2020 Honda Insight: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 46 complaints
46
Total Complaints
6,000mi
Median Mileage
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Top Issue
4
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

3,126 25th Percentile
6,000 Median Mileage
18,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
7
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
6
POWER TRAIN
5
ENGINE
4
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
4
SERVICE BRAKES
3
STRUCTURE:BODY
2
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
1
VISIBILITY/WIPER
1

Severity Assessment

4
Crashes
0
Fires
4
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"I BOUGHT A 2020 HONDA INSIGHT IN MARCH 2020. I HAVE 8,000 MILES ON IT AND JUST THE THREE WEEKS AGO I STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED SAYING TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, SEE DEALERSHIP. IT'S BRAND NEW. I TOOK IT TO THE LODI HONDA AND THE CODES WERE A STUCK SELONIED. THEY..."
"RIGHT AFTER A DAY OF PURCHASED AND DRIVING BACK HOME. WE DID HEAR WINDY NOISE WAS COMING OUT FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BY THE DRIVER SIDE AND TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE HELPED FIX IT FOR NOW."
"ACC ON, TRAVELING 75MPH ON IH-10 E; CAR TWO LENGTHS IN FRONT OF ME, IN RH LANE, PULLS OFF ONTO EXIT RAMP, MY CAR SLAMS ON THE BRAKES AND BRINGS MY CAR DOWN TO 45MPH, IF THERE HAD BEEN SOMEONE BEHIND ME THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. SAME HI-WAY, CAR 1/2 CAR LENGTH IN FRONT ON MY LEFT. WE GO AR..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28