Vehicle recall R/2011/055

Honda Accord recall: Engine may fail

DVSA recall R/2011/055 names the Honda Accord. It was launched 4 July 2011. It covers vehicles built 24 March 2008 to 20 January 2011.

Recall data updated 22 September 2026

Recall: R/2011/055
Launched: 4 July 2011
Issued by: HONDA MOTOR CO
Manufacturer reference: 2011/03
Vehicles: 8,519 across the lines below

What can go wrong

Due to an inappropriate software setting of the Engine Control Unit the oil level in the engine may increase due to fuel dilution during the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) regeneration. If the oil level increases too much it may prevent the engine from decelerating as intended the engine may continue to run even if the ignition is switched off. This may result in engine failure. The driver will not have any warning of this failure.

The fix

The dealer will rewrite the engine software and replace the engine oil and engine filter.

Models and build dates

As listed in the DVSA recall file. Vehicle numbers are DVSA figures for each line.
Model	Built	Vehicles
Honda Accord (ACCORD DIESEL)	24 March 2008 to 20 January 2011	8,519

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Other recalls for these models

R/2013/049 Passenger side airbag may fail to deploy correctly 17 April 2013, Honda Stream, Honda Civic, Honda CR-V and others
R/2015/043 Passenger side airbag may fail to deploy correctly 16 March 2015, Honda Civic, Honda CR-V, Honda Stream and others
R/2015/104 Passenger side airbag may fail to deploy correctly 29 June 2015, Honda Stream, Honda Jazz, Honda Civic and others
R/2007/061 Engine may cut out 5 April 2007, Honda FR-V, Honda Accord, Honda Jazz
R/2017/017 Airbag may fail to deploy correctly 28 March 2017, Honda Jazz, Honda Accord, Honda CR-V and others
R/2018/029 Passenger airbag may fail to deploy correctly 23 February 2018, Honda Jazz, Honda Accord, Honda Insight

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA vehicle recall records (RecallsFile.csv), recalls launched 1992 to 2026. Recall data updated 22 September 2026.

Recall wording is DVSA's, with capitals and punctuation tidied and American spellings such as tire, center and windshield given in British English. We list a recall when its make and model match a car or van family with at least 1,000 DVSA MOT tests from 2022 to 2025, and when the maker of the vehicle issued it.

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