Every Insight model year from 2004 to 2022, scored on reported failures weighted against how many were sold — and ranked against every other Compact Passenger Car of the same year.
Across 10 scored model years the Insight needs fixing more often than its class, but when it does, repairs cost about what you would expect. The spread between years is what matters: 2014 is its strongest, 2013 its weakest.
Longer bar is better. Rank is against every Compact Passenger Car sold that same model year.
| Year | Relative standing | Class rank | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | #25 /29 | 14th | ||
| 2010 | #20 /30 | 34th | ||
| 2011 | #12 /32 | 65th | ||
| 2012 | #33 /41 | 20th | ||
| 2013 | #37 /43 | 14th | Avoid | |
| 2014 | #1 /41 | 100th | Best year | |
| 2019 | #27 /34 | 21th | ||
| 2020 | #21 /27 | 23th | ||
| 2021 | #19 /25 | 25th | ||
| 2022 | #22 /29 | 25th |
The line held a weak position through 2012, ran middling in 2013–2019, and has been weak from 2020 on. This 2022 car falls in a weak stretch.
All 12 systems, measured against the class average for each model year.
Every Insight model year is scored across 12 separate systems — engine, transmission, brakes, electrical, steering and suspension, structure, interior, and five more. Each system is compared against how often that same system fails on the average Compact Passenger Car of the same year, so a common failure is judged against how common it is everywhere else.
Across the last three model years (2020–2022), the trouble concentrates in one place: structure & body. That system draws issue reports more often than the same system on the average Compact Passenger Car of its year — which changes what you should be inspecting before you buy.
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Your Insight is plotted against 29 rivals from 2022.
Look up your Insight →Your Insight is scored the same way, for every model year.
Look up your Insight →2014 is the strongest Insight model year on record, ranking #1 of 41 Compact Passenger Cars that year.
2013 is the weakest year in the model's history, ranking #37 of 43.
The 2022 Insight ranks #22 of 29 Compact Passenger Cars — the lower half of its class.
Failure reports filed with NHTSA — submitted by vehicle owners and repair shops alike — weighted against US sales volumes so a high-volume model is not penalised for selling well, then benchmarked within segment and model year.
All 12 systems scored, the whole class plotted, and a downloadable Full Model Report for any year — 6,000+ vehicles in the dashboard.
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