Acura / Honda recall: Air bags
What is wrong
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.
What could happen
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passengerÂs frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
The fix
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.
Vehicles covered
- Acura Mdx 2003–2005
- Acura Rl 2005
- Honda Accord 2003–2005
- Honda Civic 2003–2005
- Honda Cr-V 2003–2005
- Honda Element 2003–2004
- Honda Odyssey 2003–2004
- Honda Pilot 2003–2005
- Honda Ridgeline 2006
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 14V353000
- Type
- Vehicle
- Filed by
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- Reported to NHTSA
- Jun 20, 2014
- Owners notified
- Sep 12, 2014
- Vehicles or items affected
- 133,207
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- May 20, 2005 to May 24, 2005
- Part
- Air bags
- Maker's own recall number
- JH6,JH7,JH8,JH9,JJ0
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Other recalls for the same vehicles
- Acura / Honda recall: Structure Jun 4, 2026
- Acura / Honda recall: Air bags May 21, 2026
- Honda recall: Back over prevention May 9, 2024
- Honda recall: Steering Mar 7, 2024
- Acura / Honda recall: Air bags Feb 1, 2024
- Acura / Honda recall: Fuel system, gasoline Dec 18, 2023
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.