Honda (American Honda Motor Co.): Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 9, 2023 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 448,613. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2017-2020 CR-V, 2018-2019 Accord and Accord Hybrid, 2018-2020 Odyssey, 2019 Insight, and 2019-2020 Acura RDX vehicles. A manufacturing issue with the front seat belts may cause the seat belt buckle channel to interfere with the release button, preventing the seat belt buckle from latching.
The risk
An unlatched seat belt cannot properly restrain the seat occupant during a crash, increasing their risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the driver and front passenger seat belt buckle release buttons or the buckle assemblies as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 18, 2023. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are NDA, QDB, BDC, MDD, LD9. TDF, FDG, ODH, YDI, ZDE.
14 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Acura RDX | 351 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 Honda CR-V | 358 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 2020 Honda Odyssey | 491 | 14 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 Acura RDX | 441 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 Honda Accord | 698 | 6 | 2 | 26 |
| 2019 Honda Accord Hybrid | 94 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 Honda CR-V | 1,107 | 8 | 2 | 31 |
| 2019 Honda Insight | 101 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 2019 Honda Odyssey | 997 | 20 | 7 | 16 |
| 2018 Honda Accord | 1,897 | 6 | 4 | 35 |
| 2018 Honda Accord Hybrid | 116 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 Honda CR-V | 2,163 | 5 | 2 | 46 |
| 2018 Honda Odyssey | 1,011 | 16 | 3 | 14 |
| 2017 Honda CR-V | 1,779 | 7 | 4 | 42 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 23V158000.
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