# NHTSA recall 16V056000

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: 16V056000
- Manufacturer's number: JY4
- Manufacturer: Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\)
- Reported: 2016\-02\-02
- Owners notified: 2016\-11\-15
- Component: AIR BAGS
- Units potentially affected: 341444

## What is wrong

American Honda Motor Company, Inc. \(Honda\) is recalling certain model year 2008\-2010 Accord vehicles.  In the affected vehicles, the air bag control units may corrode and fail.


## What can happen

If the air bag control unit fails, the air bags may not deploy in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of occupant injury.


## The remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the air bag control units, free of charge.  Parts are expected to be available in Fall 2016.  Interim notifications have been mailed to owners on March 15, 2016,  and a second notice will be mailed when remedy parts are available.  Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1\-888\-234\-2138.  Honda's number for this recall is JW9. Note: This recall supersedes Recall 15V665.


## 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.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2018 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-04\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 341444
- Reported remedied: 187921 \(55%\)
- Reported unreachable: 22576
- Reported removed: 25324

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 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

- [2008 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2008/recalls.md). Built 2009\-09\-11 to 2010\-07\-28.
- [2009 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2009/recalls.md). Built 2008\-06\-24 to 2009\-08\-11.
- [2010 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2010/recalls.md). Built 2007\-01\-29 to 2008\-07\-25.

## Investigated as PE15029

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.

- PE15029: Preliminary evaluation, opened 2015\-08\-18, closed 2016\-06\-17. SRS Control Module Failure. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE\-INACTIVE; AIR BAGS.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V056000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V056000/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.

- [A18\-066](/bulletins/11034201.md), 2026-07-01, Service bulletin
- [16007 1](/bulletins/10211612.md), 2022-05-09, Service bulletin
- [Reprogramming To](/bulletins/10211556.md), 2022-05-09, Service bulletin
- [DLR\-03\-16\-2016\-3](/bulletins/10193816.md), 2021-05-18, Service bulletin
- [SB16\-00703124V2](/bulletins/10193327.md), 2021-05-14, Service bulletin
- [SB16\-007 03124V1](/bulletins/10193295.md), 2021-05-14, Service bulletin
- [A20\-016](/bulletins/10172570.md), 2020-03-18, Service bulletin
- [19\-003\-1](/bulletins/10163784.md), 2019-08-13, Service bulletin
- [A18\-115](/bulletins/10159786.md), 2019-05-15, Service bulletin
- [A19\-002](/bulletins/10152750.md), 2019-02-10, 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/16V056000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/16V056000)

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