Acura Mdx, Acura Rl, Honda Cr-V, Honda Element, Honda Fit, Honda Pilot, model years 2005 to 2012. Filed by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) and reported to NHTSA on 10 January 2017. 308,884 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2005-2006 Acura MDX and Honda CR-V vehicles, 2005-2011 Honda Element vehicles, 2005-2012 Acura RL vehicles, 2006-2012 Honda Ridgeline vehicles, 2007-2008 Honda Fit vehicles and 2005-2008 Honda Pilot vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, …
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What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 17V029 cover?
- Acura MDX, Acura RL, Honda Cr-V, Honda Element, Honda Fit, Honda Pilot, Honda Ridgeline, model years 2005-2012.
- What is wrong with them?
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2005-2006 Acura MDX and Honda CR-V vehicles, 2005-2011 Honda Element vehicles, 2005-2012 Acura RL vehicles, 2006-2012 Honda Ridgeline vehicles, 2007-2008 Honda Fit vehicles and 2005-2008 Honda Pilot vehicles originally sold, or ever registered,...
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall bagan March 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are KD9 and KE0.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 17V029 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| System at fault | Air Bags:Frontal:Passenger Side:Inflator Module |
| Reported to NHTSA | 10 January 2017 |
| Model years | 2005-2012 |
| Vehicles named | ACURA MDX, ACURA RL, HONDA CR-V, HONDA ELEMENT, HONDA FIT, HONDA PILOT, HONDA RIDGELINE |
What the notice says today
The consequence
An inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
The remedy
Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall bagan March 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are KD9 and KE0.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 846 notices in the record whose component field names air bags. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Acura MDX recalls: 22 US campaigns
- Acura RL recalls: 7 US campaigns
- Honda CR-V recalls: 39 US campaigns
- Honda Element recalls: 11 US campaigns
- Honda Fit recalls: 25 US campaigns
- Honda Pilot recalls: 30 US campaigns since 2016
- Honda Ridgeline recalls: 31 US campaigns
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 17V029, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/17v029/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 17V029 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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d5c46a8d - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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