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Honda expands recall for airbag risk
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February 10, 2010, Wednesday
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HONDA Motor Co Ltd said yesterday it would expand a recall by nearly 379,000 vehicles in the United States to replace an airbag deflator that could rupture and send shards toward the driver during an accident.
The problem has been linked to one fatality and 11 injuries, Honda said.
Honda had first announced the recall in November 2008 and broadened it again in July of last year. In total, about 826,000 vehicles are affected by the US recalls.
The latest expansion of the recall applies to 2001 and 2002 model-year Accord, Civic, Odyssey, CR-V, and 2002 Acura TL vehicles.
Honda said an additional announcement was coming shortly from Japan that would detail the steps it is taking in other markets and in conjunction with Japanese regulators.
The move comes at a time when Honda's bigger rival Toyota Motor Corp has come under intense scrutiny from US safety regulators. Toyota has launched the biggest recall in its history and faces criticism that it was slow to respond to safety issues.
Honda said it had brought the safety issue to the attention of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and had notified regulators of the decision to include additional vehicles in its recall.
Honda said it had not received any reports of incidents of the airbag malfunction since the automaker broadened the recall the first time in July 2009.
The NHTSA contacted Honda in August 2009 as part of a review into whether the automaker had acted in a timely way in announcing its broadened recall.
John Mendel, Honda's US chief, told reporters on a conference call that the NHTSA review had not been concluded.
Honda said it had found that airbag inflators could deploy with too much force, causing the inflator casing to rupture.
Mendel said the issue was that the propellant in the airbags was subject to deterioration.
The airbags in the Honda vehicles under recall were manufactured by Takata Corp., Mendel said.
Takata could not be immediately reached for comment.
The problem has been linked to one fatality and 11 injuries, Honda said.
Honda had first announced the recall in November 2008 and broadened it again in July of last year. In total, about 826,000 vehicles are affected by the US recalls.
The latest expansion of the recall applies to 2001 and 2002 model-year Accord, Civic, Odyssey, CR-V, and 2002 Acura TL vehicles.
Honda said an additional announcement was coming shortly from Japan that would detail the steps it is taking in other markets and in conjunction with Japanese regulators.
The move comes at a time when Honda's bigger rival Toyota Motor Corp has come under intense scrutiny from US safety regulators. Toyota has launched the biggest recall in its history and faces criticism that it was slow to respond to safety issues.
Honda said it had brought the safety issue to the attention of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and had notified regulators of the decision to include additional vehicles in its recall.
Honda said it had not received any reports of incidents of the airbag malfunction since the automaker broadened the recall the first time in July 2009.
The NHTSA contacted Honda in August 2009 as part of a review into whether the automaker had acted in a timely way in announcing its broadened recall.
John Mendel, Honda's US chief, told reporters on a conference call that the NHTSA review had not been concluded.
Honda said it had found that airbag inflators could deploy with too much force, causing the inflator casing to rupture.
Mendel said the issue was that the propellant in the airbags was subject to deterioration.
The airbags in the Honda vehicles under recall were manufactured by Takata Corp., Mendel said.
Takata could not be immediately reached for comment.
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