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NHTSA Campaign 18V661000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

NHTSA campaign 18V661000 covers 38 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 18V661000 with NHTSA on September 27, 2018; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.

For 18V661000, NHTSA lists up to 1,355,406 potentially affected vehicles, built between October 5, 2010 and September 5, 2011.

The 18V661000 report reached NHTSA 7 years after the last affected vehicle was built.

Owner notification letters for 18V661000 were scheduled from November 6, 2018, 40 days after the report.

18V661000 covers 10 models from Honda and Acura, model years 2010–2015.

Owners of the model years 18V661000 covers have filed at least 1,569 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.

Among the 18V661000 vehicles, the 2011 Honda CR-V has the most (295).

By potentially affected vehicles, 18V661000 ranks 10 of 232 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) recalls on this site.

Besides 18V661000, Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 18V661000 was 18V268000, reported on April 26, 2018.

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What this recall covers

The defect
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2014 Honda Insight and Acura TSX and TSX Wagon, 2014-2015 Honda Crosstour and Pilot vehicles nationwide, as well as certain 2014 Honda FCX Clarity and Fit EV vehicles in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, California, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan) and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Honda is also recalling certain 2011-2013 Acura TSX, TSX Wagon and ZDX, Honda Crosstour, Insight, Fit and Pilot vehicles, 2011-2012 Honda Accord and 2011 Honda Civic NGV, Civic, Civic Hybrid and CR-V vehicles in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the 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. Lastly, Honda is recalling certain 2010-2013 Acura TSX and ZDX, Honda Crosstour, Fit, Insight and Pilot, 2011-2013 TSX Wagon, 2010-2012 Honda Accord and 2010-2011 Honda Civic NGV, Civic, Civic Hybrid and CR-V vehicles 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 air bag inflators assembled as part of the frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment (such as after a vehicle crash necessitating replacement of the original air bags), may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to higher absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.
The risk
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other 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 November 6, 2018. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are M2J and S2K.

Reported September 27, 2018

Vehicles covered by 18V661000 (38)

Honda (30)

Acura (8)

Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V661000, 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: September 27, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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