Honda adds more woes to Japan's automakers with massive recall

12:35, 10 February 2010

TOKYO. February 10. KAZINFORM Japanese automaker Honda added a further 437,700 cars, including 4,000 in Japan, to a recall over a faulty airbag in some of its models on Wednesday, just a day after Toyota started repairs on hundreds of thousands of its vehicles over a possible fault with the brakes in some of its automobiles, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.

The Honda recall has now spread to around 1 million cars, and is over a problem that can lead its airbags deploying too much pressure when inflated, which could cause injury.

The cars affected by Wednesday's recall are the 2001 and 2002 models of the Accord, Civic, Odyssey, Pilot, CL, CR-V and 2002 Acura TL vehicles.

Honda had previously recalled more than half a million cars by July 2009 over the same problem.

The company will recall 378,758 cars in North America, and approximately a further 60,000 from around the world.

The recall will add further damage to the reputation of Japanese automakers overseas. Since last year, Toyota has had to recall millions of vehicles worldwide over faults in its cars, and Akio Toyoda has apologized publicly twice this month for problems in his company's cars, Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.news.xinhuanet.com for full version.

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