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 9, 2018 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 960. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2009-2010 and 2012-2016 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing motorcycles. These motorcycles have air bag inflators assembled as part of the air bag module that may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to higher absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.
The risk
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the rider resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air bag module, free of charge. The recall began February 9, 2018. Owners may contact Honda Motorcycle Customer Support at 1-866-784-1870. Honda's number for this recall is KJ1.
7 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Honda GL1800 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 Honda GL1800 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Honda GL1800 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 Honda GL1800 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 Honda GL1800 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Honda GL1800 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 Honda GL1800 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
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 18V045000.
Full record for the 2016 Honda GL1800 → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →