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NHTSA Campaign 17V545000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

NHTSA campaign 17V545000 covers 33 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 17V545000 with NHTSA on August 31, 2017; the manufacturer initiated the recall.

For 17V545000, NHTSA lists up to 3,257 potentially affected vehicles, built between September 21, 2011 and August 9, 2012.

The 17V545000 report reached NHTSA 5 years after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 17V545000 were scheduled from October 30, 2017, 60 days after the report.

17V545000 covers 8 models from Honda and Acura, model years 2006–2012.

Owners of the model years 17V545000 covers have filed at least 3,473 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.

Among the 17V545000 vehicles, the 2008 Honda Accord has the most (379).

By potentially affected vehicles, 17V545000 ranks 151 of 232 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) recalls on this site.

Besides 17V545000, Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 17V545000 was 17V417000, reported on June 29, 2017.

What this recall covers

The defect
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2008-2012 Accord, 2010-2012 Accord Crosstour, 2006-2011 Civic, 2007-2011 CR-V, 2009-2012 Fit and Pilot, 2010-2012 Insight, and 2009-2012 Acura TSX vehicles that received replacement passenger frontal air bag inflators. One dealership may have incorrectly installed the replacement air bag inflators.
The risk
In the event of a crash, an incorrectly installed passenger frontal air bag inflator may deploy the air bag improperly, increasing the risk of injury.
The fix
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag module assembly, free of charge. The recall began October 30, 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are O07, Y0A, N06, G05, M04, Y01, and O09.

Reported August 31, 2017

Vehicles covered by 17V545000 (33)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 17V545000, 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: August 31, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted