Honda Civic. Published by Transport Canada as 2016047 on 1 February 2016. System: Engine.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with 2.0L engines, a piston pin circlip may not have been installed or may have been improperly installed into the piston during assembly. If the circlip is not properly installed, over the course of engine operation, the piston pin will rub against the cylinder wall causing noise and …
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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 European register
The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2016047
- Recall date
- 1 February 2016
- Make
- Honda
- Models
- Civic
- Model years
- 2016
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Engine
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 10,698
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with 2.0L engines, a piston pin circlip may not have been installed or may have been improperly installed into the piston during assembly. If the circlip is not properly installed, over the course of engine operation, the piston pin will rub against the cylinder wall causing noise and damage, or in the worst case, the piston pin may detach from one side of the piston and cause an engine failure. Engine damage will eventually result in the engine stalling. Engine stalling would result in a loss of motive power; an engine failure would result in a sudden loss of motive power and may result in an under hood fire. These potential outcomes in conjunction with traffic and road conditions, and the driver's reactions, could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: Dealers will inspect, and repair as necessary.
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 2016047.
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.
- 2016046 · 1 February 2016 · RL, Cr-V, Ridgeline · Airbag
- 2016085 · 22 February 2016 · Forza (nss300) · Brakes
- 2016032 · 25 January 2016 · Accord · Airbag
- 2016126 · 21 March 2016 · PCX150 · Accessories
- 2016145 · 5 April 2016 · Pioneer 1000-5 · Structure
- 2016249 · 24 May 2016 · Odyssey, MDX, Element · Airbag
- 2016278 · 3 June 2016 · MDX, Pilot · Fuel System
- 2016354 · 7 July 2016 · Cbr300ra, Cb300r, Cb300fa · Engine
The same system: Engine
287 notices in this register name Engine. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2016094 · 25 February 2016 · FGB72, Fec52, Fec72 · Engine
- 2016117 · 14 March 2016 · Uxv 450i · Engine
- 2016122 · 17 March 2016 · Forester, Impreza WRX · Engine
- 2016138 · 31 March 2016 · MKC, Explorer · Engine
- 2016282 · 3 June 2016 · VNM, VNL · Engine
- 2016285 · 6 June 2016 · Cascadia, 4900, 122sd · Engine
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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 644 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2016.
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