Recall · 20V798000
Honda recalled 3 models over electrical system
27,838
Vehicles covered
3
Models
4
Model years
December 17, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:DC/DC CONVERTER
- The defect
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2020 CR-V Hybrid, Accord Hybrid, and 2020-2021 Insight vehicles. The DC-DC converter may shut down and prevent the 12-volt battery from recharging, possibly resulting in a loss of drive power.
- What it can cause
- A loss of drive power can increase the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Honda will notify owners, and dealers will update the power converter unit (PCU) software, free of charge. The recall began February 12, 2021. Owners can contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is K9E.
- 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 .
How this campaign compares
At 27,838 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 86% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2020 to 2021, and the defect was reported to NHTSA in 2020, at or before the oldest model year it covers — as current as a recall gets.
Honda vehicles have been recalled over the electrical system 36 times before this, most recently in December 2020 as 20V771000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 4 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 169 complaints with NHTSA, 5 of them before this campaign was filed. 33 of those name the electrical system, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 7 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V332000 (air bags), 24V064000 (air bags), 23V858000 (fuel system, gasoline), 23V844000 (electrical system).
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 December 17, 2020 as campaign 20V798000. 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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