Honda Air Bags: Inflator Module

Honda is recalling about 515 vehicles over a problem with the air bags. In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Campaign
15V714000
Manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Reported
29 October 2015
Vehicles
515
Built between
Oct 2015 – Oct 2015
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
13 November 2015
Repaired
100%
Unrepaired
0

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between October 2015 and October 2015. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2016 Honda CR-VBuilt October 2015 to October 2015

Repair progress

The manufacturer reports every reachable vehicle in this recall has been repaired, as of Q1 2017.

100% repaired — 515 of 515 reported

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

American Honda Motor Company, Inc. (Honda) is recalling certain model year 2016 CR-V vehicles manufactured October 12, 2015, to October 19, 2015. The metal housing surrounding the driver's air bag inflator in these vehicles may have been manufactured incorrectly.

What could happen

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

What gets fixed

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver side frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began in November 2015.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtOctober 2015 to October 2015
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA29 October 2015
  3. Owners notified13 November 2015
  4. Latest repair reportQ1 2017 — 100% 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 29 October 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'a number for this recall is JV9.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
JV9
Recalling manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Recall initiated by
MFR

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.

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