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Service bulletin DLR MSG - HONDA

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10100545
Published by NHTSA2017-05-24
Manufacturer's numberDLR MSG - HONDA
Manufacturer's date2015-10-29
NHTSA componentAIR BAGS

NHTSA's summary

"DEALER MESSAGE - ON OCTOBER 28, 2015, AMERICAN HONDA NOTIFIED NHTSA OF A SAFETY RECALL FOR APPROXIMATELY 515 MODEL YEAR 2016 CR-V VEHICLES DUE TO DRIVER'S AIRBAG MODULES THAT MAY DEPLOY ABNORMALLY. ANY NEW OR USED UNITS IN DEALER STOCK MUST BE REPAIRED PER SERVICE BULLETIN, 15-081, SAFETY RECALL: 2016 CR-V DRIVER’S AIRBAG MODULE , PRIOR TO SALE. REFER TO YOUR ERESPONSIBILITY REPORT OR VIN INQUIRY TO DETERMINE WHICH UNITS IN YOUR INVENTORY ARE AFFECTED. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO. EXPECTS TO BEGIN INITIAL CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION IN DECEMBER 2015."

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

Vehicles listed
HONDA CR-V2016

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20155132015-10-29. Airbag
15V7140002015-10-29. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
SB150592021-12-13. Service bulletin. Front Passenger's Airbag Inflator Collection - This bulletin has been cancelled because the collection is now complete.
A18-0582018-07-02. Service bulletin. Service bulletin - This bulletin is a notification of a class action settlement relating to airbag inflators. American Honda is offering a Customer Support Program (Warranty Extension) to cover any manufacturing defects in the replacement driver's airbag inflator only.
A15-0812017-05-24. Service bulletin. "SERVICE BULLETIN - THE CURRENT DEFECT THINKING IS THAT THE AIRBAG INFLATOR WHICH IS PART OF THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG MODULE MAY HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY STAMPED. ALSO, IT COULD CONTAIN A DEFECT IN THE MATERIAL USED TO MANUFACTURE THE AIRBAG INFLATOR'S METAL HOUSING WHICH, IN THE EVENT OF AN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, COULD CAUSE INFLATOR COMPONENTS TO SEPARATE. IF THE INFLATOR COMPONENTS SEPARATE, METAL FRAGMENTS COULD PASS THROUGH THE AIRBAG CUSHION MATERIAL POSSIBLY CAUSING INJURY OR FATALITY TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS."
A15-0812017-05-23. Service bulletin. SERVICE BULLETIN - THE METAL HOUSING SURROUNDING THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG INFLATOR IN THESE VEHICLES MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED INCORRECTLY. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH NECESSITATING DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S FRONT AIR BAG, THE INFLATOR COULD RUPTURE WITH METAL FRAGMENTS STRIKING THE DRIVER OR OTHER OCCUPANTS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
DLR MSG - HONDA2017-05-23. Service bulletin. "DEALER MESSAGE - ON OCTOBER 28, 2015, AMERICAN HONDA NOTIFIED NHTSA OF A SAFETY RECALL FOR APPROXIMATELY 515 MODEL YEAR 2016 CR-V VEHICLES DUE TO DRIVER'S AIRBAG MODULES THAT MAY DEPLOY ABNORMALLY. ANY NEW OR USED UNITS IN DEALER STOCK MUST BE REPAIRED PER SERVICE BULLETIN, 15-081, SAFETY RECALL: 2016 CR-V DRIVER’S AIRBAG MODULE , PRIOR TO SALE. REFER TO YOUR ERESPONSIBILITY REPORT OR VIN INQUIRY TO DETERMINE WHICH UNITS IN YOUR INVENTORY ARE AFFECTED. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. EXPECTS TO BEGIN INITIAL CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION IN DECEMBER 2015."
DEN-K3Q5J-062016-08-10. Service bulletin. THIS COMMUNICATION IS INFORMING HONDA OF A DELAMINATION ISSUES WITHIN AN I.C. PRODUCED BY NXP AND ASSEMBLED INTO AIRBAG SENSOR SUPPLIED BY DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC. THIS DELAMINATION ISSUE MANIFESTS ITSELF AS AN OPEN CIRCUIT WITHIN THE SENSOR, CAUSING A DTC TO BE SET ON THE VEHICLE ALONG WITH A DECLARING “AIRBAG” LIGHT.