1992 Honda Inspire

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › engine › gasoline › belts and associated pulleys. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Belts and Associated Pulleys1
000
Electrical System › Ignition › Module1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System › Ignition › Module
Filed Mar 8, 2005TX

I STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO. I HAVE A 1992 HONDA ACCORD WITH 166K MILES. AT THE TIME, I WAS PROBABLY AT ABOUT 115K MILES. MY CAR IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND I TAKE CAR OF THE MAINTENENCE AS SUGGESTED. HOWEVER, I'VE CHANGED OUT THE IGNITER ON THE ENGINE IN THE PAST 5 YEARS 3 TIMES. LAST TIME WAS IN DECEMBER OF 04. I STARTED RECEIVING THE SAME SYPTOMS NOW, AND FEELS AS IF THE CAR IS ABOUT TO GIVE OUT AGAIN. THE TACHOMETER STARTS SKIPPING AND I NOTICE WEIRD ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. I'VE TRIED MANY THINGS TO REMEDY THE SITUATION BESIDES JUST REPLACING IT, BUT AFTER A WHILE THE PROBLEMS COMES BACK. I'VE READ SERIOUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND FEEL THAT THIS IS A SEVERE PROBLEM THAT CAUSE EXTREME HAZARDS AND UNWANTED BURDENS. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline › Belts and Associated Pulleys
Filed Dec 31, 2004124,420 milesVT

OIL SEAL FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE TRAVELING, ALL OIL DRAINED OUT. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO SERVICE STATION WHERE THEY REPLACED A FAILED OIL SEAL, BALANCE SHAFT BELT, TIMING BELT, AC BELT, AND POWER STEERING BELT. ADDITIONAL COSTS INCURRED FOR EPA/HAZMAT DISPOSAL FEES. LUCKILY OIL LIGHT CAME ON & OPERATOR'S QUICK REACTION AVERTED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. SERVICE STATION ADVISED US OF RECALLS FOR THIS IDENTICAL PROBLEM: CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ALREADY FILED ODI #S 517744 & 734948. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19979000Routine
19969000Routine
19955010Routine
19946000Routine
19932000Routine
1992 — this page2000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.