By Bonface Mulyungi

Honda is recalling nearly 99,000 vehicles in the United States due to a critical defect that could cause airbags to deploy unintentionally, posing a significant safety risk. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced the recall on Friday, citing concerns about a faulty front passenger-seat weight sensor.

The recall impacts certain Honda Acura TLX, Accord Hybrid, and 2022 Accord models. According to the auto regulator, the issue stems from a front passenger seat weight sensor that may crack and short-circuit.

This malfunction could cause airbags to deploy even when an infant in a child seat or a child is present, for whom airbag deployment should typically be suppressed, creating a hazardous situation. Dealers will replace the defective seat weight sensors at no cost to vehicle owners.

This marks Honda’s largest recall since 2025, when the company addressed a separate issue involving over 256,600 Accord Hybrid vehicles nationwide. That previous recall concerned a software error that could result in a sudden loss of drive power.

Documents published by the NHTSA indicated that the recall covered Honda Accord Hybrids from the 2023 to 2025 model years. The error, which could cause internal software to reset while driving, heightened the risk of crashes or injuries.

To rectify the problem, Honda dealers offered to reprogram the software without charge. Honda estimated that 0.3% of the 256,603 Accord Hybrids recalled were affected by the issue, which impacted the vehicle’s integrated control module central processing unit, as noted in the NHTSA’s report.

American Honda stated that “improper software programming by a supplier” was the cause.

The automaker first learned of the issue in March 2024 and investigated it for a year, receiving 832 warranty claims but no reports of related injuries between mid-December 2022 and late October of 2025.