Recall 14V700000: 2001–2005 Honda Civic and 9 other models

Report received

Nov 4, 2014

Manufacturer

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)

Potentially affected

—vehicles

Model years

2001–2006

Check your own vehicle. A recall applies only to vehicles within the affected build range. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer.

What NHTSA recorded

American Honda Motor Co. (Honda) is recalling certain model year 2001-2005 Honda Civic, 2003-2004 Civic CNG and Element, 2002-2005 CR-V, 2002-2004 Odyssey, 2003-2005 Accord, Pilot, Civic Hybrid, and Acura MDX, 2005 Acura RL and 2006 Honda Ridgeline vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in geographic locations associated with high absolute humidity. Specifically, vehicles sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saipan, Guam, and American Samoa are addressed by this recall. Upon deployment of the passenger side frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture.

Possible consequence

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.

Remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger side air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began January 26, 2015. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-800-999-1009.

Affected model years

Pages for each model year show complaints, parts, mileage and other recalls.

• 2003 Acura MDX206 complaints
• 2004 Acura MDX171 complaints
• 2005 Acura MDX180 complaints
• 2005 Acura RL125 complaints
• 2003 Honda Accord1,987 complaints
• 2004 Honda Accord1,018 complaints
• 2005 Honda Accord656 complaints
• 2001 Honda Civic1,079 complaints
• 2002 Honda Civic702 complaints
• 2003 Honda Civic499 complaints
• 2004 Honda Civic350 complaints
• 2005 Honda Civic316 complaints
• 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid51 complaints
• 2004 Honda Civic Hybrid35 complaints
• 2005 Honda Civic Hybrid48 complaints
• 2002 Honda CR-V515 complaints
• 2003 Honda CR-V468 complaints
• 2004 Honda CR-V501 complaints
• 2005 Honda CR-V479 complaints
• 2003 Honda Element423 complaints
• 2004 Honda Element281 complaints
• 2002 Honda Odyssey960 complaints
• 2003 Honda Odyssey914 complaints
• 2004 Honda Odyssey585 complaints
• 2003 Honda Pilot720 complaints
• 2004 Honda Pilot544 complaints
• 2005 Honda Pilot679 complaints
• 2006 Honda Ridgeline243 complaints