Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - SWITCH | ||||||||||||||||
| 02V120000 | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. | from 11/24/1997 to 10/30/1998 | V (Vehicle) | 1000000 | 06/14/2002 | MFR | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) | 05/16/2002 | 05/20/2002 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain sedans, coupes, hatchbacks, and sport utility vehicles, electrical contacts in the ignition switch can degrade due to the high electrical current passing through the switch when the vehicle is started. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Worn contacts could cause the engine to stall without warning, increasing the risk of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will replace the ignition switch. owner notification began june 14, 2002. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact honda at 1-800-999-1009 or acura at 1-800-382-2238. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | ||||||||||||||||
| 99V282000 | AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. | from 11/24/1997 to 11/18/1998 | V (Vehicle) | 100891 | 11/04/1999 | MFR | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) | 10/19/1999 | 10/27/1999 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. an improperly routed under dash wire harness could be damaged by contact with the brake light switch, possibly resulting in a blown fuse. if this occurs, operation of a critical component can be lost, including windshield wipers, headlights, turn signal and hazard lamps, tail lamps, the anti-locking function of the brakes, and battery charging system. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | A sudden, unexpected loss of lighting or a failure of the windshield wipers in bad weather, could be hazardous increasing the risk of a crash. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will install a 70mm protective, corrugated plastic tube over the wire harness, in the area of the brake stop switch. if any wire or wires are damaged, they will be repaired. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Honda recall no. k72. owner notification began november 4, 1999.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact honda at 1-800-999-1009.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||||
| 07012005 | 07/01/2005 | 10018021 | Speedometer shops can transfer odometer mileage. honda service news. *tt | 12/13/2005 | |
| 05006 | 02/25/2005 | 10017631 | Diagnostic trouble code p1298 is stored in the ecm/pcm. *tt | 11/14/2005 | |
| 405 | 04/16/2005 | 10016353 | Transferring odometer mileage at odometer r&r. *tt | 09/08/2005 | |
| 110102 | 11/01/2002 | 10005881 | Keyless entry, ceiling light, ignition key beeper logic. honda servicenews. *tt | 03/18/2004 | |
| 1002 | 10/16/2002 | 10005932 | Srs diagnostic trouble code 1-1 to 1-5, driver's airbag inflator circuit. honda october tech line information. *tt | 03/18/2004 | |
| 1002 | 10/16/2002 | 10005933 | Keyless, ceiling light, ignition key beeper logic. honda october tech line information. 2002 prelude also included. *tt | 03/18/2004 | |
| 1002 | 10/16/2002 | 10005934 | Reconnecting accessories after ignition switch recall. honda october tech line information. *tt | 03/18/2004 | |
| 100102 | 10/01/2002 | 10005909 | D4 or d indicator dims on acceleration. honda servicenews. *tt | 03/18/2004 | |
| 303 | 03/16/2003 | 10001832 | Troubleshooting intermittent anti-lock brake (abs) or traction control system (tcs) diagnostic trouble codes. *tt | 07/22/2003 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - ANTI-THEFT CONTROLLER | |||||
| 010999 | 09/01/1999 | 608011 | Information on security system tripped sensor feature. *tt | 10/27/1999 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 03/05/2012 | 33000 | ||
| Night time driving hazard this is a definite electrical safety problem: i experience a complete loss of lights when i switch to high beam: >(1) my headlights turn off >(2) the hi-beam never turns on a complete black-out i was on a sharp curve in my first incident when i flicked to hi-beam. fortunately my driving experience kept me out of an accident. | |||
| 12/10/2011 | |||
| 1.-3. have been happening slightly for years...when i asked, it seemed i would get the same old answer, older cars have quirks, don't use a big key chain(i never have)... 1. has happened on & off for years...my will get stuck in the ignition, not going left or right 2. driving & the gauges( speedometer...)jump, drop than go back to normal. 3. will start up for a sec, then turns off. occurred on saturday evening 12/10/2011. had car towed after trying to have it jumped to no avail 4. engine wont turn on/over. on sunday, 12/11/2011 in the morning, i tried my crv to see if if would turn over, & it started right-up. while driving back to an auto shop by my house the following happened. 5. stalls when idling...stuck in traffic, then got it run again. 6. stalled when driving! very scary!...to be safe got another tow | |||
| 12/01/2010 | 146000 | ||
