Honda recalling about 4.5M automobiles worldwide over gas pump challenge

Honda Motor’s American unit is recalling about 4.5 million automobiles worldwide over dangers of gas pump failure, the Japanese automaker stated.

The recall consists of 2.54 million automobiles in the US and comes after the automaker beforehand recalled 628,000 U.S. automobiles in 2021 and 136,000 in 2020 for a similar challenge.

Honda Canada pointed CBC Information to the knowledge outlined on their web site when requested for remark. 

Roughly 297,836 automobiles are affected in Canada, in line with the corporate’s web site. The corporate says gas pumps will probably be changed without cost and that there are presently no reported crashes or accidents associated to the difficulty. 

Honda issued recollects earlier this month over the identical challenge in China and Japan.

Honda sellers will exchange the gas pump module, the automaker stated in a submitting with the Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration. Honda plans to inform homeowners in early February of the recall.

Honda stated it had no studies of accidents however 4,042 guarantee claims associated to the difficulty since 2018.

The recall consists of numerous fashions together with the 2018-2020 mannequin yr Honda Accord, Civic, CR-V, HR-V, Perception, Ridgeline, Odyssey, Passport and numerous Acura fashions, together with the ILX, MDX, RDX, RLX, TLX and NSX automobiles.

Honda stated the substitute components have better density and expanded clearance.

The announcement comes a day after Honda recalled about 106,030 CR-V hybrid automobiles as a result of danger of fireside or harm in a crash attributable to an overheated battery cable or quick circuit.

Canadians who assume their Honda could also be impacted can name the corporate’s shopper providers line for extra info at 1-888-9-HONDA-9 (1-888-946-6329). 

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