Campaign 26V-332

Front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, which can cause the air bags to deploy unintentionally during a crash

Defect summary

Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2021, 2023 Acura TLX, 2019-2024 RDX, 2017-2020, 2022-2026 MDX, 2017-2021, 2023, 2025 Honda Ridgeline, 2017-2022 Pilot, 2019-2021 Passport, 2018-2026 Odyssey, 2019-2022 Insight, 2019-2021 HR-V, 2018-2020 Fit, 2020-2022 CR-V Hybrid, 2017-2022 CR-V, 2017-2018, 2021 Civic Type R, 2017-2021 Civic hatchback, 2016-2020 Civic coupe, 2016-2022 Civic, 2017-2022 Accord Hybrid, and 2016-2022 Accord vehicles. The front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, which can cause the air bags to deploy unintentionally during a crash.

Consequence

Air bags that deploy unintentionally during a crash increase the risk of injury.

Remedy

Dealers will replace the seat weight sensors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 7, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are BOL, WO9, OOA, WOM, XOH, NOC, POD, BOE, UOF, POB, EOG, AOI, QO8, TOJ, DO7, and SOK. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 24V064. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning May 29, 2026.

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file, campaign 26V332000. Text as published by NHTSA.

Vehicles covered

17 product lines are covered

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA about airbags on these vehicles: 845, of which 239 involved a crash, fire, injury or death. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.

Vehicles covered by campaign 26V-332
Make	Model	Model years	Complaints on this component
Acura	MDX	2017 to 2026	17
Acura	RDX	2019 to 2024	31
Acura	TLX	2018 to 2023	11
Honda	Accord	2016 to 2022	181
Honda	Accord Hybrid	2017 to 2022	9
Honda	Civic	2016 to 2022	133
Honda	Civic Hatchback	2017 to 2021	2
Honda	Civic Type R	2017 to 2021	2
Honda	CR-V	2017 to 2022	200
Honda	CR-V Hybrid	2020 to 2022	6
Honda	FIT	2018 to 2020	9
Honda	HR-V	2019 to 2021	40
Honda	Insight	2019 to 2022	13
Honda	Odyssey	2018 to 2026	105
Honda	Passport	2019 to 2021	12
Honda	Pilot	2017 to 2022	52
Honda	Ridgeline	2017 to 2025	22

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls and complaints files. Equipment, tire and child-seat campaigns list products, not vehicles.

Investigation

No NHTSA investigation is linked to this recall

Most recalls are started by the manufacturer. This one lists "Manufacturer" as its origin.

Before the recall

No service bulletins on this component preceded the recall

Distinct manufacturer communications on the same component group, make, model and model year in the 24 months before the report date.

Source: NHTSA manufacturer communications file.

Service bulletins

26V-227 Apr 9, 2026
Software programming error can cause the side and side curtain air bags to deploy unexpectedly
24V-064 Feb 1, 2024
Front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, failing to suppress the air bag as intended
20V-027 Jan 17, 2020
These vehicles may have received a replacement driver frontal air bag module as part of a vehicle repair
20V-026 Jan 17, 2020
These vehicles were equipped with Non-Azide Driver air bag Inflators (NADI) and do not contain phase stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN) propellant
19V-502 Jun 27, 2019
Vehicles are equipped with passenger frontal air bag inflators assembled as a recall remedy part or replacement service part, that may explode due…
19V-501 Jun 27, 2019
Vehicles are equipped with passenger frontal air bag inflators assembled as a recall remedy part or replacement service part, that may explode due…