Total Complaints
5 filings
HONDA HONDA · model year
5 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1994HONDAHONDA carries 5 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 2 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1994 HONDA is visibility:windshield with 3 filings, followed by engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline (2). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.
NHTSA currently has 38 investigation files overlapping the 1994 HONDA, and 2 remain open. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.
Total Complaints
5 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | 3 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | 2 |
ENGINE STOPS AT WILL AS IF KEY WAS TURNED OFF. CANNOT RESTART SMELL GAS. AFTER WAITING A MOMENT AND RETRYING TO START--ENGINE STARTS OKAY. RUNS FOR ANOTHER PERIOD OF TIME AND SAME THING HAPPENS. ENGINE WAS TUNED UP BUT STILL HAVE SAME PROBLEM.
WINDSHIELD IS VISUALLY DISTORTED. IMPAIRS VISIBILITY WHEN LOOKING THROUGH WINDSHIELD.
TALL WINDSHIELD HAS DISTORTIONS.
WINSHIELD IS NOT OPTICALLY CORRECT. IT HAS WAVES OF RIPPLES IN THE LEXAN WHICH CAUSED OPTICAL DISTORTIONS.
ENGINE STALLED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT)
Inaccurate Rear Passenger Seat Belt Warning Status
No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages
Engine failure
Rear Differential Seizure
No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages
Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.