PlainRecordsHONDA PASSPORT, PILOT, RIDGELINE and others: STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS; SUSPENSION: REAR
- What can happen
- Failure of rear suspension components, such as the rear control arm, can cause a loss of vehicle handling and control, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect the rear subframe and install a rear subframe reinforcement kit and, as necessary, repair or replace the rear subframe components, free of charge. Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed July 27, 2026. Additional…
- Potentially affected
- 965561
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- Date (report received by NHTSA)
- June 4, 2026
- Filed by
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- Vehicles
- ACURA MDX (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020); HONDA PASSPORT (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023); HONDA PILOT (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022); HONDA RIDGELINE (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- Component
- STRUCTURE › FRAME AND MEMBERS; SUSPENSION › REAR
- Description of the defect
- American Honda Motor Company (Honda) is recalling certain 2016-2022 Honda Pilot, 2017-2023 Ridgeline, 2019-2023 Passport, and 2014-2020 Acura MDX vehicles that were sold in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, or Wisconsin. The rear subframe may corrode at the suspension mounting points, which can result in rear suspension component failure.
- Potentially affected
- 965561
- What can happen
- Failure of rear suspension components, such as the rear control arm, can cause a loss of vehicle handling and control, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect the rear subframe and install a rear subframe reinforcement kit and, as necessary, repair or replace the rear subframe components, free of charge. Interim letters notifying owners of the safety risk were mailed July 27, 2026. Additional letters will be sent once the final remedy is available, anticipated in the fall of 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are AOU and AOT. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning June 10, 2026.
- Manufacturer campaign number
- AOU, AOT
- Recall type
- V (vehicle)
- Influenced by
- MFR
- Manufacturer's component
- SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · 50300-T6Z-A01; SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · 50300-TG7-A02; SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · 50300-TG8-A00; SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · 50300-TJZ-A00; SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · 50300-TRX-A01; SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · 50300-TYR-A01; SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · 50300-TYS-A01; SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · 50300-TZ5-305; SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · 50300-TZ5-A05; SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · 50300-TZ6-305; SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · SUB-FRAME ASSY., RR · 50300-TZ6-A07
- Recall number
- 26V365000
How this defect works
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What the notice says to do (the remedy, in its words)
“American Honda Motor Company (Honda) is recalling certain 2016-2022 Honda Pilot, 2017-2023 Ridgeline, 2019-2023 Passport, and 2014-2020 Acura MDX vehicles that were sold in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, or Wisconsin. The rear subframe may corrode at the suspension mounting points, which can result in rear suspension component failure.” “Failure of rear suspension components, such as the rear control arm, can cause a loss of vehicle handling and control, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.”ACURA, HONDA STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS recall, NHTSA recall record, 2026-06-04. The caption and the remedy steps are the record's own words.
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This recall among the others
- HONDA: 55 other recalls or notices on this site in the three years before this one (from June 5, 2023).
Counted from the agency records on this site, as on Statistics: a recall event once, by its first notice.
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Cite this record
NHTSA recall record 26V365000, June 4, 2026. PlainRecords' title: "HONDA PASSPORT, PILOT, RIDGELINE and others: STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS; SUSPENSION: REAR." PlainRecords, https://plainrecords.com/recall/vehicle/26v365000/ (as of the day it was built).At each build a sample of records from each source is compared with the agency's published file and the page; every correction is public. Drawings are chosen by software that reads the record. Built daily. How we check · Corrections