NHTSA Campaign 17V029000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 17V029000 covers 32 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 17V029000 with NHTSA on January 10, 2017; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 17V029000, NHTSA lists up to 308,884 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 17V029000 were scheduled from February 27, 2017, 48 days after the report.
17V029000 covers 7 models from Acura and Honda, model years 2005–2012.
Owners of the model years 17V029000 covers have filed at least 1,195 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 17V029000 vehicles, the 2005 Honda CR-V has the most (129).
By potentially affected vehicles, 17V029000 ranks 45 of 232 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) recalls on this site.
Besides 17V029000, Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 17V029000 was 16V346000, reported on May 24, 2016.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2005-2006 Acura MDX and Honda CR-V vehicles, 2005-2011 Honda Element vehicles, 2005-2012 Acura RL vehicles, 2006-2012 Honda Ridgeline vehicles, 2007-2008 Honda Fit vehicles and 2005-2008 Honda Pilot vehicles originally sold, or ever 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, if not included in "Zone A" above, Honda is recalling certain 2005-2006 Acura MDX and Honda CR-V vehicles, 2005-2009 Acura RL and Honda Element vehicles, 2007-2008 Honda Fit vehicles, 2005-2008 Honda Pilot vehicles and 2006-2009 Honda Ridgeline vehicles originally sold, or ever 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." Additionally, if not included in "Zone A" or "Zone B" above, Honda is recalling certain 2005-2006 Acura MDX and Honda CR-V vehicles, 2005-2008 Acura RL, Honda Element and Honda Pilot vehicles, 2007-2008 Honda Fit vehicles and 2006-2008 Honda Ridgeline vehicles originally sold, or ever 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 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 front passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall bagan March 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are KD9 and KE0.
Reported January 10, 2017
Vehicles covered by 17V029000 (32)
Honda (22)
- 2005 Honda CR-V
- 2006 Honda CR-V
- 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
- 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
- 2012 Honda Ridgeline
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V029000, 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: January 10, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted