# NHTSA recall 16V178000

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: 16V178000
- Manufacturer's number: JZ3
- Manufacturer: Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\)
- Reported: 2016\-03\-30
- Owners notified: 2016\-05\-02
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 11602

## What is wrong

Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\) is recalling certain model year 2004\-2007 Accord vehicles manufactured October 1, 2003, to August 17, 2007.  The affected vehicles may have been assembled with an incorrect passenger frontal air bag module that does not comply with the advanced air bag requirements.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard \(FMVSS\) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."


## What can happen

An air bag module does not meet the advanced air bag requirements can increase the risk of injury or death in the event of a crash.


## The remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the air bag module as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began on May 2, 2016.  Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1\-800\-999\-1009.  Honda's number for this recall is JZ3.


## 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 2017 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2017\-10\-30
- Vehicles in the campaign: 11602
- Reported remedied: 3189 \(27%\)
- Reported unreachable: 1159
- Reported removed: 39

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2017 quarter 3, 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

- [2004 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2004/recalls.md). Built 2003\-10\-01 to 2004\-08\-30.
- [2005 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2005/recalls.md). Built 2004\-08\-13 to 2005\-08\-30.
- [2006 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2006/recalls.md). Built 2005\-09\-22 to 2006\-08\-30.
- [2007 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2007/recalls.md). Built 2006\-09\-13 to 2007\-08\-17.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [A\-PS\-03312016\-30](/bulletins/10099403.md), 2017-05-17, Service bulletin
- [A\-PS\-03312016\-30](/bulletins/10099402.md), 2017-05-17, Service bulletin
- [AIRBAG INFLATOR](/bulletins/10099285.md), 2017-05-16, Service bulletin
- [A15\-041](/bulletins/10099282.md), 2017-05-16, Service bulletin
- [A15\-067](/bulletins/10099281.md), 2017-05-16, Service bulletin
- [TAKATA\_EMAIL TEM](/bulletins/10086314.md), 2016-12-15, Service bulletin
- [TAKATA\_HAWAII PO](/bulletins/10086306.md), 2016-12-14, Service bulletin
- [TAKATA\_HAWAII NE](/bulletins/10086302.md), 2016-12-14, 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)

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