NHTSA Campaign 16V344000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 16V344000 covers 39 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module. The repair is free.
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) filed the report for 16V344000 with NHTSA on May 23, 2016; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 16V344000, NHTSA lists up to 1,790,894 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 16V344000 were scheduled from June 29, 2016, 37 days after the report.
16V344000 covers 8 models from Honda and Acura, model years 2002–2011.
Owners of the model years 16V344000 covers have filed at least 1,908 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 16V344000 vehicles, the 2003 Honda Odyssey has the most (131).
By potentially affected vehicles, 16V344000 ranks 6 of 232 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) recalls on this site.
Besides 16V344000, Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 16V344000 was 16V178000, reported on March 30, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2003-2006 Acura MDX, 2005-2011 Acura RL, 2005-2006 Honda CR-V, 2003-2011 Element, 2007-2008 Fit, 2003-2008 Pilot, 2002-2004 Odyssey, and 2006-2011 Ridgeline vehicles originally sold, or that have ever been registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands, or "Zone A." Additionally, unless included in "Zone A" above, Honda is recalling certain model year 2003-2006 Acura MDX, 2005-2008 Acura RL, 2005-2006 Honda CR-V, 2003-2008 Element, 2007-2008 Fit, 2003-2008 Pilot, 2002-2004 Odyssey, and 2006-2008 Ridgeline vehicles originally sold, or that have ever been registered, in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, or "Zone B." Lastly, unless included in "Zone A" or "Zone B" above, Honda is recalling model year 2002-2004 Odyssey and model year 2003-2004 Acura MDX, Honda Element, and Honda Pilot vehicles originally sold, or registered, in Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to absolute humidity and temperature cycling.
- The risk
- An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- The fix
- Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began June 27, 2016. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are KA0, KA1, KA2, and KA3.
Reported May 23, 2016
Vehicles covered by 16V344000 (39)
Honda (28)
- 2005 Honda CR-V
- 2006 Honda CR-V
- 2003 Honda Element
- 2004 Honda Element
- 2005 Honda Element
- 2006 Honda Element
- 2007 Honda Element
- 2008 Honda Element
- 2009 Honda Element
- 2010 Honda Element
- 2011 Honda Element
- 2007 Honda Fit
- 2008 Honda Fit
- 2002 Honda Odyssey
- 2003 Honda Odyssey
- 2004 Honda Odyssey
- 2003 Honda Pilot
- 2004 Honda Pilot
- 2005 Honda Pilot
- 2006 Honda Pilot
- 2007 Honda Pilot
- 2008 Honda Pilot
- 2006 Honda Ridgeline
- 2007 Honda Ridgeline
- 2008 Honda Ridgeline
- 2009 Honda Ridgeline
- 2010 Honda Ridgeline
- 2011 Honda Ridgeline
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 16V344000, 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: May 23, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted