Honda Motor Company has issued a recall on 438,000 cars worldwide due to faulty airbags. The recall comes less than two weeks after another Honda recall for 646,000 due to a faulty window switch. And in November 2008 and June 2009 Honda recalled 510,000 vehicles for airbag problems.
Honda Motor Company plans to replace an airbag deflator that could rupture and send shards toward the driver in an accident, causing further personal injury. There has already been one death and eleven injuries.
In the current recall, investigation had determined the defect was caused by insufficient stamping pressure during the production of the inflator propellant and not by excessive moisture intake by the propellant as previously believed, Honda said.
Cars Included in the Recall:
- 2001-2002 Honda Accord
- 2001-2003 Honda Civic
- 2002 Honda Odyssey
- 2002 Honda CR-V
- 2003 Honda Pilot
- 2002-2003 Acura 3.2 TL
- 2003 Acura 3.2 CL
Honda is announcing this recall expansion and encouraging all owners of these vehicles to take their vehicle to an authorized dealer as soon as they receive notification from Honda that their vehicle is affected. Notification to customers will start within the month.
Honda’s Recall Number: Q96
Acura’s Recall Number: R13
For more information, Honda owners can go to http://owners.honda.com/recalls or call (800) 999-1009; Acura owners can go to http://owners.acura.com/recalls or call (800) 382-2238. Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.
This information is provided as a service of TSR Injury Law, a personal injury law firm serving Bloomington, Minneapolis, and the entire state of Minnesota. Call 612-362-0000 if we can be of assistance with your Honda car accident.
