# NHTSA recall 16V074000

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: 16V074000
- Manufacturer's number: JX9
- Manufacturer: Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\)
- Reported: 2016\-02\-09
- Owners notified: 2016\-03\-25
- Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- Units potentially affected: 42129

## What is wrong

Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\) is recalling certain model year 2016 Civic vehicles manufactured September 22, 2015, to February 3, 2016 and equipped with 2.0L engines.  The affected vehicles have engines with piston assemblies that may have been manufactured without a piston wrist pin circlip or with an incorrectly installed piston wrist pin circlip.


## What can happen

If a circlip is missing or incorrectly installed, the piston wrist pin may not be secure and may drift and damage the engine cylinder causing the engine to seize, and increasing the risk of a crash or a fire.


## The remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the piston assemblies and damaged engine components, as necessary, free of charge.  Parts are expected to be available in the Summer of 2016.  Owners were mailed an interim notification beginning March 31, 2016, and will be mailed a second notice when parts are available.  Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1\-888\-234\-2138.  Honda's number for this recall is JX9.


## 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 2017 quarter 2
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-07\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 42129
- Reported remedied: 41027 \(97%\)
- Reported unreachable: 8
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 2, 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

- [2016 HONDA CIVIC](/makes/honda/civic/2016/recalls.md). Built 2015\-09\-22 to 2016\-02\-03.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [A26\-099](/bulletins/11037711.md), 2026-10-01, Service bulletin
- [A26\-097](/bulletins/11037709.md), 2026-10-01, Service bulletin
- [A26\-009](/bulletins/11037695.md), 2026-10-01, Service bulletin
- [A26\-008](/bulletins/11037693.md), 2026-10-01, Service bulletin
- [A26\-099](/bulletins/11036654.md), 2026-09-02, Service bulletin
- [A26\-097](/bulletins/11036649.md), 2026-09-02, Service bulletin
- [AEBM08262026901](/bulletins/11036424.md), 2026-08-27, Other
- [A26\-099](/bulletins/11036419.md), 2026-08-27, Service bulletin
- [A26\-097](/bulletins/11036417.md), 2026-08-27, Service bulletin
- [A26\-009](/bulletins/11036408.md), 2026-08-27, 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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