Safety Recall - Fuel Pump

[Lord Voltermore]

" Affected vehicles may be equipped with a fuel pump module manufactured with low density impellers . 

  The Recalled vehicles will have the fixing checked and corrected as necessary by an official HONDA
  MOTOR CO service

  The affected fuel pumps will be replaced "

I interpret the words  I have highlighted in red  as meaning  Honda source their OE petrol pumps from 2 (or more) independent  component manufacturers, and cannot tell from chassis number which brand  will have been fitted to a particular car.  Even on the same day some cars may have got brand A until stock on hand  ran out, the remainder  got brand (or batch) B

I suspect Honda have only  initially  financed a visual inspection, from which it may be obvious which brand of pump has been fitted.  Honda may  only authorise the extra cost of disconnecting  and replacing the pump on on those cars with the dodgy pumps.

Replaced pumps will come with a new filter.    Those not replaced will still have their original, possibly dirty, filter.

If your pump is not replaced you might wish to get the filter changed  anyway while the car is partially dismantled at Hondas expense .  But this may involve extra dismantling, and the cost of a new  filter. The question is who pays for this  - and how much. You shouldnt have to pay the full normal cost of a filter replacement.     

If I am right that some pumps are not replaced on this recall  the dealer should ideally agree with you in advance whether in the event the pump is not replaced you are willing to pay a bit extra for the filter to be replaced.

[BlueMonday]

I took my car to the nearest Honda dealer on March 12th 2025 after me seeing the recall notice while looking at my M.O.T status.

Today I received a letter from Honda telling me about the safety recall.
It does say the work will take up to approximately 2 hours.

On the cash sale invoice from the Honda garage it mentions the complimentary vehicle health check (which I was not told they were going to do).

"Safety recall: 2018 RDX fuel pump motor.
Carried out fuel pump recall".

As my car was in the workshop for less than 1 hour I wonder if they replaced or just inspected the fuel pump. I would hope it was replaced but with doing the VHC I do not see how they could change it in the time it was in the workshop.

[Lord Voltermore]

On the cash sale invoice from the Honda garage it mentions the complimentary vehicle health check (which I was not told they were going to do).

"Safety recall: 2018 RDX fuel pump motor.
Carried out fuel pump recall".

As my car was in the workshop for less than 1 hour I wonder if they replaced or just inspected the fuel pump. I would hope it was replaced but with doing the VHC I do not see how they could change it in the time it was in the workshop.

Complementary health checks are typically hoping to find extra work needed.

If a visual check can show its  not one of the pumps that are affected  replacing  it anyway has little advantage and increases the chances of mistakes.   From the following bulletin  about the recall in the USA  (For Acura and Honda   cars including the FIT/Jazz )  replacing the pump is not straightforward.

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RCRIT-23V858-3721.pdf

 

[UKjim]

Video of the operation.

[monkeydave]

how many miles and age is this supposed to fail, the member on here with a 2019 1.5 failed at 46,000 miles adjusted from km and i am at 35500 miles on a 68 plate i use the motorway all the time and have not experienced any sort of failure symptoms

it looks like they may do more harm than good i was going to wait to get it done on the service and mot in sept but i am now in two minds to either have it done at a separate time or not to have it done at all and i am an hours dive from my dealer (56 miles)

[pebbles]

had it done yesterday , originally they wanted the car from 10.30 to 14.30.

saw the car being driven into the workshop at 11 , phone call to say ready at 12.10.

no paperwork . just mentioned about the slight smell of petrol for a while, which there was , so don't know if they replaced it or checked it.

[UKjim]

had it done yesterday , originally they wanted the car from 10.30 to 14.30.

saw the car being driven into the workshop at 11 , phone call to say ready at 12.10.

no paperwork . just mentioned about the slight smell of petrol for a while, which there was , so don't know if they replaced it or checked it.

With all due respect why hasn't anyone asked if it has been checked or changed?


