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Vehicle recall R/2016/018

Honda Insight recall: Driver's airbag may fail to deploy correctly

DVSA recall R/2016/018 names the Honda Insight. It was launched 1 April 2016. It covers vehicles built 6 January 2012 to 28 November 2013.

Recall data updated

Recall
R/2016/018
Launched
1 April 2016
Issued by
HONDA MOTOR CO
Manufacturer reference
HUK6ZV
Vehicles
913 across the lines below

What can go wrong

Abnormal deployment pressure may lead to rupture of the driver's air bag inflator case. In the event of an inflator rupture metal fragments could be propelled into the passenger compartment

The fix

On affected vehicles replace the inflator inside the driver's air bag module.

Models and build dates

As listed in the DVSA recall file. Vehicle numbers are DVSA figures for each line.
ModelBuiltVehicles
Honda Insight6 January 2012 to 28 November 2013913
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Other recalls for these models

  • R/2015/143 Drivers airbag may rupture if deployed 23 October 2015, Honda Insight, Honda Jazz
  • R/2015/104 Passenger side airbag may fail to deploy correctly 29 June 2015, Honda Stream, Honda Jazz, Honda Civic and others
  • R/2018/029 Passenger airbag may fail to deploy correctly 23 February 2018, Honda Jazz, Honda Accord, Honda Insight
  • R/2018/342 Takata passenger airbag inflator may rupture 30 January 2019, Honda Accord, Honda Jazz, Honda Insight
  • R/2019/245 Possible air bag inflator rupture 29 August 2019, Honda Jazz, Honda Civic, Honda Insight
  • R/2019/243 Possible air bag inflator rupture 29 August 2019, Honda CR-V, Honda Insight, Honda Accord and others

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA vehicle recall records (RecallsFile.csv), recalls launched 1992 to 2026. Recall data updated 22 September 2026.

Recall wording is DVSA's, with capitals and punctuation tidied and American spellings such as tire, center and windshield given in British English. We list a recall when its make and model match a car or van family with at least 1,000 DVSA MOT tests from 2022 to 2025, and when the maker of the vehicle issued it.

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