Honda Civic. Published by Transport Canada as 1997073 on 3 April 1997. System: Structure.
What the notice says On certain 1992-1995 four-door sedans and three-door hatchbacks, and 1993-1995 two-door coupes, located in Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces, the engine hood secondary latch may corrode and not operate if the latch is not clean and sufficiently coated with lubricant. This may cause the secondary latch to …
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Honda CIVIC in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Honda CIVIC is named on 22 American notices, 42 British, 31 European and 33 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The British register
The European register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1997073
- Recall date
- 3 April 1997
- Make
- Honda
- Models
- Civic
- Model years
- 1992 to 1995
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 109,534
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain 1992-1995 four-door sedans and three-door hatchbacks, and 1993-1995 two-door coupes, located in Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces, the engine hood secondary latch may corrode and not operate if the latch is not clean and sufficiently coated with lubricant. This may cause the secondary latch to stick in the open position as a result of the corrosion. If the primary latch is not properly locked and the secondary latch is stuck open, the engine hood could fly open restricting the driver's vision and possibly result in a crash. Correction: Dealers will lubricate the hood latch. Also, a maintenence instruction label will be installed next to the latch.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1997073.
Honda elsewhere in this register
Honda is named on 362 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1997181 · 20 October 1997 · Civic, El · Seats And Restraints
- 1996182 · 18 November 1996 · Accord · Airbag
- 1996171 · 23 October 1996 · Gl1500 · Lights And Instruments
- 1996090 · 13 June 1996 · Civic · Brakes
- 1998024 · 11 February 1998 · Accord · Powertrain
- 1996023 · 5 February 1996 · Cbr1000f · Brakes
- 1998181 · 17 September 1998 · Accord · Electrical
- 1995120 · 27 June 1995 · Gl1500, St1100 · Fuel System
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1997103 · 27 May 1997 · Sundance, Shadow · Structure
- 1997104 · 28 May 1997 · Grand Caravan, Caravan, Town & Country · Structure
- 1997105 · 28 May 1997 · Sonata · Structure
- 1997106 · 28 May 1997 · Tc2000 · Structure
- 1997040 · 19 February 1997 · Travel Tandem · Structure
- 1997036 · 18 February 1997 · Discovery · Structure
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Honda: 362 in the register, and 243 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1997.
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