# NHTSA recall 14V258000

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: 14V258000
- Manufacturer's number: JE4
- Manufacturer: Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\)
- Reported: 2014\-05\-16
- Owners notified: 2014\-06\-23
- Component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
- Units potentially affected: 1038

## What is wrong

American Honda Motor Co., Ltd, \(Honda\) is recalling certain model year 2013 Honda Fit vehicles manufactured May 24, 2013, through July 5, 2013, and equipped with a manual transmission.  The passenger side driveshaft may break while driving due to an improper heat treatment application during manufacturing.


## What can happen

If the driveshaft fractures and separates while driving, the vehicle would lose power and coast to a stop.  If a vehicle with a fractured driveshaft is parked without the parking brake applied, the vehicle could move unexpectedly.  Either condition increases the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the passenger side driveshaft and replace it if necessary, free of charge.  The recall began on June 23, 2014.  Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1\-800\-999\-1009.  Honda's number for this recall is JE4.


## Notes

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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2015 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2015\-10\-22
- Vehicles in the campaign: 1038
- Reported remedied: 778 \(74%\)
- Reported unreachable: 5
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2015 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2013 HONDA FIT](/makes/honda/fit/2013/recalls.md). Built 2013\-05\-24 to 2013\-07\-05.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [Service Bulletin](/bulletins/10129347.md), 2018-02-26, Service bulletin
- [Service Bulletin](/bulletins/10129346.md), 2018-02-26, 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)

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