# NHTSA recall 20V769000

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: 20V769000
- Manufacturer's number: W9F
- Manufacturer: Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\)
- Reported: 2020\-12\-10
- Owners notified: 2021\-02\-04
- Component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
- Units potentially affected: 235034
- Part numbers: 44305\-T2A\-A50, 44306\-T2A\-A50

## What is wrong

Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\) is recalling certain 2013\-2015 Accord vehicles equipped with a 4\-cylinder engine and a continuously\-variable transmission that were originally sold, or ever registered, in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.  The drive shafts were assembled with a lubricant that may have degraded the drive shafts' protective coating, making it more susceptible to damage from road salt or other contaminants, and potentially cause it to break.


## What can happen

A broken drive shaft may cause a sudden loss of drive power.  The vehicle could also roll away if the parking brake has not been applied before the vehicle has been exited.  Either condition can increase the risk of a crash or injury.


## The remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the drive shafts, replacing both the left and right drive shafts, if necessary, free of charge.  The recall began February 4, 2021.  Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1\-888\-234\-2138.


## 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: Annual report 3, for 2025 quarter 1 to 2025 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2026\-01\-14
- Vehicles in the campaign: 235034
- Reported remedied: 160549 \(68%\)
- Reported unreachable: 59207
- Reported removed: 14653

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 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

- [2013 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2013/recalls.md)
- [2014 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2014/recalls.md)
- [2015 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2015/recalls.md)

## 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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