Honda (American Honda Motor Co.): Air Bags › Frontal › Passenger Side › Inflator Module
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) reported this defect to federal regulators on Jan 10, 2017 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 308,884. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2005-2006 Acura MDX and Honda CR-V vehicles, 2005-2011 Honda Element vehicles, 2005-2012 Acura RL vehicles, 2006-2012 Honda Ridgeline vehicles, 2007-2008 Honda Fit vehicles and 2005-2008 Honda Pilot vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, if not included in "Zone A" above, Honda is recalling certain 2005-2006 Acura MDX and Honda CR-V vehicles, 2005-2009 Acura RL and Honda Element vehicles, 2007-2008 Honda Fit vehicles, 2005-2008 Honda Pilot vehicles and 2006-2009 Honda Ridgeline vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Additionally, if not included in "Zone A" or "Zone B" above, Honda is recalling certain 2005-2006 Acura MDX and Honda CR-V vehicles, 2005-2008 Acura RL, Honda Element and Honda Pilot vehicles, 2007-2008 Honda Fit vehicles and 2006-2008 Honda Ridgeline vehicles originally sold, or ever registered in Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
The risk
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall bagan March 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are KD9 and KE0.
32 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Acura RL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Honda Ridgeline | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 Acura RL | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Honda Element | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 Honda Ridgeline | 39 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 Acura RL | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 Honda Element | 30 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 Honda Ridgeline | 42 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 Acura RL | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 Honda Element | 31 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 Honda Ridgeline | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Acura RL | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 Honda Element | 113 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 Honda Fit | 217 | 8 | 2 | 28 |
| 2008 Honda Pilot | 133 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| 2008 Honda Ridgeline | 143 | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 2007 Acura RL | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 Honda Element | 112 | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 Honda Fit | 370 | 11 | 6 | 20 |
| 2007 Honda Pilot | 211 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 Honda Ridgeline | 160 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| 2006 Acura MDX | 87 | 11 | 0 | 10 |
| 2006 Acura RL | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 Honda CR-V | 398 | 13 | 16 | 27 |
| 2006 Honda Element | 122 | 11 | 1 | 17 |
| 2006 Honda Pilot | 268 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 2006 Honda Ridgeline | 243 | 14 | 15 | 21 |
| 2005 Acura MDX | 180 | 13 | 1 | 15 |
| 2005 Acura RL | 125 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 Honda CR-V | 479 | 14 | 18 | 40 |
| 2005 Honda Element | 159 | 10 | 5 | 13 |
| 2005 Honda Pilot | 679 | 15 | 8 | 42 |
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 17V029000.
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