Honda Odyssey, model year 2018. Filed by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) and reported to NHTSA on 23 June 2017. 3,927 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018 Honda Odyssey vehicles. The seat belt tongue for the third row center seating position may not be compatible with the latch, preventing the seat belt from latching securely. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle …
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Honda's own number for this recall: KF7. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 17V397 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 17V397 cover?
- Honda Odyssey, model year 2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018 Honda Odyssey vehicles. The seat belt tongue for the third row center seating position may not be compatible with the latch, preventing the seat belt from latching securely.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If in the event of a crash, the seat belt cannot restrain the occupant they have an increased risk of being injured.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the third row center seat belt to make sure that it has the correct tongue, replacing the seat belt, if necessary, free of charge. The recall began July 31, 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138.
- 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 KF7, 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 in the event of a crash, the seat belt cannot restrain the occupant they have an increased risk of being injured.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V397 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| System at fault | Seat Belts |
| Reported to NHTSA | 23 June 2017 |
| Model years | 2018-2018 |
| Vehicles named | HONDA ODYSSEY |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If in the event of a crash, the seat belt cannot restrain the occupant they have an increased risk of being injured.
The remedy
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the third row center seat belt to make sure that it has the correct tongue, replacing the seat belt, if necessary, free of charge. The recall began July 31, 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is KF7.
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 451 notices in the record whose component field names seat belts. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 48 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
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 17V397, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v397/
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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- 26V424: 2026 Pilot and Passport
- 26V423: 2018-2020 Odyssey
- 26V366: 2023-2026 CR-V Hybrid, Accord Hybrid, and 2025-2026 CR-V Fuel Cell EV
- 26V365: 2016-2022 Honda Pilot, 2017-2023 Ridgeline, 2019-2023 Passport, and 2014-2020 Acura MDX
- 26V306: 2024-2025 Honda Prologue and 2024 Acura ZDX
- 26V227: 2018-2022 Odyssey
- 26V194: 2025 CB1000SP motorcycles
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 17V397 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
ca0eb365 - Consequence
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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