Honda to recall over 1,90,000 units of previous generation Accord, CR-V, City, others

Japanese car maker Honda will recall over 1,90,000 units of previous generation of Accord, CR-V, Civic, City and Jazz as part of the company's precautionary global recall campaign, concerning Takata front airbag inflators. Bulk of the 1,90,578 vehicles being recalled is the City. This will be the company's seventh recall in the Indian market in last two years.

In addition to 1,37,270 units of the City, the company is recalling 22,483 units of Accord, 15,706 units of Jazz and 13,603 units of Civic. About 1,500 units of CR-V are also being recalled. All these cars have been manufactured between 2003 and 2011.

The customers can check whether their cars are covered under this campaign by submitting their 17 character alpha-numeric Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) on the special micro site which has been created on the company's website.

In February this year, the company recalled 57,676 vehicles, mostly the City, to replace driver-side air-bag inflators. In September last year, the car maker announced its biggest recall in India, to replace air-bag inflators in 2,23,578 units of City, Civic, Jazz, and CR-V, made between 2003 and 2011. Globally, Honda Motor is recalling millions of vehicles to solve the air-bag inflator problem.

India does not have a mandatory recall policy for vehicles, but companies have voluntarily announced recalls from time to time. Over 2.4 million passenger vehicles (approximately) have been recalled by domestic companies since July 2012, when Siam (Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers) announced a voluntary recall code for its member companies.