2014 Honda Accord · symptom sheet
Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails
- 50owner reports
- 50,000median miles
- $900median quote
- 0involved a crash
Newest report May 17, 2025 · checked Oct 2, 2026
485 of the 908 complaints on this car are about the electrical system. 50 of those describe infotainment.
Tick what matches of 50 reports
Infotainment on other Accord years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Screen complaints read like a list of small betrayals. The display goes black or freezes, the backup camera shows nothing when you shift into reverse, CarPlay or Android Auto keeps dropping, or the radio changes volume on its own. Many owners had a software update that didn't fix it. A narrower sheet covers backup camera failures on their own, and another covers screens that freeze.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the camera (30 reports), the head unit or screen (24 reports) and the module (3 reports).
Recalls and investigations
One recall on the electrical system covers the 2014 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
The case for the battery sensor, part of the battery management system, may allow water to get in, potentially causing an electrical short.
All 4 recalls on the 2014 Honda Accord, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
NHTSA investigations into the electrical system on the Accord
Ignition shift interlock. Closed oct 14, 2010, led to recall 10V-364.
Ignition park-shift interlock. Closed jan 5, 2009, led to recall 10V-364.
Ignition-park interlock. Closed feb 2, 2005, led to recall 05V-025.
Ignition-park interlock. Closed jan 13, 2005.
Ignition-park interlock. Closed dec 17, 2003, led to recall 03V-423.
None of these investigations covers the 2014 model year.
What owners paid
8 of the 50 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $550 to $2,000.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 25,000 and 85,000 miles, from the 35 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 4 service bulletins or notices for the 2014 Honda Accord that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
Tech line summary article - If the On Demand Multi-Use Display? (ODMD) isn?t responding to touch or is freezing up, the reason could be there?s debris lodged in the gap between the touch screen and the bezel.
DEALER MESSAGE AMERICAN HONDA (AHM) IS INVESTIGATING CERTAIN 2013-2014 ACCORDS WITH A CUSTOMER COMPLAINT OF CHECK CHARGING SYSTEM MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON MID AS WELL AS HAVING THE DTC B1192 (GAUGE CONTROL MODULE LOST COMMUNICATION WITH BATTERY SENSOR ECU) STORED.
SERVICE BULLETIN THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING SOFTWARE BUGS: WHEN IN XM MODE, THE AUDIO UNIT TURNS OFF AFTER MAKING AN HFL CALL. THERE IS NO SOUND OR THERE IS STATIC IN THE REAR HEADPHONES (BOTH WIRED AND WIRELESS).
ENGINEERING REQUEST AMERICAN HONDA (AHM) IS INVESTIGATING CERTAIN 2013-2014 ACCORDS WITH A CUSTOMER COMPLAINT OF CHECK CHARGING SYSTEM MESSAGE DISPLAYED ON MID AS WELL AS HAVING THE DTC B1192 (GAUGE CONTROL MODULE LOST COMMUNICATION WITH BATTERY SENSOR ECU) STORED.
What owners wrote
“backup camera failed to work, currently not working. I have seen thousands of honda accord owners complaint about it online”
Filed Apr 30, 2023
“The dealer says that there is NO problem because they can not replicate it while there but it but the problem has not gone away my rear view camera and my side camera do not work”
Filed May 13, 2022
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 50 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
Other problems on this car
- Battery dies or the car will not start 141 reports
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 121 reports
- Power steering cuts out or goes heavy 76 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 61 reports
- Multiple warning lights come on at once 44 reports
- Forward collision warning goes off or the camera drops out 44 reports
- Traction control or StabiliTrak light comes on 35 reports
- Airbag warning light or recall 34 reports
- Wheel bearing, tires or wheels 27 reports