Honda expands global recall for faulty airbags
By Shino Yuasa |
February 11, 2010, Thursday
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HONDA Motor Co is adding 437,000 vehicles to its 15-month-old global recall for faulty airbags in the latest quality problem to hit a Japanese auto maker.
The company will replace the driver's side airbag inflator in the cars because they can deploy with too much pressure, causing the inflator to rupture and injure or kill the driver.
Japan's No. 2 auto maker originally announced the recall to the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in November 2008 and the total number of vehicles recalled since then is approaching 1 million.
The latest expansion of the airbag recall includes 378,000 cars in the US, some 41,000 cars in Canada and 17,000 cars in Japan, Australia and Asia. The North American recall was announced on Tuesday and followed yesterday by the recall in Asia.
The recall now affects 952,118 vehicles, including certain 2001 and 2002 Accord sedans, Civic compacts, Odyssey minivans, CR-V small sport utility vehicles and some 2002 Acura TL sedans.
Honda's announcement comes at a time of increased attention on automotive recalls. Though the problems are unrelated, rival Toyota Motor Corp is in the process of recalling more than 8 million cars and trucks due to faulty gas pedals. On Tuesday, Toyota said it would recall more than 440,000 of its flagship 2010 Prius and other hybrids due to a braking glitch.
"There is a heightened sensitivity right now to anything to do with recalls," said John Mendel, executive vice president of sales for American Honda.
Honda said it is aware of 12 incidents linked to the problem - one death in May 2009 and 11 injuries. The company said it is not aware of any problems happening after July 2009.
Honda expanded the recall after a company probe found that more cars might contain defective airbag inflators.
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