2020 HONDA ACCORD — Complaint #1761006
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NHTSA Complaint about PARKING BRAKE:INDICATOR LIGHT filed August 2, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1761006 (ODI reference 11427505) concerns a 2020 HONDA ACCORD and was filed on August 2, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 2, 2021. The vehicle had 20,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Georgia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as parking brake:indicator light, 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: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.
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 parking brake:indicator light 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 2020 HONDA ACCORD shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2020 Honda Accord. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the parking brake light was illuminated. The dealer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that liquid from the cup holder might have gotten into the parking brake and caused the sensor light to illuminate. The vehicle was not repaired and remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 20,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1761006 |
| ODI Number | 11427505 |
| Date Filed | August 2, 2021 |
| Failure Date | August 2, 2021 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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