# NHTSA recall 10V364000

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: 10V364000
- Manufacturer's number: R44
- Manufacturer: HONDA \(AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.\)
- Reported: 2010\-08\-05
- Owners notified: 2010\-10\-07
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
- Units potentially affected: 551498

## What is wrong

HONDA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2003 HONDA ACCORD, CIVIC TWO AND FOUR DOOR, AND MODEL YEAR 2003\-2004 HONDA ELEMENT VEHICLES.  THE INTERLOCK LEVER OF THE IGNITION SWITCH MAY UNEXPECTEDLY DEFORM, WHICH CAN ALLOW THE INTERLOCK FUNCTION OF A VEHICLE WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO BE DEFEATED.


## What can happen

REMOVAL OF THE IGNITION KEY WHEN THE GEAR SELECTOR OF A VEHICLE WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS NOT BEEN SHIFTED TO THE PARK POSITION CAN ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO ROLL AWAY, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.


## The remedy

DEALERS WILL REMOVE THE ORIGINAL INTERLOCK PIN AND LEVER WITHIN THE IGNITION SWITCH, AND REPLACE THEM WITH NEW, DESIGNED COMPONENTS.  THIS SERVICE WILL BE PERFORMED FREE OF CHARGE.  THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 7, 2010.  OWNERS MAY CONTACT HONDA AT 1\-800\-999\-1009.


## Notes

HONDA SAFETY RECALL NO. R44.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), OR GO TO \<A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV\</A\> .


## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2003 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2003/recalls.md). Built 2003\-01\-28 to 2003\-09\-03.
- [2003 HONDA CIVIC](/makes/honda/civic/2003/recalls.md). Built 2003\-02\-13 to 2003\-09\-11.
- [2003 HONDA ELEMENT](/makes/honda/element/2003/recalls.md). Built 2003\-02\-12 to 2003\-12\-08.
- [2004 HONDA ELEMENT](/makes/honda/element/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-12\-09 to 2004\-02\-27.

## Investigated as RQ08006 and EA09001

This recall followed 2 NHTSA investigations. 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.

- RQ08006: Recall query, opened 2008\-09\-08, closed 2009\-01\-05. IGNITION PARK\-SHIFT INTERLOCK. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH.
- EA09001: Engineering analysis, opened 2009\-01\-05, closed 2010\-10\-14. Ignition Shift Interlock. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI\-THEFT:CONTROL MODULE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/10V364000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/10V364000/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.

- [A02\-053](/bulletins/10087261.md), 2016-12-27, Service bulletin
- [SB\-08\-17\-10](/bulletins/10037384.md), 2011-05-23, Service bulletin
- [04012005](/bulletins/10016339.md), 2005-09-08, Service bulletin
- [1003](/bulletins/10004964.md), 2004-01-22, Service bulletin
- [603](/bulletins/10003204.md), 2003-10-10, Service bulletin
- [602](/bulletins/638058.md), 2002-12-10, Service bulletin
- [802](/bulletins/637972.md), 2002-12-09, Service bulletin
- [010702](/bulletins/637006.md), 2002-11-19, 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/10V364000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/10V364000)

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