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2012 Honda Insight

Safety Score
85
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
2018-09-27 18V661000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 1,355,406 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2024-11-18 ENGINE No 0 The car has only 83000 miles. We bought the vehicle 2 months ago from the estate of an individual that passed away. We…
2023-09-15 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 Roof and hood of car lost all paint and clear coat. Starting to rust
2022-11-19 ENGINE No 0 Oil consumption issues. I can't drive my car 10 feet without dying. I was stuck in traffic when my car died from the is…
2022-08-01 ENGINE No 0 The contact owns a 2012 Honda Insight. The contact stated while driving 25 MPH, the vehicle jerked forward. The contact…
2021-04-15 ENGINE No 0 TTHIS CAR HAS SAFETY PROBLEMS BURNS OIL LIKE CRAZY , MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING DOWN 81 WHEN THE DASH LIGHTS CAME ON THE C…
2021-03-03 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR MALFUNCTIONS. CONTINUES TO LOCK ITSELF WHEN DRIVING, CONTINUES TO LOCK ITSELF WHEN SITTING AND CAR I…
2020-11-12 ENGINE No 0 ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, MY CAR BEGAN FLUTTERING AFTER I STARTED THE ENGINE AND BEGAN ACCELERATING. THE POWER FELT REDUCED…
2019-10-18 ENGINE No 0 THIS CAR IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED. THE OIL CONSUMPTION IS OUTRAGEOUS AND THE CAR ONLY HAS 89K MILES …
2019-06-17 ENGINE No 0 I HAVE A 2012 HONDA INSIGHT WITH 80000 MILES AND AM HAVING EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AT 1 QUART OF OIL PER 2000 MILES O…
2019-04-30 ENGINE No 0 MY HONDA INSIGHT 2012 IS BURNING OIL. AFTER AN OIL CHANGE I DRIVE AROUND 800 MILES I'M 1/2 QUART LOW ON OIL. THIS IS NO…
2018-12-23 ENGINE No 0 I HAVE A 2012 HONDA INSIGHT. ON 12/23/18 I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE POWER CUT OUT. THIS IS THE 3RD INCIDEN…
2018-12-03 ENGINE No 0 MY HONDA INSIGHT 2012 IS BURNING OIL. AFTER AN OIL CHANGE I DRIVE AROUND 3500 MILE AND THE RED ENGINE OIL WARNING LIGHT…
2018-11-14 ENGINE No 0 CAR QUITE RUNNING ON BUSY INTERSTATE I MANAGED TO GET OFF NEAREST EXIT ALMOST GOT HIT BY SEVERAL VEHICLES.HAD TO HAVE T…
2018-11-05 ENGINE No 0 OIL CONSUMPTION AND SHAKING
2018-08-11 ENGINE No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA INSIGHT. THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF THE DRIVER. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICL…
2018-08-11 ENGINE No 0 MY DAUGHTER'S HONDA INSIGHT EXPERIENCED THE EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ISSUE. HER VEHICLE LATER HAD SEVERE ENGINE PROBL…
2017-06-14 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AT APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES. CHECK EMISSION SYSTEM LIGHT ON, LOW OIL HOWEVER OIL LIGHT DOES…
2017-05-22 ENGINE No 0 THE SPARK PLUGS FAILED DURING DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY RESULTING IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I LATER LEARNED THAT THE SPAR…
2017-04-19 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION BEFORE EVERY OIL CHANGE.
2017-02-01 AIR BAGS No 0 2012 HONDA INSIGHT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEALERSHIP POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND NO REPLACEMENT PARTS TO REPAIR …
2017-01-16 ENGINE No 0 OIL CONSUMPTION WAS WAY OFF AND ALL 8 OF THE SPARK PLUGS HAVE BEEN CHANGED TWICE IN A YEAR. CAR HAS ONLY 80,000 MILES O…
2016-12-16 ENGINE No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA INSIGHT. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE OIL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND "CHECK OIL" DI…
2016-10-29 ENGINE No 0 CAR HAS 95,000 MILES. HIGH OIL CONSUMPTION. ALL 8 SPARK PLUGS HAVE TO BE CHANGED EVERY 3-4000 MILES. VERY EXPENSIVE. TH…
2016-10-25 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 NTSB: 2012 HONDA HAS PROBLEMS WITH BOTH SHOCK ABSORBERS WERE LEAKING FLUID ALL OVER THE WHEEL WELLS. *BF THE CONSUM…
2016-10-04 ENGINE No 0 IN OCTOBER 2016, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO SCOTT ROBINSON HONDA IN TORRANCE DUE TO A CHECK OIL LIGHT THAT CAME ON THE DAY BE…
2016-10-01 ENGINE No 0 EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. I AM ADDING 1 QUART EVERY 1000 MILES SINCE I GOT THE CAR AT 65000 MILES.
