Honda’s 2.6 Million-Vehicle Fuel Pump Recall Is The Year’s Largest

Honda’s 2.6 Million-Vehicle Fuel Pump Recall Is The Year’s Largest

Honda’s 2.6 Million-Vehicle Fuel Pump Recall Is The Year’s Largest

A gasoline pump recall issued on Thursday impacts roughly 2.6 million Acura and Honda fashions from the 2017 via 2020 mannequin years within the United States.

Honda has found the gasoline pump impeller in a big handful of its automobiles will not be molded accurately. This could cause the piece to deform and intervene with the gasoline pump physique, which might trigger the piece to cease working. The engine would then be starved of gasoline and cease working. Honda has no studies of crashes or accidents from this drawback. The repair entails changing all the pump. 

Because of the scale of the recall, Honda says it would not have sufficient alternative gasoline pumps to repair all the affected automobiles directly. So the corporate is notifying homeowners in phases. The first letters to homeowners exit in early February, and extra bulletins come out because the automaker has new components out there.

A Honda spokesperson informed Motor1 that changing the gasoline pump takes two to a few hours, however the time varies relying on the car. “It’s too early in the process for [Honda] to provide an accurate time frame when sufficient parts will be available for all affected models, but we’re working to improve supply as quickly as possible,” the spokesperson mentioned.

Owners who do not wish to watch for the mailed notification can see if this recall impacts their car by checking the car identification quantity (VIN) at Acura, Honda, or by calling (888) 234-2138. You may go to the NHTSA’s website and search by mannequin or VIN. A full checklist of automobiles affected may be seen under.

This is the largest single recall by an automaker in 2023. It surpasses Tesla’s current marketing campaign, affecting simply over 2 million automobiles to update the Autopilot software so as to add extra controls and alerts in an effort to make the system safer.

These automobiles are affected: