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NHTSA Campaign 06V270000

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL

NHTSA campaign 06V270000 covers 30 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the equipment: other: owners/service/other manual. The repair is free.

HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) filed the report for 06V270000 with NHTSA on July 26, 2006; the manufacturer initiated the recall.

For 06V270000, NHTSA lists up to 1,190,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 1, 2005 and October 31, 2005.

The 06V270000 report reached NHTSA 9 months after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 06V270000 were scheduled from August 2, 2006, 7 days after the report.

06V270000 covers 30 models from Acura and Honda, model years 2006–2007.

Owners of the model years 06V270000 covers have filed at least 1 complaints naming the equipment, about this defect or others in the same group.

Among the 06V270000 vehicles, the 2006 Honda S2000 has the most (1).

By potentially affected vehicles, 06V270000 ranks 3 of 100 HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) recalls on this site.

Besides 06V270000, HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) has 7 other recalls on the equipment on this site; the one before 06V270000 was 04V389000, reported on August 11, 2004.

What this recall covers

The defect
ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES, THE OWNER'S MANUALS CONTAIN INCORRECT CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S (NHTSA) VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE.
The risk
THE LANGUAGE IN THE OWNER'S MANUALS IS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS.
The fix
HONDA WILL SEND A POSTCARD TO DEALERS AND OWNERS WITH THE CORRECT NHTSA VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE INFORMATION AND WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO INSERT THE CARD INTO THE "REPORTING SAFETY DEFECTS" SECTION OF THE OWNER'S MANUAL. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 2, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HONDA AT 1-800-999-1009, ACURA AT 1-800-382-2238 OR HONDA MOTORCYCLES AT 1-866-784-1870.

Reported July 26, 2006

Vehicles covered by 06V270000 (30)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 06V270000, 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 26, 2006. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted