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Using V-SMART for NADI Recalls
Supersedes Version 1, dated October 2020, to revise the information highlighted in yellow.
Disclaimer: V-SMART is a tool designed to help validate and document that certain repairs are properly done in Honda vehicles for warranty claim purposes. Using V-SMART does not relieve the technician or the dealership from liability or responsibility for the actual repair. See the applicable service bulletins and the service information for detailed instructions on how to do the repair.
REVISION SUMMARY
Under USING V-SMART, Affected Inflator Process, images in steps 17 and 18 were revised.
INTRODUCTION
V-SMART (P/N CDW5001003PK) is a required special tool for documenting the inspection and, if needed, replacement of certain frontal airbag inflators, including Takata NADI inflators used for driver frontal airbags, on recalled Honda vehicles. Use of this tool helps technicians and their supervisors ensure that a front airbag inflator replacement is properly completed and thereby facilitates the proper deployment of an airbag in the event of a collision.
V-SMART basically is a smartphone loaded with special software that will guide you through the inflator inspection process. If the inflator meets the criteria for replacement, V-SMART will instruct you to document installation of the new inflator by taking four photos of the repair. Then, you will be asked to have your supervisor validate the installation. Finally, the four photos are submitted to American Honda for review.
f you determine the inflator does not need to be replaced based on the results of your inspection, V-SMART will instruct you to take one photo to document the reason replacement is unnecessary. Your supervisor will then need to validate the inspection results. Lastly, the photo is submitted to American Honda for review.