NHTSA Campaign 14V353000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 14V353000 covers 21 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) filed the report for 14V353000 with NHTSA on June 20, 2014; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 14V353000, NHTSA lists up to 133,207 potentially affected vehicles, built between May 20, 2005 and May 24, 2005.
The 14V353000 report reached NHTSA 9 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V353000 were scheduled from September 12, 2014, 84 days after the report.
14V353000 covers 9 models from Acura and Honda, model years 2003–2006.
Owners of the model years 14V353000 covers have filed at least 2,423 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 14V353000 vehicles, the 2003 Honda Accord has the most (318).
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V353000 ranks 70 of 232 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) recalls on this site.
Besides 14V353000, Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 14V353000 was 14V175000, reported on April 7, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- 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.
- The risk
- 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
- 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.
Reported June 20, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V353000 (21)
Honda (17)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V353000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: June 20, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted