Recall issued for Honda, Acura vehicles due to potential air bag defect

Honda, Acura air bag defect recall overview: 

• Who: Honda recalled more than 750,000 Honda and Acura vehicles. 
• Why: The automaker initiated the recall over concerns the vehicles contain front passenger air bag systems that could deploy even in the event a passenger — such as a child, infant or otherwise small person — is too light for it to be safe. 
• Where: The recall affects owners of certain Honda and Acura vehicles nationwide. 

Honda recalled more than 750,000 Honda and Acura vehicles over concerns they contain front passenger air bags that could deploy even in the presence of an infant in a child seat, a child, or a person for whom deployment should be suppressed because of their size. 

The Honda/Acura air bag defect recall involves 19 different Honda and Acura vehicle models, including various Honda Accord, Civic, CR-V, Fit, HR-V, Insight, Pilot, Odyssey, Passport and Ridgeline vehicles and Acura MDX, RDX and TLX vehicles collectively ranging between model years 2020 and 2022. 

Honda attributes the potential defect to a supplier temporarily changing the base material for a part of a seat weight sensor. The material change could end up causing a capacitor to crack and an internal short circuit to occur, the automaker says in the air bag defect recall

Authorized Honda, Acura dealers to replace seat weight sensor part in recalled vehicles

Registered owners of the recalled Honda and Acura vehicles will be asked via mail to bring their vehicles to an authorized Honda or Acura dealer, where the vehicles’ seat weight sensors will be replaced with a non-defective part.

Honda and Acura vehicle owners who have already paid for a repair at their own expense may be eligible for reimbursement, according to the air bag defect recall. Honda said it plans to notify all recalled vehicle owners on March 18, 2024. 

The automaker recently initiated a variety of recalls involving defects related to seat belts, steering racks, connecting rods, defective pressure washer engines, brakes, rear windshields and infotainment systems. 

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