1992 Honda Prelude

Problems owners report

Complaints filed with NHTSA about the 1992 Honda Prelude, by the system named in each complaint. One complaint can name several.

• Air bags8
• Electrical system5
• Tires3
• Power train3
• Unknown or other2
• Engine and engine cooling1
• Vehicle speed control1
• Visibility1
• Equipment1

NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026 · 3 injuries and 0 deaths reported

Compared with other years

NHTSA ODI complaints by model year

New York safety inspections

At its first New York inspection the 1992 Honda Prelude failed the safety check 0.00% of the time — 100% less often than the average 1992 passenger car (1.22%). Median odometer at inspection: 141,742 miles.

NY DMV Vehicle Inspections (vezn-fmmk), initial inspections since Aug 2021 · how we count

Engines

The most common engines in 1992 Honda Prelude cars on Dutch roads are the 2.0 petrol (98 kW, 131 hp) and 2.3 petrol (118 kW, 158 hp).

RDW Open Data (CC0): registered passenger cars and their fuel data · engine size rounded to 0.1 litre, net maximum power · versions with at least 20 cars

In the Netherlands

87 first registered in 1992 are on Dutch roads; 39% arrived later as imports.

Most common APK defects

• Overmatige vloeistoflekkage overige vloeistoffen9
• Dimlicht onjuist afgesteld8
• Stuur- of fuseekogel met slijtage kleiner of gelijk 1,0 mm7
• Stofhoes stuurinrichting beschadigd, dicht niet af6
• Stofhoes aandrijfas beschadigd en dicht niet af6
• Mechanische delen van het remsysteem vertonen slijtage5
• Uitlaatsysteem niet gasdicht / onveilige afvoer uitlaatgasse5
• Montage band niet volgens voorschriften4

Colours

RDW Open Data: registered vehicles and APK defects (CC0) · defect descriptions in the RDW's Dutch wording

In the United Kingdom

32 cars built in 1992 were licensed for the road at the end of 2025, and 132 more were declared off the road (SORN).

Department for Transport and DVLA, vehicle licensing statistics (table VEH0124, year of manufacture) · Open Government Licence v3.0

In Finland

13 of these cars first registered in 1992 were in use in Finland on 30 Jun 2026, with an average of 267,000 km on the odometer at their last inspection.

Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency), open data on vehicles in use · CC BY 4.0

In New Zealand

71 1992 cars are on the New Zealand register; 79% arrived as used imports, 15% were sold new in New Zealand.

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, Motor Vehicle Register (March 2026) · CC BY 4.0

Recalls

No recall campaigns cover the 1992 Honda Prelude.

Whether a recall was fixed on a particular car is known only to the manufacturer: check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

NHTSA recalls · summaries in NHTSA's own words

Service bulletins

What Honda told its dealers about the 1992 Honda Prelude: known faults, fixes and updates.

NHTSA manufacturer communications (public domain)

NHTSA investigations

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation