Honda Motor Corporation is adding 437,000 vehicles to a recall that was originally announced in November 2008. The recall includes 378,000 vehicles in Pennsylvania and nationwide. Additionally 41,000 have been recalled in Canada and 17,000 in Asia and Australia.
The vehicles have a defective driver's side airbag that can deploy with too much pressure causing unnecessary injury or death to the driver of the vehicle. This latest addition to the recall comes after an investigation into the machine that stamps the airbags. The defective machine at times used insufficient pressure to make the airbag inflators and in a safety measure Honda has recalled all vehicles that have airbags made by the machine.
Vehicles affected by the recall:
2001 and 2002 Accord Sedans
2001 and 2002 Civic Compacts
2001 and 2002 Odyssey Minivans
2001 and 2002 CRV Sport Utility Vehicles
2002 Acura TL Sedans
Owners of the recalled vehicles will be notified by Honda and will then be able to bring the defective vehicle to a dealer for a free repair.
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