Honda Malaysia announces another recall
Honda Malaysia just announced its latest recall and, yes, this is prompted by faulty and potentially deadly Takata airbags. Depending on model, both the front passenger and front driver airbags are being replaced.
This round of recalls sees a total of 23,476 Honda vehicles affected. Here’s the list of models affected by this recently announced recall:
Front Driver Airbag Replacement:
MODEL | MODEL YEAR |
Civic | 2006 - 2007, 2009 - 2011 |
CR-V | 2007 - 2008, 2010 - 2011, |
Stream | 2010 and 2012 |
Insight | 2011 - 2012 |
City | 2009 - 2013 |
Jazz | 2012 - 2013 |
Front Passenger Airbag Replacement:
MODEL | MODEL YEAR |
Accord | 2003 and 2005, 2005 - 2006, 2008 - 2009, 2011 - 2012 |
Stream | 2003 - 2005 |
CR-V | 2002 - 2009 |
Jazz | 2003 - 2007, 2009 and 2012 |
City | 2003 - 2009 |
Civic | 2003 - 2011 |
As you can see, this latest recall affects a multitude of models, some across multiple generations too.
As before, Honda Malaysia will replace the faulty airbags in all at no cost to owners. Affected customers will receive notification letters from Honda Malaysia with the details of this recall and stock availability.
Like before, again, owners can also check if their cars are affected via the dedicated Recall microsite at Honda.com.my, or by simply clicking these words. All you need to do there is key in your car’s chassis number to check and verify if it is affected.
Affected cars will need to set an appointment with any nearest authorised Honda service centre to perform the airbag replacement .