1999 HONDA PRELUDE — Complaint #1860212
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH filed December 19, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1860212 (ODI reference 11498032) concerns a 1999 HONDA PRELUDE and was filed on December 19, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 5, 2022. The vehicle had 170,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:ignition:switch, 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. 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 PRELUDE cohort independently describe similar electrical system:ignition:switch 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 1999 HONDA PRELUDE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 1999 Honda Prelude. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled. The contact became aware that the failure was due to the ignition switch. The contact replaced the part himself. The contact also noticed that while the vehicle was turned off, the gear shifter independently shifted into gear. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 170,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1860212 |
| ODI Number | 11498032 |
| Date Filed | December 19, 2022 |
| Failure Date | December 5, 2022 |
| VIN | JHMBB6244XC |
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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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