July 31, 2009
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Honda Motor Co. said Friday has expanded its previous announcement to recall additional 440,000 vehicles having a lethal airbag defect. Affected models will include the 2001-2002 Honda Accord, 2001 Civic and 2002-2003 Acura TL.
According to Honda Spokesman Chris Naughton, the defect had caused 6 known injuries and one known death that would necessarily requires replacement of the driver's side steering-wheel-mounted airbag inflator.
In some cases, the airbag inflators may over-pressurize the inflator mechanism tending the airbag to deploy which would also cause rupture of the inflator. As a result metal fragments could pass through the cloth airbag cushion material, that may likewise cause death or injury to the vehicle occupants.
According to Honda Spokesman Chris Naughton, the defect had caused 6 known injuries and one known death that would necessarily requires replacement of the driver's side steering-wheel-mounted airbag inflator.
In some cases, the airbag inflators may over-pressurize the inflator mechanism tending the airbag to deploy which would also cause rupture of the inflator. As a result metal fragments could pass through the cloth airbag cushion material, that may likewise cause death or injury to the vehicle occupants.
Registered owners of the vehicles in question will be notified through mail in the next few months for the schedule of the repair while registered owners with similar problem will also be first contacted.
In the meantime, Honda owners may log in to www.owners.honda.com/recalls and click "Owner Link" while Acura owners should visit www.owners.acura.com/recalls and click "My Acura Link" for them to know the status of their recall.
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