Honda Accord Hybrid, Insight. Published by Transport Canada as 2020626 on 17 December 2020. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, the DC-DC converter may shut down in cold temperatures due to a software error. If this happens, the 12-V battery would stop charging and a warning light would turn on in the instrument cluster. If you continue to drive with this warning on, the 12-V battery can discharge and cause a loss …
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Honda ACCORD HYBRID in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020626
- Recall date
- 17 December 2020
- Make
- Honda
- Models
- Accord Hybrid, Insight
- Model years
- 2020
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 600
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, the DC-DC converter may shut down in cold temperatures due to a software error. If this happens, the 12-V battery would stop charging and a warning light would turn on in the instrument cluster. If you continue to drive with this warning on, the 12-V battery can discharge and cause a loss of power to the wheels.Safety Risk:
A loss of power to the wheels could increase the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Honda will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to update the Power Converter Unit (PCU) software.
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 2020626.
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.
- 2020623 · 17 December 2020 · Crf1000 Africa Twin, Crf1100 Africa Twin · Fuel System
- 2020609 · 10 December 2020 · Accord · Powertrain
- 2020610 · 10 December 2020 · Fit, Civic Hybrid, Ilx · Powertrain
- 2020611 · 10 December 2020 · Accord Hybrid, Accord, Insight · Electrical
- 2020560 · 20 November 2020 · Pilot · Tires
- 2020506 · 22 October 2020 · Cbr1000rr (fireblade) · Powertrain
- 2020441 · 17 September 2020 · Ridgeline · Accessories
- 2020406 · 31 August 2020 · Pioneer 1000, Pioneer 700 · Steering
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020639 · 21 December 2020 · 9700 · Powertrain
- 2020643 · 23 December 2020 · Durastar, Workstar, MV · Powertrain
- 2020609 · 10 December 2020 · Accord · Powertrain
- 2020610 · 10 December 2020 · Fit, Civic Hybrid, Ilx · Powertrain
- 2020601 · 8 December 2020 · M56, M35 Hybrid · Powertrain
- 2020571 · 25 November 2020 · Fjr1300 · Powertrain
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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 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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