2018 Honda Accord · symptom sheet
Airbag warning light or recall
- 60owner reports
- 54,000median miles
- $380median quote
- 5involved a crash
Newest report Sep 18, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
60 of the 1,883 complaints on this car describe airbag.
Tick what matches of 60 reports
Airbag 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: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Airbag complaints split into a few kinds. The most common is an airbag warning light that won't go out. Others involve the passenger seat sensor switching the passenger bag off with an adult sitting there, an airbag that didn't deploy in a crash, or one that went off without a crash at all. A large share also come from owners waiting on a recall part.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the occupant sensor (15 reports).
Recalls and investigations
One recall on the airbags covers the 2018 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
The front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, which can cause the air bags to deploy unintentionally during a crash.
All 6 recalls on the 2018 Honda Accord, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
NHTSA investigations into the airbags on the Accord
Desiccated air bag inflator rupture. Open.
Electrical overstress. Closed sep 19, 2024, led to recall 20V-024.
Srs control module failure. Closed jun 17, 2016, led to recall 16V-056.
Air bag inflator rupture. Open, led to recall 14V-668.
Honda ewr reporting. Closed apr 21, 2016.
Inadvertent side air bag deployment. Closed jan 4, 2016.
Air bag inflator rupture. Closed mar 2, 2015, led to recall 13V-172.
Inadvertent side air bag deployment. Closed jul 29, 2014.
Autoliv air bag propellant mixture. Closed may 8, 2012.
Rupturing driver's air bag inflators. Closed may 6, 2010.
Srs readiness indicator illumination. Closed mar 24, 2006.
Frontal driver air bag. Closed nov 22, 2004, led to recall 04V-551.
Oversensitive air bag deployment. Closed oct 31, 1996, led to recall 96V-217.
None of these investigations covers the 2018 model year.
What owners paid
10 of the 60 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $250 to $4,000.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 23,000 and 80,690 miles, from the 15 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 1 service bulletin or notice for the 2018 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.
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2018-2020 Accords & 2019-2020 CR-Vs with a customer complaint of the SRS light on with the DTC B0020-13 (Open or Increased Resistance in the Driver's Side Airbag Inflator) or B0028-13 (Open or ...
What owners wrote
“My son had an accident where he re-ended another car that caused damage to the front of his car. The AirBags did not deploy in his car; and I beleive they should have with the amount of damage that the car sustained.”
Filed Jul 10, 2026
“air bag light comes on and stays on for a little bit and goes off , toke vehicle to honda dealer and they did not know what was wrong was told they were going to contact honda and they would get back in touch with me .”
Filed Feb 4, 2023
“While driving, supplemental restraint system warning light comes on, approximately once per week.”
Filed Sep 15, 2022
“The suspension is off idk what it is. I havenât in done anything to my car Iâm the only person that drives it. I keep getting two notifications 1. Supplemental restraint problem see dealer 2. Lane assistant (power(electric) steering problem see dealer.”
Filed Aug 10, 2022
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 5 of 60 reports involved a crash and 8 people were hurt. 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
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- Check engine light or misfire 282 reports
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 255 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 250 reports
- Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking) 228 reports
- Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing 167 reports
- Fuel pump failure 155 reports
- Multiple warning lights come on at once 124 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 109 reports
- Adaptive cruise or lane keeping misbehaves 103 reports
- Turbo failure or loss of boost 101 reports
- Forward collision warning goes off or the camera drops out 92 reports
- A/C blows warm or the compressor fails 55 reports
- Battery dies or the car will not start 42 reports
- Loses power when accelerating 41 reports
- Seat belt or seat problems 36 reports
- Paint peels or body rusts 28 reports
- Traction control or StabiliTrak light comes on 26 reports