NHTSA campaign 16V061000 · Honda campaign JY0, JY1, JY2

Acura and Honda Recall 16V-061: Driver's Frontal Air Bag Inflator May Rupture

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 16V061000 (Honda campaign JY0, JY1, JY2) was reported by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) on February 3, 2016, with 2,232,187 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Acura RDX, Acura RL, Honda Ridgeline and more for model years 2005–2016. Owners were notified on February 22, 2017, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

This page lists, by model year, the vehicles NHTSA's recall record names for campaign 16V061000 in the model years try.vin imports (1995 and later); NHTSA's own record can list more. A model year on the list doesn't mean every vehicle of that year is included, and some may already have been repaired.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
16V061000 (also written 16V-061 or 16V061)
Filed by
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Honda campaign number
JY0, JY1, JY2
Report received
Potentially affected
2,232,187 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Air Bags — Frontal — Driver Side — Inflator Module
Owners notified

Repair completion: 85.63% (latest rate the manufacturer reported to NHTSA; dataset updated October 21, 2026)

NHTSA cautions against comparing completion rates across recalls or manufacturers. How try.vin reads them.

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 16V061000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Acura

  • Acura ILX

    • 2013 · Vehicles built September 14, 2011 – July 13, 2013 (per NHTSA)
    • 2014 · Vehicles built May 15, 2013 – August 19, 2014 (per NHTSA)
    • 2015 · Vehicles built June 19, 2014 – December 30, 2014 (per NHTSA)
    • 2016 · Vehicles built December 2, 2014 – May 12, 2015 (per NHTSA)
  • Acura RDX

    • 2007 · Vehicles built December 8, 2005 – July 17, 2007 (per NHTSA)
    • 2008 · Vehicles built May 11, 2007 – June 2, 2008 (per NHTSA)
    • 2009 · Vehicles built January 24, 2008 – July 14, 2009 (per NHTSA)
    • 2010 · Vehicles built January 7, 2009 – July 6, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built July 6, 2010 – August 8, 2011 (per NHTSA)
    • 2012 · Vehicles built August 5, 2011 – December 20, 2011 (per NHTSA)
    • 2013 · Vehicles built August 17, 2011 – March 28, 2013 (per NHTSA)
    • 2014 · Vehicles built April 2, 2013 – April 7, 2014 (per NHTSA)
    • 2015 · Vehicles built April 1, 2014 – April 15, 2015 (per NHTSA)
    • 2016 · Vehicles built November 19, 2014 – September 22, 2015 (per NHTSA)
  • Acura RL

    • 2005 · Vehicles built February 23, 2004 – June 23, 2005 (per NHTSA)
    • 2006 · Vehicles built May 18, 2005 – August 31, 2006 (per NHTSA)
    • 2007 · Vehicles built July 13, 2006 – May 21, 2007 (per NHTSA)
    • 2008 · Vehicles built June 12, 2007 – January 21, 2008 (per NHTSA)
    • 2009 · Vehicles built October 25, 2007 – March 19, 2009 (per NHTSA)
    • 2010 · Vehicles built May 13, 2009 – September 11, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built November 2, 2010 – April 28, 2011 (per NHTSA)
    • 2012 · Vehicles built October 8, 2011 – June 21, 2012 (per NHTSA)
  • Acura TL

    • 2009 · Vehicles built March 6, 2008 – June 3, 2009 (per NHTSA)
    • 2010 · Vehicles built February 11, 2009 – August 30, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011
    • 2012 · Vehicles built July 28, 2010 – September 4, 2012 (per NHTSA)
    • 2013 · Vehicles built September 4, 2012 – August 29, 2013 (per NHTSA)
    • 2014 · Vehicles built September 5, 2013 – March 6, 2014 (per NHTSA)
  • Acura ZDX

