NHTSA campaign 09E063000 · Equipment recall

HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) Recall 09E-063: NOSE MASK ACCESSORY

NHTSA recall 09E063000 is an equipment recall reported by HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) on November 18, 2009, with 3,700 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Honda Accord for model years 2008–2010. Owners were notified on March 15, 2010, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

This is an equipment recall filed by HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.): NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.

NHTSA campaign: 09E063000 (also written 09E-063 or 09E063)
Filed by: HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.)
Report received: November 18, 2009
Potentially affected: 3,700 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Equipment
Owners notified: March 15, 2010
Recall type: Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09E063000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Honda

Honda Accord
- 2008, 2009, 2010

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09E063000.

Defect description

HONDA IS RECALLING AFTERMARKET FULL NOSE MASKS, PART NUMBER 08P35-TA0-100 AND 08P35-TA6-100 MANUFACTURED BETWEEN AUGUST 9, 2007 THROUGH DECEMBER 11, 2007. THE ACCESSORY WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR MODEL YEAR 2008-2010 HONDA ACCORD 4-DOOR VEHICLES. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NOSE MASK MATERIAL TO INTERFERE WITH PART OF THE HOOD LATCH. IF THE HOOD HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETELY CLOSED AND THE NOSE MASK INTERFERES WITH THE SECONDARY HOOD LATCH MECHANISM THE HOOD MAY POP OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN.

Safety consequence

THIS MAY RESULT IN REDUCED DRIVER VISIBILITY THAT COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

HONDA IS ASKING OWNERS TO PLEASE REMOVE THE NOSE MASK IMMEDIATELY AND CALL ANY AUTHORIZED HONDA DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO RETURN THE NOSE MASK AND HAVE IT REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-999-1009.

Notes

OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 09E063000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.