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2005 Honda Accord electrical system problems

96 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2005 Honda Accord15% of all complaints for this model year.

96
Electrical System complaints
15%
share of all complaints
76,582 mi
median reported incident mileage
6 / 2
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Since I have owned this vehicle (bought used with 68,000 miles) it has had an issue that over 10 mechanics have not yet solved. It has slowly escalated to the point it is now unable to be driven at 250,000 miles. It is an idle issue, the car started revving up to around 3,000 rpm’s (on hot days it…

    filed Nov 21, 2023

  • I was driving in Kansas City Kansas. On 635, It was around 6 pm. When I started exiting onto another highway. Due to car stalling by either transmission slipping, or the fuel pump stalling the engine headlights too dim with weird angle in lighting as well, Long story short.... I was almost the…

    filed Oct 19, 2023

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Electrical System problems in other Accord years

YearReportsShare
2025 Accord68%
2024 Accord2317%
2023 Accord2227%
2022 Accord8439%
2021 Accord5425%
2020 Accord5015%
2019 Accord9715%
2018 Accord27915%
2017 Accord14828%
2016 Accord19032%
2015 Accord23539%
2014 Accord37739%
Accord electrical system problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.