The 2015 Honda Accord Hybrid has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 6,786 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 64 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the electrical system. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Honda Accord Hybrid vehicles manufactured August 29, 2013, to May 30, 2015. Electrical interference may cause the hybrid system to switch into fail-safe mode, disabling the gasoline engine, limiting the vehicle's speed to 40 miles per hour…
Consequence
A vehicle stall increases the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will update the hybrid system software, free of charge. The recall began on November 6, 2015. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is JT7.
Complaints by component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
15
ENGINE
15
SERVICE BRAKES
8
1crashes
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
5
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
4
POWER TRAIN
4
STEERING
4
STRUCTURE:BODY
3
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
3
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
1
Total complaints64
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“The contact owns a 2015 honda accord. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 mph, the vehicle started losing motive power. The contact stated that the battery symbol and a message "12v battery inoperable" appeared on the instrument cluster. The contact depressed the accelerator…”
“Car goes into like a safety mode and does not accelerate when given gas. Car also will not go past 40mph. We see there is a recall for this issue for 2015 honda accords but vin says it does not apply for this recall even though we are having the exact issue.”
“While driving on interstate highway at normal speed (55-60 mph), all dash warning lamps lit up and I could hear a rattling sound and saw white smoke coming out of exhaust/back of car. Luckily I was able to safely pull car over as engine failed. I checked underneath car to see if anything was loose…”
“Hello, I turned my car on and saw the engine emissions system warning, which i’ve never seen before. I thought the cold front or sudden temperature change in my city had something to do with it & it would go away because my car is well maintained(all services done at honda dealership). I was…”
“Hello, I turned my car on and saw the engine emissions system warning, which i’ve never seen before. I thought the cold front or sudden temperature change in my city had something to do with it & it would go away because my car is well maintained(all services done at honda dealership). I was…”
“Hello, I turned my car on and saw the engine emissions system warning, which i’ve never seen before. I thought the cold front or sudden temperature change in my city had something to do with it & it would go away because my car is well maintained(all services done at honda dealership). I was…”
“My ac compressor is failing, despite the fact that the car is less than 7 years old (purchased nov 2015) and was driven sparingly for two pandemic years. Other hondas and several other 2015 car models are known to have ac compressor recalls, of which I think this is related. These units should not…”
“The window side run channel inexplicably began to fold and buckle, making it impossible to close the driver’s side front window.”
Defect investigations
InvestigationDP22005 Opened 2023-01-27 · closed 2023-08-07
Pedestrian alert sounds
NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for…
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2015 Honda Accord Hybrid as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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