What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1996182
- Recall date
- 18 November 1996
- Make
- Honda
- Models
- Accord
- Model years
- 1995
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Safety Mfr
- Vehicles affected
- 9,480
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the supplementary restraint system (SRS) Electronic Control Unit may cause airbag deployment when it is not necessary to protect front seat occupants. The seasors may detect a sudden deceleration as a result of an impact to the unercarriage or underbody of the vehicle and signal the airbags to deploy. Such an impact might occur if the car travelled over a curb or through a deep pothole at relatively high speed. A deployment of the airbags may result in abrasions to the hands, arms, or face of a properly positioned front seat occupant, or potentially more serious injury to an out of position occupant. Correction: SRS Electronic Control Unit will be replaced.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1996182.