NHTSA Campaign 00V030000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
NHTSA campaign 00V030000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the electrical system: wiring: front underhood. The repair is free.
AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO filed the report for 00V030000 with NHTSA on February 11, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V030000, NHTSA lists up to 77,695 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 15, 1998 and August 23, 1999.
The 00V030000 report reached NHTSA 6 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V030000 were scheduled from March 14, 2000, 32 days after the report.
00V030000 covers 1 model from Honda, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V030000 covers have filed at least 38 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V030000 ranks 5 of 36 AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO recalls on this site.
Besides 00V030000, AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO has 2 other recalls on the electrical system on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINI VANS. A WIRE HARNESS, LOCATED WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, COULD BE DAMAGED BY CONTACT WITH A METAL PIPE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A BLOWN FUSE.
- The risk
- IF A FUSE BLOWS, ENGINE POWER, OR OPERATION OF ANY OR ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, CAN BE LOST, INCLUDING LIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, HORN, AND THE ANTI-LOCK FUNCTION OF THE BRAKES. A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER OR LIGHTING, OR A FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS OR ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FEATURE IN BAD WEATHER, COULD RESULT.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSTALL A PROTECTIVE COVERING OVER THE WIRE HARNESS AND METAL PIPE TO PREVENT THIS PROBLEM. IF ANY WIRES ARE DAMAGED, THE DEALER WILL MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS, AND THEN INSTALL THE PROTECTIVE COVERING.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MARCH 14, 2000. 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.
Reported February 11, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V030000 (1)
Honda (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V030000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: February 11, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted