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Honda Motor Co. said Monday it will expand by 1.39 million cars a nationwide recall of vehicles with potentially defective passenger Takata air bags.
The Japanese automaker said the reason was because Takata has declared all of the passenger vehicles defective — even though Honda had told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it only planned to recall vehicles in high-humidity areas, unless the agency told them to expand the callback.
The new recall covers the 2001-05 Civic and 2003-07 Accord.
It’s the latest expansion of part of the estimated largest-ever single auto recall; NHTSA estimates 11 automakers will call back 33.8 million vehicles.
The expansion comes just days after Honda confirmed a seventh death in one of its vehicles, linked to air bags rupturing and sending deadly metal fragments flying.
Honda had said the latest passenger recall would cover just 350,000 vehicles in high-humidity areas, so Monday’s announcement expands the callback by 1.04 million vehicles.
Honda said Monday that “NHTSA subsequently interpreted the Takata defect determination as requiring a national recall and directed Honda to conduct a national recall.”
Honda has previously recalled 915,000 Civic and Accord vehicles for passenger air bags.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/bu...ands-takata-recall-million-vehicles/71270856/
The Japanese automaker said the reason was because Takata has declared all of the passenger vehicles defective — even though Honda had told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it only planned to recall vehicles in high-humidity areas, unless the agency told them to expand the callback.
The new recall covers the 2001-05 Civic and 2003-07 Accord.
It’s the latest expansion of part of the estimated largest-ever single auto recall; NHTSA estimates 11 automakers will call back 33.8 million vehicles.
The expansion comes just days after Honda confirmed a seventh death in one of its vehicles, linked to air bags rupturing and sending deadly metal fragments flying.
Honda had said the latest passenger recall would cover just 350,000 vehicles in high-humidity areas, so Monday’s announcement expands the callback by 1.04 million vehicles.
Honda said Monday that “NHTSA subsequently interpreted the Takata defect determination as requiring a national recall and directed Honda to conduct a national recall.”
Honda has previously recalled 915,000 Civic and Accord vehicles for passenger air bags.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/bu...ands-takata-recall-million-vehicles/71270856/