NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION ISSUES NOTICE: DENIAL OF MOTOR VEHICLE DEFECT PETITION, DP26-005

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a notice called: Denial of Motor Vehicle Defect Petition, DP26-005.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 28 by Eileen Sullivan, Associate Administrator for Enforcement.

Summary: This notice sets forth the reasons for the denial of a petition, DP26-005, submitted by Mr. Nathaniel W. Bowe III (Petitioner) to the Administrator of NHTSA (Agency) by a letter dated May 30, 2026, under 49 U.S.C. 30162 and 49 CFR part 552. The Petition requests that the Agency initiate a safety defect investigation into allegations of inadvertent airbag deployments in certain Model Year (MY) 2011 to 2017 Honda Odyssey vehicles (the Subject Vehicles). The Petitio...