# NHTSA recall 14V700000 A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups. - Published by: NHTSA \(United States\) - Campaign number: 14V700000 - Manufacturer: Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\) - Reported: 2014\-11\-04 - Owners notified: 2015\-01\-26 - Component: AIR BAGS ## What is wrong American Honda Motor Co. \(Honda\) is recalling certain model year 2001\-2005 Honda Civic, 2003\-2004 Civic CNG and Element, 2002\-2005 CR\-V, 2002\-2004 Odyssey, 2003\-2005 Accord, Pilot, Civic Hybrid, and Acura MDX, 2005 Acura RL and 2006 Honda Ridgeline vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in geographic locations associated with high absolute humidity. Specifically, vehicles sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saipan, Guam, and American Samoa are addressed by this recall. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture. ## What can happen In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger’s frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death. ## The remedy Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger side air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began January 26, 2015. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1\-800\-999\-1009. ## Notes Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.Note: This recall supersedes safety recall 14V\-353, with the exception of vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in California.Those vehicles will continue to be addressed, and a free remedy provided, under that safety recall campaign.This recall also includes vehicles in the specific geographic areas listed above that were included within safety recalls 13V\-132 and 14V\-349. ## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported - Report: Quarterly report 5, for 2016 quarter 1 - Filed with NHTSA: 2016\-04\-13 - Vehicles in the campaign: 223602 - Reported remedied: 156272 \(69%\) - Reported unreachable: 7884 - Reported removed: 236 These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2016 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19. ## Vehicles this campaign lists - [2003 ACURA MDX](/makes/acura/mdx/2003/recalls.md). Built 2002\-09\-19 to 2005\-05\-20. - [2004 ACURA MDX](/makes/acura/mdx/2004/recalls.md). Built 2002\-09\-19 to 2005\-05\-20. - [2005 ACURA MDX](/makes/acura/mdx/2005/recalls.md). Built 2002\-09\-19 to 2005\-05\-20. - [2005 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2005/recalls.md). Built 2004\-07\-15 to 2004\-10\-08. - [2003 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2003/recalls.md). Built 2002\-02\-21 to 2005\-03\-30. - [2004 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2004/recalls.md). Built 2002\-02\-21 to 2005\-03\-30. - [2005 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2005/recalls.md). Built 2002\-02\-21 to 2005\-03\-30. - [2001 HONDA CIVIC](/makes/honda/civic/2001/recalls.md) - [2002 HONDA CIVIC](/makes/honda/civic/2002/recalls.md) - [2003 HONDA CIVIC](/makes/honda/civic/2003/recalls.md) - [2004 HONDA CIVIC](/makes/honda/civic/2004/recalls.md) - [2005 HONDA CIVIC](/makes/honda/civic/2005/recalls.md) - [2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID](/makes/honda/civic/2003/recalls.md). Built 2003\-04\-25 to 2005\-01\-18. Listed as a series or trim of this model. - [2004 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID](/makes/honda/civic/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-04\-25 to 2005\-01\-18. Listed as a series or trim of this model. - [2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID](/makes/honda/civic/2005/recalls.md). Built 2003\-04\-25 to 2005\-01\-18. Listed as a series or trim of this model. - [2002 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2002/recalls.md). Built 2001\-05\-11 to 2004\-11\-17. - [2003 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2003/recalls.md). Built 2001\-05\-11 to 2004\-11\-17. - [2004 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2004/recalls.md). Built 2001\-05\-11 to 2004\-11\-17. - [2005 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2005/recalls.md) - [2003 HONDA ELEMENT](/makes/honda/element/2003/recalls.md). Built 2002\-06\-25 to 2004\-12\-13. - [2004 HONDA ELEMENT](/makes/honda/element/2004/recalls.md). Built 2002\-06\-25 to 2004\-12\-13. - [2002 HONDA ODYSSEY](/makes/honda/odyssey/2002/recalls.md). Built 2001\-06\-19 to 2004\-08\-13. - [2003 HONDA ODYSSEY](/makes/honda/odyssey/2003/recalls.md). Built 2001\-06\-19 to 2004\-08\-13. - [2004 HONDA ODYSSEY](/makes/honda/odyssey/2004/recalls.md). Built 2001\-06\-19 to 2004\-08\-13. - [2003 HONDA PILOT](/makes/honda/pilot/2003/recalls.md). Built 2001\-11\-26 to 2005\-05\-20. - [2004 HONDA PILOT](/makes/honda/pilot/2004/recalls.md). Built 2001\-11\-26 to 2005\-05\-20. - [2005 HONDA PILOT](/makes/honda/pilot/2005/recalls.md). Built 2001\-11\-26 to 2005\-05\-20. - [2006 HONDA RIDGELINE](/makes/honda/ridgeline/2006/recalls.md). Built 2005\-05\-20 to 2005\-05\-24. ## Investigated as PE14016 This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected. - PE14016: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2014\-06\-11, closed 2015\-03\-02. Air Bag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS. From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/14V700000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/14V700000/investigations) ## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall. - [B18\-023](/bulletins/11034208.md), 2026-07-01, Service bulletin - [A18\-051](/bulletins/11034200.md), 2026-07-01, Service bulletin - [A18\-050](/bulletins/11034199.md), 2026-07-01, Service bulletin - [B18\-020](/bulletins/11029278.md), 2026-03-03, Service bulletin - [A20\-015](/bulletins/10213538.md), 2022-06-06, Service bulletin - [B18\-020](/bulletins/10211079.md), 2022-05-06, Service bulletin - [B18\-020](/bulletins/10208848.md), 2022-03-08, Service bulletin - [DLR\-02\-22\-2016](/bulletins/10192947.md), 2021-05-10, Service bulletin - [A20\-014](/bulletins/10172566.md), 2020-03-25, Service bulletin - [A20\-009](/bulletins/10172561.md), 2020-03-25, Service bulletin ## Check a VIN - [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls) - [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng) JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/14V700000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/14V700000) [Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20NHTSA%20recall%2014V700000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F14V700000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2014V700000)