    • 2010 · Vehicles built April 15, 2009 – July 29, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built September 23, 2010 – March 30, 2011 (per NHTSA)
    • 2012 · Vehicles built August 11, 2011 – June 21, 2012 (per NHTSA)
    • 2013 · Vehicles built June 13, 2012 – March 7, 2013 (per NHTSA)
All Acura recalls

Honda

  • Honda CR-V

    • 2007 · Vehicles built February 23, 2006 – September 24, 2007 (per NHTSA)
    • 2008 · Vehicles built June 21, 2007 – September 30, 2008 (per NHTSA)
    • 2009 · Vehicles built August 8, 2008 – September 30, 2009 (per NHTSA)
    • 2010 · Vehicles built April 16, 2009 – October 5, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built July 30, 2010 – December 5, 2011 (per NHTSA)
  • Honda CR-Z

    • 2011 · Vehicles built December 22, 2009 – July 5, 2011 (per NHTSA)
    • 2012 · Vehicles built September 20, 2011 – August 30, 2012 (per NHTSA)
    • 2013 · Vehicles built November 1, 2012 – June 28, 2013 (per NHTSA)
    • 2014 · Vehicles built September 17, 2013 – July 3, 2014 (per NHTSA)
    • 2015 · Vehicles built September 4, 2014 – July 21, 2015 (per NHTSA)
  • Honda Fit

    • 2009 · Vehicles built July 9, 2008 – September 2, 2009 (per NHTSA)
    • 2010 · Vehicles built September 2, 2009 – December 8, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built November 2, 2010 – July 31, 2011 (per NHTSA)
    • 2012 · Vehicles built May 23, 2011 – June 29, 2012 (per NHTSA)
    • 2013 · Vehicles built July 2, 2012 – December 27, 2013 (per NHTSA)
  • Honda Fit EV

    • 2013 · Vehicles built June 14, 2012 – May 30, 2013 (per NHTSA)
    • 2014 · Vehicles built June 12, 2013 – August 21, 2014 (per NHTSA)
  • Honda Insight

    • 2010 · Vehicles built November 11, 2008 – September 27, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built August 4, 2010 – September 5, 2011 (per NHTSA)
    • 2012 · Vehicles built September 12, 2011 – August 30, 2012 (per NHTSA)
    • 2013 · Vehicles built September 5, 2012 – August 3, 2013 (per NHTSA)
    • 2014 · Vehicles built October 4, 2013 – June 12, 2014 (per NHTSA)
  • Honda Ridgeline

    • 2007 · Vehicles built January 31, 2006 – June 6, 2007 (per NHTSA)
    • 2008 · Vehicles built June 4, 2007 – July 17, 2008 (per NHTSA)
    • 2009 · Vehicles built January 22, 2008 – August 11, 2009 (per NHTSA)
    • 2010 · Vehicles built August 13, 2009 – June 9, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built June 15, 2010 – November 1, 2011 (per NHTSA)
    • 2012 · Vehicles built July 19, 2011 – October 2, 2012 (per NHTSA)
    • 2013 · Vehicles built September 26, 2012 – September 4, 2013 (per NHTSA)
    • 2014 · Vehicles built September 9, 2013 – June 26, 2014 (per NHTSA)
All Honda recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 16V061000.

Defect description

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2007-2011 Honda CR-V, 2011-2015 CR-Z, 2010-2014 FCX, and Insight, 2009-2013 Fit, 2013-2014 Fit EV, 2007-2014 Ridgeline, 2013-2016 Acura ILX, 2013-2014 Acura ILX Hybrid, 2007-2016 RDX, 2005-2012 Acura RL, 2009-2014 Acura TL, and 2010-2013 Acura ZDX vehicles. The affected vehicles are equipped with a dual-stage driver frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion which, over time, could cause the inflator to rupture.

Safety consequence

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Manufacturer remedy

Honda will notify owners, and dealers will replace the inflator, free of charge. The recall began March 2017. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are JY0, JY1, and JY2.

Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 16V061000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.