Honda Recalls and Safety Issues

American Honda Motor Co. is recalling 17,374 model year 2018-2020 GL1800 (Goldwing), CBR600RR and model year 2018-2019 CBR1000RR motorcycles.

The fuel pump impellers may have been improperly molded, which can cause them to deform and result in fuel pump failure.

Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.

What to do

Dealers will inspect and replace the fuel pump module -- as necessary -- free of charge.

Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed April 8, 2024.

Owners may contact Honda customer service at (866) 784-1870. Honda's numbers for this recall are KP8, KP9, KQ0, and KQ1.

American Honda Motor Co. is recalling 106,030 model year 2020-2022 CR-V Hybrids.

The 12-Volt battery cable routed outside of the body frame is missing a fuse on the power circuit, which can allow the battery cable to short circuit or overheat in a crash.

An overheated battery cable or short circuit can increase the risk of a fire or injury in a crash.

What to do

Dealers will replace the battery cable free of charge.

Letters notifying owners of this recall are expected to be mailed January 29, 2024.

Owners may contact Honda customer service at (888) 234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is FGB.

American Honda Motor Co. is recalling 303,770 model year 2023-2024 Accords and HR-Vs.

The front seat belt pretensioners may be missing the rivet that secures the quick connector and wire plate.

A seat belt pretensioner missing a rivet will not restrain the occupant properly, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.

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What to do

Dealers will inspect and replace the seat belt pretensioner assemblies -- as necessary -- free of charge.

Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed January 8, 2024.

Owners may contact Honda customer service at (888) 234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are MG7 and NG5.

American Honda Motor Co. is recalling 248,999 of the following vehicles:

• Model year 2015-2020 Acura TLXs,
• Model year 2016-2020 Acura MDXs,
• Model year 2016 and 2018-2019 Pilots,
• Model year 2017 and 2019 Ridgelines, and
• Model year 2018-2019 Odysseys.

Due to a manufacturing error, the connecting rod bearing in the engine may wear and seize, damaging the engine.

A damaged engine may run improperly or stall while being driven, increasing the risk of a fire, crash or injury.

What to do

Dealers will inspect and repair, or replace the engine -- as necessary -- free of charge.

The automaker is expected to send owner notification letters January 2, 2024.

Owners may contact Honda customer service at (888) 234-2138. Honda's numbers for these recalls are XG1 and GG0.

American Honda Motor Co. is recalling 112,060 model year 2006-2014 Ridgeline vehicles that were sold or ever registered in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin.

An accumulation of road salt may cause the frame mounting surface, where the fuel tank mounting bands are attached, to corrode and possibly detach from the fuel tank. This problem could result in a fuel leak.

A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.

What to do

Dealers will inspect and repair the rear frame -- as necessary -- free of charge.

Depending on the extent of any corrosion damage, Honda may offer to repurchase the vehicle.

Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on August 1, 2022. Owners may contact Honda customer service at (888) 234-2138.

American Honda Motor Co. has issued a recall for 212 model year 2020 CR-V vehicles. 

The company says a clip for the absorber inside the fuel tank was not properly secured and may detach. This could cause an inaccurate fuel gauge reading that results in drivers unexpectedly running out of fuel or stalling, increasing the risk of a crash. 

What to do

Honda says dealers will replace the fuel tank in affected vehicles free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on July 5, 2022. 

Consumers may contact Honda customer service by phone at 1-888-234-2138 for more information. The automaker’s number for this recall is RCB. 

Tesla isn’t the only automaker giving regulators concern when it comes to “phantom braking.” A new report suggests that 1.7 million Honda Accord and CR-V models are the subject of a separate investigation being conducted by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).

The NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) announced that it has received 278 reports (107 Honda Accord; 171 Honda CR-V) and several Early Warning Reports claiming “inadvertent activation of the collision mitigation braking system” (CMBS) in 2017-2019 Honda CR-V and 2018-2019 Honda Accords. 

Issue could cause rear-end collisions

The major issue that Honda owners raise is that the braking incidents happen when there are large speed changes, and they occur with nothing obstructing the vehicle's path of travel. Of the 278 reports, six allege a collision with minor injuries.

“Inadvertent or unexpected braking activation while driving can cause unexpected speed reductions that can lead to increased vulnerability to rear end impact collisions,” the ODI said. “The complaints allege that the inadvertent braking events occur without warning and randomly.”

ODI officials said they are opening this Preliminary Evaluation to gauge the “scope and severity” of the situation and any safety-related issues.

ConsumerAffairs reviewer shares their experience

One ConsumerAffairs reviewer – Jen, from Newburgh, N.Y. – wrote about her experience about similar braking issues with a 2018 Honda Fit that had Honda Sensing enabled. 

“Within a week, I discovered that the sensors are so flaky as to render the car unsafe to drive - while I was unable to trigger them at all during the test drive (as they sometimes fail to detect anything), the opposite problem (seeing something that isn't there) is where the car becomes unsafe. 3 times in 60 miles of highway driving, the car applied maximum brakes without warning,” she wrote in her review. 

Jen said the issue seemed to always trigger just as she was about to finish passing another car.

“This compounded the risk of brake checking - had someone been behind me, they absolutely would have rear-ended me, as they would have had no place to go to dodge my vehicle, and absolutely no way to anticipate my car applying the brakes at maximum for several seconds.”

Jen offered a word to the wise – stay away from buying a car with the “sensing” add-on.

“I would strongly recommend that no one buy a car with this 'feature', think twice before riding in a newer Honda, and be aware of their potentially erratic performance if you see one on the road - frankly these cars are a danger to others as much as to themselves,” she said in her review.