NHTSA campaign 99E015000 · Equipment recall

AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. Recall 99E-015: HONDA/ACCESSORY FLOOR MATS

Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 99E015000 is an equipment recall reported by AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. on May 10, 1999, with 943,005 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Honda Civic for model years 1996–1998. Owners were notified on May 21, 1999, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

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Key facts

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

NHTSA campaign: 99E015000 (also written 99E-015 or 99E015)
Filed by: AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.
Report received: May 10, 1999
Potentially affected: 943,005 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Unknown or Other
Owners notified: May 21, 1999
Recall type: Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 99E015000. 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 Civic
- 1996, 1997, 1998

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NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 99E015000.

Defect description

EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: ACCESSORY DRIVER-SIDE FLOOR MATS USED IN 1996-1998 HONDA CIVIC VEHICLES. DUE TO THE SHAPE OF THE FLOOR ON THESE VEHICLES, A MISPOSITIONED FLOOR MAT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL.

Safety consequence

THE FLOOR MAT COULD PREVENT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FROM RETURNING TO THE IDLE POSITION.

Manufacturer remedy

IF A CUSTOMER HAS A GENUINE HONDA DRIVER-SIDE FLOOR MAT, DEALERS WILL INSTALL A POSITIVE FLOOR MAT RETENTION SYSTEM CONSISTING OF A GROMMET IN THE FLOOR MAT AND A PIN BRACKET IN THE CAR.

Notes

OWNER NOTIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MAY 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).

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 99E015000

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.