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Never mind the fact that Honda is the most affected automaker in the ongoing Takata airbag mess-up. According to a release published by Honda this morning, the outfit will recall an additional 443,000 cars in its home market to replace the faulty airbags.
Considering that Honda accounts for approximately half of the 50 million vehicles called back for the Takata airbag issue since the scandal began in 2008, 443,000 cars is a raindrop in the ocean. Nevertheless, Honda will fix all of the vehicles involved in the recall.
As is always the case with Takata-related safety recalls, the main offender is the driver’s side airbag inflator. Due to excessive force in the inflating process, the bag that should cushion you in the event of a crash is prone to explode, spraying shrapnel in your face. Obviously, no one would like to find themselves in such a grim situation.
Honda informs that it will start replacing the airbag inflators of the 443,000-strong batch involved in the latest recall as early as June. A total of 13 models are affected, most of which are Fits.
First of all, the Fit. All three models in the family (hatchback, Shuttle, and EV) are called back, more specifically the vehicles manufactured from January 2012 to March 2015. Civic and Civic Hybrid vehicles built from August 2005 to August 2010 are also affected. More commonly known as the FR-V, the Edix is also on the list; affected cars were built from June 2004 to August 2009.
Other Honda nameplates involved in this safety recall include the Insight and Insight Exclusive (produced from January 2012 to March 2013), Legend (September 2004 to September 2010), FCX Clarity (May 2008 to July 2013), Zest and Zest Spark (January 2012 to June 2012), and Stream (January 2012 to July 2014).
For more information on Honda’s domestic recall campaign, the automaker from the Land of the Rising Sun advises its Japanese customers to visit its dedicated website - honda.co.jp/recall/.
As is always the case with Takata-related safety recalls, the main offender is the driver’s side airbag inflator. Due to excessive force in the inflating process, the bag that should cushion you in the event of a crash is prone to explode, spraying shrapnel in your face. Obviously, no one would like to find themselves in such a grim situation.
Honda informs that it will start replacing the airbag inflators of the 443,000-strong batch involved in the latest recall as early as June. A total of 13 models are affected, most of which are Fits.
First of all, the Fit. All three models in the family (hatchback, Shuttle, and EV) are called back, more specifically the vehicles manufactured from January 2012 to March 2015. Civic and Civic Hybrid vehicles built from August 2005 to August 2010 are also affected. More commonly known as the FR-V, the Edix is also on the list; affected cars were built from June 2004 to August 2009.
Other Honda nameplates involved in this safety recall include the Insight and Insight Exclusive (produced from January 2012 to March 2013), Legend (September 2004 to September 2010), FCX Clarity (May 2008 to July 2013), Zest and Zest Spark (January 2012 to June 2012), and Stream (January 2012 to July 2014).
For more information on Honda’s domestic recall campaign, the automaker from the Land of the Rising Sun advises its Japanese customers to visit its dedicated website - honda.co.jp/recall/.
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