2019 Honda Accord10th gen (2018–2022), second year

Updated 2026-09-02NHTSA counts read on this date — 662 complaints. They rise over time.

Honda Recalled the 2019 Accord’s Fuel Pump Three Times. Each One Says the Last Didn’t Cover Enough Cars.

Three campaigns cover the low-pressure fuel pump on this car, and they are not three different problems. Honda’s own text says so.

20V314000 came in May 2020. 21V215000 came in March 2021 and its remedy text reads “This recall is an expansion of recall 20V-314.” 23V858000 came in December 2023 and reads “This recall is an expansion of NHTSA recall numbers 21V-215 and 20V-314.”

All three name the same consequence.

“Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.”

Then the third notice went out and the part wasn’t there. 66 filings on this model year say a recall part was unavailable or on backorder — 10.0 percent of the record, the highest of any year in this series. 51 of those name 23V858000. 57 of them were filed in 2024, the year after that campaign was announced.

Owners have filed 662 complaints with NHTSA about the gasoline 2019 model year. Honda sold 291,071 Accords in calendar year 2018 and 267,567 in 2019 — that figure covers the whole Accord line including the hybrid — and 2019 cars were sold across both of those years. 662 complaints against a few hundred thousand cars is not a failure rate, and 662 filings are not 662 owners.

One note on scope: the hybrids are out. NHTSA files this car under four model names and the names don’t split cleanly. Every filing here was matched to a gasoline car by its VIN. On this model year that removed 103.

The basics

Second year of the tenth generation and unchanged from the 2018. Two turbocharged four-cylinders: a 1.5-liter with a CVT or a six-speed manual, and a 2.0-liter with a ten-speed automatic or the same manual. Honda Sensing standard on every trim. No V6, no coupe.

Specs

Displacement and cylinder count are from NHTSA’s vPIC catalog, which holds what the manufacturer submitted. Fuel economy is EPA, city / highway / combined, in mpg. EPA lists two automatic ratings for the 1.5 and doesn’t say which version gets which, so both are here.

What owners filed

Sections below are sorted by count. Each complaint is counted once, under a two-step rule. Step one: if a filing names a specific failure — the power steering, a head gasket, a fuel pump, the collision mitigation system, the daytime running lights — it goes to that section. Step two: everything left over gets sorted by NHTSA’s own component labels, in a fixed order — driver assistance, steering, brakes, fuel, engine, transmission, electrical, lighting, air bags, body.

The same rule applies to every year in this series. The cross-year table on the model page uses NHTSA’s labels alone, so a section here can come out bigger or smaller than the matching row on that page.

The sections below add up to 604. The remaining 58 are spread across the smaller categories, and the last section below breaks them out.

Two things run across sections. 66 filings say a part was unavailable, and 61 of those are in the fuel section. 94 name the head gasket, and 87 of those are in engine. Both are counted across the whole record, so neither adds onto anything below it.

Engine type comes from decoding the VIN attached to each filing. 647 of the 662 decode to one of the two engines — 524 are the 1.5 and 123 are the 2.0, so the 1.5 is 81.0 percent of the filings that decode.

This is not a failure rate by engine. Nothing here divides failures by how many of each engine Honda built, because the complaint record doesn’t contain that.

Driver assistance — 188

Counted as filings that name the collision mitigation system, lane keeping or adaptive cruise, plus those NHTSA tagged forward collision avoidance or lane departure.

The largest section. 51 name the collision mitigation system, 39 the adaptive cruise, 13 lane keeping. 27 describe the car braking with nothing in front of it, and 37 mention something in front of the sensor — snow, ice, rain, sun, dirt.

Those are two different complaints under one label, and the record does not separate them.

Fuel system — 159

Counted as filings that name a fuel pump or fuel in the oil, plus those NHTSA tagged fuel system or fuel and propulsion.

60 name the fuel pump. 40 describe a stall. 53 of this section name campaign 23V858000 by number, which is more than name the pump itself. Record-wide, 55 filings name that campaign.

