# NHTSA recall 17V029000 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: 17V029000 - Manufacturer's number: KD9, KE0 - Manufacturer: Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\) - Reported: 2017\-01\-10 - Owners notified: 2017\-02\-27 - Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE - Units potentially affected: 308884 ## What is wrong Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\) is recalling certain 2005\-2006 Acura MDX and Honda CR\-V vehicles, 2005\-2011 Honda Element vehicles, 2005\-2012 Acura RL vehicles, 2006\-2012 Honda Ridgeline vehicles, 2007\-2008 Honda Fit vehicles and 2005\-2008 Honda Pilot vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands \(Saipan\), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, if not included in "Zone A" above, Honda is recalling certain 2005\-2006 Acura MDX and Honda CR\-V vehicles, 2005\-2009 Acura RL and Honda Element vehicles, 2007\-2008 Honda Fit vehicles, 2005\-2008 Honda Pilot vehicles and 2006\-2009 Honda Ridgeline vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Additionally, if not included in "Zone A" or "Zone B" above, Honda is recalling certain 2005\-2006 Acura MDX and Honda CR\-V vehicles, 2005\-2008 Acura RL, Honda Element and Honda Pilot vehicles, 2007\-2008 Honda Fit vehicles and 2006\-2008 Honda Ridgeline vehicles originally sold, or ever registered in Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long\-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling. ## What can happen An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death. ## The remedy Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall bagan March 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1\-888\-234\-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are KD9 and KE0. ## 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 2 - Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-07\-18 - Vehicles in the campaign: 308884 - Reported remedied: 209114 \(67%\) - Reported unreachable: 90 - Reported removed: 17841 These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 quarter 2, 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 - [2005 ACURA MDX](/makes/acura/mdx/2005/recalls.md) - [2006 ACURA MDX](/makes/acura/mdx/2006/recalls.md) - [2005 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2005/recalls.md) - [2006 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2006/recalls.md) - [2007 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2007/recalls.md) - [2008 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2008/recalls.md) - [2009 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2009/recalls.md) - [2010 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2010/recalls.md) - [2011 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2011/recalls.md) - [2012 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2012/recalls.md) - [2005 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2005/recalls.md) - [2006 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2006/recalls.md) - [2005 HONDA ELEMENT](/makes/honda/element/2005/recalls.md) - [2006 HONDA ELEMENT](/makes/honda/element/2006/recalls.md) - [2007 HONDA ELEMENT](/makes/honda/element/2007/recalls.md) - [2008 HONDA ELEMENT](/makes/honda/element/2008/recalls.md) - [2009 HONDA ELEMENT](/makes/honda/element/2009/recalls.md) - [2010 HONDA ELEMENT](/makes/honda/element/2010/recalls.md) - [2011 HONDA ELEMENT](/makes/honda/element/2011/recalls.md) - [2007 HONDA FIT](/makes/honda/fit/2007/recalls.md) - [2008 HONDA FIT](/makes/honda/fit/2008/recalls.md) - [2005 HONDA PILOT](/makes/honda/pilot/2005/recalls.md) - [2006 HONDA PILOT](/makes/honda/pilot/2006/recalls.md) - [2007 HONDA PILOT](/makes/honda/pilot/2007/recalls.md) - [2008 HONDA PILOT](/makes/honda/pilot/2008/recalls.md) - [2006 HONDA RIDGELINE](/makes/honda/ridgeline/2006/recalls.md) - [2007 HONDA RIDGELINE](/makes/honda/ridgeline/2007/recalls.md) - [2008 HONDA RIDGELINE](/makes/honda/ridgeline/2008/recalls.md) - [2009 HONDA RIDGELINE](/makes/honda/ridgeline/2009/recalls.md) - [2010 HONDA RIDGELINE](/makes/honda/ridgeline/2010/recalls.md) - [2011 HONDA RIDGELINE](/makes/honda/ridgeline/2011/recalls.md) - [2012 HONDA RIDGELINE](/makes/honda/ridgeline/2012/recalls.md) ## 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. From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/17V029000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/17V029000/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\-020](/bulletins/10211079.md), 2022-05-06, Service bulletin - [B18\-020](/bulletins/10208848.md), 2022-03-08, Service bulletin - [19\-002\-1](/bulletins/10163783.md), 2019-08-13, Service bulletin - [A14\-046](/bulletins/10099815.md), 2017-05-19, Service bulletin - [B\-ANS\-02192016\-3](/bulletins/10099510.md), 2017-05-18, Service bulletin - [B\-ANS\-02192016\-3](/bulletins/10099509.md), 2017-05-18, Service bulletin - [BAN\-02252016\-302](/bulletins/10099508.md), 2017-05-18, Service bulletin - [B\-AN\-02252016\-30](/bulletins/10099507.md), 2017-05-18, Service bulletin - [A\-HNS\-02192016\-3](/bulletins/10099495.md), 2017-05-18, Service bulletin - [A\-HNS\-02192016\-3](/bulletins/10099494.md), 2017-05-18, 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/17V029000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/17V029000) [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%2017V029000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F17V029000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2017V029000)