NHTSA Campaign 10V001000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
NHTSA campaign 10V001000 covers 2 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: instrument cluster/panel. The repair is free.
HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) filed the report for 10V001000 with NHTSA on January 4, 2010; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 10V001000, NHTSA lists up to 76,000 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 11, 2004 and June 7, 2006.
The 10V001000 report reached NHTSA 4 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V001000 were scheduled from March 15, 2010, 70 days after the report.
10V001000 covers 1 model from Honda, model years 2006–2007.
Owners of the model years 10V001000 covers have filed at least 60 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 10V001000 vehicles, the 2006 Honda Ridgeline has the most (43).
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V001000 ranks 29 of 100 HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) recalls on this site.
Besides 10V001000, HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) has 10 other recalls on the electrical system on this site; the one before 10V001000 was 07V359000, reported on August 15, 2007.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- HONDA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2006 AND 2007 RIDGELINE VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JANUARY 17, 2005, AND JUNE 7, 2006. A WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR FOR THE HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING (HVAC) BLOWER MOTOR LOCATED UNDER THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MAY BE ACCESSIBLE TO KICKING BY THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER'S FEET. IF THIS OCCURS, THE CONNECTOR TERMINAL MAY OVERHEAT, AND THIS MAY CAUSE THE WIRE INSULATION TO MELT OR THE WIRING CONNECTOR TO MELT.
- The risk
- SHOULD THE WIRING INSULATION MELT AND THE EXPOSED WIRES MAKE CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER (SHORT CIRCUIT), A FIRE MAY OCCUR.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND IF THE WIRING CONNECTOR IS DAMAGED IT WILL BE REPLACED AND ALL VEHICLES WILL HAVE THE PROTECTIVE COVER INSTALLED FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HONDA AT 1-800-999-1009.
- Notes
- HONDA'S SAFETY RECALL NO. R27.
Reported January 4, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V001000 (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V001000, 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: January 4, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted