1992 Honda Prelude Recalls

No recalls on record Updated July 2026

No NHTSA recalls on record for the 1992 Honda Prelude. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 26 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the air bags. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Complaints by component

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
6
4crashes3injuries
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
3
AIR BAGS
2
1crashes
TIRES
2
1crashes
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
2
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
1
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
1
Total complaints26

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“I have a recently acquired 1992 honda prelude with toyo tires on it. The car is not being driven and except for two trips to mvd to get it registered it remains parked in my driveway. Three weeks ago the right rear tire apparently explode and the treads were separated from the tire casing. Two…”

TIRES · reported 2010-07-15

“1992 honda prelude, left front tire went flat causing vehicle to spin out and striking the center divider wall and coming to rest on the inside berm. *bf (ohio traaffic crash report # 10-0284-90). *jb”

TIRES · reported 2010-05-17

“Airbag deployed without impact. *tr”

AIR BAGS · reported 2008-11-27

“While driving 65mph the vehicle started making a loud popping noise. I was able to pull over and had the vehicle towed to a dealership, there it was diagnosed a failed transmission. *tr”

POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION · reported 2008-05-21

“My ignition switch just started not to long ago to fail on me. Started having problems like a week ago noticing my dashboard lights flickering. I checked my fuses and they were all ok. Two days later my car turned on and turned off when I went to start it. Tried to start it again and kept running.…”

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH · reported 2006-12-10

“While driving at 2 mph the driver's side airbag deployed. Cause unknonwn. *ak consumer suffered inuries.*yh”

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL · reported 2002-08-01

“Vehicle was parked outiside of consumer's home, and he noticed that there was oil leaking from underneath vehicle. Dealership is aware of problem.*ak”

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE · reported 2002-06-19

“This car is completely totaled! It is smashed all in the front, the back is in the front seat and down to the ground...and the driver side is caved in also, and this airbag could have prevented the head injury, and bruising down by the steering wheel. But the airbag failed !!!!*ak”

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL · reported 2001-02-13

Defect investigations

Investigation EA95024 Opened 1995-08-31 · closed 1996-08-30

OVERSENSITIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENTS

AIR BAG CAN DEPLOY WITHOUT VEHICLE CRASH

Investigation PE93060 Opened 1993-06-22 · closed 1993-10-29

4WHL STEERING SENSOR FAILS

There is no summary currently available

Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1992 Honda Prelude as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.