| My wife called around 8:15pm on wednesday 12-01-2010. she told me her car just stopped on the road. she gave me info of her whereabouts. i was only about 5 minutes away thank goodness. as i approched her vehicle i saw in my horrified state her car stalled 30 to 40 feet from the nearest stop light on the far left lane. she was able to stay on an island in the middle of the busy street with my 5 year old daughter!. i parked my car to ther right and ran across the street when it was cleared. my brother was behind her with his car with emerg. lamps on. my wife also had her emerg. lamps on and i tried starting the car. you could hear it start up but the engine would not kick on. with the help of my brother in law i finally put car in nuetral through that bypass switch and we pushed it to the other side of the lane to the right where we could be out of harms way of the violent on coming traffic. i had a close call on the last lane on the right when a on coming car nearly hit the car and my brother in law who was pushing in the back. i called a mechanic i knew a he showed up about 10-15 minutes. he asked for what exatly happend and my wife told him the car just stopped and stalled out of no where. she said the engine and battery indicator lights went on as well. she turned off the ignition and tried to start the crv again and she says alot mort indicating lights turned on but can't remember which ones. my mechanic looked under the hood and told me to start up the car. i started it and low and behold it started up! from the story my wife told him he instantly blamed the ignition wire>>?>?. i told him to come with me to kragens but he said no, you can only get it at the dealers. i had talked to co-workers and classmates and one said to look for saftey issues online while i had one classmate say he had a similare problem with his acurra, the luxury brand for honda! my wifes ride is a honda crv 98. very unsafe situation that my wife and my 5 year old daughter survived! }: [[ | |||
| 01/04/2010 | 130000 | 4 | |
| 1998 honda crv stalls at highway speeds and at city speeds... highway speeds are particularly dangerous in that should i have been overtaking a vehicle when mine stalled it could have created a horrific accident and fatalities started at about 130,000 km happened 4 times without notice. ignition switch was failing... replaced at a cost of $65 for the part plus 1 hour labor @ !00. plus shop supplies and taxes. the old part is available. *tr | |||
| 01/14/2009 | 160000 | 1 | |
| Several years ago on mycarstate.com i found information that was helpful with my 1998 honda cr-v. but i haven't specifically seen information about this next issue. for the past year or so, on occasion, i can't get my car key out of the ignition switch. the car will not turn all the way off. i can't get the key to turn all the way to the left. if i restart the car, put it in any gear, move the car slightly (even an inch), turn the car off again, then i can remove the key. sometimes it takes a few minutes to do all this, so there is no leaving the car immediately. where this becomes a big issue is when i valet park the car. the valet's can't get the key out, therefore they either have to park my car near than and watch or park it elsewhere and i take my chances on the car not being entered by someone else. i'm 2 hours away from a honda dealer, i think. i'll try to find a dealer this week, as the problem seems to get worse in this colder weather. any help would be appreciated. *tr | |||
| 12/09/2008 | 124100 | 1 | |
| I am the owner of a 1998 honda cr-v, which i purchased new. the vehicle had no serious performance issues until september 2008. at this time my daughter, who was driving the vehicle, began to experience isolated occurrences during which the cr-v would stall while in motion. these incidents were at first infrequent. my daughter took the vehicle to a local garage. there, the mechanics replaced the battery, believing that to be the problem. however, these incidents persisted, resulting in the cr-v being taken to two different garages in the statesboro, georgia area. mechanics had difficulty in diagnosing the trouble because of the irregularity of the quixotic events. during the week of december 8, 2008, the stalling of the vehicle became more persistent, prompting my daughter to return the vehicle to the local garage once again. upon further research of the matter, the mechanics informed her that the problem was the cr-v | |||
| 06/17/2008 | 97000 | 1 | |
| I am complaining about an ignition problem on a 98 honda crv. my car has 97,000 miles on it. i am filing this complaint because honda should have informed every owner that these switches were failing on almost all of their vehicles. this causes your car to stall randomly in traffic. it is a hazard. we owners deserved to know that this ignition switch was failing on all their cars. i would have replaced it before it stalled permanently in downtown ironwood if i had been informed. it is not expensive to repair but the symptoms are a mystery to any mechanic who has not read about this problem. i was fortunate enough to find a web page posted by a kind soul who explained what was happening to all these hondas. http://www.visualimpressions.ca/switch/ i hope you can kick honda in the pants and make them inform their owner and just as importantly their dealers. can you believe, their dealers have not been informed. *tr | |||
