Honda Pilot, model year 2016. Filed by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) and reported to NHTSA on 16 October 2015. 35,406 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2016 Honda Pilot 2WD vehicles manufactured May 4, 2015, to September 8, 2015 and 2016 Pilot 4WD vehicles manufactured May 7, 2015 to September 4, 2015. In the affected vehicles, when one of the safety systems such as tire pressure monitoring, anti-lock …
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Honda's own number for this recall: JV7. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 15V668 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 15V668 cover?
- Honda Pilot, model year 2016.
- What is wrong with them?
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2016 Honda Pilot 2WD vehicles manufactured May 4, 2015, to September 8, 2015 and 2016 Pilot 4WD vehicles manufactured May 7, 2015 to September 4, 2015.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If a safety system cannot immediately warn the driver when needed, the driver may be at increased risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Honda will notify owners, and dealers will update the instrument cluster software, free of charge. The recall began on December 11, 2015. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is JV7.
- 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 JV7, 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: “If a safety system cannot immediately warn the driver when needed, the driver may be at increased risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 15V668 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| System at fault | Electrical System:Instrument Cluster/Panel |
| Reported to NHTSA | 16 October 2015 |
| Model years | 2016-2016 |
| Vehicles named | HONDA PILOT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If a safety system cannot immediately warn the driver when needed, the driver may be at increased risk of a crash.
The remedy
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will update the instrument cluster software, free of charge. The recall began on December 11, 2015. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is JV7.
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 1,836 notices in the record whose component field names electrical system. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 41 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 15V668, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/15v668/
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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The fingerprint of this notice
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