Recall · 20V326000
Honda recalled 3 models over seat belts
128
Vehicles covered
3
Models
3
Model years
June 4, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
- The defect
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2019 Clarity Fuel Cell, Clarity Electric, and Clarity Plug-in Hybrid vehicles with rear seat belt assemblies with a dual-mode locking mechanism. The seat belt webbing sensor locking mechanism may not lock as intended.
- What it can cause
- In the event of a crash, the seat belt may not properly restrain the occupant, increasing the risk of injury.
- What the dealer does
- Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the rear seat belt assembly production dates, and replace the assemblies, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began July 24, 2020. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is Z7L.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| HondaClarity Electric | 2019 | Not published here |
| HondaClarity Fuel Cell | 2019 | Not published here |
| HondaClarity Plug-IN Hybrid | 2019 | 2019 |
How this campaign compares
At 128 vehicles this is a small campaign: 67% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers one model year, 2019, so the oldest vehicles on it were one model year old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Honda vehicles have been recalled over the seat belts 12 times before this, most recently in September 2018 as 18V664000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 1 of the 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 42 complaints with NHTSA, 7 of them before this campaign was filed. 2 of those name the seat belts, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in April 2019, 1 year before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 23V858000 (fuel system, gasoline).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) with NHTSA on June 4, 2020 as campaign 20V326000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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