NHTSA Campaign 10V055000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
NHTSA campaign 10V055000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the structure: body: hatchback/liftgate. The repair is free.
HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) filed the report for 10V055000 with NHTSA on February 23, 2010; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 10V055000, NHTSA lists up to 21,776 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 22, 2004 and July 15, 2005.
The 10V055000 report reached NHTSA 5 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 10V055000 were scheduled from March 26, 2010, 31 days after the report.
10V055000 covers 1 model from Honda, model years 2005.
Owners of the model years 10V055000 covers have filed at least 138 complaints naming the structure, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 10V055000 ranks 46 of 100 HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) recalls on this site.
Besides 10V055000, HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) has 6 other recalls on the structure on this site; the one before 10V055000 was 09V362000, reported on September 17, 2009.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- HONDA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2005 ODYSSEY TOURING VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH POWER OPERATED REAR LIFTGATE. THE POWER LIFTGATE GAS STRUTS MAY DETERIORATE UNEXPECTEDLY EARLY. STRUTS THAT HAVE WORN OUT PREMATURELY MAY FAIL TO HOLD THE POWER LIFTGATE IN THE FULLY OPEN POSITION, CAUSING THE POWER LIFTGATE TO CLOSE UNEXPECTEDLY.
- The risk
- INJURY MAY RESULT FROM A POWER LIFTGATE CLOSING UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN A PERSON IS WITHIN THE CLOSING PATH OF THE LIFTGATE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE GAS LIFTGATE STRUTS AND REPLACE IF WITHIN THE RECALL POPULATION. THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE. THE CAMPAIGN BEGAN ON MARCH 26, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HONDA AUTOMOBILE CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-999-1009.
- Notes
- HONDA HAS NOT DECIDED THAT THIS IS A DEFECT RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY. HOWEVER, IT HAS INFORMED NHTSA THAT IT WILL PROVIDE THE MODIFICATIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE FREE OF CHARGE.
Reported February 23, 2010
Vehicles covered by 10V055000 (1)
Honda (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 10V055000, 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: February 23, 2010. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted