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American Honda Co recall 23V261 (KP2): 2023 Rebel 300 (CMX300) Motorcycles

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Honda Cmx300, model year 2023. Filed by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) and reported to NHTSA on 12 April 2023. 1,461 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023 Rebel 300 (CMX300) motorcycles. The right engine crank house cover was incorrectly painted, allowing the press-fit plug to fall out.

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: KP2. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 23V261 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 23V261 cover?
Honda CMX300, model year 2023.
What is wrong with them?
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2023 Rebel 300 (CMX300) motorcycles. The right engine crank house cover was incorrectly painted, allowing the press-fit plug to fall out.
What can happen if it is not put right?
Oil can leak onto the exhaust pipe or rear tire without the plug, increasing the risk of a fire, crash, or injury.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. Dealers will replace the right crank case cover, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 25, 2023. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-800-784-1870. Honda's number for this recall is KP2.
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 KP2, 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: “Oil can leak onto the exhaust pipe or rear tire without the plug, increasing the risk of a fire, crash, or injury.”

1,461vehicles potentially
affected
1model named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 12 April 2023owners told 25 May 2023today
The defect reached the regulator on 12 April 2023. Owners were written to 43 days later, on 25 May 2023. 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.
Campaign23V261
Filed byHonda (American Honda Motor Co.)
System at faultEngine And Engine Cooling:Exhaust System:Emission Control:Crankcase (PCV)
Reported to NHTSA12 April 2023
Model years2023-2023
Vehicles namedHONDA CMX300

What the notice says today

The consequence

Oil can leak onto the exhaust pipe or rear tire without the plug, increasing the risk of a fire, crash, or injury.

The remedy

Dealers will replace the right crank case cover, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 25, 2023. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-800-784-1870. Honda's number for this recall is KP2.

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 588 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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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 23V261 on 5 September 2026, they were:

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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