NHTSA Recall 15V668000
NHTSA Campaign Id 15V668000; Date: Oct. 16, 2015
If a safety system cannot immediately warn the driver when needed, the driver may be at increased risk of a crash.
Recalled Vehicles:
2016 Honda Pilot
Component: Electrical System: Instrument Panel
Manufactured by: Honda (american Honda Motor Co. )
Affected Units:: 35,406
Recall Summary:
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".
How to Fix:
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 Notes:
Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: Dec 11, 2015
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