{"id":"2018_honda_clarity","make":"Honda","make_slug":"honda","model":"Clarity","model_slug":"clarity","year":2018,"url":"/honda/clarity/2018/","pts":["bev","phev","fcev"],"configs":[{"id":40044,"model":"Clarity EV","pt":"bev","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (A1)","cyl":null,"displ":null,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":126,"hwy":103,"comb":114,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":29.5354,"range":89,"range_city":97,"range_hwy":79,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":4.0,"charge240b":0.0,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"120 kW AC PMSM","fuel":"Electricity","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":0,"fe_score":10,"ghg_score":10,"fuel_cost":650,"save_spend":8000,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"HNX","modified":"Wed Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2018"},{"id":39782,"model":"Clarity Plug-in Hybrid","pt":"phev","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (variable gear ratios)","cyl":4,"displ":1.5,"eng":"PHEV","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":44,"hwy":40,"comb":42,"cityA":117,"hwyA":102,"combA":110,"kwh100":31.0,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":48.0,"phev_comb":76,"charge240":2.2,"charge240b":0.0,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"135kW AC PMSM","fuel":"Regular Gas and Electricity","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":57,"fe_score":10,"ghg_score":10,"fuel_cost":1500,"save_spend":6750,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"HNX","modified":"Fri Mar 25 00:00:00 EDT 2022"},{"id":47529,"model":"Clarity FCV","pt":"fcev","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (A1)","cyl":null,"displ":null,"eng":"PEM","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":69,"hwy":67,"comb":68,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"130 kW AC PMSM","fuel":"Hydrogen","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":0,"fe_score":10,"ghg_score":10,"fuel_cost":0,"save_spend":11250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"HNX","modified":"Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2022"}],"vclass":"Midsize Cars","segment":"Midsize car","epa_certified":true,"recalls":[{"campaign":"23V858000","component":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP","mfr":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)","reported":"2023-12-18","owner_notified":"2024-03-29","units":2490460,"summary":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2013-2023 Honda Accord, Civic Coupe, Civic Sedan, Civic Hatchback, Civic Type R, CR-V, HR-V, Ridgeline, Odyssey, Acura ILX, MDX, MDX Hybrid, RDX, RLX, TLX, 2019-2022 Honda Insight, Passport, 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid, 2018-2019 Honda Clarity PHEV, Fit, and 2015-2020 Honda Accord Hybrid, Pilot, Acura NSX vehicles.  The fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail.","consequence":"Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will replace the fuel pump module, free of charge.  Owner letters were mailed September 6, 2024.  Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138.  Honda's numbers for this recall are KGC and KGD.  This recall is an expansion of NHTSA recall numbers 21V-215 and 20V-314.","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.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"KGC, KGD","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":["phev"],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"19V315000","component":"EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL","mfr":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)","reported":"2019-04-18","owner_notified":"2019-06-10","units":1082,"summary":"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.","consequence":"A failure of the water pump can cause the vehicle to stall, increasing the risk of crash.","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.","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.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"N5H","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"18V921000","component":"HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM","mfr":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)","reported":"2018-12-20","owner_notified":"2019-02-14","units":1082,"summary":"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 power.","consequence":"A loss of power can increase the risk of a crash.","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 A3O.","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.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"A3O","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":3,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":76,"grade":"C","complaints":{"count":160,"crash":11,"fire":1,"injured":3,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Engine",29],["Unspecified",27],["Fuel/Propulsion System",24],["Electrical System",24],["Forward Collision Avoidance",22],["Power Train",19]],"by_year":{"2018":33,"2019":25,"2020":11,"2021":6,"2022":9,"2023":10,"2024":47,"2025":7,"2026":12},"excerpts":[["2026-01-03","Electrical System","The vehicle exhibits a dangerous electrical defect involving uncontrolled power-cycling. After shutting down the car, it automatically restarts itself in a continuous loop. During these episodes, the dashboard flickers, the drivetrain shudders, and the vehicle becomes unresponsive to manual 'Stop' button or brake input\u2026"],["2025-09-28","Service Brakes","Since last Wed. (9/24/2025), the car started to show the warnings of \"Adaptive Cruise Control Problem\", \"Brake Hold System Problem\", \"Brake System Problem\", \"Electric Parking Brake Problem\", and \"Road Departure Mitigation System Problem\" from time to time. I bought this VHonda Clarity Plug-in Hybrid 2018 in June 2023 a\u2026"],["2024-11-14","Steering","The steering makes a horrible clunking sound, and is impercice/sloppy. Dealership refused to acknowledge any issue. Increased effort required to stay within lane. Tie rods are not damaged or worn, issue appears to be with steering rack as far as I can tell."]]},"investigations":[{"action":"DP22005","component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM","opened":"2023-01-27","closed":"2023-08-07","campaign":"22V063000","subject":"Pedestrian alert sounds","summary":"NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 KG or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after March 1, 2021.On January 27, 2023, NHTSA opened Defect Petition (DP) 22-005 to evaluate the subject matt"}],"ncap":[],"popularity":999,"headline":{"range":89,"mpg":68,"ncap":null,"complaints":160},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 06:27 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}