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2018 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2018 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell. The newest campaign is 19V315000. NHTSA received the report on 18 Apr 2019. The NHTSA record gives the component Equipment / Electrical. NHTSA has 2 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 19V315000, in the NHTSA record

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.
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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 2,164 units in total.

  1. 19V315000Received . 1,082 units.

    Equipment / Electrical

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    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, in the NHTSA record
    A failure of the water pump can cause the vehicle to stall, increasing the risk of crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    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.

    Report filed by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.). Manufacturer campaign number N5H. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 18V921000Received . 1,082 units.

    Electrical System / Software

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    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, in the NHTSA record
    A loss of power can increase the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    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.

    Report filed by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.). Manufacturer campaign number A3O. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Complaints by component

2 complaints, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

2018 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Fuel/Propulsion System1
Vehicle Speed Control1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
21 May 2020

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2018 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2020, with 2 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20173
  2. 20182
  3. 20191

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 2018 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/honda/clarity-fuel-cell/2018/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2018 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell?
2,164 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Honda Clarity Fuel Cell have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 4 recall campaigns for the Honda Clarity Fuel Cell, model years 2017 to 2019. 2 of them name the 2018 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2018 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell name most often?
Fuel/Propulsion System: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2018 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.