Honda Cars PH Recalls Various Models for Defective Airbags

Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI) has announced a new recall for over 14,000 of its vehicle models to replace the front passenger airbag inflators.

The affected units, the model years, and the breakdown of the vehicle number by models are:

Model	Model Year	Number of Affected Units
Accord	2003	290
Civic	2001-2005	1,651
	2006-2009	225
City	2003-2008	1,652
	2009	38
CR-V	2003-2008	9,551
	2007-2009	145
Jazz	2002-2009	500
	2009	22
Total		14,074 Units

According to HCPI, the supplier of the initial replacement front passenger airbag inflator encountered a problem in the equipment's manufacturing that "increased the risk of inflator rupture during airbag deployment" that can cause serious injuries to the vehicle's occupants.

While there have been no reported cases or injuries because of this defect in the Philippines, HCPI "will proceed with the replacement of the airbag inflators of the affected units as a safety measure...free of charge...and will take about one hour to complete."

Honda Motor Company itself did note that it has since changed its supplier of the airbag inflator.

HCPI will reportedly contact the vehicle owners and advises them to proceed to one of 42 authorized dealers. HCPI will also post in www.hondaphil.com the frame numbers of the affected vehicles.

Vehicle owners may also inquire with their Honda dealers or call HCPI's hotline at 1-800-1000-46632 (HONDA) or 857-7240.