# NHTSA recall 18V041000 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: 18V041000 - Manufacturer's number: U0H, G0I - Manufacturer: Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\) - Reported: 2018\-01\-09 - Owners notified: 2018\-02\-16 - Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE - Units potentially affected: 24945 ## What is wrong Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\) is recalling certain 2010\-2012 Acura RL, 2010 Honda Element, and 2010\-2013 Honda Ridgeline vehicles ever registered in the states of 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, Honda is recalling certain 2010 Acura RL, 2010\-2011 Honda Element and Honda Ridgeline vehicles ever registered in the states of 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." If not included in zones A or B above, Honda is recalling certain 2009 Acura RL, Honda Element, and Honda Ridgeline vehicles ever registered in the states of 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 or "Zone C." These vehicles are equipped with certain inflators assembled as part of the frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment \(such as after a vehicle crash necessitating replacement of the original air bags\), may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long\-term exposure to higher absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling. ## What can happen An inflator explosion may result in sharp 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 passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began February 16, 2018. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1\-888\-234\-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are U0H, and G0I. ## 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 2019 quarter 2 - Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-07\-19 - Vehicles in the campaign: 24945 - Reported remedied: 19585 \(78%\) - Reported unreachable: 186 - Reported removed: 701 These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 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 - [2009 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2009/recalls.md). Built 2008\-03\-18 to 2009\-03\-19. - [2010 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-05\-13 to 2010\-09\-11. - [2011 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-11\-05 to 2011\-04\-28. - [2012 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-11\-01 to 2012\-06\-07. - [2009 HONDA ELEMENT](/makes/honda/element/2009/recalls.md). Built 2008\-10\-24 to 2009\-09\-14. - [2010 HONDA ELEMENT](/makes/honda/element/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-09\-22 to 2010\-10\-18. - [2011 HONDA ELEMENT](/makes/honda/element/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-10\-22 to 2011\-04\-15. - [2009 HONDA RIDGELINE](/makes/honda/ridgeline/2009/recalls.md). Built 2008\-07\-18 to 2009\-08\-11. - [2010 HONDA RIDGELINE](/makes/honda/ridgeline/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-08\-13 to 2010\-06\-09. - [2011 HONDA RIDGELINE](/makes/honda/ridgeline/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-06\-17 to 2011\-10\-17. - [2012 HONDA RIDGELINE](/makes/honda/ridgeline/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-11\-01 to 2012\-09\-27. - [2013 HONDA RIDGELINE](/makes/honda/ridgeline/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-09\-26 to 2013\-09\-04. ## 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/18V041000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V041000/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 - [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 - [BPS\-03312016\-302](/bulletins/10099472.md), 2017-05-17, 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/18V041000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V041000) [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%2018V041000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F18V041000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2018V041000)