NHTSA campaign 10V055000
Honda Recall 10V-055: POWER LIFTGATE SYSTEMS
- Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation
NHTSA recall 10V055000 was reported by HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) on February 23, 2010, with 21,776 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Honda Odyssey for the 2005 model year. Owners were notified on March 26, 2010, per NHTSA.
Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files
Is my vehicle included?
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Key facts
- NHTSA campaign
- 10V055000 (also written 10V-055 or 10V055)
- Filed by
- HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.)
- Report received
- Potentially affected
- 21,776 vehicles (per NHTSA)
- Component
- Structure — Body — Hatchback/Liftgate
- Owners notified
- NHTSA investigation
- Engineering Analysis EA08-015 (per NHTSA's investigations file)
Vehicles listed for this recall
NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 10V055000. 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 Odyssey
- 2005 · Vehicles built June 22, 2004 – July 15, 2005 (per NHTSA)
NHTSA's recall notice
As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 10V055000.
Defect description
HONDA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005 ODYSSEY TOURING VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH POWER OPERATED REAR LIFTGATE. THE POWER LIFTGATE GAS STRUTS MAY DETERIORATE UNEXPECTEDLY EARLY. STRUTS THAT HAVE WORN OUT PREMATURELY MAY FAIL TO HOLD THE POWER LIFTGATE IN THE FULLY OPEN POSITION, CAUSING THE POWER LIFTGATE TO CLOSE UNEXPECTEDLY.
Safety consequence
INJURY MAY RESULT FROM A POWER LIFTGATE CLOSING UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN A PERSON IS WITHIN THE CLOSING PATH OF THE LIFTGATE.
Manufacturer remedy
DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE GAS LIFTGATE STRUTS AND REPLACE IF WITHIN THE RECALL POPULATION. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE CAMPAIGN BEGAN ON MARCH 26, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HONDA AUTOMOBILE CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-999-1009.
Notes
HONDA HAS NOT DECIDED THAT THIS IS A DEFECT RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY.HOWEVER, IT HAS INFORMED NHTSA THAT IT WILL PROVIDE THE MODIFICATIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE FREE OF CHARGE.
Sources
Official NHTSA notice for recall 10V055000
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.