Honda to recall 41,580 vehicles in India. Here’s why

Honda is recalling 41,580 vehicles in India so as to replace faulty front passenger airbag inflators and this is the company’s fourth recall in two years.

The initiative is the part of Japanese automaker’s preventive global recall campaign which relates to defective air bag inflators supplied by Takata Corporation and has affected at least 7 million cars worldwide.

The company has said that it will voluntarily replace passenger front airbag inflators in previous generation models of City, Jazz, Accord and Civic manufactured during the year 2012.

The recall has 7,265 units of premium hatchback Jazz, 32,456 units of mid-size sedan City, 659 units of premium sedan Accord and 1,200 units of Civic.

The replacement will be carried out free of cost at Honda Cars India (HCIL) dealerships across India.

"The replacement of inflators for the affected models would begin immediately and the company will communicate with customers directly", Honda Cars India said in a statement.

However, in India, there are no guidelines for recall but as per industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), auto makers in India have recalled over two million vehicles since the voluntary recall policy was announced in July 2012.