Honda Motor is recalling 318,000 Odyssey minivans in the U.S. and 63,400 Acura MDX sport-utility vehicles in several nations to fix an airbag defect, reports The Associated Press.
The Acura MDX recall covers 56,000 vehicles in the U.S., 1,000 in Japan, 4,800 in Canada and nearly 1,600 in Australia. In Canada, Honda is also recalling 23,300 Odyssey minivans.
There have been no crashes related to the problem, the automaker said.
Honda said it received complaints recently that the airbag opened unnecessarily in the 2003 and 2004 model year Odyssey and the 2003 Acura MDX because the computer chip for airbag deployment was responding to electrical interference.
According to the company, a part called an electrical noise filter needs to be installed to prevent the problem.
Source: The Associated Press via Detroit Free Press
