NHTSA Campaign Number

14V700000

AIR BAGS

Reported to NHTSA: April 11, 2014

Defect Description

American Honda Motor Co. (Honda) is recalling certain model year 2001-2005 Honda Civic, 2003-2004 Civic CNG and Element, 2002-2005 CR-V, 2002-2004 Odyssey, 2003-2005 Accord, Pilot, Civic Hybrid, and Acura MDX, 2005 Acura RL and 2006 Honda Ridgeline vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in geographic locations associated with high absolute humidity. Specifically, vehicles sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saipan, Guam, and American Samoa are addressed by this recall. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.

Safety Consequence

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.

Remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger side air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began January 26, 2015. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-800-999-1009.

What This Recall Page Shows

This page summarizes a single NHTSA recall campaign, including the defect description, safety consequence, and manufacturer's remedy. The affected vehicles listed below are the make/model/year combinations tracked in our database — this is not a VIN-specific result. To check whether your individual vehicle is covered by this recall, enter your 17-digit VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Click any vehicle below to view its full safety profile.

Affected Vehicles (28)

Year	Make	Model
2003	Acura	MDX
2004	Acura	MDX
2005	Acura	MDX
2005	Acura	RL
2003	Honda	Accord
2004	Honda	Accord
2005	Honda	Accord
2001	Honda	Civic
2002	Honda	Civic
2003	Honda	Civic
2004	Honda	Civic
2005	Honda	Civic
2003	Honda	Civic Hybrid
2004	Honda	Civic Hybrid
2005	Honda	Civic Hybrid
2002	Honda	CR-V
2003	Honda	CR-V
2004	Honda	CR-V
2005	Honda	CR-V
2003	Honda	Element
2004	Honda	Element
2002	Honda	Odyssey
2003	Honda	Odyssey
2004	Honda	Odyssey
2003	Honda	Pilot
2004	Honda	Pilot
2005	Honda	Pilot
2006	Honda	Ridgeline

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Affected Makes

Acura Honda

Affected Models

Acura MDX Acura RL Honda Accord Honda Civic Honda Civic Hybrid Honda CR-V Honda Element Honda Odyssey

Showing the first 8 affected models. Use the full affected vehicle list above for every tracked year.

Affected Years

2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

This recall information is from NHTSA campaign 14V700000. This site is not affiliated with NHTSA. Contact your dealer or call NHTSA's Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 for more information.