Recall Date: 7/1/2026
NHTSA ID: 26V423
MFr. Campaign Number: HOX
Manufacturer: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Affected Components: Rearview Camera
Potential Number of Units Affected: 325,588
A backup camera that goes dark the moment you shift into reverse is exactly the kind of problem that sends owners looking for a service appointment. On July 1, 2026, Honda filed a safety recall covering 325,588 model year 2018 through 2020 Odyssey minivans over a rearview camera that can fail to display an image.
Which Honda vehicles are affected
One model falls under this campaign, built across three model years.
Water can enter the rearview camera assembly and corrode the printed circuit board inside. When that happens, the camera image can fail to display while the vehicle is in reverse. Under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 111, which governs rear visibility, a backup camera that does not display reduces rearward visibility and raises the risk of a crash or injury. Honda traces the root cause to the camera housing design and screw alignment during assembly, which allowed cracks to form and let water seep in over repeated heating and freezing cycles.
As of late June 2026, Honda had recorded 1,648 warranty claims tied to the condition, with no reported injuries or deaths.
What drivers need to know
This is an in-person dealer repair, not an over-the-air update. A Honda dealer will replace the rearview camera with an improved part at no charge. The replacement camera comes from a different supplier that Honda selected to resolve the water intrusion problem.
Honda notified dealers on or about July 2, 2026, and owner notification letters are scheduled to begin on or about August 24, 2026.
Owners can confirm whether a specific vehicle is included by entering the VIN at NHTSA.gov/recalls or by contacting a Honda dealer.
Honda recall background
This campaign is connected to an earlier action, NHTSA recall 20V-438, which addressed the same rearview camera condition. The population now includes vehicles covered under that recall along with 2018 model year vehicles previously handled through a product update, because the earlier redesigned cameras did not fully resolve the issue. The updated remedy moves to a camera built by a different supplier.
For service departments, a recall of this size on a popular family minivan is a meaningful traffic driver. Odyssey owners tend to keep these vehicles for years and rely on them daily, which makes them responsive to a clear, direct message about a free safety repair. For a deeper look into automotive recalls this quarter, check out our Quarterly Recall Report.
How BizzyCar can help
At 325,588 vehicles, this is one of the largest recalls of the summer, and a repeat action means some owners have already set aside a prior notice. BizzyCar’s Recall Outreach product identifies the vehicles in your market with this open recall and contacts those owners directly through two-way, end-to-end SMS, then books the service appointment automatically.
Running on BizzyCar’s AI agent, the outreach handles the back-and-forth of scheduling without pulling your advisors off the drive or relying on printed mailers that owners routinely set aside.
Book a BizzyCar demo to see how automated recall outreach turns Odyssey owners into booked service appointments.