Honda has decided to expand a recall related to a defect in the driver’s SRS airbag installed on certain vehicles produced in 2001 and 2002 and has issued a notification in North America and Japan. This recall also will be conducted in other affected regions/countries. The total number of vehicles subject to this expanded recall is 437,763 units worldwide.

Based on our ongoing investigation and analysis, we decided to expand the recall, which has included a total of 514,355 units in North America, Japan and other regions since November 2008 and June 2009 (July in Japan), although there have been no incidents of airbag failure reported for vehicles included this time, since the previous recall notification.

The inflator in the driver’s SRS airbag of vehicles subject to this recall will be replaced with a non-defective inflator in all affected regions/countries.

This expanded recall broadens the scope to include all compressed inflator propellant which was produced using equipment that experienced a problem, therefore, based on our understanding, this action would rule out the possibility of the same incidents occurring in the future.

 

Countries, models, number of vehicles subject to the recall:
Country Model # of Unit (thousands) Recall Notification (local time) U.S.A. Accord, Civic, TL, CR-V, Odyssey, Pilot, CL 378 February 9, 2010 Canada Accord, Civic, TL, CR-V, Odyssey 41 February 9, 2010 Japan Inspire, Saber, Lagreat 4 February 10, 2010 Others – 13 – Total: Approximately 437 thousands units
	* Others: Mexico (9,227 units), Taiwan (1,361 units), Australia (703 units) etc.

< Reference: Situation in Japan >
•	On July 29, 2009, the first notification (1,532 units: Inspire, Saber)
•	On October 19, 2009, 53 service parts were notified.
•	On February 10, 2010, the second notification (4,042 units: Inspire, Saber, Lagreat) and 21 service parts were notified.
•	There have been no incidents involving the vehicles subject to the recall.