ODI 11585460:

“The contact owns a 2019 Honda Accord. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer was contacted and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and informed the contact that a second notice would be mailed when the remedy was available. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.”

55 filings use that phrase — “exceeded a reasonable amount of time.” It is NHTSA’s own wording for a complaint about a recall that has not been carried out. The filing above describes a car that had not failed. A recall notice arriving without a part is its own kind of record entry, and on this model year it is a tenth of everything filed.

Whether the part is available now is not something this record can say. The last of those filings is from 2025, and a dealer can tell you today.

Engine — 122

Counted as filings that name a head gasket or overheating, plus those NHTSA tagged engine or engine and cooling.

87 name the head gasket. 31 name the turbo, 28 name coolant, 17 describe overheating, 15 describe a stall.

Every head gasket filing on this car decodes, and 92 of the 94 are the 1.5-liter. That is 98 percent against 81 percent of the filings that decode — a wider gap than the 2018 car’s, on a quarter as many filings.

ODI 11751689:

“My car was stalling on the highway not going over 40, a perfectly maintained 88k mile car that is stock and only used for work and light leisure. The weak engine head gasket is to blame for coolant seeping into cyclinder 3. A very known defect with the 1.5 turbocharged engines recently. The safety of me and passengers was at risk because that’s a 50mph+ highway and my car didn’t go to 50. Yes the problem was confirmed by dealership / manufacturer. Zero warning lights to this day.”

26 of the 94 mention coolant. 22 give a dollar figure and 14 of those reach $5,000 or more. Four say they asked Honda for goodwill coverage.

This is the same failure as the 2018 car’s 352, and it is arriving on the same schedule: 34 in 2025, 44 in the first nine months of 2026. No recall covers it.

Brakes — 38

Counted as filings NHTSA tagged service brakes or parking brake.

Eight are about the pedal and four about the parking brake.

Electrical — 23

Counted as filings NHTSA tagged electrical system.

Six are about the screen and four name the battery. This is the smallest electrical section in the series; on the 2014 car it is 241.

Air bags and belts — 21

Counted as filings NHTSA tagged air bags or seat belts.

Two name a seat belt buckle, which is one of the six campaigns below.

Steering — 19

Counted as filings that name the power steering or the EPS, plus those NHTSA tagged steering.

Eight name the power steering or the EPS. On the 2013 car this section is 514 filings; this is the smallest it gets.

Body and structure — 16

Counted as filings NHTSA tagged structure.

11 are paint or rust and six are about a door or the trunk.

Transmission — 12

Counted as filings that name the CVT, the transmission or a driveshaft, plus those NHTSA tagged power train.

Exterior lighting — 6

Counted as filings that name the daytime running lights, plus those NHTSA tagged exterior lighting.

Four name a headlight. On the 2016 car this section is 116.

The rest is thin

58 filings. NHTSA tagged 36 of them unknown or other, six visibility/wiper, four tires and three wheels. Three more carry NHTSA’s plain visibility label, which is a different one. Nothing else reaches three.

Recalls

Six campaigns reach a gasoline 2019 Accord. Three of them are the fuel pump.

The fuel pump, three times

20V314000 — May 2020, covering 2018–2019 Accords among others. The low-pressure fuel pump inside the tank may fail. Dealers replace the pump assembly. The recall began July 22, 2020.

21V215000 — March 2021, covering 2019–2020 Accords among others. Honda’s remedy text says: “This recall is an expansion of recall 20V-314.” Owner letters were mailed May 18, 2021.

23V858000 — December 2023, covering 2013–2023 Accords and most of the Honda and Acura line. Its remedy text says: “This recall is an expansion of NHTSA recall numbers 21V-215 and 20V-314.” Owner letters were mailed September 6, 2024.

Three campaigns, one part, and each one is the previous campaign admitting it did not reach far enough. A car that had the first two done is still in the third.

Ask for all three by number. A car that shows clean on one of them may be open on another.

