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Old 05-19-2015, 03:42 PM
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AIR BAGS replacement

Takata announces they will replace 34 million car's airbags; check with your Honda dealer to find out if your Fit has a Takata airbag. Honda is bek
leived to be biggest customer of Takata.
 
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Old 05-20-2015, 07:53 AM
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Not sure if the Honda recall web site was updated for the latest Takata recall, but my VIN stated "There are no current safety recalls for this vehicle." The web site was updated on May 19th.
http://owners.honda.com/service-maintenance/recalls
 
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Old 05-20-2015, 12:45 PM
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I don't believe the Fit/Jazz are part of this airbag recall. At least when I plug my vehicle ID number in the site it comes up blank.
 
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Old 05-20-2015, 12:53 PM
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IIRC the most recent recall is still being processed, so I'd check back in a week or two.

That said....I doubt the GK is impacted.
 
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Old 05-20-2015, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by GoBucky
Not sure if the Honda recall web site was updated for the latest Takata recall, but my VIN stated "There are no current safety recalls for this vehicle." The web site was updated on May 19th.
Recall Information for Safety & Defects | Honda Owners Site

the time between a formal issue of a recall by a vehicle manufacturer and the determination that a recall is warranted may be several months, First, the manufacturer has to determine which vehicles have the Takata bag and that takes a while.
Second the issuance of a recall has to be documented thru the NHTSA and participants so check regularly for at least 3months. There have been statements that Honda did not use Takata bags in Fits but considering the air bags made in NC re pretty close to Mexico thats hard to believe but it could be.
 
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Old 05-21-2015, 08:39 AM
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The media is saying to go to safercar.gov to see if a vehicle is affected by this latest recall. If the web site hasn't been updated yet, their advice is meaningless and someone should inform them of that. This could potentially be a major problem and I'd rather know immediately if any of my vehicles are affected. I don't enjoy riding around in a time bomb.
 
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Old 05-21-2015, 08:44 AM
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ifg you need immediate decision you'll have to go to the trouble of actually looking at the airbag to see who made it. that's a very troublesome and expensive inspection.
 
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