Honda (American Honda Motor Co.): Air Bags
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) reported this defect to federal regulators on Jun 20, 2014 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 133,207. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
American Honda Motor Company, Inc.'s (Honda) is conducting a limited regional recall for certain model year 2003-2005 Accord, Civic, CR-V, Pilot and Acura MDX, model year 2003-2004 Odyssey and Element, and model year 2005 Acura RL, and 2006 Honda Ridgeline vehicles originally sold, or ever registered in California, and equipped with Takata-brand air bag inflators. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.
The risk
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passengers frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the inflators in all affected vehicles, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin during August 2014. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-800-999-1009.
21 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Honda Ridgeline | 243 | 14 | 15 | 21 |
| 2005 Acura MDX | 180 | 13 | 1 | 15 |
| 2005 Acura RL | 125 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 Honda Accord | 656 | 24 | 11 | 92 |
| 2005 Honda Civic | 316 | 15 | 9 | 74 |
| 2005 Honda CR-V | 479 | 14 | 18 | 40 |
| 2005 Honda Pilot | 679 | 15 | 8 | 42 |
| 2004 Acura MDX | 171 | 10 | 4 | 13 |
| 2004 Honda Accord | 1,018 | 22 | 14 | 90 |
| 2004 Honda Civic | 350 | 15 | 6 | 47 |
| 2004 Honda CR-V | 501 | 13 | 39 | 34 |
| 2004 Honda Element | 281 | 11 | 3 | 16 |
| 2004 Honda Odyssey | 585 | 13 | 6 | 41 |
| 2004 Honda Pilot | 544 | 13 | 14 | 29 |
| 2003 Acura MDX | 206 | 13 | 5 | 11 |
| 2003 Honda Accord | 1,987 | 24 | 18 | 153 |
| 2003 Honda Civic | 499 | 24 | 5 | 90 |
| 2003 Honda CR-V | 468 | 14 | 25 | 44 |
| 2003 Honda Element | 424 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 2003 Honda Odyssey | 914 | 15 | 12 | 49 |
| 2003 Honda Pilot | 720 | 14 | 11 | 38 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 14V353000.
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