Honda Recalls
Check open Honda recalls by VIN. CheckMyVIN queries NHTSA's live recall API on every lookup — no stale snapshots, no signup.
How Honda recall lookups work
When you enter a Honda VIN, CheckMyVIN first decodes the vehicle (make, model, model year) against NHTSA VPIC. Those three fields are then sent to the NHTSA recallsByVehicle API, which returns every open campaign on file. Each result shows the official NHTSA campaign number (format: two-digit year, "V" for vehicle, six-digit sequence — e.g. 19V472000), the affected component, a paraphrased plain-English summary, and the dealer remedy. Honda dealers perform recall work at no charge regardless of who currently owns the vehicle.
Why check Honda recalls before buying used?
A used-car dealer is not required to complete open recalls before sale in most US states. Run the VIN before the test drive — if a recall is open, you can either ask the dealer to complete it before delivery, negotiate the price, or schedule the free fix at a Honda authorized dealer after purchase.
Notable past Honda recall campaigns
A few well-documented campaigns to show the kind of data CheckMyVIN surfaces per VIN. Click any campaign number for the full record on nhtsa.gov. Summaries below paraphrase the official NHTSA records — verify against the source for the authoritative wording.
NHTSA campaign 18V663000
Steering: electric power assist — torque sensor magnet
2017-2018 Honda Civic and CR-V
The magnet that controls the torque sensor output signal for the electric power steering system may not be properly secured at the factory; if it becomes dislodged during a full-lock steering maneuver the system can deliver an unintended steering input, reducing maneuverability and increasing crash risk. Honda dealers inspect and re-secure or replace the affected steering components at no charge.
NHTSA campaign 23V858000
Fuel system: low-pressure fuel pump (Denso supplier defect)
2013-2023 Honda Accord, Civic Coupe / Sedan / Hatchback / Type R, CR-V, HR-V, Ridgeline, Odyssey, plus Acura ILX, MDX, MDX Hybrid, RDX, RLX, TLX, and 2018-2019 Honda Fit, 2019-2022 Insight / Passport, 2020 CR-V Hybrid
The low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank, supplied by Denso, can fail and cause the engine to stall without warning while driving. Honda dealers replace the fuel pump assembly at no charge. This campaign is part of the broader Denso fuel-pump supply-chain defect that also triggered separate NHTSA campaigns at Toyota (20V682000), Subaru (21V587000), and other automakers — same defective pump, separate per-OEM filings.
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, via api.nhtsa.gov/recalls. Campaign numbers and components are verbatim from NHTSA; summaries are paraphrased.
What CheckMyVIN does not do
Some recalls are VIN-specific within a model year — only certain build dates or option packages are affected. NHTSA's public API returns the campaign for the year/make/model; for the final "is my exact VIN affected" answer, Honda also publishes a VIN-specific lookup on their owners site, and you can search any campaign number on the NHTSA recall portal. CheckMyVIN cites every campaign by its official number so you can verify independently.
Want the full spec decode for this Honda — engine code, assembly plant, model year, body class — alongside its recall history? Run it through the Honda VIN Decoder; the report covers both the NHTSA specifications and every open recall in a single sticker.
Researching before you have a VIN in hand? Browse the full Honda recall archive by model year — every NHTSA campaign since 1990, organized by year and model.