Air Bags
NHTSA recall 14V353000 · announced June 20, 2014 · filed by Honda (american Honda Motor Co.) · 133,207 units affected
The problem
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.
What to do
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.
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.
Vehicles covered by this recall
- 2003 Acura Mdx
- 2004 Acura Mdx
- 2005 Acura Mdx
- 2005 Acura Rl
- 2003 Honda Accord
- 2004 Honda Accord
- 2005 Honda Accord
- 2003 Honda Civic
- 2004 Honda Civic
- 2005 Honda Civic
- 2003 Honda Cr-v
- 2004 Honda Cr-v
- 2005 Honda Cr-v
- 2003 Honda Element
- 2004 Honda Element
- 2003 Honda Odyssey
- 2004 Honda Odyssey
- 2003 Honda Pilot
- 2004 Honda Pilot
- 2005 Honda Pilot
- 2006 Honda Ridgeline
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public recall data. This page reports official records and is not legal, medical, or repair advice.