Honda has decided to expand a recall related to a defect in the driver's SRS airbag installed on certain US specification vehicles.

Honda vehicles for Europe are not fitted with this type of airbag, therefore we want our European customers to be reassured that their cars are not affected by this recall.

Honda has issued an official recall notification in North America and Japan. This recall will also be conducted in other affected regions/countries. The total number of vehicles subject to this expanded recall is 437,763 units worldwide.

Editors Notes:

Situation

Some of the compressed inflator propellant* located inside the inflator of the driver's SRS airbag was defective. As a result, when the driver's airbag is deployed in the event of an accident, there is a possibility that an abrupt increase in the inflator's internal pressure may rupture the casing of the inflator and cause fragments of airbag inflator casing to pass through the airbag cushion material possibly causing injury to vehicle occupants.

*chemical substance which generates gas to inflate the airbag

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