Honda Recalls Cars for Airbag Problem

February 2010

Honda has announced the expansion of an earlier recall to replace an airbag inflator in certain 2001 and 2002 models. The new recall includes 379,000 vehicles in the United States.

The automaker said that the driver’s airbag inflators can expand with too much pressure, causing the inflator casing to break. This can result in injury or death to the driver. Honda said the following models are included in the action: 2001 and 2002 Accord, Civic, Odyssey, CR-V, Pilot and some 2002 Acura TL and CL vehicles. So far there have been 12 reported incidents related to the defective airbags.

The original recall occurred in July 2009 and included 2001 and 2002 Accords and Civics as well as some 2002 Acura TL vehicles. Honda said it will notify affected customers by mail and phone to provide instructions on how to have vehicles repaired at an authorized dealer.