Honda has provided further details of models and markets affected by its “voluntarily recall” to replace Takata airbag inflators.
As with BMW’s “special technical campaign”, two of Honda’s “market actions” are specific to states and the US territories with high absolute humidity.
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“It is possible that front airbag inflators in affected vehicles may deploy with too much pressure, which may cause the inflator casing to rupture and could result in injury,” the automaker said in a statement. It said it was aware of one claimed injury involving a driver’s front airbag but was not aware of any other injuries or fatalities in these markets.
“While the specific number of affected vehicles has not yet been determined, Honda estimates that the three actions will include a total of more than 2m vehicles in the US,” the automaker added.
Honda said it was working with Takata [which it did not name] and NHTSA to recall vehicles in 10 US states and territories (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands) based on the high absolute humidity levels common to those areas.
The automaker noted the states and territories in which it is recalling vehicles are broader than those suggested by airbag inflator maker Takata (Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands), adding it “has chosen to expand the affected area for these market actions because of similar environmental conditions in those areas”.
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By GlobalDataHonda said it would recall some 2002-2003 Honda Civic, CR-V and Odyssey; 2003 Honda Accord, Element, Pilot and Acura MDX models to replace the passenger’s front airbag inflator.
It will also recall certain models ever registered in, or first sold in, geographic regions known for high absolute humidity (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands) to replace the passenger’s front airbag inflator, free of charge. Affected models are 2003-2005 Honda Accord, Civic, CR-V, Element, and Pilot; 2003-2004 Odyssey; 2003-2005 Acura MDX and 2005 Acura RL models.
In the same markets it will replace the driver’s front airbag inflator in 2001-2007 Honda Accord with 4-cylinder engines; 2001-2002 Accords with V6 engines; 2001-2005 Civic; 2002-2006 CR-V; 2003-2011 Element; 2002-2004 Odyssey; 2003-2007 Pilot; 2006 Ridgeline; 2003-2006 Acura MDX and 2002-2003 TL and CL.
Mailed notification to customers will begin late in July.
