Honda Fit 2015–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A15-079 · NHTSA communication 10100241 · issued Nov 6, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2015–2016
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Service bulletin - certain 2015 2016 model year honda fit vehicles were equipped with a rear grab rail bracket that was not manufactured to design specifications and may interfere with side curtain airbag deployment. In the event of a collision, if the side curtain airbag does not deploy as designed, the vehicle may fail to comply with the requirements of fmvss 214, fmvss 226, and the risk of injury is increased.
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.