NHTSA campaign 19V182000 · Part 573 safety recall report

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.): Air Bags › Frontal › Driver Side › Inflator Module

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) reported this defect to federal regulators on Mar 6, 2019 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 1,101,534. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.

The defect

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling specific 2003 Acura 3.2CL, 2013-2016 ILX, 2013-2014 ILX Hybrid, 2003-2006 MDX, 2007-2016 RDX, 2002-2003 3.2TL, 2004-2006, and 2009-2014 TL, 2010-2013 ZDX and 2001-2007 and 2009 Honda Accord, 2001-2005 Civic, 2003-2005 Civic Hybrid, 2001-2005 Civic GX NGV, 2002-2007 and 2010-2011 CR-V, 2003-2011 Element, 2007 Fit, 2002-2004 Odyssey, 2003-2008 Pilot, and 2006-2014 Ridgeline vehicles. The affected vehicles received a replacement driver air bag inflator as part of a previous Takata inflator recall remedy or a replacement driver air bag module containing the same inflator type as a service part. Due to a manufacturing error, in the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver frontal air bag, these inflators may explode.

The risk

An explosion of an inflator within the driver frontal air bag module may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver, front seat passenger or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

The remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge. The recall began April 10, 2019. Honda owners may contact customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is O41. Acura owners may contact customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Acura's number for this recall is U40.

93 model years covered

Newest first

Vehicle	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes
2016 Acura ILX	52	6	0	4
2016 Acura RDX	41	2	2	3
2015 Acura ILX	19	4	1	0
2015 Acura RDX	416	3	0	7
2014 Acura ILX	29	5	2	2
2014 Acura ILX Hybrid	1	1	0	0
2014 Acura RDX	244	3	1	2
2014 Acura TL	17	3	0	0
2014 Honda Ridgeline	34	7	1	0
2013 Acura ILX	66	6	0	7
2013 Acura ILX Hybrid	0	2	0	0
2013 Acura RDX	162	3	2	6
2013 Acura TL	62	3	0	1
2013 Acura ZDX	0	5	0	0
2013 Honda Ridgeline	45	8	1	3
2012 Acura RDX	15	2	0	0
2012 Acura TL	130	3	0	3
2012 Acura ZDX	1	8	0	0
2012 Honda Ridgeline	24	12	1	0
2011 Acura RDX	16	2	0	1
2011 Acura TL	20	3	2	1
2011 Acura ZDX	2	8	0	0
2011 Honda CR-V	554	13	2	29
2011 Honda Element	11	11	0	1
2011 Honda Ridgeline	39	11	0	2
2010 Acura RDX	22	2	2	1
2010 Acura TL	64	3	1	4
2010 Acura ZDX	9	10	0	1
2010 Honda CR-V	482	15	2	31
2010 Honda Element	30	11	0	2
2010 Honda Ridgeline	42	10	0	3
2009 Acura RDX	15	2	0	1
2009 Acura TL	42	3	0	5
2009 Honda Accord	727	11	5	49
2009 Honda Element	31	9	0	4
2009 Honda Ridgeline	35	9	0	0
2008 Acura RDX	33	3	0	1
2008 Honda Element	113	13	0	5
2008 Honda Pilot	133	9	3	11
2008 Honda Ridgeline	143	10	6	3
2007 Acura RDX	53	3	1	7
2007 Honda Accord	524	10	15	88
2007 Honda CR-V	887	12	4	34
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 TL	247	6	2	8
2006 Honda Accord	433	17	8	52
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 TL	388	7	3	7
2005 Honda Accord	656	24	11	92
2005 Honda Civic	316	15	9	74
2005 Honda Civic GX	2	3	0	0
2005 Honda Civic Hybrid	48	6	0	7
2005 Honda CR-V	479	14	18	40
2005 Honda Element	159	10	5	13
2005 Honda Pilot	679	15	8	42
2004 Acura MDX	171	10	4	13
2004 Acura TL	551	6	6	13
2004 Honda Accord	1,018	22	14	90
2004 Honda Civic	350	15	6	47
2004 Honda Civic GX	1	5	0	1
2004 Honda Civic Hybrid	35	6	0	5
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 CL	73	5	0	5
2003 Acura MDX	206	13	5	11
2003 Acura TL	391	5	4	24
2003 Honda Accord	1,987	24	18	153
2003 Honda Civic	499	24	5	90
2003 Honda Civic GX	1	5	0	0
2003 Honda Civic Hybrid	51	6	0	5
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
2002 Acura TL	333	7	2	25
2002 Honda Accord	1,050	16	10	129
2002 Honda Civic	702	24	14	112
2002 Honda Civic GX	0	5	0	0
2002 Honda CR-V	515	16	17	48
2002 Honda Odyssey	960	10	5	41
2001 Honda Accord	922	19	3	143
2001 Honda Civic	1,079	27	15	147
2001 Honda Civic GX	0	5	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 19V182000.

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