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[monkeydave]

had it done yesterday , originally they wanted the car from 10.30 to 14.30.

saw the car being driven into the workshop at 11 , phone call to say ready at 12.10.

no paperwork . just mentioned about the slight smell of petrol for a while, which there was , so don't know if they replaced it or checked it.

i doubt it was done in that amount of time, maybe you got one of the good pumps, i hope the smell goes away and your seats were not damaged

[NathanC67]

Don't they know which cars have the suspect impellers from the VIN? I thought that was the whole point of the targeted recall.

According to my receipt the "6FEdx fuel pump motor" was replaced at a cost of £270.83 (ex VAT) which was then discounted because of "bulletin su0300215uk"

Repeating my post from earlier as the receipt does claim that the part was replaced, given that they put down the value.

They did have the car all day, but only because I offered to drop it off first thing and collect at the end of the day. No idea how long they actually spent on it, but I did get a complimentary wash... which was nice.

[pebbles]

had it done yesterday , originally they wanted the car from 10.30 to 14.30.

saw the car being driven into the workshop at 11 , phone call to say ready at 12.10.

no paperwork . just mentioned about the slight smell of petrol for a while, which there was , so don't know if they replaced it or checked it.

With all due respect why hasn't anyone asked if it has been checked or changed?


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service reception said it had but no paperwork and short time in the workshop, I have my doubts

[degzi]

I got my letter today, unsure if I should have it checked or not. 2019 car on 73,500 miles, no issues so far.

It sometimes takes a little longer to start if it's really hot, and been left to sit for about 10mins but it always does start. I always put it down to heat soak and auto choke.

[monkeydave]

I got my letter today, unsure if I should have it checked or not. 2019 car on 73,500 miles, no issues so far.

It sometimes takes a little longer to start if it's really hot, and been left to sit for about 10mins but it always does start. I always put it down to heat soak and auto choke.

nice to see someone with a lot of miles still going, but it might be worth doing if you are having problems especially if you are changing the filter for the first time, might improve things

[degzi]

Yeah I'm in 2 minds.
Because of the mileage I think I might get it checked, why not if I get a nice new part out of it, and it will last another 70k mikes easily 


If it gets changed I get free filter change at same time and peace of mind, but I don't want it to open a can of worms. But then again I'm guessing even a recall has some kind of guarantee of workmanship.

I drove 30 mile this evening. Left car stood for 5 hours. When I came to start it, it was cranking for about 7 Seconds before starting. Hmmmm. Then other times I can leave it same length of time and it starts on the key.

[degzi]

Mine declined to start in hot weather after long and fast highway drive, until it didn't start after cooling down. The impeller warps and starts contacting with the housing.

Did yours slowly show symptoms before hand. Like longer cranking times.?

[BlueMonday]

On the cash sale invoice from the Honda garage it mentions the complimentary vehicle health check (which I was not told they were going to do).

"Safety recall: 2018 RDX fuel pump motor.
Carried out fuel pump recall".

As my car was in the workshop for less than 1 hour I wonder if they replaced or just inspected the fuel pump. I would hope it was replaced but with doing the VHC I do not see how they could change it in the time it was in the workshop.

Complementary health checks are typically hoping to find extra work needed.

If a visual check can show its  not one of the pumps that are affected  replacing  it anyway has little advantage and increases the chances of mistakes.   From the following bulletin  about the recall in the USA  (For Acura and Honda   cars including the FIT/Jazz )  replacing the pump is not straightforward.

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2023/RCRIT-23V858-3721.pdf

 

As my car was on the recall list I assumed the fuel pump would be replaced.

It wasn't until a few days later that I wondered if they had changed it or just inspected it.
In hindsight I would have asked them at the time of booking it in and after it had been in the workshop what work was carried out. It took me by surprise when the woman started talking about the health check which I was not that interested in, when I asked about the fuel pump she said. "It's fine, no problems" and carried on about the health check.