The seat belt buckle

23V158000 — March 2023. A manufacturing problem in the front seat belt buckle assembly. It covers 2017–2020 CR-Vs, 2018–2019 Accords and Accord Hybrids, 2018–2020 Odysseys, 2019 Insights and 2019–2020 Acura RDXs.

The body control module

20V771000 — December 2020, covering 2018–2020 Accord Sedans, Accord Hybrids and 2019–2020 Insights. A software error can disrupt communication inside the car.

The seat weight sensor

26V332000 — May 2026, the newest thing here. The front passenger seat weight sensor can crack and short circuit.

“Air bags that deploy unintentionally during a crash increase the risk of injury.”

Owner letters were mailed July 7, 2026. It is recent enough that a car on a lot today may not have had it done.

What doesn’t show up in the complaints

NHTSA gives the 2019 Accord five stars overall, five in the frontal test, five on side impact and four on rollover.

Nothing in the complaint record argues with that. Owners do not file about crash ratings.

The 1.5 with the CVT returns 33 mpg combined, the same as the 2018.

What the complaint curve says

2019   47     2022   74     2025  120
2020   52     2023   61     2026  109
2021   46     2024  153

Nearly three fifths of this record arrived in the last three years — 382 of the 662. It runs between 46 and 74 for five years, then triples.

2024 is the tallest, and 2024 is the year after the third fuel pump campaign was announced. 57 of the 66 filings about a missing part are in that year, and 50 of the 55 that name 23V858000 record-wide are too.

This is the clearest case in this series of a complaint count moving because a letter arrived rather than because the cars changed. The filing quoted above says the car had not failed.

The 2025 and 2026 columns are a different thing. The head gasket filings run 34 and 44, and 44 in nine months is more than 34 in twelve.

Complaint databases collect complaints. Nobody files to say the pump was replaced on time. You can’t compare these numbers across models unless both sets were counted the same way.

If you’re looking at one

Ordered by how much it hurts if it goes wrong, not by how many people filed.

Ask about all three fuel pump campaigns by number: 20V314000, 21V215000, 23V858000. Each expands the one before it, so a car that was fixed under an earlier one is still covered by the later one. Run the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls — it only lists recalls that are still open, so a clean result means either the work was done or the car was never covered. Any Honda dealer’s service department can pull the completion record by VIN, and it’s free.

If it is the 1.5, treat the head gasket as the thing you are checking for. 92 of the 94 head gasket filings that name an engine are the 1.5. The badge on the trunk says the trim, not the engine, so check the listing or have the dealer read it off the VIN.

Open the coolant reservoir cold and look at the level and the color. 26 of the 94 head gasket filings mention coolant. Then look for a service record of a coolant top-off with no leak found.

Drive it on a highway with the adaptive cruise on. 27 filings describe the car braking with nothing in front of it and 39 name the adaptive cruise. Owners describe it as occasional rather than constant, so one clean drive settles less than it looks like. Honda Sensing is standard on every 2019, so there is no version of this car without the system.

Check 26V332000 too. The seat weight sensor, letters mailed July 2026.

Numbers worth writing down

This is the last year in this series. Seven model years, 2013 through 2019, counted the same way on every page.

Sources

• NHTSA complaint database — 765 complaints across the four model names NHTSA files this car under, of which 103 are hybrids and are excluded; quoted above by ODI number
• NHTSA recall API — six campaigns; quoted from the campaign summaries, consequence text and remedy text
• NHTSA vPIC — engine and electrification, decoded from the VIN attached to each filing
• NHTSA safety ratings — 2019 Honda Accord
• EPA fuel economy — city / highway / combined
• GoodCarBadCar Honda Accord sales figures

Complaint counts and quotes come from NHTSA’s public database, retrieved September 2, 2026; each quote lists its ODI number so you can look it up. Engine type comes from decoding the VIN attached to each filing — 647 of the 662 decode to a 1.5 or a 2.0, and the other 15 either carry no VIN or don’t decode. Recall applicability depends on the VIN — check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls. This summarizes what owners reported. It isn’t buying or repair advice.