Acura Seat Belts: Buckle Assembly

Acura is recalling about 448,613 vehicles over a problem with the seat belts. An unlatched seat belt cannot properly restrain the seat occupant during a crash, increasing their risk of injury.

Campaign
23V158000
Manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Reported
9 March 2023
Vehicles
448,613
Built between
Not published
Models
6
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
18 April 2023
Repaired
75%
Unrepaired
91,482

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • 2019-2020 Acura RDX
  • 2018-2019 Honda Accord
  • 2018-2019 Honda Accord Hybrid
  • 2017-2020 Honda CR-V
  • 2019 Honda Insight
  • 2018-2020 Honda Odyssey

Repair progress

91,482 of 448,613 vehicles in this recall had still not been repaired as of Q1 2025.

75% repaired — 336,696 of 448,613 reported

Owners not reachable
3,992
Scrapped or exported
16,443

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 2017-2020 CR-V, 2018-2019 Accord and Accord Hybrid, 2018-2020 Odyssey, 2019 Insight, and 2019-2020 Acura RDX vehicles. A manufacturing issue with the front seat belts may cause the seat belt buckle channel to interfere with the release button, preventing the seat belt buckle from latching.

What could happen

An unlatched seat belt cannot properly restrain the seat occupant during a crash, increasing their risk of injury.

What gets fixed

Dealers will replace the driver and front passenger seat belt buckle release buttons or the buckle assemblies as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 18, 2023.

Parts involved

  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04813-THR-A00ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04813-TJB-A00ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04813-TJB-A00ZBFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04813-TJB-A00ZCFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04813-TLA-A10ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04813-TLA-A10ZBFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04813-TLA-A10ZCFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04813-TVA-A10ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04813-TVA-A40ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04813-TXM-A00ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-THR-A00ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-TJB-A00ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-TJB-A00ZBFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-TJB-A00ZCFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-TLA-A20ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-TLA-A20ZBFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-TLA-A20ZCFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-TLA-A30ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-TLA-A30ZBFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-TLA-A30ZCFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-TVA-A20ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-TVA-A30ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-TVA-A50ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-TXM-A00ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R04816-TXM-A10ZAFront Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R81455-THR-A010Front Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R81455-TJB-A012Front Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R81455-TLA-A110Front Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R81455-TVA-A410Front Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R81855-THR-A010Front Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R81855-TJB-A012Front Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R81855-TLA-A210Front Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R81855-TLA-A310Front Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R81855-TVA-A510Front Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R81855-TXM-A010Front Seat Belt
  • Buckle Set L / Buckle Set R81855-TXM-A110Front Seat Belt

Part numbers are as filed by the manufacturer and are listed for reference. Your dealer will confirm the correct part for your vehicle.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA9 March 2023
  2. Owners notified18 April 2023
  3. Latest repair reportQ1 2025 — 75% 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 9 March 2023.

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 NDA, QDB, BDC, MDD, LD9. TDF, FDG, ODH, YDI, ZDE.

Official source

Manufacturer's recall number
NDA, QDB, BDC, MDD
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.nhtsa.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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