# NHTSA recall 18V661000 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: 18V661000 - Manufacturer's number: M2J, S2K - Manufacturer: Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\) - Reported: 2018\-09\-27 - Owners notified: 2018\-11\-06 - Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE - Units potentially affected: 1355406 ## What is wrong Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\) is recalling certain 2014 Honda Insight and Acura TSX and TSX Wagon, 2014\-2015 Honda Crosstour and Pilot vehicles nationwide, as well as certain 2014 Honda FCX Clarity and Fit EV vehicles in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, California, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands \(Saipan\) and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Honda is also recalling certain 2011\-2013 Acura TSX, TSX Wagon and ZDX, Honda Crosstour, Insight, Fit and Pilot vehicles, 2011\-2012 Honda Accord and 2011 Honda Civic NGV, Civic, Civic Hybrid and CR\-V vehicles in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the 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. Lastly, Honda is recalling certain 2010\-2013 Acura TSX and ZDX, Honda Crosstour, Fit, Insight and Pilot, 2011\-2013 TSX Wagon, 2010\-2012 Honda Accord and 2010\-2011 Honda Civic NGV, Civic, Civic Hybrid and CR\-V vehicles 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 air bag 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 November 6, 2018. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1\-888\-234\-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are M2J and S2K. ## 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 2020 quarter 1 - Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-04\-16 - Vehicles in the campaign: 1355406 - Reported remedied: 1051032 \(77%\) - Reported unreachable: 20958 - Reported removed: 59649 These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 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 - [2010 ACURA TSX](/makes/acura/tsx/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-05\-06 to 2010\-10\-13. - [2011 ACURA TSX](/makes/acura/tsx/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-10\-20 to 2011\-08\-21. - [2012 ACURA TSX](/makes/acura/tsx/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-08\-23 to 2012\-08\-31. - [2013 ACURA TSX](/makes/acura/tsx/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-09\-03 to 2013\-05\-31. - [2014 ACURA TSX](/makes/acura/tsx/2014/recalls.md). Built 2013\-09\-03 to 2014\-03\-21. - [2010 ACURA ZDX](/makes/acura/zdx/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-11\-12 to 2010\-07\-29. - [2011 ACURA ZDX](/makes/acura/zdx/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-09\-23 to 2011\-03\-30. - [2012 ACURA ZDX](/makes/acura/zdx/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-08\-11 to 2012\-06\-21. - [2013 ACURA ZDX](/makes/acura/zdx/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-10\-18 to 2013\-03\-07. - [2010 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-08\-12 to 2010\-09\-27. - [2011 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-07\-15 to 2011\-08\-18. - [2012 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-05\-11 to 2012\-10\-02. - [2010 HONDA CIVIC](/makes/honda/civic/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-08\-24 to 2010\-12\-30. - [2011 HONDA CIVIC](/makes/honda/civic/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-08\-25 to 2011\-05\-17. - [2010 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID](/makes/honda/civic/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-09\-02 to 2010\-07\-30. Listed as a series or trim of this model. - [2011 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID](/makes/honda/civic/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-08\-21 to 2010\-12\-02. Listed as a series or trim of this model. - [2010 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-08\-06 to 2010\-10\-04. - [2011 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-07\-30 to 2011\-12\-05. - 2010 HONDA CROSSTOUR. Built 2009\-10\-12 to 2010\-09\-27. - 2011 HONDA CROSSTOUR. Built 2010\-08\-11 to 2011\-08\-18. - [2012 HONDA CROSSTOUR](/makes/honda/crosstour/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-05\-11 to 2012\-10\-02. - [2013 HONDA CROSSTOUR](/makes/honda/crosstour/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-09\-11 to 2013\-09\-24. - [2014 HONDA CROSSTOUR](/makes/honda/crosstour/2014/recalls.md). Built 2013\-11\-01 to 2014\-08\-22. - [2015 HONDA CROSSTOUR](/makes/honda/crosstour/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-09\-03 to 2015\-04\-07. - [2014 HONDA FCX CLARITY](/makes/honda/fcx-clarity/2014/recalls.md). Built 2014\-01\-21 to 2014\-03\-04. - [2010 HONDA FIT](/makes/honda/fit/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-09\-02 to 2010\-10\-29. - [2011 HONDA FIT](/makes/honda/fit/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-11\-02 to 2011\-07\-31. - [2012 HONDA FIT](/makes/honda/fit/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-07\-30 to 2012\-06\-29. - [2013 HONDA FIT](/makes/honda/fit/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-07\-02 to 2013\-12\-27. - [2014 HONDA FIT EV](/makes/honda/fit/2014/recalls.md). Built 2013\-06\-12 to 2013\-08\-23. Listed as a series or trim of this model. - [2010 HONDA INSIGHT](/makes/honda/insight/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-02\-05 to 2010\-09\-21. - [2011 HONDA INSIGHT](/makes/honda/insight/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-10\-05 to 2011\-09\-05. - [2012 HONDA INSIGHT](/makes/honda/insight/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-09\-12 to 2012\-08\-30. - [2013 HONDA INSIGHT](/makes/honda/insight/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-09\-05 to 2013\-08\-03. - [2014 HONDA INSIGHT](/makes/honda/insight/2014/recalls.md). Built 2013\-10\-04 to 2014\-06\-12. - [2010 HONDA PILOT](/makes/honda/pilot/2010/recalls.md). Built 2009\-04\-17 to 2010\-02\-22. - [2011 HONDA PILOT](/makes/honda/pilot/2011/recalls.md). Built 2010\-02\-23 to 2011\-08\-30. - [2012 HONDA PILOT](/makes/honda/pilot/2012/recalls.md). Built 2011\-08\-24 to 2012\-09\-05. - [2013 HONDA PILOT](/makes/honda/pilot/2013/recalls.md). Built 2012\-08\-27 to 2013\-10\-08. - [2014 HONDA PILOT](/makes/honda/pilot/2014/recalls.md). Built 2013\-09\-04 to 2014\-06\-10. - [2015 HONDA PILOT](/makes/honda/pilot/2015/recalls.md). Built 2014\-06\-03 to 2015\-05\-18. ## 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/18V661000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V661000/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\-003\-1](/bulletins/10163784.md), 2019-08-13, Service bulletin - [A15\-023](/bulletins/10108256.md), 2017-06-30, 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/18V661000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/18V661000) [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%2018V661000&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Frecalls%2Fnhtsa%2F18V661000&vehicle=NHTSA%20recall%2018V661000)