Honda Cars India Ltd.will recall more than 2.23 lakh vehicles in India to fix faulty passenger and driver side airbags, as part of the Japanese auto maker’s global recall campaign over defective airbag inflators.
“Honda Cars India will voluntarily replace airbag inflators of 2,23,578 vehicles of previous generations of CR-V, Civic, City and Jazz,” the company said in a statement.
The exercise will cover 13,073 units of sports utility vehicle CR-V manufactured between 2004-11, 54,290 units of Civic sedan produced between 2003-2012, 1,40,508 units of its popular sedan City made between 2007 and 2012 and 15,707 units of premium hatchback Jazz manufactured between 2009 and 2011.
The replacement, the auto maker said, will be carried out free of cost at its dealerships across India in a phased manner, starting from October 12.
This is the biggest recall of vehicles in India.
The previous biggest recalls in India were by Ford for about 1.66 lakh units of its Figo and Fiesta classic models in September 2013, followed by General Motors' recall of 1.55 lakh units of Beat, Spark and Enjoy models in July this year.
Honda Cars India had in May this year recalled more than 11,000 units of its Accord, CR-V and Civic models manufactured between 2003 and 2007 for the same issue.
