Acura Equipment: Labels

Acura is recalling about 1,425 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If the label information can be wiped away, the operator may not be able to refer to the information, possibly resulting in the vehicle being overloaded, which can increase the risk of a crash.

Campaign
17V256000
Manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Reported
18 April 2017
Vehicles
1,425
Built between
Jan 1900 – Jan 1900
Models
2
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
9 June 2017
Repaired
98%
Unrepaired
18

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between January 1900 and January 1900. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2017 Acura RDXBuilt January 1900 to January 1900
  • 2017 Honda CR-VBuilt January 1900 to January 1900

Repair progress

18 of 1,425 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q3 2018.

98% repaired — 1,403 of 1,425 reported

Owners not reachable
3
Scrapped or exported
1

Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.

What the defect is

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2017 CR-V and Acura RDX vehicles. The Certification Labels on the affected vehicles were printed with ink that may be inadvertently wiped away with an alcohol solvent. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of 49 CFR Part 567, "Certification."

What could happen

If the label information can be wiped away, the operator may not be able to refer to the information, possibly resulting in the vehicle being overloaded, which can increase the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Honda and Acura will notify owners, and dealers will replace the Certification Label, free of charge. The recall began June 2017.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJanuary 1900 to January 1900
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA18 April 2017
  3. Owners notified9 June 2017
  4. Latest repair reportQ3 2018 — 98% repaired

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 18 April 2017.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are KF3 (CR-V)and KF4 (RDX).

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
KF3, KF4
Recalling manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Safety standard
FMVSS 567
Recall initiated by
MFR

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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