Other electrical problem on the 2016 Honda Accord
1 crash 1 fire 2 injuries 4 of the 77 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
When other electrical problem gets reported
Owners of the 2016 Honda Accord report other electrical problem at a median of 37,500 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 20,000 miles and a quarter after 55,000 miles, from 29 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 85,000 miles. It is the 1st most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 12,500 miles at the tenth percentile to 80,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 67,660 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
41% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13,540 miles | 20,000 miles | 36,639 miles | 56,000 miles | 81,200 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a crash, 1 a fire and 2 an injury are mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $250–$2,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 30 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2020, at a median of 2,400 miles, and latest on the 2022 at 200,000 miles.
By volume the 2013 carries the most reports, with 210; the 2016 has 77. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Purchased my coupe in november 2016 brand new. I have less than 8600 miles on it. The other night my car went into complete shutdown, completely dead. I was told it could be the main fuse. Why would the main fuse blow on brand new car? That very dangerous while driving. Luckily I was pulling into my mother's driveway and not on the highway or in traffic.
I purchase a 2016 honda accord on 10/29/2016 and since I've had major problems with the electrical system as well as the lighting and the braking system!!! 1 wk after purchasing this can all the font lights went out on the car as well as the phone system with the connection to the blutooth has a shortage the only issue repaired was the lighting on the front headlights the inside lights was never repaired !!! Also the braking system was not stopping as should have been properly stopping on instant stop!!! I have made sudden stops which lead me to the braking system locking up and the car either spiraling out of control on the brakes locking up and sliding a complete car length before coming to a complete stop!!! Until this on day on 4/07/17 attempting. To make a complete sudden stop only leaving me sliding a car length plus smashing into the back of a pick up truck,,, with the front end of this 2016 honda accord possibly total,,, I call the honda association speaking to [xxx] and due to insurance not paying honda refused to send this inspectors out ,,, and proceeding to inform me that they have sent a notice out!!! The car is only…
About a month ago I began having intermittent starting issues. I turn the key to start and it may or may not activate the starter. Now, the issue has worsened to the point it may start on the first attempt, or require 10 or more attempts before power to the starter is achieved. Being a retired mechanic it acts like there is a loose wire or ground at the starter. Talking with honda, my warrenty has expired (3 year/36,000 mile) and they require over $100 to diagnosis the issue. Researhing this issue on the internet I have found several honda owners with the exact issue. They all state that honda corrected the issue by replacing the starter. I purchased my honda with an understanding of it to be a reliable vehicle. Now, 56,000 miles later (majority are highway miles) I need to replace the starter? The fact is, I have maintained fleets of vehicles, gas and diesel, and I find the need to replace the starter premature and ludicrous! With all the complaints I have read, there is no reason that there is not and has not been a honda starter recall/good faith warranty for what I would claim to become prematuraly defective. Further more, in…
Also reported on the 2016 Honda Accord
Other lighting problem
Headlight failure or clouding
No-start or intermittent start failure
Other engine problem
Other body or interior problem
Other steering problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 77 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other electrical problem happen on the 2016 Honda Accord?
Across 29 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 37,500 miles. A quarter were filed before 20,000 miles and a quarter after 55,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other electrical problem on the 2016 Honda Accord?
77 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.3 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed