Honda U.S. Air-Bag Recall To Include About 833,000 Vehicles

Honda Motor Co. announced, on May 3, that the company will again expand a U.S. recall of Honda and Acura brand models to fix flawed air-bag components.

The company will inspect model year 2001-2003 vehicles that may have had the original driver's air-bag module replaced with a flawed service part.

The recall now includes an additional 833,000 vehicles, added to previous recall estimates, the carmaker said. Honda "determined that a number of affected service part air-bags were installed in these vehicles in the process of a collision repair, or other vehicle service," according to the statement.

"Owners of all potentially affected vehicles are being notified because Honda has not been able to determine which specific vehicles received one of those parts."

The faulty air-bag inflators are at risk of deploying too forcefully, and causing the inflator's casing to rupture, potentially leading to injuries or fatalities for vehicle occupants, the company said.

Customer notification is to begin late May. Vehicles covered by the action include some 2001 and 2002 Accord and Civic cars; 2002 Odyssey minivans; 2002 and 2003 CR-V sport-utility vehicles; and some 2002 and 2003 Acura 3.2 TL sedans and 2003 Acura 3.2 CL coupes, the company said.

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