- Vehicles
- 3,498,481
- Built between
- Mar 2000 – Aug 2007
- Models
- 9
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- NHTSA investigation
- Owners notified
- 1 July 2015
- Repaired
- 65%
- Unrepaired
- 676,372
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between March 2000 and August 2007. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 2003 Acura MDXBuilt September 2002 to June 2003
- 2003-2007 Honda AccordBuilt February 2002 to August 2007
- 2001-2005 Honda CivicBuilt March 2000 to January 2005
- 2001-2004 Honda Civic GXBuilt June 2000 to August 2004
- 2003-2005 Honda Civic HybridBuilt February 2002 to January 2005
- 2002-2004 Honda CR-VBuilt May 2001 to September 2003
- 2003 Honda ElementBuilt June 2002 to July 2003
- 2002-2003 Honda OdysseyBuilt June 2001 to July 2003
- 2003 Honda PilotBuilt November 2001 to August 2003
Repair progress
676,372 of 3,498,481 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2017.
65% repaired — 2,263,940 of 3,498,481 reported
- Owners not reachable
- 3,998
- Scrapped or exported
- 554,171
Manufacturers file these figures with NHTSA each quarter. Vehicles the manufacturer could not trace, or that have been scrapped or exported, are counted separately and are not included in the unrepaired figure.
What the defect is
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2001-2005 Honda Civic vehicles manufactured March 21, 2000, to January 20, 2005, 2001-2004 Honda Civic GX vehicles manufactured June 14, 2000, to August 19, 2004, 2003-2005 Honda Civic Hybrid vehicles manufactured February 24, 2002, to January 18, 2005, 2003-2007 Honda Accord vehicles manufactured February 21, 2002, to August 28, 2007, 2002-2004 Honda CR-V vehicles, 2002-2003 Honda Odyssey vehicles manufactured June 19, 2001, to July 12, 2003, 2003 Acura MDX vehicles manufactured September 19, 2002, to June 19, 2003, 2003 Honda Element vehicles manufactured June 25, 2002, to July 31, 2003, and 2003 Honda Pilot vehicles manufactured November 26, 2001, to August 21, 2003. The affected vehicles have a passenger side frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion which, over time, could cause the inflator to rupture upon its deployment.
What could happen
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the passenger seat occupant or other occupants possibly causing serious injury or death.
What gets fixed
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began on July 1, 2015.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtMarch 2000 to August 2007
- Recall reported to NHTSA15 June 2015
- Owners notified1 July 2015
- Latest repair reportQ4 2017 — 65% repaired
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 15 June 2015.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are JU4, JU5, JU6, and JU7. Note: Vehicles that have already received a replacement passenger air bag inflator as part of the recall remedy for an earlier campaign such as 14V353 or 14V700 (Honda recall numbers S95, JH6, JH7, JH8, JH9, JJ0, JJ1, JJ2, JJ6, JM5 and JM6) are not included in this recall. However, this recall does supersede 13V132 and 14V349. Note: On December 18, 2015 Honda informed NHTSA of an expansion of this recall to include certain model year 2004 Honda CR-V vehicles in addition to additional model year 2003 CR-V vehicles.
Official source
- Manufacturer's recall number
- JU4, JU5, JU6, JU7
- Recalling manufacturer
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- Recall initiated by
- ODI
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.