NHTSA recall 12V486000

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Campaign
Published by	NHTSA (United States)
Campaign number	12V486000
Manufacturer's number	S61
Manufacturer	Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Reported	2012-10-05
Owners notified	2012-11-02
Component	VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Units potentially affected	268655

What is wrong

Honda is recalling certain model year 2002-2006 CR-V passenger vehicles, manufactured from February 19, 2002, through July 28, 2006. The driver-side power window switch may fail or melt.

What can happen

If the switch fails, it could overheat, smoke, and cause a fire. A switch failure, and a fire, could occur even if the vehicle is not in use. As a precaution, owners are advised to park outside until the recall repair has been performed.

The remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and repair the switches, as necessary, free of charge. The safety recall began on November 2, 2012. Owners may contact Honda at 1-800-999-1009.

Notes

Honda's campaign recall number is S61. Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Vehicles this campaign lists
2002 HONDA CR-V	Built 2002-02-19 to 2002-09-20.
2003 HONDA CR-V	Built 2002-09-30 to 2003-09-04.
2004 HONDA CR-V	Built 2003-09-05 to 2004-09-09.
2005 HONDA CR-V	Built 2004-09-07 to 2005-09-02.
2006 HONDA CR-V	Built 2005-09-05 to 2006-07-28.

A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.

Investigated as EA11004

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.

NHTSA investigations that led to this recall
EA11004	Engineering analysis, opened 2011-04-11, closed 2012-10-24. Driver's Power Window Master Switch. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR; VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
04068	2005-04-23. Service bulletin. GRINDING NOISE WHEN OPENING OR CLOSING A FRONT WINDOW. *EH

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