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Acura honda is also recalling certain 2011-2012 Acura RL, 2011 Honda Element and 2011-2013 Ridgeline vehicles in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

NHTSA campaign 18V-662 · Reported September 27, 2018 · 57,095 vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Acura RL, Element and Ridgeline
VEHICLES AFFECTED
57,095
REMEDY
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, 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

Honda is also recalling certain 2011-2012 Acura RL, 2011 Honda Element and 2011-2013 Ridgeline vehicles in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag air bag inflators assembled as part of the frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment (such as after a vehicle crash necessitating replacement of the original air bags), may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to higher absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.

WHY IT MATTERS

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

WHAT TO DO

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 18V-662.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2010–2012Acura RL
2010–2011Honda Element
2010–2014Honda Ridgeline

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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