How many more vehicles will Honda recall for airbags problem?”
Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags. “Honda has decided to expand a recall related to a defect in the driver?s SRS airbag installed on certain vehicles produced in 2001 and 2002 and has issued a notification in North America and Japan,” it said in a statement. “This recall also will be conducted in other affected regions and countries,” it added.
TOKYO (AFP) – Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday recalled more than 430,000 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags that can blow up and injure or kill occupants. The recall, which also covers Japan, Mexico, Taiwan and Australia, expands on previous recalls since 2008 of more than half a million vehicles over the same defect. Japan’s second largest automaker said the defective air bag inflators could rupture, “resulting in metal fragments passing through the airbag cushion material and possibly causing injury or fatality to vehicle occupants”. It said it knew of 12 incidents involving the defect and one fatality, but added that there had been no new reports since last year. The expanded recall of 437,763 vehicles worldwide covers models made in 2001 and 2002 — including 378,758 US vehicles and 41,685 in Canada. The affected models are the Honda Accord, Civic, TL, CR-V, Odyssey, Pilot and CL in North America and the Inspire, Saber and Lagreat models sol
