Honda is recalling about 720,000 vehicles in the United States over concerns that a cracked component can leak fuel, increasing the risk of a fire, according to safety regulators.

The recall affects 2025 Honda Civics, 2025 Honda Civic Hybrids, 2023 and 2024 Honda Accords, and Honda CR-V Hybrids from 2023 through 2025. During a fuel pump leak, drivers may smell fuel when the car is idling or driving, said the National Highway Traffic Administration.

Investigators traced the problem to cracks caused by manufacturing problems with a high-pressure fuel pump made by Hitachi Astemo, one of Honda’s suppliers.

“During vehicle operation, the high-pressure fuel pump can cause the unpenetrated and penetrated cracks to grow and allow fuel to leak,” NHTSA warned in a recall document.

Honda received its first warranty claim over the issue in February 2023. It stopped shipping the affected vehicles in September 2024, shortly before announcing its recall.

The company said it has not received any reports of crashes of injuries related to this issue, which is thought to affect about 1 percent of the recalled vehicles. It was scheduled to start notifying dealers of the problem as of Oct. 15, and start contacting car-owners on Dec. 4. Dealers will inspect and replace the fuel pump free of charge, NHTSA said.

This is the second Honda recall involving fuel pumps in less than a year, and the third since 2021. The company in December recalled 2.6 million vehicles from model years 2017 through 2020, over concerns related to improperly molded impellers in fuel pumps. That same problem led to a 2021 recall of 620,000 vehicles.

Honda earlier this month recalled 1.7 million vehicles from model years 2023 through 2025, citing steering problems.

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