2016-10-01 ENGINE No 0 EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION AT 70000. ADDING MORE THAN A QUART OF OIL EVERY 1000 MILES.
2016-06-04 ENGINE No 0 EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION - HONDA INSIGHT 2012. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER AND DEALE…
2016-06-01 POWER TRAIN No 0 EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION IS EXPERIENCED BETWEEN OIL CHANGES. 'CHECK EMISSIONS SYSTEM' CODE SHOWS ON DASH.
2016-05-03 ENGINE No 0 WITHIN THE WARRANTY PERIOD I NOTICED THAT CAR IS CONSUMING UNUSUAL QUANTITY OF OIL (AROUND 58,000 MILES). A WARNING LI…
2016-04-20 ENGINE No 0 JUST HIT 69,000 MILES AND CAR IS SUDDENLY BURNING OVER A QUART OF OIL EVERY 2 WEEKS.
2016-04-08 AIR BAGS No 0 TAKATA RECALL: CALLED MY HONDA DEALER (BRILLIANT HONDA OF CRYSTAL LAKE, IL) ON APRIL 8 AFTER RECEIVING LETTER FROM HON…
2016-04-02 AIR BAGS No 0 TAKATA AIRBAG...GOT MY RECALL NOTICE IN APRIL AND STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THIS FIXED. CALLS TO DEALER AND HONDA…
2016-03-25 AIR BAGS No 0 TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA INSIGHT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 1…
2016-03-24 ENGINE No 0 I BOUGHT MY INSIGHT NEW IN 2012. I NOW HAVE 74K MILES. AT APPROXIMATELY 55K MILES MY INSIGHT BEGAN TO HAVE AN "EMISSI…
2016-03-14 AIR BAGS No 0 TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA INSIGHT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 1…
2016-03-01 ENGINE No 0 EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. CAR USES APPROX. 1.2 QUARTS OF OIL EVERY 1,000 MILES. PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATION AND ROUGH…
2016-03-01 AIR BAGS No 0 TAKATA RECALL. THIS COMPLAINT DOES NOT INVOLVE AN ACCIDENT, BUT HAS TO DO WITH THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME FOR REPAIR…
2016-02-12 AIR BAGS No 0 TAKATA RECALL - DEALERSHIP HAS NOT REPLACED THE AIRBAG YET.
2016-02-12 AIR BAGS No 0 TAKATA RECALL - DEALERSHIP HAS NOT REPLACED THE AIRBAG YET.
2016-02-12 AIR BAGS No 0 TAKATA RECALL - DEALERSHIP HAS NOT REPLACED THE AIRBAG YET.
2016-01-18 AIR BAGS No 0 TAKATA RECALL MY INSIGHT WAS ON THE RECALL LIST EARLY IN 2016. LETTER THAT CAME IN MARCH SAID PART WOULD BE AVAILABLE …
2015-12-25 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 WHEN THE DRIVER STEP ON IT'S BRAKING SYSTEMS BY FOOT TO STOP THE THIS CAR, IT WILL STARTS TO WOBBLE IT'S BACK BODY OF T…
2015-12-18 ENGINE No 0 I PURCHASED MY CAR IN JULY 2015 FROM A USED CAR DEALERSHIP. IT HAD APPROXIMATELY 64K MILES ON IT. A MONTH LATER MY CH…
2015-12-15 ENGINE No 0 WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF OIL OVER DECREASING AMOUNT OF MILES TO THE POINT WHERE T…
2015-09-04 ENGINE No 0 SINCE NOVEMBER 2015, I'VE HAD TO ADD ONE QUART 0W-20 FULL SYNTHETIC OIL TO MAINTAIN ITS OIL LEVEL. I'D DRIVEN ABOUT 875…
2015-07-31 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 ON JULY 31, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY NOON, I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON PA RT. 663 APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE NORTH ON RT. 73, W…
2015-07-13 AIR BAGS No 0 WHEN THE CAR WAS PURCHASED LAST YEAR IN 2015 JULY ..IT HAD THE INDICATOR LIGHT ON AND. IT HAD TROUBLE WITH THE WAY R…
2015-07-13 ENGINE No 0 I AM CONSUMING TO MUCH OIL. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM TIL AFTER I BOUGHT CAR AND THE CHECK EMISSION LIGHT…
2015-04-12 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 0 I WAS DRIVING IN A LINE OF SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC ON A TWO LINE LANE MAIN STREET KEEPING A CONSTANT SPEED OF 22 MPH WHEN …