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Vehicles · NHTSA · Recall #NHTSA-15V668000

2016 Honda Pilot Recall

Issued October 16, 2015 · Honda

In October 2015, Honda recalled the 2016 Honda Pilot, a serious vehicles recall reported by the NHTSA. Affected owners are eligible for a repair. Here is what the hazard is and exactly what to do about it.

Compiled by Maya Ellison, RecallCheckr

What this means for you

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2016 Honda Pilot 2WD vehicles manufactured May 4, 2015, to September 8, 2015 and 2016 Pilot 4WD vehicles manufactured May 7, 2015 to September 4, 2015. In the affected vehicles, when one of the safety systems such as tire pressure monitoring, anti-lock braking or electronic stability control malfunctions, there is potential that the instrument panel will not illuminate the corresponding warning light, however the warning lamps will illuminate when the ignition is turned off and then turned back on. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 126, "Electronic stability control systems", number 135, "Light vehicle brake systems" and number 138, "Tire pressure monitoring systems".

What you should do

  1. 1 Keep using 2016 Honda Pilot only as advised. See the remedy below.
  2. 2 Set it aside where it won't be used by mistake.
  3. 3 Contact Honda to arrange your repair. See the official notice below for contact details.
  4. 4 Keep the product until your remedy is fully processed. You may need it.
Official remedy (Repair): Honda will notify owners, and dealers will update the instrument cluster software, free of charge. The recall began on December 11, 2015. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is JV7.

Recall details

Brand
Honda
Category
Vehicles
Recall date
October 16, 2015
Units affected
Not reported
Sold at
Not listed
Recall number
NHTSA-15V668000
Made in
Not listed
Issuing agency
NHTSA

In context

  • Honda has 80 recalls in our database, including 1 rated Critical.
  • We're tracking 1,755 Vehicles recalls in our database.
  • This is the 26th Vehicles recall we've logged in 2015.
Read the official NHTSA notice

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