Acura Electrical System: Fuses and Circuit Breakers

Acura is recalling about 793 vehicles over a problem with the electrical system. Brake lights that do not work increase the risk of a crash.

Campaign
18V599000
Manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Reported
7 September 2018
Vehicles
793
Built between
Mar 2016 – Jul 2017
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
2 November 2018
Repaired
89%
Unrepaired
64

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between March 2016 and July 2017. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2017 Acura NSXBuilt March 2016 to July 2017

Repair progress

64 of 793 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q1 2020.

89% repaired — 707 of 793 reported

Owners not reachable
11
Scrapped or exported
11

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 Acura NSX vehicles. Road vibrations may cause the metal screws that secure the printed circuit board for the high mounted center brake light to loosen and contact the circuitry, possibly resulting in the brake light fuse blowing and the brake lights not functioning. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."

What could happen

Brake lights that do not work increase the risk of a crash.

What gets fixed

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the center high mount brake light, free of charge. The recall began November 2, 2018.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtMarch 2016 to July 2017
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA7 September 2018
  3. Owners notified2 November 2018
  4. Latest repair reportQ1 2020 — 89% 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 7 September 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 Acura Client Relations at 1-844-682-2872. Honda's number for this recall is B2B.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
B2B
Recalling manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Safety standard
FMVSS 108
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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