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Honda Clarity Fuel Cell Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 5 owner complaints across 3 model years of the Honda Clarity Fuel Cell (2017–2019). The most-complained-about year is 2017.

4
safety recalls, all years
5
owner complaints, all years
2017
year with most recalls
2017
year with most complaints

Pick your Honda Clarity Fuel Cell model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2019 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell10
2018 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell22
2017 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell33

What Honda Clarity Fuel Cell owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA. The 2017 model year has the most, with 3.

All Honda Clarity Fuel Cell recalls (4)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Honda Clarity Fuel Cell, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Seat belts: rear/other

    NHTSA 20V326000 Reported 128 vehicles potentially affected Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)

    Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2019 Clarity Fuel Cell, Clarity Electric, and Clarity Plug-in Hybrid vehicles with rear seat belt assemblies with a dual-mode locking mechanism. The seat belt webbing sensor locking mechanism may not lock as intended.

    Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the rear seat belt assembly production dates, and replace the assemblies, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began July 24, 2020. Owners may contact Honda…

    Model years: 2019

  2. Electrical (equipment)

    NHTSA 19V315000 Reported 1,082 vehicles potentially affected Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)

    Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles. Internal components may corrode and cause the water pump to fail.

    Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the water pump, free of charge. The recall began June 10, 2019. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is L4N.

    Model years: 2017, 2018

  3. Hybrid propulsion system and software (electrical system)

    NHTSA 18V921000 Reported 1,082 vehicles potentially affected Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)

    Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles previously repaired under recall 18V-068. The previous software remedy may have been incomplete. As a result, the fuel cell control unit (FC-ECU) may misinterpret a small cell voltage drop, causing the vehicle to have a partial or complete loss of…

    Remedy: Honda has notified owners, and dealers will update the FC-ECU software, free of charge. The recall began February 14, 2019. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is…

    Model years: 2017, 2018

  4. Hybrid propulsion system and software (electrical system)

    NHTSA 18V068000 Reported 471 vehicles potentially affected Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)

    Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2017 Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles. The fuel cell control unit (FC-ECU) may misinterpret a small cell voltage drop, causing the vehicle to have reduced, or a complete loss of, power.

    Remedy: Honda will notify owners, and dealers will install a software update, free of charge. The recall began February 28, 2018. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is…

    Model years: 2017

Other Honda models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.