---
title: "1.1 Million Hondas and Acuras Recalled Again to Replace Replacement Takata Airbag"
description: "Honda is recalling 1.1 million vehicles that were previously fixed using potentially deadly Takata airbag inflators"
date: "2019-03-14"
modified: "2019-03-14"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/26943/1-1-million-hondas-and-acuras-recalled-again-to-replace-replacement-takata-airbag"
categories:
  - "Acura News"
  - "Honda News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "acura"
  - "luxury"
---

# 1.1 Million Hondas and Acuras Recalled Again to Replace Replacement Takata Airbag

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The sprawling [Takata airbag recall](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/25587/toyota-rolls-out-carma-project-app-to-encourage-takata-airbag-recall-repairs>) from earlier this decade has touched at least 37 million vehicles from nearly every major manufacturer around the world. Now Honda is one again recalling 1.1 million Hondas and Acuras whose defective airbag inflators were previously fixed in the scandal's early stages. The replacement units, also made by Takata, were revealed to be defective as well after a ruptured inflator injured a driver in a crash last January.

Honda [released a statement](<https://hondanews.com/channels/corporate-recalls/releases/statement-by-american-honda-regarding-recall-of-takata-desiccated-replacement-driver-front-airbag-inflators>) on Tuesday announcing that the re-recall would begin later this year and affect a wide range of Honda and Acura models from 2001 to 2016. The full list is below. As was the case with the original airbag inflator, the risk with the replacement part is that the chemical propellants designed to blow up the airbag can degrade, break the inflator housing, and [shoot shards of metal directly at the driver](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/18154/death-toll-continues-to-rise-due-to-faulty-takata-airbag-inflators>) or passenger during a crash.

Since the issue was first publicly revealed in 2013 with the first wave of recalls, the defective airbags have been linked to over 20 deaths and 100 injuries, [primarily in Honda vehicles.](<https://www.thedrive.com/video/16710/honda-makes-graphic-safety-video-to-scare-you-into-fixing-your-defective-takata-airbag>) The Honda and Acura cars that are being recalled a second time were first brought in during those early stages, before Honda stopped sourcing the replacement PSDI-5D inflators from Takata in 2016, [according to a document](<https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2019/RMISC-19V182-7116.pdf>) filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Less than a year later, Takata Corporation went bankrupt after paying a billion-dollar fine, seeing three of its executives charged in federal court, and generally losing the trust of the entire automotive industry. But it appears the ghosts of its mistakes are still with Honda owners—and anyone else who hasn't had the recall done. [You can find out if your car is affected here.](<https://www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/takata-recall-spotlight>)

The Honda and Acura vehicles involved with this latest recall are:

- 2003 Acura 3.2CL
- 2013-2016 Acura ILX
- 2003-2006 Acura MDX
- 2002-2003 Acura 3.2TL
- 2004-2006 and 2009-2014 Acura TL
- 2007-2016 Acura RDX
- 2010-2013 Acura ZDX
- 2001-2007 and 2009 Honda Accord
- 2001-2005 Honda Civic
- 2002-2007 and 2010-2011 Honda CR-V
- 2003-2011 Honda Element
- 2007 Honda Fit
- 2002-2004 Honda Odyssey
- 2003-2008 Honda Pilot
- 2006-2014 Honda Ridgeline

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## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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