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1985 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 Oct 7, 1999
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.
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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.
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Reports on file since Feb 16, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 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 1–7 of 7

BrakesHeating & air conditioningElectrical+1 more
Filed Oct 7, 1999

NO SUMMARY.

NHTSA ID
712964
Incident
Nov 5, 1994
Fuel system
Filed Feb 23, 1999

GAS FUMES IS LEAKING OUT FROM THE FILLER PIPE, COMING INTO THE TRUCK AREA OF THE VEHICLE AND THEN INTO THE VEHICLE. THE FILLER PIPE WAS UNDER RECALL IN 1993, RECALL # 92V028001; FUEL: FUEL SYSTEMS, THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. REPORT GIVEN BY FATHER, RON CUDDIE. *AK

NHTSA ID
835161
Incident
Jan 23, 1999
Seat belts
Filed Jan 24, 1999

THE FRONT SEAT BELTS DON'T WORK MOST OF THE TIMES. *AK

NHTSA ID
702533
Incident
Dec 12, 1998
Visibility
Filed Jul 27, 1998

REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER SWITCH FAILS TO WORK, IT DOES NOT STAY WHEN DEPRESSED.

NHTSA ID
539003
Incident
Jul 1, 1998
Fuel system
Filed Aug 21, 1997

FUEL TANK FILLER NECK/PIPE CORRODED. *AK

NHTSA ID
518359
Incident
Jan 1, 1997
Interior & seats
Filed Apr 4, 1996

THE DRIVER'S SEATBACK RECLINING MECHANISM HAS BROKEN TWO TIMES. *AK

NHTSA ID
982329
Incident
Mar 21, 1996
Fuel system
Filed Feb 16, 1995

FUEL PIPE LEAK. *AK

NHTSA ID
489446
Incident
Feb 28, 1994

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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