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Stop Sale/Safety Recall: 2003-04 Odyssey SRS Unit Malfunction
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DATE: January 30, 2015
TO: All Honda Sales, Service & Parts Managers and Personnel
FROM: American Honda Parts, Service & Technical Division, Campaign Administration
RE: Stop Sale/Safety Recall: 2003-04 Odyssey SRS Unit Malfunction
On September 18, 2013, American Honda notified NHTSA of a Safety Recall for some 2003-04 Odyssey vehicles for the
issue covered in service bulletin 13-088, Safety Recall: Electrical Noise May Cause Inadvertent Airbag Deployment. On
January 27, 2015, American Honda notified NHTSA of a revised repair for that recall.
Note: Affected vehicles should not be sold until the repair outlined in the current service bulletin has been performed.
Should an unrepaired vehicle cause any injury or damage because of the required recall repair, the dealership will be
solely responsible to the damaged party, and will be required to defend and indemnify American Honda for any resulting
claims.
The original repair consisted of the installation of an electronic noise filter to counter inadvertent airbag deployments due
to electronic interference. After further testing, American Honda has observed a small number of inadvertent deployments
in vehicles that already received the recall repair. Due to this, American Honda has determined that the SRS unit should
be replaced in all affected units.
Updated SRS units are not expected to be available in sufficient supply to support the revised repair until late summer
2015. Until then, American Honda will continue to install the noise filter on all affected units. Once the SRS units are
available, the service bulletin will be revised with updated repair procedures, and dealers will be notified via iN message.
At this time, customers will be notified of the new repair, and will be advised that they will be contacted again once parts
are available to repair their vehicles. Until that time, American Honda urges customers to visit their dealer to have the
repair outlined in service bulletin 13-088 completed.
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