| 05/17/2005 | 1 | 02/01/2004 | |
| Dt: the contact owns a 1998 honda crv. she states that the mechanic is unable to find a problem with her vehicle. but while she is driving it doesn't matter what speed car will shut off. she has seen other complaints on nhtsa website for this problem. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 08/15/2005 | 10 | 08/01/2001 | |
| Dt: consumer owns a 1998 honda crv. she said the vehicle just shut off. this happened several times in the last three months. when it shut down vehicle was in traffic a couple different times, and this almost caused an accident. the vehicle shut down on august 15, 2005 while she was in traffic on hilton avenue in baltimore maryland. she was almost struck in the rear, she did not panic, put on emergency flashers, notifying the traffic she was having problems. the contact was not hit, but it did scare her. when this happened the vehicle shuts down, and it appeared to shut down everything electrical. the flashers were the only thing she working. she placed the vehicle in park and put foot on the brakes then had to try twice before vehicle would start. when vehicle was on level ground or facing up hill it usually would not start as quickly. had to pat the gas a few times and tried to start vehicle a couple times before it will start. when vehicle was on a hill it seemed to start back much easier, if vehicle was facing down hill she does not have to pump gas or try as many times to start vehicle. she was aware of a recall 02v120000 on same make/model and year concerning electrical system ignition switch. she has not yet checked with honda to see if this vehicle was included in this recall. she became aware of this recall when she took vehicle to a garage and had a diagnostic check . the check would not register any codes, the vehicle did shut down on the mechanic, but no codes came up. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - SWITCH | |||
| 09/16/2009 | 119461 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 1998 honda crv lx. while driving at approximately 62 mph, the vehicle completely shut off. there were no warning lights before or after the failure.the contact was able to coast over to the emergency lane. the vehicle re-started after the contact attempted four times. while the contact was driving the vehicle to the dealership, the vehicle shut off three additional times. the dealer replaced the ignition switch for a second time. the failure mileage was 119,461. the current mileage was 123,922. | |||
| 04/02/2006 | 7 | ||
| This spring, while driving on the interstate my 1998 honda cr-v suddenly stalled. no warning at all. luckily, i was able to pull to the shoulder. turn the ignition off, wait a while and restart the car without another problem. a week or so later the same thing happened on local roads once one day and twice another day. each time, i was blessed to be able to get to the center turn lane or off onto the shoulder without getting rear ended. it happened several more times before we could figure this out. my mechanic checked out the car and could find nothing wrong. he looked on this site nhtsa and found the ignition switch recall. i took it to a curry honda in chamblee, ga and they fixed it and the tail light assembly harness recall also. i've referred a few folks back to this site for future reference. thanks, you may have saved my life. btw- i love my cr-v!!!. *jb | |||
| 12/02/2002 | 1 | ||
| Nar 1/15/2002. the consumer received a recall notice regarding the ignition switch. however when the consumer arrived she was told the alarm would have to be disconnected and they would not be able to reconnect it after they replaced the ignition switch since the dealership did not install the alarm. the consumer had to take the vehicle back to the business who installed the alarm and have it reconnected in which the company charged the consumer $45.00. the consumer requested reimbursment from honda. *jb | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 11/15/2003 | 1 | 12/08/1998 | |
| I recently read the press regarding fires starting underneath honda crvs. last year, following an oil change, i was stopped at a light and heard people screaming at me from their cars-there was a fire under my car. i quickly pulled over and, by then, the fire was out. i immediately drove back to my mechanic-they examined the car, which still smelled of smoke, but they were stumped. the garage is very reputable and aaa rated. i recently read another article that indicated nhtsa reopened an investigation of this problem. my car is a 1998-i believe this problem is more widespread than the 2003-2004 models. i'm extremely concerned whenever my oil is changed. this problem should be rectified by honda-quickly.*ak | |||