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Honda CLARITY FUEL CELL

Routine recalls4 campaigns, none flagged critical.
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4 campaigns
4 recalls💥 4 crash risk
Model year
Seat Belts
Apr 6, 2020
2312 days ago

Your rear seat belt can fail to lock during a crash and not protect your child.

Affected: SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER · 2019
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2019 Clarity Fuel Cell, Clarity Electric, and Clarity Plug-in Hybrid vehicles with rear seat belt assemblies with a dual-mode locking mechanism. The seat belt webbing sensor locking mechanism may not lock as intended.

Consequence

In the event of a crash, the seat belt may not properly restrain the occupant, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the rear seat belt assembly production dates, and replace the assemblies, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began July 24, 2020. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is Z7L.

Software
Jan 25, 2018
3114 days ago

Your fuel cell can lose power without warning and cause a crash.

Affected: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE · 2017
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2017 Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles. The fuel cell control unit (FC-ECU) may misinterpret a small cell voltage drop, causing the vehicle to have reduced, or a complete loss of, power.

Consequence

A loss of power can increase the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will install a software update, free of charge. The recall began February 28, 2018. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is R0L.

Software
Dec 20, 2018
2785 days ago

Your fuel cell can lose power without warning and cause a crash.

Affected: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE · 2018
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles previously repaired under recall 18V-068. The previous software remedy may have been incomplete. As a result, the fuel cell control unit (FC-ECU) may misinterpret a small cell voltage drop, causing the vehicle to have a partial or complete loss of power.

Consequence

A loss of power can increase the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Honda has notified owners, and dealers will update the FC-ECU software, free of charge. The recall began February 14, 2019. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is A3O.

Electrical
Apr 18, 2019
2666 days ago

Your water pump can fail and cause the engine to stall while driving.

Affected: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL · 2018
CRASH RISK
NHTSA
Summary

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles. Internal components may corrode and cause the water pump to fail.

Consequence

A failure of the water pump can cause the vehicle to stall, increasing the risk of crash.

Remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the water pump, free of charge. The recall began June 10, 2019. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is L4N.

Full analysis: how to read the Honda CLARITY FUEL CELL recall history
Year range, common components, complaint patterns, and how to use this page.

Understanding the Honda CLARITY FUEL CELL recall history

The Honda CLARITY FUEL CELL currently has 4 recall campaigns indexed from the NHTSA public database. Each recall represents a formal campaign to fix a defect at no cost to the current owner. Owner complaints are self-reported incidents that haven't (yet) resulted in a recall but can indicate emerging patterns worth watching.

The most frequent recall categories for the CLARITY FUEL CELL in our dataset are electrical (3), and seat belt (1). These clusters matter when you're shopping for a used CLARITY FUEL CELL: recalls in these systems tend to be the ones most likely to have been skipped by previous owners, because they aren't always visible during a routine test drive or pre-purchase inspection.

The tracked recalls span model years 2017–2019, with campaigns reported to NHTSA between 2018 and 2020. Not every model year carries every recall. Each campaign is scoped to a specific year range and often a specific build window, which is why a VIN lookup is the only way to know whether a particular CLARITY FUEL CELL is actually affected by any of these campaigns.

How to use this page

The safest path for an owner is to run your VIN through the checker above. A VIN query hits NHTSA's live API and tells you whether your specific CLARITY FUEL CELL has an open, unresolved recall. If you're researching a used CLARITY FUEL CELLbefore buying, use the recall list below to understand the model's full history, then check the seller's VIN to see whether prior owners actually completed the free repairs. Many don't, and unresolved recalls can linger for years.

Figures are generated live from the RecallScanner dataset, which is sourced from NHTSA's public recall and complaint APIs and refreshed daily. RecallScanner is independent and not affiliated with Honda or any U.S. government agency.

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