: 12 complaints1998: 29 complaints1999: 25 complaints2000: 25 complaints2001: 21 complaints2002: 24 complaints2003: 96 complaints2004: 69 complaints2005: 43 complaints2006: 48 complaints2007: 44 complaints2008: 34 complaints2009: 33 complaints2010: 18 complaints2011: 20 complaints2012: 51 complaints2013: 496 complaints2014: 138 complaints2015: 77 complaints2016: 30 complaints2017: 23 complaints2018: 59 complaints2019: 27 complaints2020: 20 complaints2021: 8 complaints2022: 12 complaints2023: 13 complaints2024: 43 complaints2025: 35 complaints
Accord steering complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT SAFETY NEGLIGENCE, ON THE CORPORATE SITE FOR HONDA AND I QUOTE STATES ?YOUR SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY?. I TOOK MY CAR TO GET CHECKED FOR A KNOCKING NOISE AND WAS TOLD BALL JOINTS RECOMMENDED TO BE REPLACED. I ASKED IF IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND WAS TOLD YES BY SERVICE ADVISOR.…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Steering · June 25, 2014 · crash

Common questions

How many steering complaints does the 2012 Honda Accord have?

NHTSA has 51 complaints about the 2012 Honda Accord steering — 10% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.