RECALL: Over 12,000 vehicles face possible airbag problem in Canada

More than 12,000 vehicles have been recalled in Canada because of an issue that could cause some of their airbags to not work properly.

Transport Canada said in a notice that the vehicles’ weight sensor for the front passenger seat may not have been manufactured properly.

“As a result, the passenger-front airbag and knee airbag could deploy in a crash that doesn’t require them to…. An airbag system that doesn’t work properly could increase the risk of injury in a crash,” officials said.

The recall is from Honda and involves the following models / model years:

• ACURA MDX — 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024
• ACURA RDX — 2021
• ACURA TLX — 2018 2019 2020 2021
• HONDA ACCORD — 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
• HONDA CIVIC — 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
• HONDA CR-V — 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
• HONDA HR-V — 2019 2020 2021
• HONDA INSIGHT — 2019 2020 2021
• HONDA ODYSSEY — 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
• HONDA PASSPORT — 2019 2020 2021
• HONDA PILOT — 2018 2019 2020 2021
• HONDA RIDGELINE — 2019 2020 2021

Officials said this recall is an expansion of a previous one, which had the Transport Canada number 2024-059.

Officials also noted that if the weight sensor fails, the SRS warning light would turn on in the instrument panel.

The company will notify owners by mail.

They will be advised to take their vehicle to a dealership to have the seat weight sensor replaced on the front passenger seat.