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Honda affected vehicles may have been assembled with an incorrect passenger frontal air bag module that does not comply with the advanced air bag requirements.

NHTSA campaign 16V-178 · Reported March 30, 2016 · 11,602 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Honda Accord
VEHICLES AFFECTED
11,602
REMEDY
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the air bag module as necessary, free of charge.
COST
Free

The short version

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) reported a problem with the passenger side inflator module. Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

The affected vehicles may have been assembled with an incorrect passenger frontal air bag module that does not comply with the advanced air bag requirements. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

WHY IT MATTERS

An air bag module does not meet the advanced air bag requirements can increase the risk of injury or death in the event of a crash.

WHAT TO DO

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the air bag module as necessary, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 16V-178.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2004–2007Honda Accord

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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What this record means

Data from the NHTSA recall database. A clean VIN check means no open federal recalls for that vehicle — not that it never had one.

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