Honda Odyssey, Accord, Civic, Rl, El, Tl. Published by Transport Canada as 2020015 on 17 January 2020. System: Airbag.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, exposure to moisture over time could cause the driver-front airbag not to inflate properly in a crash. In some cases, this could cause an airbag not to fully inflate, while in others it could cause it to deploy with more force than normal. It could also cause the inflator to rupture. If …
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Honda ODYSSEY in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Honda ODYSSEY is named on 36 American notices, 1 British, 17 European, 1 Japanese and 30 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
The Japanese register
The Israeli register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020015
- Recall date
- 17 January 2020
- Make
- Honda, Acura
- Models
- Odyssey, Accord, Civic, RL, El, TL, Cr-V, CL, MDX
- Model years
- 2000 to 2003
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 85,247
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, exposure to moisture over time could cause the driver-front airbag not to inflate properly in a crash. In some cases, this could cause an airbag not to fully inflate, while in others it could cause it to deploy with more force than normal. It could also cause the inflator to rupture. If the airbag inflator ruptures, small pieces of metal could be propelled toward vehicle occupants or cause damage to the airbag and prevent its proper function.
Note: This recall is for airbag inflators that may have been installed when the vehicle had the steering wheel airbag replaced.Safety Risk:
In a crash requiring an airbag deployment, the driver-front airbag may not inflate properly or the inflator could rupture. This could create a risk of injury.Corrective Actions:
The company will notify owners by mail. There may be a significant delay before replacement parts are available. The company will send you a second letter once replacement parts are available and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to inspect the driver-front airbag inflator. If the inflator requires replacement, a newly design part will be installed.
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 2020015.
Honda elsewhere in this register
Honda is named on 362 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2020014 · 17 January 2020 · Civic, El, Cr-V · Airbag
- 2020041 · 6 February 2020 · Pilot, Passport · Label
- 2020042 · 6 February 2020 · Odyssey · Electrical
- 2020115 · 19 March 2020 · Talon, Pioneer 1000 · Powertrain
- 2020236 · 28 May 2020 · Hr-V, Accord, Civic · Fuel System
- 2020344 · 28 July 2020 · Odyssey, Passport, Pilot · Visual System
- 2020345 · 28 July 2020 · Odyssey · Visual System
- 2020346 · 28 July 2020 · Passport, Odyssey, Pilot · Visual System
The same system: Airbag
734 notices in this register name Airbag. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020013 · 17 January 2020 · Corolla, Matrix, Avalon · Airbag
- 2020014 · 17 January 2020 · Civic, El, Cr-V · Airbag
- 2020008 · 15 January 2020 · X5, 3 Series, X3 · Airbag
- 2020009 · 15 January 2020 · 3 Series · Airbag
- 2020010 · 15 January 2020 · X5, X6 · Airbag
- 2020018 · 22 January 2020 · Celica, Paseo, Rav4 · Airbag
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Honda Odyssey, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Honda: 362 in the register, and 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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