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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid, across 2 model years from 2018 to 2019. The 2019 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2018 (1).

Model years
2

2018–2019, with a recall

Recall campaigns
2
Most recalls
2019

2 recalls

Owner complaints
188

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 188 complaints with NHTSA about the Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid across 5 model years; the most, 137, concern the 2018.

Owners marked a crash on 12 of the Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid complaints (6%) and a fire on 1.

Across all Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 37 complaints), then the electrical system (29).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid in 2024: 51, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid is fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump, in 2 model-year listings.

The newest Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid recall, 23V858000, was reported on December 18, 2023 and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump.

Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid years to avoid

Too few Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 2 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2021010not ranked
2020072not ranked
201924217not ranked
2018113767not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid

  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP2
  • SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER1

Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid recall campaign (2)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
23V858000December 18, 2023fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2018–2019crash2,490,460
20V326000June 4, 2020seat belts: rear/other2019crash and injury128

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: October 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted