NHTSA Campaign 01V161000
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
NHTSA campaign 01V161000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the visibility: power window devices and controls. The repair is free.
AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO filed the report for 01V161000 with NHTSA on May 3, 2001; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 01V161000, NHTSA lists up to 10,575 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 7, 2001 and April 16, 2001.
The 01V161000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 01V161000 were scheduled from May 21, 2001, 18 days after the report.
01V161000 covers 1 model from Acura, model years 2002.
Owners of the model years 01V161000 covers have filed at least 9 complaints naming the visibility, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 01V161000 ranks 13 of 36 AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SEDANS EQUIPPED WITH AN "AUTO-UP" POWER WINDOW FEATURE ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR. THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW CONTROL UNIT CAN FAIL, AND DEPENDING ON THE FAILURE MODE, THE WINDOW COULD BECOME INOPERATIVE, OPEN OR CLOSE INDEPENDENT OF SWITCH ACTIVATION, OR THE AUTO-REVERSE SYSTEM MAY NOT OPERATE.
- The risk
- THE AUTO-REVERSE SYSTEM FAILURE COULD RESULT IN OCCUPANT INJURY.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE POWER WINDOW CONTROL UNIT. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN MAY 21, 2001. 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 ACURA AT 1-800-999-1009.
Reported May 3, 2001
Vehicles covered by 01V161000 (1)
Acura (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 01V161000, 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: May 3, 2001. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted