Honda announced Wednesday that it's recalling 2.23 million additional Honda and Acura vehicles that have a Takata airbag inflator that uses ammonium nitrate and in a collision could fire shrapnel into the driver and passengers, potentially killing them.

This includes an unknown number of 2009 to 2014 Honda Fits.

Fit owners won't know until Feb. 15th at the earliest if their vehicle is subject to the recall.

Here's the CNN article:

Takata airbag recall is worse than we thought - Feb. 3, 2016

You can check around Feb. 15th whether your Fit or other Honda/Acura vehicle is part of the recall.

Recall Information for Safety & Defects | Honda Owners Site

Here's Honda's press release on Feb. 3rd.

Statement by American Honda Regarding Nationwide Recall of Certain Takata PSDI-5 Driver Front Airbag Inflators - Honda News

 

Shit. Hope my 2009 is not involved, but probably will be.

 

Staying tuned.

 

I was surprised that the Fit's hadn't been involved before and thank you to the person who posted as I was heading to buy a 2012 Fit Base in 3 hours. I told the dealer I'll wait until the official VIN list comes out mid February. I'm not in a hurry to replace my current ride and since I already own a 2012 Fit, I probably don't need two in the driveway both with the Takata airbag recall that can't be fulfilled until parts are available late summer. I'm not overly concerned, but it is a mess for Honda.

 

This is great info! Thank you for posting, if I didn't come here I wouldn't have known to check my VIN on the 15th at the links you provided. Very helpful.

My garage queen (2005 Mustang GT Prem Convt.) has had a recall on it for the same thing. They keep bugging me to take it in and fix, but considering the car is under a cover, on race-ramps, and gets less than 1k miles per year, I'm probably not going to do it.

 

Edit: ignore everything I wrote. I obviously have reading comprehension problems. I'll be canceling my service request . . .

I went to Honda's recall site and found that my VIN was one of the vehicles affected. Or at least I thought I was affected until I saw this thread. My local dealer's service website indicated that I need to have my airbag replaced too.

Should I be holding off on taking my Fit in to get serviced? My original reason for checking here was that I was wondering how long it takes to fix, as you can only drop off or use a shuttle.

I have a 2013 hatchback.

 

What makes this such a debacle is that the replacement airbags won't be available until this summer. If your vehicle is on the list (you can look this up on Honda's website by VIN by around Feb. 15th), you'll get notification within 60 days. Then you'll get a notification once the parts are available (they say this summer) and then you'll need to go to your local dealer to get it replaced.

What's worse is the 2008-2010 Accords (341,000 sedans in the U.S.) are being recalled for problems with airbags made by Continental. And the replacement parts won't be available until the fall.

Statement by American Honda Regarding SRS Electronic Control Unit Recall: 2008-2010 Honda Accord Sedan - Honda News

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-au...-idUSKCN0VD1N7

 

I may look into seeing what options for loaners are.... I looked mine up again and see its on the list. Got my first letter from ford in may of 2015... still waiting on the 2nd one lol


I am guessing it will be a lot longer for Honda to get there shit in


"THE REMEDY PARTS NEEDED TO CONDUCT DRIVER'S AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALLS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE IN SUMMER OF 2016. HONDA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS IN AN INITIAL LETTER WITH A SECOND LETTER BEING MAILED WHEN PARTS ARE AVAI LABLE. PLEASE DISCUSS YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS AND CONCERNS WITH YOUR DEALER, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF, OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR, TEMPORARY ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION AS NECESSARY. OWNERS MAY CONTACT HONDA'S AUTOMOBILE CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-888-234-2138. HONDA'S CAMPAIGN NUMBER FOR THIS RECALL IS JY1."

 

BMW had Takata Airbags too. Mine have already been swapped out.

 

Same here. I'm sure they'll try to sell me on a timing belt replacement. ..and they'll probably tell me I have to pay for my own rental.

 

Yup, my 09 Sport is affected. I got the letter a few weeks ago, but the letter said the parts won't be available until summer. WTF?

 

American Honda will pay for the rentals.

 

I am turning my car in tonight and getting a rental car. I wasn't planning on doing this but hell, if it speeds up their replacement.

 

I returned my rental car and got my 09 Fit Sport back on Monday....ahhhhh...love having my car back. Driving home tonight and noticed both low beam lights were not working....just finished changing that out...guess getting 7.5 years out of the originals is pretty good

 

It is. Don't swear.