Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid

Owners filed 189 complaints across 5 model years of the Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid. The 2018 drew the most (137).

Model years5
Complaints189
Recalls3
Fires1
Deaths1

Which Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20211
0——Visibility/WiperRoutine
20208
0—1Electrical SystemRoutine
201942
2—2EngineFatalities reported
2018137
119EngineRoutine
20171
0——Power TrainRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.