In the recent past, American Honda Motor Company issued a voluntary recall on certain 2001 through 2003 model year Hondas and Acuras. The issue revolved around the driver’s air bag and its inflator. If affected, in the event of an accident the vehicle’s air bags would deploy with far too much pressure causing the inflator to rupture. The original recall covered approximately 273,000 Hondas but a recent development has made that number jump up to 603,000 vehicles and includes models not previously concerned. Now being recalled are certain “2001 and 2002 Accord, 2001 to 2003 Civic, 2001 to 2003 Odyssey, 2002 and 2003 CR-V, 2003 Pilot, 2002 and 2003 Acura 3.2 TL and 2003 Acura 3.2 CL vehicles.”
The reasoning for the expansion is Honda has determined that a small number of bad inflators were sold as replacement parts for repair services. Even though there could only be 640 faulty parts out there, the automaker has no true way of pinpointing which vehicles have these inflators. Notification to the expanded model owners will begin later in December. A certified Honda dealer will inspect the air bag system and if necessary, replace the inflator.
Source: Honda
