Honda Accord 2001–2011 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin A15-040 · NHTSA communication 10100701 · issued Sep 16, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2001–2011
model years
43
vehicle entries
Official summary
"service bulletin - in certain vehicles, the driver s (front) airbag inflator could produce excessive internal pressure during airbag deployment. If an affected airbag deploys, the increased internal pressure may cause the inflator casing to rupture. Metal fragments could pass through the airbag cushion material, possibly causing injury or fatality to vehicle occupants."
Vehicles covered
- 2001 Honda Accord
- 2002 Honda Accord
- 2003 Honda Accord
- 2004 Honda Accord
- 2005 Honda Accord
- 2006 Honda Accord
- 2007 Honda Accord
- 2001 Honda Civic
- 2002 Honda Civic
- 2003 Honda Civic
- 2004 Honda Civic
- 2005 Honda Civic
- 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid
- 2004 Honda Civic Hybrid
- 2005 Honda Civic Hybrid
- 2001 Honda Civic NGV
- 2002 Honda Civic NGV
- 2003 Honda Civic NGV
- 2004 Honda Civic NGV
- 2002 Honda CR-V
- 2003 Honda CR-V
- 2004 Honda CR-V
- 2005 Honda CR-V
- 2006 Honda CR-V
- 2003 Honda Element
- 2004 Honda Element
- 2005 Honda Element
- 2006 Honda Element
- 2007 Honda Element
- 2008 Honda Element
- 2009 Honda Element
- 2010 Honda Element
- 2011 Honda Element
- 2002 Honda Odyssey
- 2003 Honda Odyssey
- 2004 Honda Odyssey
- 2003 Honda Pilot
- 2004 Honda Pilot
- 2005 Honda Pilot
- 2006 Honda Pilot
- 2007 Honda Pilot
- 2008 Honda Pilot
- 2006 Honda Ridgeline
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.