Honda has issued a recall for 205,760 2023-2025 Pilot and 2023-2024 Passport SUVs. The recall stems from a manufacturing difficulty that stops the gasoline filler neck tube and pipe from correctly connecting. If an affected car gets right into a crash, the impression may trigger the 2 elements to separate, presumably making a gasoline leak.

Honda’s investigation found that an out-of-sequence course throughout the car meeting prevented the 2 items from making a whole connection. The automaker improved its meeting course on October 18.

Honda realized of a possible downside on Could 13, 2024, when it acquired its first guarantee declare associated with the difficulty. A vendor notified the automaker in regards to the potential downside because it carried out a pre-delivery inspection. By Could 20, Honda had discovered six autos with incomplete gasoline pipe connections in its stock.

Over the following few months, Honda continued to investigate the difficulty earlier than deciding on November 21 to difficulty a security recall. It doesn’t know of any reviews of accidents or deaths associated with this difficulty.

Honda will contact affected homeowners through mail, instructing them to take their car to a certified vendor, the place a service technician will examine the connection and correctly join the 2 elements if there’s a problem. The automaker will start notifying prospects early in the subsequent year.