Recall: Front Passenger’s Airbag Inflator May Produce Excessive Pressure After Long-Term Exposure To High Absolute Humidity

NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V353
Manufacturer Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Components AIR BAGS
Potential Number of Units Affected 133,207

Passenger Side Air Bag Inflator may Rupture

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger’s frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

Summary

American Honda Motor Company, Inc.’s (Honda) is conducting a limited regional recall for certain model year 2003-2005 Accord, Civic, CR-V, Pilot and Acura MDX, model year 2003-2004 Odyssey and Element, and model year 2005 Acura RL, and 2006 Honda Ridgeline vehicles originally sold, or ever registered in California, and equipped with Takata-brand air bag inflators.

Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.

Remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the inflators in all affected vehicles, free of charge.

The recall is expected to begin during August 2014.

Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-800-999-1009.

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.

Check if your Honda has a Recall

A14-046
June 14, 2016
51968-01885 Version 13

Recall: Front Passenger’s Airbag Inflator May Produce Excessive Pressure After Long-Term Exposure To High Absolute Humidity

This bulletin is replaced by S/B 16-047, Safety Recall: Front Passenger’s Airbag Inflator Can Be Over-Pressurized (Phase 1)

If you did Service Bulletin 14-046 on or before June 13, 2016. Make sure to use Warranty Claim Information provided below.

WARRANTY CLAIM INFORMATION

For 2003-04 CR-Vs only: If you did the repair in this S/B on or before December 19, 2015 (RO date), use the Warranty Claim Information provided below. For any repairs done after December 19, 2015, refer to S/B 15-067, Safety Recall: Front Passenger’s Airbag Inflator Can Be Over-Pressurized.
The Accord and Civic warranty information is included in case you opened an RO on or before June 14, 2015. Refer to S/B 15-041 for any repairs made after that date. Replacing the front passenger’s airbag inflator

Year/ Model	Operation Number	Replacement Part Number	Flat Rate Time	Defect Code	Symptom Code	Template ID	Failed Part Number
2003 Accord	7541A7	04785-SDA-307	0.7 hr	5NX00	JH600	14-046Z	06780-SDN-A90ZA
2003 Accord	7541A7	04790-SDA-308	0.7 hr	5NX00	JH600	14-046Y	06780-SDN-A90ZA
2004–05 Accord	7541A7	04785-SDA-306	0.7 hr	5NX00	JH600	14-046X	06780-SDN-A90ZA
2003–05 Civic 2003–04 Civic GX 2003–05 Civic Hybrid	7541A7	04785-S5A-307	0.7 hr	5NX00	JH700	14-046W	06780-S5A-A80ZA
2003–05 Civic 2003–04 Civic GX 2003–05 Civic Hybrid	7541A7	04790-S5A-308	0.7 hr	5NX00	JH700	14-046V	06780-S5A-A80ZA
2003–04 CR-V	7541A7	04785-S9A-307	0.7 hr	5NX00	JH800	24-046A	06780-S9A-A80ZA
2003–04 CR-V	7541A7	04790-S9A-308	0.7 hr	5NX00	JH800	24-046B	06780-S9A-A80ZA
2005 CR-V	7541A7	04785-S9A-306	0.7 hr	5NX00	JH800	24-046C	06780-S9A-A80ZA
		04790-S9A-305	0.7 hr	5NX00	JH800	24-046D	06780-S9A-A80ZA
		04790-S9A-315	0.7 hr	5NX00	JH800	24-046E	06780-S9A-A80ZA
2003–04 Element	7541A7	04785-SCV-307	0.8 hr	5NX00	JH900	24-046F	06780-SCV-A80ZA
		04790-SCV-308	0.8 hr	5NX00	JH900	24-046G	06780-SCV-A80ZA
		04790-SCV-318	0.8 hr	5NX00	JH900	24-046H	06780-SCV-A80ZA
2003–04 Odyssey	7541A8	04785-S0X-306	0.7 hr	5NY00	JJ000	24-046I	06780-S0X-A70ZA
		04790-S0X-305	0.7 hr	5NY00	JJ000	24-046J	06780-S0X-A70ZA
		04790-S0X-315	0.7 hr	5NY00	JJ000	24-046K	06780-S0X-A70ZA
2003–04 Pilot	7541A8	04785-S9V-307	0.8 hr	5NY00	JJ100	24-046L	06780-S9V-A81ZC
		04790-S9V-308	0.8 hr	5NY00	JJ100	24-046M	06780-S9V-A81ZC
		04790-S9V-318	0.8 hr	5NY00	JJ100	24-046N	06780-S9V-A81ZC
2005 Pilot	7541A8	04785-S9V-306	0.8 hr	5NY00	JJ100	24-046P	06780-S9V-A81ZC
		04790-S9V-305	0.8 hr	5NY00	JJ100	24-046Q	06780-S9V-A81ZC
		04790-S9V-315	0.8 hr	5NY00	JJ100	24-046R	06780-S9V-A81ZC
2006 Ridgeline	7541A8	04785-SJC-307	0.7 hr	5NY00	JJ200	24-046S	77820-SJC-A00ZA
		04790-SJC-308	0.7 hr	5NY00	JJ200	24-046T	77820-SJC-A00ZA
		04790-SJC-318	0.7 hr	5NY00	JJ200	24-046U	77820-SJC-A00ZA