Rockford Honda Owners! Check this Recall Before Your Car Stalls
This recall affects over half a million Honda cars. You should check to see if your car is one on the list. Then get to scheduling the repair.
Honda just announced a pretty big vehicle recall that includes 628,124 vehicles. Before you panic, know that at present, no reports of any accidents or injuries related to this recall have been received. You still don't want to be on the way to something you're already late for, and then have your vehicle stall on E. State Street.
The recall is to replace fuel pumps that can fail, causing loss of engine power and vehicle stalling that could increase the risk of a crash, according to wgntv.com. The good news is that, other than checking the list to see if your vehicle is included in the recall, there isn't much else you have to do.
Honda says the will be sending out letters in May notifying you that you'll need to head to an authorized dealer for the repair. The repair is absolutely free.
Just in case your vehicle had some previous owners and Honda can't locate you, below is the list of Honda (and Acura) models included in the recall.
- 2018 and 2019 CR-V
- 2019 and 2020 Accord
- 2019 Civic Coupe, Sedan and Type R
- 2019 and 2020 Civic Hatchback,
- 2019 Fit
- 2019 HR-V
- 2019 and 2020 Insight
- 2019 Odyssey
- 2019 Passport
- 2019 Pilot
- 2019 Ridgeline
Acura models included in the recall are:
- 2019 ILX
- 2019 and 2020 MDX
- 2019 and 2020 RDX
- 2019 and 2020 TLX
If you still need more details, visit www.recalls.acura.com or www.recalls.honda.com or call (888) 234-2138, 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT, Monday through Friday.
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