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NHTSA campaign 18V661000 · Honda campaign M2J, S2K

Acura and Honda Recall 18V-661: Passenger Frontal Air Bag Inflator May Explode

  • Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

NHTSA recall 18V661000 (Honda campaign M2J, S2K) was reported by Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) on September 27, 2018, with 1,355,406 vehicles potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Honda Crosstour, Honda Pilot, Acura TSX and more for model years 2010–2015. Owners were notified on November 6, 2018, 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 18V661000 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.

To see whether a specific vehicle is included and still needs the repair, enter its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

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Key facts

NHTSA campaign
18V661000 (also written 18V-661 or 18V661)
Filed by
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Honda campaign number
M2J, S2K
Report received
Potentially affected
1,355,406 vehicles (per NHTSA)
Component
Air Bags — Frontal — Passenger Side — Inflator Module
Owners notified

Repair completion: 81.11% (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 18V661000. 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 TSX

    • 2010 · Vehicles built May 6, 2009 – October 13, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built October 20, 2010 – August 21, 2011 (per NHTSA)
    • 2012 · Vehicles built August 23, 2011 – August 31, 2012 (per NHTSA)
    • 2013 · Vehicles built September 3, 2012 – May 31, 2013 (per NHTSA)
    • 2014 · Vehicles built September 3, 2013 – March 21, 2014 (per NHTSA)

  • Acura ZDX

    • 2010 · Vehicles built November 12, 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 October 18, 2012 – March 7, 2013 (per NHTSA)
All Acura recalls

Honda

  • Honda Accord

    • 2010 · Vehicles built August 12, 2009 – September 27, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built July 15, 2010 – August 18, 2011 (per NHTSA)
    • 2012 · Vehicles built May 11, 2011 – October 2, 2012 (per NHTSA)

  • Honda Civic

    • 2010 · Vehicles built August 24, 2009 – December 30, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built August 25, 2010 – May 17, 2011 (per NHTSA)

  • Honda Civic Hybrid

    • 2010 · Vehicles built September 2, 2009 – July 30, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built August 21, 2010 – December 2, 2010 (per NHTSA)

  • Honda CR-V

    • 2010 · Vehicles built August 6, 2009 – October 4, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built July 30, 2010 – December 5, 2011 (per NHTSA)

  • Honda Crosstour

    • 2010 · Vehicles built October 12, 2009 – September 27, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built August 11, 2010 – August 18, 2011 (per NHTSA)
    • 2012 · Vehicles built May 11, 2011 – October 2, 2012 (per NHTSA)
    • 2013 · Vehicles built September 11, 2012 – September 24, 2013 (per NHTSA)
    • 2014 · Vehicles built November 1, 2013 – August 22, 2014 (per NHTSA)
    • 2015 · Vehicles built September 3, 2014 – April 7, 2015 (per NHTSA)

  • Honda FCX Clarity

    • 2014 · Vehicles built January 21, 2014 – March 4, 2014 (per NHTSA)

  • Honda Fit

    • 2010 · Vehicles built September 2, 2009 – October 29, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built November 2, 2010 – July 31, 2011 (per NHTSA)
    • 2012 · Vehicles built July 30, 2011 – June 29, 2012 (per NHTSA)
    • 2013 · Vehicles built July 2, 2012 – December 27, 2013 (per NHTSA)

  • Honda Fit EV

    • 2014 · Vehicles built June 12, 2013 – August 23, 2013 (per NHTSA)

  • Honda Insight

    • 2010 · Vehicles built February 5, 2009 – September 21, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built October 5, 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 Pilot

    • 2010 · Vehicles built April 17, 2009 – February 22, 2010 (per NHTSA)
    • 2011 · Vehicles built February 23, 2010 – August 30, 2011 (per NHTSA)
    • 2012 · Vehicles built August 24, 2011 – September 5, 2012 (per NHTSA)
    • 2013 · Vehicles built August 27, 2012 – October 8, 2013 (per NHTSA)
    • 2014 · Vehicles built September 4, 2013 – June 10, 2014 (per NHTSA)
    • 2015 · Vehicles built June 3, 2014 – May 18, 2015 (per NHTSA)
All Honda recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 18V661000.

Defect description

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2014 Honda Insight and Acura TSX and TSX Wagon, 2014-2015 Honda Crosstour and Pilot vehicles nationwide, as well as certain 2014 Honda FCX Clarity and Fit EV vehicles in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, California, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan) and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Honda is also recalling certain 2011-2013 Acura TSX, TSX Wagon and ZDX, Honda Crosstour, Insight, Fit and Pilot vehicles, 2011-2012 Honda Accord and 2011 Honda Civic NGV, Civic, Civic Hybrid and CR-V vehicles in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Lastly, Honda is recalling certain 2010-2013 Acura TSX and ZDX, Honda Crosstour, Fit, Insight and Pilot, 2011-2013 TSX Wagon, 2010-2012 Honda Accord and 2010-2011 Honda Civic NGV, Civic, Civic Hybrid and CR-V vehicles in Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag air bag inflators assembled as part of the frontal air bag modules, and used as original equipment or replacement equipment (such as after a vehicle crash necessitating replacement of the original air bags), may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to higher absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.

Safety consequence

An inflator explosion may result in sharp 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 passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge. The recall began November 6, 2018. Owners may contact Honda customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are M2J and S2K.

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 18V661000

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.