American Honda Motor Corporation is recalling 440,830 Honda Odyssey minivans due to a software programming error that could lead to the side and curtain airbags in the second- and third-row seats inadvertently deploying during rough driving conditions.
Honda said in a recall report filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and posted on X on April 15 that the minivans are model years 2018–2022 and were manufactured between January of 2017 and June of 2022. Honda Manufacturing of Alabama began producing minivans at the facility in Lincoln in 2001.
According to the NHTSA, vehicles in the recall population have side and curtain airbags with faulty deployment parameters for the supplemental restraint system (SRS) control logic, which determines when airbags should deploy in the event of a side impact or crash. The current settings in the affected vehicles could lead to the airbags accidentally deploying in adverse driving conditions, such as when traveling over potholes, speed bumps or hitting debris on the roadway….