- Honda on Thursday expanded a previously announced recall of vehicles with defective airbags to an additional 603,000 vehicles, including the 2001-'02 Accord and 2001-'03 Civic.
- Other vehicles also include the 2001-'03 Honda Odyssey, 2002-'03 CR-V, 2003 Pilot, 2002-'03 Acura 3.2 TL and 2003 Acura 3.2 CL.
- The recall is expected to begin in late December.
TORRANCE, California — Honda on Thursday expanded a previously announced recall of vehicles with defective airbags to an additional 603,000 vehicles, including the 2001-'02 Accord and 2001-'03 Civic.
Other vehicles also include the 2001-'03 Honda Odyssey, 2002-'03 CR-V, 2003 Pilot, 2002-'03 Acura 3.2 TL and 2003 Acura 3.2 CL.
With the latest additions, the recall now includes nearly 900,000 vehicles.
Honda said in a statement posted on its Web site that the additional vehicles need to be brought into a dealer for inspection because they may contain defective parts. It said it is "aware of several incidents related to this recall and expansions," but offered no further details. Information about the expanded recall has yet to be posted on the Web site of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the federal safety agency that oversees recalls in the U.S.
Honda originally started the recall because it said the driver's airbag inflator on 273,000 vehicles needed to be replaced. "The inflators may deploy with too much pressure, which can cause the inflator casing to rupture and could result in injury or fatality," Honda said.
"Separately, Honda has also determined that approximately 640 affected driver's airbag service parts were sold for installation in vehicles for collision repair or other vehicle service," said Honda. "Because Honda is unable to determine the specific vehicles that may have received the affected service parts through existing information, Honda will inspect an additional approximately 603,000 vehicles and replace those parts as necessary."
The recall is expected to begin in late December. Owners can contact Honda at 1-800-999-1009 and select option 4 or Acura at 1-800-382-2238 and select option 4.
Inside Line says: If you own one of the aforementioned Honda vehicles, be aware that a recall is in the works.
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cz_75 says:
07:58 PM, 12/02/2011
Too bad Honda can't issue recalls for defective styling, as this would cover most of their current product line, especially the Crosstour and 9th gen Civic.
andrew20195 says:
09:34 AM, 12/02/2011
@urbansophistic
Not likely. The recall is due to inflators being overpressurized, not because they are failing to deploy. The airbags only deploy in certain conditions determined by the SRS control unit. As an Acura tech, I can tell you your SRS light is most likely either due to a faulty seat belt buckle, or a faulty OPDS system. There are very few SRS failures on Acuras besides those.
urbansophistic says:
08:08 AM, 12/02/2011
I knew it! The SRS light in my Acura CL came on mysteriously last month and it didn't deploy when I had a front end collision a couple of years ago.