Honda recalls over 2.23 lakh vehicles over faulty air bag issue in India

Honda has announced that it would recall about 2.23 lakh units of the CR-V, Civic, City and Jazz to fix the faulty airbag issue. The company has stated that the recall is carried out as a part of Honda’s global exercise and there has been no report of untoward incidents so far.

The exercise will cover 13,073 units of the CR-V SUV which was manufactured between 2004-11, 54,290 units of Civic sedan produced between 2003-2012, 1,40,508 units of its popular sedan City manufactured between 2007 and 2012 and 15,707 units of the carmaker’s premium hatchback Jazz which was produced between 2009 and 2011.

This replacement will be carried out free of cost at Honda dealerships pan-India in a phased manner, starting October 12, 2015. Customers can also confirm if their car is a part of the recall by submitting their 17 character alpha-numeric Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) on the carmaker’s official website.

Over 10.85 lakh vehicles have been recalled by a number of automakers since auto industry body SIAM started a voluntary vehicle recall for safety related issues in India in July 2012. These automakers include bigwigs such as Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra, Toyota, Ford, Honda and General Motors.

In June 2015, Nissan India had recalled over 12,000 vehicles over engine switch and airbag issues. In May, Honda Cars India had recalled 575 units of CR-V, which were manufactured in 2004, and 10,805 units of Accord that were made between 2003 and 2007 to fix a problem with airbags. Mahindra & Mahindra, on the other hand, recalled its XUV500 in India in April after users complained of alloy wheel breaks. 

In March, Maruti Suzuki recalled 19,780 units of Alto 800 and 13,318 units of Alto K10 which were manufactured between December 8 and February 18, 2014, over faulty hand-door latch.