# NHTSA recall 03V422000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 03V422000
- Manufacturer: AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.
- Reported: 2003\-10\-27
- Owners notified: 2003\-11\-03
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
- Units potentially affected: 76988

## What is wrong

ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, METAL PARTICLES IN THE KEY CYLINDER BODY COULD INTERFERE WITH THE INTERLOCK LEVER OPERATION, MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO REMOVE THE IGNITION KEY WITHOUT SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION TO "PARK."


## What can happen

IF THE VEHICLE OPERATOR DOES NOT SHIFT TO "PARK" BEFORE REMOVING THE KEY AND FAILS TO ENGAGE THE PARKING BRAKE, THE VEHICLE COULD ROLL AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND TEST IGNITION SWITCHES FOR CONTAMINATION INTERFERENCE.  ANY SWITCHES THAT FAIL THE TEST WILL BE REPAIRED.  OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON NOVENBER 3, 2003.    OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT  HONDA AT 1\-800\-999\-1009.


## Notes

CUSTOMERS CAN ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-DASH\-2\-DOT \(1\-888\-327\-4236\).


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2002 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2002/recalls.md). Built 2001\-05\-11 to 2002\-09\-26.

## Investigated as EA03018

This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.

- EA03018: Engineering analysis, opened 2003\-09\-09, closed 2003\-11\-13. IGNITION\-PARK INTERLOCK SYSTEM. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT; STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI\-THEFT DEVICE.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/03V422000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/03V422000/investigations)

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [03053](/bulletins/10008525.md), 2004-08-04, Service bulletin
- [603](/bulletins/10003204.md), 2003-10-10, Service bulletin
- [602](/bulletins/638058.md), 2002-12-10, Service bulletin
- [010702](/bulletins/637006.md), 2002-11-19, Service bulletin
- [031102](/bulletins/630866.md), 2002-04-25, Service bulletin
- [202](/bulletins/629950.md), 2002-04-10, Service bulletin
- [181201](/bulletins/627301.md), 2002-02-06, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/03V422000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/03V422000)

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