AutoUtility currently tracks 578 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2017 Honda Accord. Electrical System issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 160 complaints (27.7% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 41 filings cite a crash, 9 cite a fire, 21 report one or more injuries, 2 report one or more fatalities.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 578 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Electrical System (160 reports • 27.7% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Driver Assistance & Safety Tech (75), Fuel & Propulsion System (68)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 41 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 9 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 21 injury filings • 2 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
578
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
41
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
9
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
21
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
2
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2017 Honda Accord

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 27.7% of complaints

Electrical System

160 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 5 crash reports 🔥 6 fire reports 🩹 3 injury report entries
#2 Problem Area 13% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

75 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 14 crash reports 🩹 6 injury report entries
#3 Problem Area 11.8% of complaints

Fuel & Propulsion System

68 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 2 crash reports 🔥 1 fire report
#4 Problem Area 11.2% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

65 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 5 crash reports 🩹 1 injury report entry
#5 Problem Area 8.7% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

50 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 2 crash reports 🔥 3 fire reports 🩹 1 injury report entry
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Symptoms Mentioned in NHTSA Owner Reports for 2017 Honda Accord

Specific mechanical, electrical, and driver-assist defect symptoms identified via deterministic narrative analysis

AutoUtility uses deterministic phrase matching to identify recurring symptom descriptions within consumer-submitted NHTSA complaint narratives.

Powertrain & Transmission 2.1% of complaints

Loss of Motive Power While Driving

12 complaint narratives describe this symptom
Symptom Identification Method: A complaint may describe more than one symptom, so percentages may sum to more than 100%. Symptom identification reflects text contained in consumer-submitted complaint records and does not establish a confirmed mechanical diagnosis.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2017 Honda Accord

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11759319
Filed: 08/25/2026

"Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2017 Honda Accord. The contact discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy after the purchase. The vehicle was an independent dealer sale. At the time of purchase, the vehicle mileage was 80,000. It was later discovered upon checking the Carfax report..."

Incident Date: 08/25/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11758010
Filed: 08/19/2026

"Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2017 Honda Accord. It was discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy. The vehicle was a private sale. At the time of the purchase on June 20, 2026, the mileage was 100,000. The contact discovered under a Carfax report that the mileage was 264,897 on July..."

Incident Date: 08/19/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Electrical System NHTSA ODI ID: #11756847
Filed: 08/13/2026

"Very loud static across multiple speakers, often independent of radio volume with intermittent static through multiple speakers even when muted or off. I can't hear sirens or emergency vehicles. I can't hear anything except loud static. This is a safety hazard. I read comments about this being a..."

Incident Date: 06/01/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11753367
Filed: 07/28/2026

"Car shuts off at highway speeds and in stop and go traffic like it has a fuel delivery issue. Car sputters and then loses all power. I know there was a previous recall on this vehicle but I’m curious whether it was actually fixed on my car specifically."

Incident Date: 07/28/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11751987
Filed: 07/22/2026

"The rearview camera on my 2017 Honda Accord has permanently failed. When the vehicle is placed in reverse, the display activates and the yellow guide lines appear, but the actual camera image is completely cloudy and unusable. The camera appears to have an internal failure. The vehicle has lost the..."

Incident Date: 04/01/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Honda Accord

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Honda Accord 599 37 6 View 2015 Problems →
2016 Honda Accord 597 32 4 View 2016 Problems →
2017 Honda Accord Current Page 578 41 3 Current
2018 Honda Accord 1972 38 6 View 2018 Problems →
2019 Honda Accord 764 28 6 View 2019 Problems →
2020 Honda Accord 391 17 6 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Honda Accord 270 16 4 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Honda Accord 289 11 4 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Honda Accord 224 12 8 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Honda Accord 213 12 5 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Honda Accord 98 6 2 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Honda Accord 0 0 1 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2017 Honda Accord

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 119 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 83 1 3 1 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 65 2 0 1 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 36 1 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 29 0 2 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 27 0 0 0 0
Wheels & Hubs NHTSA category: WHEELS 26 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 22 1 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING 17 0 0 0 0
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 16 1 0 0 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 14 2 0 1 0
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 13 5 0 4 0
Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION 12 1 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 12 1 0 0 0
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,LANE DEPARTURE 9 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 8 2 0 1 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 8 0 0 0 0
Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS 6 2 0 1 0
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 6 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 5 0 0 0 0
ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 5 0 0 0 0
Fuel System NHTSA category: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 5 0 0 0 0
Seats & Restraints NHTSA category: SEATS 5 1 0 2 0
STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 5 0 0 0 0
Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 5 4 0 2 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),SERVICE BRAKES 4 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 4 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS 3 2 1 1 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 3 0 1 1 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 3 0 0 1 0
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 3 0 0 0 0
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ENGINE 3 0 0 0 0
Fuel System NHTSA category: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER 3 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES 3 1 0 1 0
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 3 0 0 0 0
WHEELS,SERVICE BRAKES 3 0 0 0 0
WHEELS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 3 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,WHEELS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 0 0 0 0
LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 2 1 0 0 1
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR 2 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2 1 0 0 0
STEERING,LANE DEPARTURE 2 0 0 0 0
STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 0 0 0 0
STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES 2 1 0 0 0
Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION 2 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 2 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER,LANE DEPARTURE 2 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
WHEELS,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
WHEELS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 2 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 1 0 1 0
AIR BAGS,STRUCTURE 1 1 0 2 0
AIR BAGS,STRUCTURE,ENGINE 1 1 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS,STRUCTURE 1 1 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 1 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 1 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 1 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY/WIPER,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
LANE DEPARTURE,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
Doors, Latches & Locks NHTSA category: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 1 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,SEAT BELTS,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 1 0
SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 1 0 0 0
STEERING,POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 1 0 2 1
STEERING,SUSPENSION,WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,WHEELS,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STRUCTURE,EQUIPMENT 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
TIRES,WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 1 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE,FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 1 0 1 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES 1 1 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 1 0
VISIBILITY,STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
WHEELS,SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
WHEELS,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (578). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.

Official NHTSA Defect Investigations (1)

1 CLOSED

Formal safety defect inquiries and engineering analyses opened by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)

Official Federal Inquiries: NHTSA opens a defect investigation when safety screening or consumer defect trends indicate a potential unreasonable safety risk. An open investigation is a formal inquiry and does not by itself confirm a defect or result in a mandatory recall.
CLOSED Defect Petition (DP) ODI Action #DP22005
Opened: 2023-01-27 • Closed: 2023-08-07

Pedestrian alert sounds

Affected Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM

NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight ra...

✓ Resulted in Safety Recall Campaign: 22V063000 Official NHTSA File →
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.