NHTSA recall 15V320000
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) |
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| Campaign number | 15V320000 |
| Manufacturer's number | JQ9 & JR0-JR8 |
| Manufacturer | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Reported | 2015-05-28 |
| Owners notified | 2015-07-01 |
| Component | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE |
| Units potentially affected | 6281043 |
| Report | Quarterly report 10, for 2017 quarter 4 |
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| Filed with NHTSA | 2018-02-13 |
| Vehicles in the campaign | 6281043 |
| Reported remedied | 4252609 (67%) |
| Reported unreachable | 12273 |
| Reported removed | 898664 |
These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 4, 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.
What is wrong
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2001-2007 Accord, 2001-2005 Civic, 2001-2004 Honda Civic GX, 2003-2005 Honda Civic Hybrid, 2002-2006 CR-V, 2003-2011 Element, 2002-2004 Odyssey, 2003-2008 Pilot, 2006 Ridgeline, 2003 Acura 3.2CL, 2003-2006 Acura MDX, and 2002-2003 Acura 3.2TL vehicles. The affected vehicles are equipped with a dual-stage driver frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion and other factors, including manufacturing variability that, over time, could cause the inflator to rupture.
What can happen
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began on July 1, 2015. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Owners may contact Acura customer service at 1-800-382-2238, select option 4. Note: Vehicles that have had their driver frontal air bag replaced previously as part of a recall remedy prior to September 12, 2014 need to have their air bag replaced under this recall as well. Vehicles that, on or after September 12, 2014, received a remedy for a prior driver frontal air bag inflator recall already received an inflator of a different design, and therefore are not included in this recall and do not require additional servicing. Note: This recall fully supersedes recalls 08V-593, 09V-259, 10V-041, 11V-260, 14V-351 and 15V-153. Honda's numbers for this recall are JQ9, JR0, JR1, JR2, JR3, JR4, JR5, JR6, JR7, and JR8.
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.
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Investigated as EA15001
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.
| EA15001 | Engineering analysis, opened 2015-02-24. Air Bag Inflator Rupture. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL; AIR BAGS. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| 19-002-1 | 2019-08-13. Service bulletin. Warranty Extension: Customer Support Program For Front Passenger's Airbag Inflator for 2010-11 element and 2010-14 Ridgeline (Expires September30, 2028) |
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| A10-039 | 2017-06-30. Service bulletin. THE INSPECTION PROCEDURE FOR TAKATA DRIVER’S AIRBAGS WAS REMOVED BECAUSE ALL TAKATA DRIVER’S AIRBAG INFLATORS INSTALLED IN THE RECALL VEHICLE POPULATION ARE BEING REPLACED. FOR CIVIC MODELS ONLY, AUTOLIV AIRBAGS ARE OK AND CAN BE REINSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE. A MANUFACTURING ERROR CAN PRODUCE OVER-PRESSURIZATION OF SOME REPLACEMENT DRIVER’S (FRONT) AIRBAG INFLATORS DURING AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. IF AN AFFECTED AIRBAG DEPLOYS, THE INCREASED INTERNAL PRESSURE MAY CAUSE THE INFLATOR CASING TO RUPTURE. METAL FRAGMENTS COULD PASS THROUGH THE AIRBAG CUSHION MATERIAL, POSSIBLY CAUSING AN INJURY OR FATALITY TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS. |
| A08-093 | 2017-06-30. Service bulletin. SERVICE BULLETIN - A MANUFACTURING ERROR CAN PRODUCE OVER-PRESSURIZATION OF THE DRIVER’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 PASS THROUGH THE AIRBAG CUSHION MATERIAL, POSSIBLY CAUSING AN INJURY OR FATALITY TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS. |
