# Service bulletin A14\-046

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: 10100689
- Published by NHTSA: 2017\-05\-25
- Manufacturer's number: A14\-046
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-09\-16
- NHTSA component: AIR BAGS

## NHTSA's summary

"SERVICE BULLETIN \- CERTAIN HONDA VEHICLES OPERATED IN AREAS KNOWN FOR HIGH ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY AND HIGH HEAT MAY CONTAIN A FRONT PASSENGER’S AIRBAG THAT, OVER TIME, MAY BE AFFECTED BY EXPOSURE TO THE HUMIDITY, WHICH COULD PRODUCE EXCESSIVE INTERNAL PRESSURE UPON 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

## Vehicles listed

- 2003 to 2005 HONDA CR\-V
- 2003 to 2004 HONDA ELEMENT
- 2003 to 2004 HONDA ODYSSEY
- 2003 to 2005 HONDA PILOT
- 2006 HONDA RIDGELINE

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2019323](/recalls/tc/2019323.md), 2019-06-28: Airbag
- [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
- [2019117](/recalls/tc/2019117.md), 2019-03-07: Airbag
- [19V182000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V182000.md), 2019-03-06: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [18V268000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V268000.md), 2018-04-26: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [2017009](/recalls/tc/2017009.md), 2017-01-10: Airbag
- [17V029000](/recalls/nhtsa/17V029000.md), 2017-01-10: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- [2016249](/recalls/tc/2016249.md), 2016-05-24: Airbag
- [16V344000](/recalls/nhtsa/16V344000.md), 2016-05-23: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [A18\-051](/bulletins/11034200.md), 2026-07-01, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. Service Bulletin \- Warranty Extension: Customer Support Program For Front Passenger's Airbag Inflator.
- [A18\-050](/bulletins/11034199.md), 2026-07-01, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. Service Bulletin \- Warranty Extension: Customer Support Program For Front Passenger's Airbag Inflator.
- [A20\-015](/bulletins/10213538.md), 2022-06-06, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. 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 front passenger's airbag inflator only.
- [DLR\-02\-22\-2016](/bulletins/10192947.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; AIR BAGS. The frequency for the 'Inflator Kit Application \& Availability' report will be changing from daily to weekly effectiveon Monday, November 30th. The report frequency is changing because we have had no inflator backorders since the beginning of September and there are currently no inflator kit supply concerns
- [A20\-014](/bulletins/10172566.md), 2020-03-25, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. 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 front passenger's airbag inflator only.
- [A20\-009](/bulletins/10172561.md), 2020-03-25, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. 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.
- [A20\-015](/bulletins/10172568.md), 2020-03-18, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. 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 front passenger's airbag inflator only.
- [A20\-010](/bulletins/10172564.md), 2020-03-18, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. 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.
- [A18\-077](/bulletins/10147177.md), 2018-11-13, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. Service bulletin \- This bulletin has been cancelled because the collection is now complete. If you did the collection in this Service Bulletin on or before October 26, 2018 \(RO date\), use the Warranty Claim Information provided below.
- [A18\-053](/bulletins/10141171.md), 2018-06-18, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. 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 front passengers airbag inflator only.

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