LOS ANGELES -- Honda Motor Co. said it will again expand a U.S. recall of Honda and Acura brand models to fix flawed air-bag components.
The company will inspect model year 2001 to 2003 vehicles that may have had the original driver's air-bag module replaced with a flawed service part, Honda said today in an e-mailed statement.
As a result, the recall now includes an additional 833,000 vehicles, the Tokyo-based company said. Honda "determined that a number of affected service part air bags were installed in these vehicles in the process of a collision repair or other vehicle service," according to the statement.
"Owners of all potentially affected vehicles are being notified because Honda has not been able to determine which specific vehicles received one of those parts."
The faulty air-bag inflators are at risk of deploying too forcefully and causing the inflator's casing to rupture, potentially leading to injuries or fatalities for vehicle occupants, the company said.
The company will inspect model year 2001 to 2003 vehicles that may have had the original driver's air-bag module replaced with a flawed service part, Honda said today in an e-mailed statement.
As a result, the recall now includes an additional 833,000 vehicles, the Tokyo-based company said. Honda "determined that a number of affected service part air bags were installed in these vehicles in the process of a collision repair or other vehicle service," according to the statement.
"Owners of all potentially affected vehicles are being notified because Honda has not been able to determine which specific vehicles received one of those parts."
The faulty air-bag inflators are at risk of deploying too forcefully and causing the inflator's casing to rupture, potentially leading to injuries or fatalities for vehicle occupants, the company said.
