Honda Equipment: Labels

Honda is recalling about 13 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. If the owner is not able to verify if their vehicle is involved in safety recall, it can increase the risk of injury or crash.

Campaign
18V421000
Manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Reported
20 June 2018
Vehicles
13
Built between
Dec 2017 – Feb 2018
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
7 August 2018
Repaired
100%
Unrepaired
0

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between December 2017 and February 2018. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2018 Honda CivicBuilt December 2017 to February 2018

Repair progress

The manufacturer reports every reachable vehicle in this recall has been repaired, as of Q4 2019.

100% repaired — 13 of 13 reported

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 2018 Honda Civic vehicles. The manufacturing date area of the certification labels may have random characters which can affect the owner's ability to determine if a safety recall includes their vehicle.

What could happen

If the owner is not able to verify if their vehicle is involved in safety recall, it can increase the risk of injury or crash.

What gets fixed

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the certification label, free of charge. The recall began August 7, 2018.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtDecember 2017 to February 2018
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA20 June 2018
  3. Owners notified7 August 2018
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2019 — 100% 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 20 June 2018.

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 number for this recall is U23.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
U23
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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