NHTSA Campaign 14V353000

AIR BAGS

Issued by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) · Reported Jun 20, 2014 · 133,207 vehicles affected

What's 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.

Consequence

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger’s frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

Remedy

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 affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
ACURA MDX 2003 133,207
ACURA MDX 2004 133,207
ACURA MDX 2005 133,207
ACURA RL 2005 133,207
HONDA ACCORD 2003 133,207
HONDA ACCORD 2004 133,207
HONDA ACCORD 2005 133,207
HONDA CIVIC 2003 133,207
HONDA CIVIC 2004 133,207
HONDA CIVIC 2005 133,207
HONDA CR-V 2003 133,207
HONDA CR-V 2004 133,207
HONDA CR-V 2005 133,207
HONDA ELEMENT 2003 133,207
HONDA ELEMENT 2004 133,207
HONDA ODYSSEY 2003 133,207
HONDA ODYSSEY 2004 133,207
HONDA PILOT 2003 133,207
HONDA PILOT 2004 133,207
HONDA PILOT 2005 133,207
HONDA RIDGELINE 2006 133,207

Source: NHTSA Campaign 14V353000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.