# NHTSA recall 20V027000

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: 20V027000
- Manufacturer's number: U6R, H6S
- Manufacturer: Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\)
- Reported: 2020\-01\-17
- Owners notified: 2020\-10\-01
- Component: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- Units potentially affected: 875966

## What is wrong

Honda \(American Honda Motor Co.\) is recalling certain 2001\-2002 Acura 3.2CL, 2000\-2003 Acura 3.5RL, 2000\-2001 Acura 3.2TL, Honda CR\-V and Honda Odyssey, 2001\-2002 Acura MDX and 2000 Accord Coupe, Accord Sedan, Civic Coupe, and Civic Sedan vehicles.     These vehicles may have received a replacement driver frontal air bag module as part of a vehicle repair.  Due to a manufacturing issue, the replacement NADI inflator may absorb moisture, causing the inflator to rupture or the air bag cushion to underinflate.


## What can happen

In the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, an inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants.  An underinflated air bag cushion may not properly protect the occupant.  These scenarios increase the risk of serious injury or death.


## The remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the air bags in the vehicles, replacing the driver frontal air bag inflator with an inflator of a different design, as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began October 1, 2020.  Owners may contact American Honda's Customer Support \& Campaign Center at 1\-888\-234\-2138.


## 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: Annual report 3, for 2024 quarter 4 to 2025 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2025\-10\-10
- Vehicles in the campaign: 875966
- Reported remedied: 87994 \(10%\)
- Reported unreachable: 62280
- Reported removed: 246599

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2025 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

- [2001 ACURA CL](/makes/acura/cl/2001/recalls.md)
- [2002 ACURA CL](/makes/acura/cl/2002/recalls.md)
- [2001 ACURA MDX](/makes/acura/mdx/2001/recalls.md)
- [2002 ACURA MDX](/makes/acura/mdx/2002/recalls.md)
- [2000 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2000/recalls.md)
- [2001 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2001/recalls.md)
- [2002 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2002/recalls.md)
- [2003 ACURA RL](/makes/acura/rl/2003/recalls.md)
- [2000 ACURA TL](/makes/acura/tl/2000/recalls.md)
- [2001 ACURA TL](/makes/acura/tl/2001/recalls.md)
- [2000 HONDA ACCORD](/makes/honda/accord/2000/recalls.md)
- [2000 HONDA CIVIC](/makes/honda/civic/2000/recalls.md)
- [2000 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2000/recalls.md)
- [2001 HONDA CR\-V](/makes/honda/cr-v/2001/recalls.md)
- [2000 HONDA ODYSSEY](/makes/honda/odyssey/2000/recalls.md)
- [2001 HONDA ODYSSEY](/makes/honda/odyssey/2001/recalls.md)

## Investigated as EQ19002

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.

- EQ19002: Equipment query, opened 2019\-12\-16, closed 2023\-12\-11. Takata Non\-Azide Driver Air Bag Inflator Ruptures. AIR BAGS.

From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. JSON: [/v1/recalls/nhtsa/20V027000/investigations](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/20V027000/investigations)

## 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/20V027000](/v1/recalls/nhtsa/20V027000)

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