Recall · 20V026000
Honda recalled 10 models over air bags
1,439,841
Vehicles covered
10
Models
28
Model years
January 17, 2020
Filed with NHTSA
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
- The defect
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 1998 Acura 2.2CL, 1998-1999 Acura 2.3CL, 1998-1999 Acura 3.0CL, 2001 Acura 3.2CL and Acura MDX, 1998-2000 Honda Accord Coupe, Accord Sedan, Civic Sedan, Odyssey and Acura 3.5RL, 1999-2000 Acura 3.2TL, 1996-2000 Civic Coupe, 1997-2000 CR-V, 1997-1998 EV Plus, and 1998-1999 Isuzu Oasis vehicles. These vehicles were equipped with Non-Azide Driver air bag Inflators (NADI) and do not contain phase stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN) propellant. Due to a manufacturing issue, the NADI inflators may absorb moisture, causing the inflators to rupture or the air bag cushion to underinflate.
- What it can cause
- 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.
- What the dealer does
- Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the driver frontal air bag inflator, and replace it if necessary, with an inflator of a different design, free of charge. The recall began October 1, 2020. Owners may contact American Honda's Customer Support & Campaign Center at 1-888-234-2138 or Isuzu customer service at 1-800-255-6727.
- NHTSA's note
- 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.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
| Vehicle | Model years | Safety record |
|---|---|---|
| AcuraCL | 1998, 1999 and 2001 | Not published here |
| AcuraMDX | 2001 | Not published here |
| AcuraRL | 1998 to 2000 | Not published here |
| AcuraTL | 1999 to 2000 | Not published here |
| HondaAccord | 1998 to 2000 | Not published here |
| HondaCivic | 1996 to 2000 | Not published here |
| HondaCR-V | 1997 to 2000 | Not published here |
| HondaEV Plus | 1997 to 1998 | Not published here |
| HondaOdyssey | 1998 to 2000 | Not published here |
| IsuzuOasis | 1998 to 1999 | Not published here |
How this campaign compares
At 1,439,841 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 99% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 1996 to 2001, so the oldest vehicles on it were 24 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Honda vehicles have been recalled over the air bags 55 times before this, most recently in June 2019 as 19V502000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for 25 of the 28 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 8,123 complaints with NHTSA, 7,702 of them before this campaign was filed. 1,395 of those name the air bags, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in December 1995, 24 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry one other recall published here: 20V027000 (air bags).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) with NHTSA on January 17, 2020 as campaign 20V026000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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