Honda recalled more than one million Accord and CR-V units earlier this summer because of a peculiar issue: a faulty tire sealant bottle. Now, the owners of more than 4000 more CR-Vs and Accords will soon head to the dealership ... for the same reason.
A new recall filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday, October 8, says an additional 4804 Accord and CR-V units are affected. Like the original recall, the recall includes 2023–2026 Honda CR-V Hybrid, 2025–2026 Honda CR-V Fuel Cell EV, and 2023–2026 Accord Hybrid models. The issue remains the same as well. Federal regulators say pressure may build inside the tire sealant bottle if it is improperly connected to the tire valve, potentially causing sealant to explode out of the bottle cap.
However, this recall focuses not only on the existing pressure issue, but on a separate logistical issue. Recall documents filed with NHTSA claim that the supplier, Tek Corporation, accidentally mixed faulty tire sealant bottles with new bottles and resupplied Honda with the faulty bottles. Of the initial one million vehicles recalled, 4804 unlucky owners received the same faulty tire sealant bottles, instead of the remedied version.
“The supplier did not implement adequate change-point management which resulted in the absence of appropriate disposal controls for pre-countermeasure parts, allowing those parts to be mixed with countermeasure parts in the supplier's warehouse. Subsequently, the supplier incorrectly shipped pre-countermeasure
parts, resulting in affected vehicles being equipped with tire repair kits containing pre-countermeasure components,” the NHTSA recall notice reads.
Honda received notice of the incorrect shipment on July 3, 2026, and began inspecting the supposedly remedied parts in August. The Japanese automaker identified the affected population by September, and decided to issue an additional recall in October. Once again, Honda will remedy the issue by replacing the tire repair kit nozzle.
A New York transplant hailing from the Pacific Northwest, Emmet White has a passion for anything that goes: cars, bicycles, planes, and motorcycles. After learning to ride at 17, Emmet worked in the motorcycle industry before joining Autoweek in 2022 and Road & Track in 2024. The woes of alternate side parking have kept his fleet moderate, with a 2014 Volkswagen Jetta GLI and a BMW 318i E30 street parked in his Queens community.
