The 2005 Honda Accord has 14 recalls, the most serious being the well-known Takata airbag defect, where both the driver and front passenger airbag inflators can rupture and send metal fragments into the cabin, causing serious injury or death.
Several other recalls also involve the front passenger airbag. One covers vehicles where the airbag may have been incorrectly installed during a prior replacement and could deploy improperly in a crash. Another covers certain Accords assembled with a passenger airbag module that does not meet federal advanced airbag requirements, which can raise the risk of injury in a crash.
On the drivetrain side, a bearing in the automatic transmission can fail and cause an internal short circuit that stalls the engine without warning. Two separate fuel system recalls describe a related problem: a loose terminal in the main fuse box or a broken coil wire inside the fuel pump relay can cut power to the fuel pump, stalling the engine while driving.
There is also a steering concern that applies to V6 models: a power steering fluid hose can leak onto a hot catalytic converter, producing smoke and potentially an engine compartment fire.