Honda expands airbag recall

In the wake of Toyota's recent gas pedal and Prius brake recall as well as Honda's recent power window switch recall, Honda Motor Co. today announced that the company needs to expand the coverage of a recent airbag related recall. The part under scrutiny is the driver's airbag inflator module, which under a worst case scenario, could deploy with excessive force, rupturing the module and sending metallic fragments tearing through the airbag material injuring the driver. 11 injuries and 1 death have been confirmed.

A total of 437,763 Honda vehicles will be affected by the recall. Back in July 2009, a total of 510,150 vehicles mainly in Japan, US and Canada have already been recalled for the same problem. Markets affected by this most recent recall are USA, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Taiwan and Australia. Models affected are mainly Accord, Inspire (JDM version of overseas market Accord), Odyssey, La Great, Civic (North American market version) and CRV.

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The recall could not come at any worse time, as media is likely to blow up any recall, however minor, out of proportion.