NHTSA Campaign 14V700000
AIR BAGS
NHTSA campaign 14V700000 covers 27 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags. The repair is free.
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) filed the report for 14V700000 with NHTSA on November 4, 2014; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
The 14V700000 report reached NHTSA 10 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 14V700000 were scheduled from January 26, 2015, 83 days after the report.
14V700000 covers 10 models from Honda and Acura, model years 2001–2006.
Owners of the model years 14V700000 covers have filed at least 3,240 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 14V700000 vehicles, the 2003 Honda Accord has the most (318).
Besides 14V700000, Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 14V700000 was 14V563000, reported on July 30, 2014.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- 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.
- 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 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.
- Notes
- Note: This recall supersedes safety recall 14V-353, with the exception of vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in California. Those vehicles will continue to be addressed, and a free remedy provided, under that safety recall campaign. This recall also includes vehicles in the specific geographic areas listed above that were included within safety recalls 13V-132 and 14V-349.
Reported November 4, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V700000 (27)
Honda (23)
- 2003 Honda Accord
- 2004 Honda Accord
- 2005 Honda Accord
- 2001 Honda Civic
- 2002 Honda Civic
- 2003 Honda Civic
- 2004 Honda Civic
- 2005 Honda Civic
- 2004 Honda Civic Hybrid
- 2005 Honda Civic Hybrid
- 2002 Honda CR-V
- 2003 Honda CR-V
- 2004 Honda CR-V
- 2005 Honda CR-V
- 2003 Honda Element
- 2004 Honda Element
- 2002 Honda Odyssey
- 2003 Honda Odyssey
- 2004 Honda Odyssey
- 2003 Honda Pilot
- 2004 Honda Pilot
- 2005 Honda Pilot
- 2006 Honda Ridgeline
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V700000, 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: November 4, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted