The recall also covers several Acura models: the 2005-2012 Acura RL, 2009-2014 Acura TL, 2010-2013 Acura ZDX, 2013-2016 Acura ILX and the 2007-2016 Acura RDX, according to a Honda press release issued late February 3.
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Japanese carmaker Honda is recalling 2.23 million cars in the United States equipped with potentially defective airbags that could rupture, deepening the deadly scandal surrounding parts supplier Takata. The company had recently announced the recall of more than 2.2 million vehicles in the US for faulty air bags by another supplier, Takata. However, Takata’s exploding components have links to at least 10 deaths worldwide because they can spray shrapnel at occupants.
Carmakers are to replace the faulty computers at no cost to owners.
Note that these are late-model vehicles; until now cars recalled for Takata airbags have tended to be older vehicles. CAS changed the design of the control module in late 2010.
With the recall developments involving air bags manufactured by Takata Corp., still ongoing, KBB didn’t mince words when discussing this matter connected to Continental and potentially 5 million more vehicles. (It’s a theme.) That can cause serious electrical problems, forcing airbags to deploy without warning or cause, or preventing them from deploying during collisions.
Honda said the driver-side airbag inflators in these vehicles may experience “over-pressurization” due to exposure to high temperatures and high absolute humidity. Honda knows of two injuries linked to the problem. “All potentially affected customers were notified immediately and we are in close contact them”, a Continental spokeswoman said. Continental said it did not receive any complaints after another change was made at the end of 2010 and completed in 2011.
In the documents, Continental says its problem first surfaced in January of 2008 when it analysed a malfunctioning control unit that was removed from a Mercedes vehicle.
Recall letters will be send in mid-March and another one when the parts become available.
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That recall crisis is now expanding, with Takata alerting automakers that some newer models of its airbags are also at risk of exploding. On the same date, the regulator said Continental removed the ASIC from the ACU that was installed in the 2008 Honda Accord that was involved in an accident on October 26, 2013. Fourteen automakers have recalled about 28 million inflators in 24 million vehicles.
