Acura Air Bags: Inflator Module

Acura is recalling about 19,138 vehicles over a problem with the air bags. An incorrectly installed air bag inflator may not properly deploy the passenger frontal air bag in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

Campaign
19V378000
Manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Reported
16 May 2019
Vehicles
19,138
Built between
Jul 2005 – May 2015
Models
13
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
5 July 2019
Repaired
49%
Unrepaired
8,932

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between July 2005 and May 2015. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2009-2014 Acura TSXBuilt February 2009 to January 2014
  • 2011-2013 Acura TSX Sport WagonBuilt November 2010 to June 2012
  • 2010-2012 Acura ZDXBuilt December 2009 to June 2012
  • 2008-2012 Honda AccordBuilt July 2007 to August 2012
  • 2010-2011 Honda Accord CrosstourBuilt October 2009 to July 2011
  • 2006-2011 Honda CivicBuilt July 2005 to March 2011
  • 2006-2011 Honda Civic GXBuilt June 2006 to March 2011
  • 2006-2011 Honda Civic HybridBuilt September 2005 to October 2010
  • 2007-2011 Honda CR-VBuilt July 2006 to November 2011
  • 2012-2014 Honda CrosstourBuilt August 2011 to April 2014
  • 2009-2013 Honda FITBuilt July 2008 to November 2013
  • 2010-2013 Honda InsightBuilt February 2009 to April 2013
  • 2009-2015 Honda PilotBuilt April 2008 to May 2015

Repair progress

8,932 of 19,138 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q4 2020.

49% repaired — 9,375 of 19,138 reported

Owners not reachable
11
Scrapped or exported
820

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 2009-2014 Acura TSX, 2011-2013 TSX Sport Wagon, and 2010-2012 ZDX and 2008-2012 Honda Accord, 2010-2011 Accord Crosstour, 2006-2011 Civic, Civic Hybrid and Civic NGV, 2012-2014 Crosstour, 2007-2011 CR-V, 2009-2013 Fit, 2010-2013 Insight, and 2009-2015 Pilot vehicles. The front passenger air bag inflator may have been installed incorrectly during replacement.

What could happen

An incorrectly installed air bag inflator may not properly deploy the passenger frontal air bag in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

What gets fixed

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the inflator installation and, if necessary, replace the passenger frontal air bag module assembly, free of charge. The recall began July 5, 2019.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtJuly 2005 to May 2015
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA16 May 2019
  3. Owners notified5 July 2019
  4. Latest repair reportQ4 2020 — 49% 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 16 May 2019.

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 M4O, P4R, T4Q, and W4P.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
M4O, P4R, T4Q, W4P
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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