Honda recalls 2,338 cars to replace driver side airbag inflator

Japanese car maker Honda on Monday said it is recalling 2,338 units of its hatchback Brio, compact sedan Amaze and sports utility vehicle CR-V manufactured between September 2011 and July 2014 in India to replace a faulty part related to airbags.

As part of a global recall Honda said it would carry out preventive replacement of driver side air bag inflator of 1,040 units of Honda Brio, 1,235 units of Honda Amaze and 63 units of Honda CR-V.

The vehicles affected by the recall are manufactured between September 2011 and July 2014.

“These are being recalled as part of Honda's global recall regarding a possible incorrect assembly of the baffle plate in the inflator”, Honda Cars India Limited (HCIL) said in a statement.

The statement added, that HCIL was carrying out the part replacement as part of a global exercise by Honda Motor Company to ensure stringent quality standards for its products though there has been no reporting of any incident related to this part in India.

The replacement would be carried out free of cost at the company dealerships across India, and the owners will be contacted individually.

Over 700,000 vehicles have been recalled by various manufacturers including Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Toyota, Ford, Honda and General Motors ever since auto industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) started voluntary vehicle recall for safety related issues in India in July 2012.

The government is in process of framing a mandatory recall policy that would entail penalties as part of the new Central Motor Vehicle Rules.