The defect
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2009-2014 Acura TSX, 2011-2013 TSX Sport Wagon, and 2010-2012 ZDX and 2008-2012 Honda Accord, 2010-2011 Accord Crosstour, 2006-2011 Civic, Civic Hybrid and Civic NGV, 2012-2014 Crosstour, 2007-2011 CR-V, 2009-2013 Fit, 2010-2013 Insight, and 2009-2015 Pilot vehicles. The front passenger air bag inflator may have been installed incorrectly during replacement.
The risk
An incorrectly installed air bag inflator may not properly deploy the passenger frontal air bag in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The remedy
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the inflator installation and, if necessary, replace the passenger frontal air bag module assembly, free of charge. The recall began July 5, 2019. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are M4O, P4R, T4Q, and W4P.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Acura TSX | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Acura TSX Sport Wagon | 2011, 2012, 2013 |
| Acura ZDX | 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Honda Accord | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Honda Accord Crosstour | 2010, 2011 |
| Honda Civic | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Honda Civic GX | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Honda Civic Hybrid | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Honda CR-V | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Honda Crosstour | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Honda Fit | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 |
| Honda Insight | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 |
| Honda Pilot | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
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 |
| Acura TSX | 2013 | 33 | 4 |
| Acura TSX | 2014 | 7 | 3 |
| Acura TSX Sport Wagon | 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| Acura TSX Sport Wagon | 2012 | 12 | 4 |
| Acura TSX Sport Wagon | 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| Acura ZDX | 2010 | 9 | 10 |
| Acura ZDX | 2011 | 2 | 8 |
| Acura ZDX | 2012 | 1 | 8 |
| 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 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 Civic GX | 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| Honda Civic GX | 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| Honda Civic GX | 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| Honda Civic GX | 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| Honda Civic GX | 2010 | 1 | 3 |
Other air bags recalls in 2019
76 of the 880 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2019 concerned the air bags; Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) filed 245 campaigns in all.
| 19V910000 19 Dec 2019 | Subaru of America, Inc. |
| 19V892000 16 Dec 2019 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 19V885000 12 Dec 2019 | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| 19V868000 6 Dec 2019 | Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. |
| 19V862000 4 Dec 2019 | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| 19V852000 26 Nov 2019 | BMW of North America, LLC |
| 19V853000 26 Nov 2019 | BMW of North America, LLC |
| 19V851000 26 Nov 2019 | BMW of North America, LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2019