# NHTSA recall 18V421000

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: 18V421000
- Manufacturer's number: U23
- Manufacturer: Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\)
- Reported: 2018\-06\-20
- Owners notified: 2018\-08\-07
- Component: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
- Units potentially affected: 13

## What is wrong

Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\) is recalling certain 2018 Honda Civic vehicles.  The manufacturing date area of the certification labels may have random characters which can affect the owner's ability to determine if a safety recall includes their vehicle.


## What can happen

If the owner is not able to verify if their vehicle is involved in safety recall, it can increase the risk of injury or crash.


## The remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the certification label, free of charge.  The recall began August 7, 2018.  Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1\-888\-234\-2138.  Honda's number for this recall is U23.


## 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 2019 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-01\-13
- Vehicles in the campaign: 13
- Reported remedied: 13 \(100%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 0

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 quarter 4, 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

- [2018 HONDA CIVIC](/makes/honda/civic/2018/recalls.md). Built 2017\-12\-11 to 2018\-02\-20.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [A22\-013](/bulletins/10215502.md), 2022-07-07, Service bulletin
- [APaS05102021902](/bulletins/10194448.md), 2021-05-25, Service bulletin
- [APaS03302021909](/bulletins/10189889.md), 2021-04-05, Service bulletin
- [APaS03022021](/bulletins/10188528.md), 2021-03-09, Service bulletin
- [APaS02152021902](/bulletins/10187531.md), 2021-02-26, Service bulletin
- [APaS02092021](/bulletins/10187290.md), 2021-02-18, Service bulletin
- [APaS01222021905](/bulletins/10186018.md), 2021-01-30, Service bulletin
- [APaS01072021](/bulletins/10185514.md), 2021-01-13, Service bulletin
- [APaS12182020](/bulletins/10184663.md), 2020-12-23, Service bulletin
- [APaS12052020906](/bulletins/10184002.md), 2020-12-09, 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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