New York Injury Talk Blog

Honda Motor Company has expanded its vehicle defect recall to include an additional 438,000 vehicles worldwide, including 379,000 in the United States. According to a news report, Honda officials said the driver's airbag inflators in these vehicles may expand with too much pressure, which can cause the inflator casing to break. This could result in injury or death. The expanded airbag defect recall in New York and throughout the nation includes 2001 and 2002, Accord, Civic, Odyssey, CR-V and selected 2002 Acura TL vehicles. So far, 12 incidents have been reported in connection with the airbag inflator problem.

The original recall stemming from these problems was issued in November 2008 for 2001 and 2002 models of Accords and Civics as well as some 2002 model year Acura TL vehicles. Last summer Honda added 443,727 vehicles to that recall in the United States. Now, that total number of vehicles recalls is up to more than 826,000 in the United States. Last month, Honda announced a separate recall for 646,000 Fit, City and Jazz models over defective power window switches that pose a potential fire hazard. That auto product defect caused one death in South Africa.