NHTSA Campaign 18V662000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 18V662000 covers 10 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 18V662000 with NHTSA on September 27, 2018; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 18V662000, NHTSA lists up to 57,095 potentially affected vehicles, built between November 2, 2010 and April 28, 2011.
The 18V662000 report reached NHTSA 7 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 18V662000 were scheduled from November 6, 2018, 40 days after the report.
18V662000 covers 3 models from Acura and Honda, model years 2010–2014.
Owners of the model years 18V662000 covers have filed at least 128 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 18V662000 vehicles, the 2013 Honda Ridgeline has the most (35).
By potentially affected vehicles, 18V662000 ranks 89 of 232 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) recalls on this site.
Besides 18V662000, Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) has 42 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 18V662000 was 18V268000, reported on April 26, 2018.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2014 Honda Ridgeline vehicles nationwide. Honda is also recalling certain 2011-2012 Acura RL, 2011 Honda Element and 2011-2013 Ridgeline 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, if not included above, Honda is recalling certain 2010-2011 Honda Element, 2010-2012 Acura RL and 2010-2013 Ridgeline 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 H2H and S2I.
Reported September 27, 2018
Vehicles covered by 18V662000 (10)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 18V662000, 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