As part of its global recall regarding the potential defect related to passenger air bag announced in June 2014, Honda Cars India (HCIL) on Wednesday said it will carry out “preventive replacement” of passenger side air bag inflator of over 1300 cars.
These include 1,085 units of Accord and 252 units of CR-V manufactured in 2003 and one unit of CR-V manufactured in 2002.
“HCIL is carrying out the part replacement as part of a global exercise by Honda Motor Company to ensure stringent quality standards for its products. There has been no reporting of any incident related to this part in India,” the company said in a statement.
HCIL explained that in case of certain vehicles, due to a problem during the propellant forming process, the casing of the inflator may get damaged when the airbag deploys in an accident or other situation potentially causing injury to vehicle occupants.
The replacement would be carried out free of cost at HCIL dealerships across the country in a phased manner and the company will communicate with contactable customers directly.
“Customers can also check whether their car will be covered under this campaign by submitting their 17 character alpha-numeric Vehicle Identification Number on the special microsite which has been created on the company’s website,” it added.
