Acura MDX, RL; Honda Accord, Civic and 5 more (2003-2006): Air bags
Recall 14V353000 · Jun 20, 2014 · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
133,207
vehicles affected
133,207
vehicles affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 14V353000
- Date
- Jun 20, 2014
- Maker
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- Units affected
- 133,207
- Kind
- Vehicles
- Component
- Air bags
- Model years
- 2003-2006
- Started by
- The maker
- Hazard
- Crash risk
What is wrong
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.
What can happen
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passengers frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
The fix
Recall repairs are free of charge.
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.
Vehicles covered
9 models, 21 model years in all
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Questions and answers
Which vehicles are in recall 14V353000?
9 models: Acura MDX (2003-2005), Acura RL (2005), Honda Accord (2003-2005) and 6 more, about 133,207 vehicles in all.
What is the fix for recall 14V353000?
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.
What can happen?
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passengers frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. A dealer can tell whether a single vehicle still needs the repair.