2005 HONDA ACCORD — Complaint #1751560
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NHTSA Complaint about AIR BAGS:FRONTAL filed June 10, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1751560 (ODI reference 11420423) concerns a 2005 HONDA ACCORD and was filed on June 10, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 2, 2021. The vehicle had 186,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Massachusetts based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as air bags:frontal, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: yes, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HONDA ACCORD cohort independently describe similar air bags:frontal failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2005 HONDA ACCORD shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2005 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 19V182000 (AIRBAGS) The contact stated two days later on June 4, 2021, while driving 60 mph, when the driver-side airbag deployed independently. The contact stated unknown warning light was illuminated at the time. The contact stated she turned to the left and crashed into the guardrail until the vehicle came to a stop. The contact did not sustain any injuries or seek medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not drivable. The vehicle was towed to a towing lot. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The contact called the manufacturer and was informed needing a diagnosed testing to be performed on the vehicle. The vehicle had not been diagnosed. The failure mileage was approximately 186,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1751560 |
| ODI Number | 11420423 |
| Date Filed | June 10, 2021 |
| Failure Date | June 2, 2021 |
| VIN | 1HGCM56785A |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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