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1984 Honda Prelude Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Mar 16, 2002
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since May 24, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 5 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1984 Honda Prelude. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–5 of 5

Steering
Filed Mar 16, 2002

ORIG. POWER STEERING RACK CRACKED ON BOTH SIDES. REPLACEMENT RESEALED AFTER 1 MONTH, CRACKED AND REPLACED AFTER APPROX. 3 YEARS. CONTACTED HONDA, THEY DID NOT RESPOND. SECOND REPLACEMENT NOW HAS PROBLEMS.*AK

NHTSA ID
759429
Incident
Jun 15, 1990
Filed Mar 29, 1999

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
705080
Incident
Mar 1, 1999
Engine
Filed Oct 12, 1998

MUFFLER FAILED.

NHTSA ID
781154
Incident
Oct 12, 1998
Engine
Filed Feb 11, 1998
Fire reported

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE. THE OWNER WILL BE CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

NHTSA ID
821444
Incident
Feb 5, 1998
Seat belts
Filed May 24, 1995

SEAT BELT LATCH FAILED. *AK

NHTSA ID
486500
Incident
May 24, 1995

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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