The defect
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2021, 2023 Acura TLX, 2019-2024 RDX, 2017-2020, 2022-2026 MDX, 2017-2021, 2023, 2025 Honda Ridgeline, 2017-2022 Pilot, 2019-2021 Passport, 2018-2026 Odyssey, 2019-2022 Insight, 2019-2021 HR-V, 2018-2020 Fit, 2020-2022 CR-V Hybrid, 2017-2022 CR-V, 2017-2018, 2021 Civic Type R, 2017-2021 Civic hatchback, 2016-2020 Civic coupe, 2016-2022 Civic, 2017-2022 Accord Hybrid, and 2016-2022 Accord vehicles. The front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, which can cause the air bags to deploy unintentionally during a crash.
The risk
Air bags that deploy unintentionally during a crash increase the risk of injury.
The remedy
Dealers will replace the seat weight sensors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 7, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are BOL, WO9, OOA, WOM, XOH, NOC, POD, BOE, UOF, POB, EOG, AOI, QO8, TOJ, DO7, and SOK. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 24V064. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning May 29, 2026.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Acura MDX | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 |
| Acura RDX | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Acura TLX | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 |
| Honda Accord | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Honda Accord hybrid | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Honda Civic | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Honda Civic Hatchback | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Honda Civic Type R | 2017, 2018, 2021 |
| Honda CR-V | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Honda CR-V Hybrid | 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Honda Fit | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Honda HR-V | 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Honda Insight | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Honda Odyssey | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 |
| Honda Passport | 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Honda Pilot | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Honda Ridgeline | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025 |
Components: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
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 MDX | 2017 | 260 | 8 |
| Acura MDX | 2018 | 169 | 10 |
| Acura MDX | 2019 | 190 | 9 |
| Acura MDX | 2020 | 224 | 8 |
| Acura MDX | 2022 | 157 | 2 |
| Acura MDX | 2023 | 43 | 2 |
| Acura MDX | 2024 | 41 | 2 |
| Acura MDX | 2025 | 112 | 3 |
| Acura MDX | 2026 | 9 | 1 |
| Acura RDX | 2019 | 440 | 5 |
| Acura RDX | 2020 | 348 | 5 |
| Acura RDX | 2021 | 116 | 3 |
| Acura RDX | 2022 | 31 | 2 |
| Acura RDX | 2023 | 24 | 2 |
| Acura RDX | 2024 | 12 | 2 |
| Acura TLX | 2018 | 96 | 4 |
| Acura TLX | 2019 | 93 | 6 |
| Acura TLX | 2020 | 63 | 5 |
| Acura TLX | 2021 | 72 | 4 |
| Acura TLX | 2023 | 11 | 3 |
| Honda Accord | 2016 | 610 | 4 |
| Honda Accord | 2017 | 539 | 3 |
| Honda Accord | 2018 | 1,893 | 6 |
| Honda Accord | 2019 | 698 | 6 |
| Honda Accord | 2020 | 364 | 5 |
| Honda Accord | 2021 | 245 | 4 |
| Honda Accord | 2022 | 260 | 4 |
| Honda Accord hybrid | 2017 | 45 | 2 |
| Honda Accord hybrid | 2018 | 116 | 4 |
| Honda Accord hybrid | 2019 | 94 | 5 |
Other air bags recalls in 2026
23 of the 666 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 2026 concerned the air bags; Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) filed 245 campaigns in all.
| 26V622000 29 Sept 2026 | Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| 26V611000 24 Sept 2026 | General Motors, LLC |
| 26V581000 9 Sept 2026 | Ford Motor Company |
| 26V580000 9 Sept 2026 | Ford Motor Company |
| 26V545000 21 Aug 2026 | Kia America, Inc. |
| 26V526000 12 Aug 2026 | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| 26V445000 7 Jul 2026 | Tesla, Inc. |
| 26V389000 12 Jun 2026 | Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 2026