Honda Expands Recall on 2001-’02 Accord, 2001 Civic and 2002-’03 Acura TL

By doris | Published: August 5, 2009

Full Story at edmunds.com

TORRANCE, California — Honda has announced that it is expanding an existing vehicle recall to include 440,000 vehicles to replace a defective driver’s steering-wheel-mounted airbag inflator. The recall includes 2001-’02 Honda Accords, 2001 Honda Civics and 2002-’03 Acura TLs.

“In some vehicles, airbag inflators can produce overpressurization of the driver’s airbag inflator mechanism during airbag deployment,” said Honda in a statement. “If an affected inflator deploys, the increased internal pressure may cause the inflator casing to rupture. Metal fragments could pass through the cloth airbag cushion material, possibly causing an injury or fatality to vehicle occupants

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