NHTSA Campaign 00V257000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
NHTSA campaign 00V257000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings. The repair is free.
AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO filed the report for 00V257000 with NHTSA on September 18, 2000; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 00V257000, NHTSA lists up to 6,209 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 1, 1999 and May 31, 2000.
The 00V257000 report reached NHTSA 4 months after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 00V257000 were scheduled from September 28, 2000, 10 days after the report.
00V257000 covers 1 model from Honda, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 00V257000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the fuel system, gasoline, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 00V257000 ranks 24 of 36 AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO recalls on this site.
Besides 00V257000, AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO has 4 other recalls on the fuel system, gasoline on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTORCYCLES. AN IMPROPER SERVICE PROCEDURE THAT MAY BE USED DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CAN DAMAGE A PRESSURIZED FUEL HOSE. LIFTING THE FRONT OF THE FUEL TANK BEYOND A CERTAIN POINT CAN STRESS AND DAMAGE THE HOSE. THE INTERNALLY DAMAGED HOSE COULD EVENTUALLY CRACK, RESULTING IN A HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL LEAK.
- The risk
- FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL HOSE WITH A LONGER FUEL HOSE.
- Notes
- OWNER NOTIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING LATE SEPTEMBER 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 1-310-532-9811.
Reported September 18, 2000
Vehicles covered by 00V257000 (1)
Honda (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 00V257000, 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: September 18, 2000. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted