Honda Prelude
Registered from 1996 to 2027.
About this model
The Honda Prelude is a sport compact car produced by the Japanese company Honda. It was produced over five generations from 1978 to 2001, and reintroduced in 2025.
From the Wikipedia article Honda Prelude, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | Standard |
| Lane departure warning | Standard |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 1479 kg · 2610 mm wheelbase |
| 2026 | 141 hp · 1479 kg · 2610 mm wheelbase · 5.3 L/100km (EPA) · 5.1 L/100km city · 5.7 motorway |
| 2001 | 1340 kg · 2590 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2000 | 1380 kg · 2590 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 1999 | 1380 kg · 2590 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 1998 | 1380 kg · 2590 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 1997 | 1340 kg · 2580 mm wheelbase · Coupe, 2-door |
| 1996 | 1330 kg · 2550 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Ignition-park interlock
Preliminary evaluation, opened January 2005, closed February 2005.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Honda filed one bulletin about the 2026 Prelude.
- Electrical system: 1
- Tech Line Summary - The vehicle's infotainment system displays previously viewed SMS messages upon each ignition cycle, when the customer's Android phone is connected via Bluetooth. · April 2026
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.