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Honda recall 11V180 (R72): Model Year 2011 Honda Odyssey

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Honda Odyssey, model year 2011. Filed by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) and reported to NHTSA on 15 March 2011. 33,341 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Honda is recalling certain model year 2011 honda odyssey vehicles. if the front windshield wiper blades become frozen to the windshield and the wiper motor is switched on, one of the front windshield wiper linkage rods may bend or separate from the motor due to insufficient stiffness of the rod.

Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.

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Honda's own number for this recall: R72. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 11V180 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.

What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 11V180 cover?
Honda Odyssey, model year 2011.
What is wrong with them?
HONDA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 HONDA ODYSSEY VEHICLES. IF THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES BECOME FROZEN TO THE WINDSHIELD AND THE WIPER MOTOR IS SWITCHED ON, ONE OF THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER LINKAGE RODS MAY BEND OR SEPARATE FROM THE MOTOR DUE TO INSUFFICIENT STIFFNESS OF THE ROD.
What can happen if it is not put right?
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MAY FAIL TO OPERATE, DECREASING THE DRIVER'S VISIBILITY IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER ROD FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 28, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-999-1009.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Honda calls this recall R72, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MAY FAIL TO OPERATE, DECREASING THE DRIVER'S VISIBILITY IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.”

33,341vehicles potentially
affected
1model named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 15 March 2011owners told 28 April 2011today
The defect reached the regulator on 15 March 2011. Owners were written to 44 days later, on 28 April 2011. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign took longer than most.
Campaign11V180
Filed byHONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.)
System at faultVisibility:Windshield Wiper/Washer
Reported to NHTSA15 March 2011
Model years2011-2011
Vehicles namedHONDA ODYSSEY

What the notice says today

The consequence

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS MAY FAIL TO OPERATE, DECREASING THE DRIVER'S VISIBILITY IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

The remedy

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER ROD FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 28, 2011. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-999-1009.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 463 notices in the record whose component field names visibility. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 34 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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CarsMultiverse, recall 11V180, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/11v180/

The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.

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