Vehicle speed control (Honda)
Vehicle recall 68V-043. NHTSA received AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.’s report on Apr 30, 1968.
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The short answer
NHTSA received AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.’s report on Apr 30, 1968. Copied from NHTSA on Oct 20, 2026.
Every line below is in NHTSA’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The notice gives no hazard in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- NHTSA’s part: Vehicle speed control.
What should you do?
The notice gives no remedy in a field of its own.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: POSSIBILITY OF INCORRECT THROTTLE CABLE ADJUSTMENT WHICH COULD CAUSE CABLE JUNCTION SLIDE TO BIND IN ITS CASE WHEN THE THROTTLE IS FULLY OPENED.THIS MAY PREVENT THE CARBURETOR THROTTLE VALVES FROM RETURNING TO THEIR CLOSED POSITION EVEN THOUGH THE THROTTLE GRIP HAS BEEN ROTATED TO THE CLOSED POSITION.(CORRECT BY REPLACING THE THROTTLE CASE JUNCTION CASE.)
- Check a vehicle by its VIN at NHTSA: the recalls still open on it are listed there.
Which ones are recalled?
NHTSA counts 6,335 vehicles potentially involved, across everything this recall names.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
- Honda CL350
- Honda CB350
- Honda CL450
- Honda CB450
Who is recalling it?
- Made by AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO..
NHTSA, Recalls flat file before 2010. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- NHTSA’s recall file doesn’t say whether anyone was hurt.
- Whether one vehicle or seat has been fixed: only its maker, or NHTSA’s lookup with a VIN, can say.
- This recall names only model years before 2015, which have no pages here. Your VIN, at NHTSA, says which recalls are open on a vehicle.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file before 2010 (FLAT_RCL_PRE_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.