Honda Prelude
Owners filed 271 complaints across 17 model years of the Honda Prelude. The 1998 drew the most (69).
Which Honda Prelude years should you avoid?
Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Honda Prelude 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 Prelude model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2001 | 21 | 3 | — | 3 | Power Train › Manual Transmission | Routine | |
| 2000 | 13 | 3 | — | 1 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1999 | 31 | 4 | — | 2 | Tires › Tread/Belt | Routine | |
| 1998 | 69 | 5 | — | 5 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Fatalities reported | |
| 1997 | 66 | 5 | — | 3 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1996 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1995 | 6 | 5 | — | 3 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1994 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1993 | 11 | 5 | — | 1 | Tires | Routine | |
| 1992 | 22 | 5 | — | 7 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1991 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly | Fatalities reported | |
| 1990 | 4 | 1 | — | — | Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.