The defect
PRODUCTION TOLERANCE ERRORS COULD ALLOW ACCIDENTAL HOOD OPENING. IF THE HOOD IS NOT SECURELY LATCHED IN THE FULLY LOCKED POSITION, DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED OR HITTING A LARGE BUMP COULD CAUSE THE HOOD TO OPEN WITHOUT WARNING.
The remedy
DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE DEFECTIVE HOOD LATCHES AT NO CHARGE.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Honda Civic | 1984 |
Components: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honda Civic | 1984 | 5 | 3 |
Other latches/locks/linkages recalls in 1983
4 of the 140 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1983 concerned the latches/locks/linkages; AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. filed 122 campaigns in all.
| 83V125000 20 Nov 1983 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| 83V063000 22 Jun 1983 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| 83V030000 17 Mar 1983 | WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1983