NHTSA Campaign 13V093000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
NHTSA campaign 13V093000 covers 5 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the engine and engine cooling. The repair is free.
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) filed the report for 13V093000 with NHTSA on March 15, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V093000, NHTSA lists up to 76,253 potentially affected vehicles, built between February 12, 2003 and September 29, 2004.
The 13V093000 report reached NHTSA 8 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V093000 were scheduled from April 23, 2013, 39 days after the report.
13V093000 covers 1 model from Acura, model years 2004–2008.
Owners of the model years 13V093000 covers have filed at least 25 complaints naming the engine and engine cooling, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 13V093000 vehicles, the 2004 Acura TSX has the most (19).
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V093000 ranks 83 of 232 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) recalls on this site.
Besides 13V093000, Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) has 15 other recalls on the engine and engine cooling on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Honda is recalling certain model year 2004-2008 Acura TSX vehicles originally sold in, or currently registered in, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. In states that use corrosive materials for deicing, driver's footwear may bring in materials that saturate the vehicle's carpeting, which is in contact with the vehicle's engine Electronic Control Unit (ECU). As a result, the ECU case may experience rust or corrosion. This damage may potentially cause the engine to stall.
- The risk
- A vehicle stall increases the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Honda will notify owners and Acura dealers will inspect the vehicle and replace any damaged ECU, free of charge. All vehicles will have a waterproof cover installed onto the ECU, free of charge. The recall began during April 2013. Owners may contact Acura Client Relations at 1-800-382-2238 and select option 4 or go to www.recalls.acura.com.
- Notes
- Honda's recall campaign numbers are S86.
Reported March 15, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V093000 (5)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V093000, 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: March 15, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted