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Honda Odyssey · 2003

13 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V182000·2019-03-06

    Honda and Acura Recall Vehicles for Driver Air Bag Inflator Defect

    Honda is recalling specific Acura and Honda vehicles because a manufacturing error in the driver's air bag inflator may cause it to explode during a crash.

    Product
    ACURA — ACURA, HONDA MDX, ACCORD, ODYSSEY, CIVIC GX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V320000·2015-05-28

    Honda and Acura Recall Vehicles for Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Honda is recalling specific 2001-2011 Honda and Acura vehicles because the driver's air bag inflator may rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    ACURA — ACURA, HONDA MDX, ACCORD, CIVIC, CR-V
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V499000·2019-06-27

    Honda and Acura Recall Vehicles for Air Bag Inflator Defect

    Honda is recalling specific Acura and Honda models because driver frontal air bag inflators may explode, posing a risk of serious injury or death.

    Product
    ACURA — ACURA, HONDA MDX, ACCORD, CIVIC, CR-V
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V501000·2019-06-27

    Honda Recalls Vehicles Due to Passenger Airbag Inflator Explosion Risk

    Honda is recalling specific Acura and Honda models because the passenger frontal airbag inflator may explode, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    ACURA — ACURA, HONDA MDX, ACCORD, CIVIC, CR-V
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V344000·2016-05-23

    Honda Recalls Vehicles for Frontal Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Honda is recalling specific Acura and Honda models from 2002-2011 because the passenger frontal air bag inflators may rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    ACURA — ACURA, HONDA RL, ELEMENT, RIDGELINE, PILOT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V370000·2015-06-15

    Honda Recalls Vehicles for Passenger Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Honda is recalling specific 2001-2007 models because the passenger air bag inflator may rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.

    Product
    HONDA — HONDA, ACURA CIVIC, ACCORD, CIVIC GX, CIVIC HYBRID
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V700000·2014-11-04

    Honda Recalls Multiple Models for Air Bag Inflator Rupture Risk

    Honda is recalling specific 2001-2006 models sold in high-humidity areas because the passenger air bag inflator may rupture during deployment.

    Product
    HONDA — HONDA, ACURA CIVIC HYBRID, PILOT, RIDGELINE, RL
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V353000·2014-06-20

    Honda and Acura Vehicles Recalled for Takata Air Bag Inflator Defect

    Honda is recalling specific 2003-2006 vehicles sold or registered in California due to a Takata air bag inflator defect that could rupture during deployment.

    Product
    HONDA — HONDA, ACURA RIDGELINE, PILOT, RL, ODYSSEY
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13V412000·2013-09-19

    Honda Recalls 2003-2004 Odyssey and 2003 Acura MDX for Air Bag Defect

    Honda is recalling 2003-2004 Odyssey and 2003 Acura MDX vehicles because electrical noise may cause air bags to deploy unexpectedly, increasing injury risk.

    Product
    ACURA — ACURA, HONDA MDX, ODYSSEY
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·12V573000·2012-12-11

    Honda Recalls 2003-2006 Vehicles for Ignition Switch Interlock Defect

    Honda is recalling specific 2003-2006 Pilot, Odyssey, and Acura MDX vehicles because a deformed ignition switch lever may allow the vehicle to roll away if the key is removed without shifting to park.

    Product
    HONDA — HONDA, ACURA ODYSSEY, MDX, PILOT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·18V268000·2018-04-26

    Honda Recalls Multiple Models for Improperly Installed Passenger Air Bags

    Honda is recalling various 2001-2012 models because the front passenger air bag may have been installed incorrectly during replacement, increasing injury risk in a crash.

    Product
    HONDA — HONDA ACCORD, CIVIC, CR-V, ELEMENT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V563000·2015-09-04

    Honda Recalls 2003 Odyssey Vehicles for Incorrect Passenger Air Bag Modules

    Honda is recalling 2003 Odyssey vehicles manufactured in late August 2002 because they were built with incorrect passenger air bag modules that do not meet federal safety standards.

    Product
    HONDA — HONDA ODYSSEY
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V045000·2015-01-28

    Honda Recalls 2003-2004 Odyssey and 2003 Acura MDX for Air Bag Defect

    Honda is recalling 2003-2004 Odyssey and 2003 Acura MDX vehicles because electrical noise may cause air bags to deploy unexpectedly, increasing injury risk.

    Product
    HONDA — HONDA, ACURA ODYSSEY, MDX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations — 3 open

  • DP26005 Defect Petition · open · air bags: air bag/restraint control module
  • PE25018 Preliminary Evaluation · air bags
  • EA25002 Engineering Analysis · open · forward collision avoidance: automatic emergency braking
  • EA24002 Engineering Analysis · open · forward collision avoidance: automatic emergency braking
  • RQ24006 Recall Query · seat belts:front
  • PE24008 Preliminary Evaluation · forward collision avoidance: automatic emergency braking

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2018 · powertrain 159 complaints, median 30,000 mi
  • 2025 · electrical 159 complaints, median 16,598 mi
  • 2006 · steering 127 complaints, median 51,200 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2005 · engine 122 complaints, median 76,000 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2019 · powertrain 120 complaints, median 11,244 mi

Technical service bulletins

937 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.8/5
  • 2025: 3.4/5 · 337 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2024: 3.6/5 · 95 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2023: 3.4/5 · 97 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2022: 2.9/5 · 130 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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