The Lemon Index$800 middle bill · most between $700 and $900
About the same as the $788 middle bill owners of all 60 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 48,000 miles (50 reports).
Honda Accord owners reported paying a median of $800 for a starter replacement, with the middle half of bills between $700 and $900. That's from 67 owner reports (67 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $50012%
- $500–$1,00069%
- $1,000–$2,50015%
- $2,500–$5,0003%
- $5,000 and up1%
Share of the 67 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2004 Honda Accord1too few for a middle
- 2012 Honda Accord1too few for a middle
- 2013 Honda Accord31$800 middle bill
- 2014 Honda Accord23$700 middle bill
- 2015 Honda Accord8$825 middle bill
- 2016 Honda Accord1too few for a middle
- 2017 Honda Accord1too few for a middle
- 2018 Honda Accord1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2013 Honda Accord206 complaints name it14% of that year's complaints
- 2014 Honda Accord198 complaints name it20% of that year's complaints
- 2015 Honda Accord110 complaints name it17% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a starter. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
1.5 Turbo (L15B7) · J35 3.5 V6 · K24 2.4
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Honda Accord reliability by year
- Starter replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Honda Accord owners reported
Transmission replacement (181) · Brake repair (100) · Head gasket replacement (55) · Fuel injector replacement (28) · AC condenser replacement (27) · Steering rack replacement (22) · Radio and infotainment screen repair (18) · ABS module replacement (17) · Spark plug replacement (10) · Engine replacement (8) · Wiring harness repair (8) · Fuel pump replacement (7) · Torque converter replacement (7) · Airbag module and clock spring replacement (6) · Alternator replacement (6) · ECM (engine computer) replacement (5) · Turbocharger replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11650335, 11587037, 11564695, 11548121, 11524555, 11468578, 11458832, 11457525, 11448660, 11437868, 11436265, 11418277 and more.
Quick answers
How much does starter replacement cost on a Honda Accord?
Honda Accord owners reported a median of $800, and the middle half paid $700 to $900, from 67 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Honda Accord starter replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Honda Accord middle bill of $800 is about the same as the $788 owners of all 60 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Honda Accord repair costs come from?
From 67 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Honda Accord years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2013 (206), 2014 (198), 2015 (110) Honda Accord named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.