The defect
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2008-2012 Accord, 2010-2012 Accord Crosstour, 2006-2011 Civic, 2007-2011 CR-V, 2009-2012 Fit and Pilot, 2010-2012 Insight, and 2009-2012 Acura TSX vehicles that received replacement passenger frontal air bag inflators. One dealership may have incorrectly installed the replacement air bag inflators.
The risk
In the event of a crash, an incorrectly installed passenger frontal air bag inflator may deploy the air bag improperly, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag module assembly, free of charge. The recall began October 30, 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are O07, Y0A, N06, G05, M04, Y01, and O09.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Acura TSX | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Honda Accord | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Honda Accord Crosstour | 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Honda Civic | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Honda CR-V | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Honda Fit | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Honda Insight | 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Honda Pilot | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
Components: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acura TSX | 2009 | 91 | 6 |
| Acura TSX | 2010 | 63 | 7 |
| Acura TSX | 2011 | 45 | 7 |
| Acura TSX | 2012 | 133 | 6 |
| Honda Accord | 2008 | 1,521 | 8 |
| Honda Accord | 2009 | 727 | 10 |
| Honda Accord | 2010 | 581 | 12 |
| Honda Accord | 2011 | 296 | 9 |
| Honda Accord | 2012 | 373 | 8 |
| Honda Accord Crosstour | 2010 | 60 | 8 |
| Honda Accord Crosstour | 2011 | 15 | 6 |
| Honda Accord Crosstour | 2012 | 8 | 3 |
| Honda CR-V | 2007 | 887 | 12 |
| Honda CR-V | 2008 | 962 | 11 |
| Honda CR-V | 2009 | 386 | 12 |
| Honda CR-V | 2010 | 481 | 15 |
| Honda CR-V | 2011 | 554 | 13 |
| Honda Civic | 2006 | 1,403 | 13 |
| Honda Civic | 2007 | 1,204 | 9 |
| Honda Civic | 2008 | 916 | 7 |
| Honda Civic | 2009 | 396 | 8 |
| Honda Civic | 2010 | 397 | 8 |
| Honda Civic | 2011 | 169 | 9 |
| Honda Fit | 2009 | 287 | 11 |
| Honda Fit | 2010 | 184 | 12 |
| Honda Fit | 2011 | 113 | 11 |
| Honda Fit | 2012 | 113 | 11 |
| Honda Insight | 2010 | 119 | 10 |
| Honda Insight | 2011 | 41 | 10 |
| Honda Insight | 2012 | 59 | 8 |
Other air bags recalls in 2017
90 of the 810 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2017 concerned the air bags; Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) filed 245 campaigns in all.
| 17V822000 20 Dec 2017 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 17V837000 20 Dec 2017 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| 17V803000 18 Dec 2017 | Ford Motor Company |
| 17V818000 18 Dec 2017 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 17V813000 18 Dec 2017 | Bluecar SAS |
| 17V806000 14 Dec 2017 | Mazda North American Operations |
| 17V807000 14 Dec 2017 | Mazda North American Operations |
| 17V801000 13 Dec 2017 | Hyundai Motor America |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2017