Honda Cars To Recall Over 50,000 Units To Replace Faulty Airbag

Indian arm of Japanese carmaker Honda has said it will replace faulty airbag inflators in 57,676 units of City, Jazz and Civic cars as part of a global recall exercise.

Honda Cars India said it will voluntarily replace driver-side airbag inflators in previous generation models of City, Jazz and Civic manufactured between February 2012 and June 2013 as part of its preventive global recall campaign concerning defective air bag inflators supplied by Takata Corporation.

Around 50,000 Honda City cars which were manufactured from January 2012 to June 2013 are under the scanner.

Similarly, over 7,000 Honda Jazz (from February 2012 to February 2013) and around 600 Honda Civic (January 2012 to August 2012) will be recalled for replacement.

"The replacement would be carried out free of cost at HCIL dealerships across India in a phased manner, starting from February 20, 2016, and the company will communicate with customers directly," Honda Cars India said in a statement.

According to auto industry body SIAM, Honda Cars sold 16,613 units passenger car in January registering 8.36 per cent increase.

In September 2015, Honda announced a huge recall of around 2.24 lakh units of its cars in India; City, Jazz, Civic, and the CR-V SUV, which were manufactured between 2003 and 2012 to replace faulty airbag inflators.

Later in December, the company had recalled 90,210 units of the City and Mobilio MPV in India, which were manufactured between December 2013 and July 2015, to replace faulty fuel return pipes.

The customers can also check whether their car will be covered under this campaign by submitting their 17 character alpha-numeric Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) on the special microsite which has been created on the company’s website.