PlainRecordsHONDA ODYSSEY: BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM
- What can happen
- A rearview image that does not display reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will replace the rearview camera, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 24, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is HOX. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall…
- Potentially affected
- 325588
Completion rate: 14.7% of the 325,588 vehicles potentially affected, the share the maker has reported to NHTSA as remedied, as listed in NHTSA's recalls data (updated Nov. 12, 2026). A recall protects people only when the repair is done.
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- Date (report received by NHTSA)
- July 1, 2026
- Filed by
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- Vehicles
- HONDA ODYSSEY (2018, 2019, 2020)
- Component
- BACK OVER PREVENTION › SENSING SYSTEM › CAMERA
- Description of the defect
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Odyssey vehicles. Water may enter into the rearview camera, which can cause the rearview camera image to fail to display when the vehicle is in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility."
- Potentially affected
- 325588
- What can happen
- A rearview image that does not display reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will replace the rearview camera, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 24, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is HOX. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 20V438. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning July 9, 2026.
- Owner notification date
- Aug. 24, 2026
- Manufacturer campaign number
- HOX
- Recall type
- V (vehicle)
- FMVSS
- 111
- Influenced by
- MFR
- Manufacturer's component
- Camera · Camera · 39530-THRA210-M1
- Recall number
- 26V423000
How this defect works
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What the notice says to do (the remedy, in its words)
“Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Odyssey vehicles. Water may enter into the rearview camera, which can cause the rearview camera image to fail to display when the vehicle is in reverse. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 111, "Rear Visibility."” “A rearview image that does not display reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.”HONDA BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA recall, NHTSA recall record, 2026-07-01. The caption and the remedy steps are the record's own words.
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This recall among the others
- HONDA: 54 other recalls or notices on this site in the three years before this one (from July 2, 2023).
Counted from the agency records on this site, as on Statistics: a recall event once, by its first notice.
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Related recalls
- Related recall: HONDA ODYSSEY: BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM (July 28, 2020)
Source: NHTSA · Vehicle record. View the agency notice. The agency notice governs; check it and the company before acting.
Cite this record
NHTSA recall record 26V423000, July 1, 2026. PlainRecords' title: "HONDA ODYSSEY: BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM." PlainRecords, https://plainrecords.com/recall/vehicle/26v423000/ (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