After the setback of the power window switch problem in Jazz and Honda city, Honda Motor Co. has been hit by yet another problem regarding the airbags installed in the car being sold worldwide which has made the company recall 438000 more vehicles worldwide. Earlier the problem regarding the Power window switch became an issue just after the recall was made for 646000 cars which resulted in a Jazz going up in flames in South Africa , killing one child, further became an issue to which Honda recalled 172000 cars in UK.
This time the problem rose from the airbag deflator which could probably break and send broken pieces towards the passengers in an accident proving the accident to be more fatal. This is not the first time when Honda has recalled cars with airbag problems. In November 2008 and June 2009 several complaints against the airbag problem were filed leaving the company with no choice but to recall 510000 cars. This year the recalled cars don’t include the ones sold in Europe, as this part of the world doesn’t have such airbags.
The root cause for the airbag problem was believed to be excessive intake of moisture by the propellant which was later ruled out after figuring out the defect with the insufficient pressure of stamping during the production of inflator propellant.
A spokesperson from Honda said that the airbags were manufactured Takata Corporation’s USA unit while Takata Corporation’s spokesperson said that no airbag complaint have been reported from any of the customer car makers. This recall has greatly affected the USA market only with aย recall of over 379000 cars and all the cars being recalled will be sent to Honda’s USA and Canadian Plants.
The Included cars in the recall are as follows: 2001 and 2002 model-year, Honda Accord, Honda Civic, Honda Odyssey,Honda CR-V, Pilot and 2002 Acura TL and CL vehicles in the US and according to Honda all these replacements would cost them nearly 24 million yen ($267,000) in Japan, or about $67 a car.