NHTSA Campaign 03V239000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
NHTSA campaign 03V239000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder. The repair is free.
AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO filed the report for 03V239000 with NHTSA on July 2, 2003; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 03V239000, NHTSA lists up to 814 potentially affected vehicles, built between August 4, 1999 and September 8, 1999.
The 03V239000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 03V239000 were scheduled from July 28, 2003, 26 days after the report.
03V239000 covers 1 model from Acura, model years 2000.
Owners of the model years 03V239000 covers have filed at least 4 complaints naming the service brakes, hydraulic, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 03V239000 ranks 29 of 36 AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO recalls on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, SOME BRAKE MASTER CYLINDERS MAY HAVE INTERNAL CORROSION, RESULTING IN REDUCED BRAKING PERFORMANCE AND INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES.
- The risk
- THE CORROSION COULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE A COMPLETE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER ASSEMBLY, RESERVOIR, AND BRAKE FLUID. OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN JULY 28, 2003. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT ACURA AT 1-800-382-2238.
Reported July 2, 2003
Vehicles covered by 03V239000 (1)
Acura (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 03V239000, 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: July 2, 2003. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted