# Service bulletin B15\-049

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10099272
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-05\-16
- Manufacturer's number: B15\-049
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-10\-01
- NHTSA component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

## NHTSA's summary

"SERVICE BULLETIN \- A MANUFACTURING ERROR CAN PRODUCE OVER\-PRESSURIZATION OF THE PASSENGER’S \(FRONT\) AIRBAG INFLATOR DURING AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. IF AN AFFECTED AIRBAG DEPLOYS, THE INCREASED INTERNAL PRESSURE MAY CAUSE THE INFLATOR CASING TO RUPTURE. METAL FRAGMENTS COULD BE PROPELLED UPWARD TOWARD THE WINDSHIELD, OR DOWNWARD TOWARD THE FRONT PASSENGER’S FOOT WELL, POSSIBLY CAUSING AN INJURY TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS."

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Air bags, Air bag inflator

## Vehicles listed

- 2003 ACURA MDX

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [19V501000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V501000.md), 2019-06-27: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [19V499000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V499000.md), 2019-06-27: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [19V182000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V182000.md), 2019-03-06: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [16V344000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V344000.md), 2016-05-23: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [15V370000](/recalls/nhtsa/15V370000.md), 2015-06-15: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [15V320000](/recalls/nhtsa/15V320000.md), 2015-05-28: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B14\-023](/bulletins/10099271.md), 2017-05-16, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE. "SERVICE BULLETIN \- OVER\-PRESSURIZED THIS BULLETIN IS REPLACED BY S/B 15\-049, SAFETY RECALL: FRONT PASSENGER’S AIRBAG INFLATOR CAN BE OVER\-PRESSURIZED IF YOU DID THE REPAIR IN SERVICE BULLETIN 14\-023 ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 \(RO DATE\), USE THE WARRANTY CLAIM INFORMATION PROVIDED BELOW."
- [TAKATA\_HAWAII PO](/bulletins/10086306.md), 2016-12-14, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; AIR BAGS; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE. POSTERS SENT TO HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITIES, AUTOMOTIVE PART STORES, CAR WASHES, AND GAS STATIONS TO REMIND OWNERS OF THE TAKATA RECALL AND TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT AT THEIR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE.
- [TAKATA\_HAWAII NE](/bulletins/10086302.md), 2016-12-14, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE\-INACTIVE; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. ADVERTISEMENT IN HAWAIIAN NEWSPAPERS TO REMIND OWNERS OF THE TAKATA RECALL AND TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT AT THEIR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE.

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