# NHTSA recall 12V486000

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: 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](/makes/honda/cr-v/2002/recalls.md). Built 2002\-02\-19 to 2002\-09\-20.
- [2003 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2003/recalls.md). Built 2002\-09\-30 to 2003\-09\-04.
- [2004 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-09\-05 to 2004\-09\-09.
- [2005 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2005/recalls.md). Built 2004\-09\-07 to 2005\-09\-02.
- [2006 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2006/recalls.md). Built 2005\-09\-05 to 2006\-07\-28.

## 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.

- 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. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/12V486000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/12V486000/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.

- [04068](/bulletins/10013623.md), 2005-04-23, 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/12V486000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/12V486000)

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