| A14-046 | 2017-05-19. Service bulletin. SERVICE BULLETIN - AS THE RESULT OF TAKATA DEFECT DETERMINATIONS AND NHTSA DIRECTIVES, AMERICAN HONDA HAS MOVED THE 2003-05 ACCORD, 2003–05 CIVIC, 2003–04 CIVIC GX, AND 2003–05 CIVIC HYBRID FROM THIS AIRBAG INFLATOR CAMPAIGN INTO SB 15-041, SAFETY RECALL: FRONT PASSENGER’S AIRBAG INFLATOR CAN BE OVER-PRESSURIZED. IF AN RO WAS OPENED ON JUNE 14, 2015 OR EARLIER FOR THESE VEHICLES, USE THE INCLUDED WARRANTY INFORMATION TO FILE A CLAIM. ANY APPLICABLE VEHICLES WITH AN RO DATE ON JUNE 15, 2015 OR LATER, REFER TO SB 15-041. |
| DLR MSG - HONDA | 2017-05-19. Service bulletin. "DEALER MESSAGE - TODAY, DECEMBER 18, 2015, AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC. WILL NOTIFY NHTSA OF AN EXPANSION TO THE RANGE OF CR-V VEHICLES AFFECTED BY BULLETIN 15-067, SAFETY RECALL: FRONT PASSENGER’S AIRBAG INFLATOR CAN BE OVER-PRESSURIZED . ANY USED UNITS IN DEALER STOCK MUST BE REPAIRED PER SERVICE BULLETIN 15-067. ON OR AFTER SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2015, REFER TO YOUR ERESPONSIBILITY REPORT OR VIN INQUIRY TO DETERMINE WHICH UNITS IN YOUR INVENTORY ARE AFFECTED BY THIS SAFETY RECALL." |
| DLR MSG - HONDA | 2017-05-19. Service bulletin. "DEALER MESSAGE - STATEMENT BY AMERICAN HONDA REGARDING EXPANSION OF NATIONWIDE RECALL OF CERTAIN TAKATA PASSENGER FRONT AIRBAG INFLATORS NATIONWIDE RECALL OF PASSENGER FRONT AIRBAG INFLATORS EXPANDS TO INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 127,000 INFLATORS IN 2003-2004 CR-V VEHICLES NOT PREVIOUSLY SUBJECT TO RECALL OR SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN NO CHANGE TO NATIONAL RECALL OF DRIVER FRONT AIRBAG INFLATORS HONDA'S NATIONAL TAKATA AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALL REPAIR COMPLETION RATE IS 47.1%" |
| DLR MSG - ACURA | 2017-05-19. Service bulletin. "DEALER MESSAGE - STATEMENT BY AMERICAN HONDA REGARDING EXPANSION OF NATIONWIDE RECALL OF CERTAIN TAKATA PASSENGER FRONT AIRBAG INFLATORS NATIONWIDE RECALL OF PASSENGER FRONT AIRBAG INFLATORS EXPANDS TO INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 127,000 INFLATORS IN 2003-2004 CR-V VEHICLES NOT PREVIOUSLY SUBJECT TO RECALL OR SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN NO CHANGE TO NATIONAL RECALL OF DRIVER FRONT AIRBAG INFLATORS HONDA'S NATIONAL TAKATA AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALL REPAIR COMPLETION RATE IS 47.1%" |
| A-PS-03312016-30 | 2017-05-17. Service bulletin. VIDEO - THIS VIDEO FROM HONDA SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT BRUCE SMITH IS IN RESPONSE TO A RECALL EXPANSION THAT HONDA ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY WHICH APPLIES TO HONDA AND ACURA VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH CERTAIN TAKATA PSDI-5 DRIVER FRONT AIRBAG INFLATORS. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE VIDEO SENT TO YOU ON A DVD OR THUMB DRIVE. |
| A-PS-03312016-30 | 2017-05-17. Service bulletin. DEALER MESSAGE - THIS VIDEO FROM HONDA SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT BRUCE SMITH IS IN RESPONSE TO A RECALL EXPANSION THAT HONDA ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY WHICH APPLIES TO HONDA AND ACURA VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH CERTAIN TAKATA PSDI-5 DRIVER FRONT AIRBAG INFLATORS. |
| AIRBAG INFLATOR | 2017-05-16. Service bulletin. DEALER MESSAGE - ON OCTOBER 1, 2015, AMERICAN HONDA, IN COMPLIANCE WITH A REQUEST FROM THE NHTSA, WILL CONSOLIDATE THE FOLLOWING THREE NATIONAL PASSENGER'S AIRBAG INFLATOR SAFETY RECALL SERVICE BULLETINS. THE BULLETINS WILL BE CONSOLIDATED INTO A NEW DOCUMENT, SERVICE BULLETIN 15-067: SAFETY RECALL: FRONT PASSENGER’S AIRBAG INFLATOR CAN BE OVER-PRESSURIZED, WHICH WILL CONTAIN NEW WARRANTY CODING TO BE USED ON ALL REPAIR ORDERS OPENED ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 1, 2015. ALL REPAIR ORDERS OPENED ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 SHOULD BE FILED USING THE SERVICE BULLETIN THAT WAS APPLICABLE AT THAT TIME. AS AMERICAN HONDA DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A SYSTEMATIC METHOD OF "MIGRATING" VINS FROM ONE BULLETIN RANGE TO ANOTHER, CLAIMS MADE AGAINST BULLETINS THAT WERE NOT APPLICABLE AT THE TIME THE RO WAS OPENED WILL BE REJECTED. ENSURE THAT YOUR DEALERSHIP IS FILING UNDER THE CORRECT BULLETIN, BASED ON THE RO OPEN DATE, TO AVOID SUBSEQUENT CLAIM REJECTION. |
A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.