HCIL further said 13,605 units of the now discontinued sedan Civic manufactured between 2007-2011 are also affected by the exercise. Photo: BloombergNew Delhi: Japanese auto major Honda is recalling 1,90,578 units of the previous generation of Accord, CR-V, Civic, City and Jazz models in India as part of its global exercise to rectify faulty airbags made by Takata. The company, which is present in India through a wholly-owned arm Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL), announced that it will voluntarily replace Takata passenger front airbag inflators in those models which are manufactured between 2003 and 2011. “The replacement will be carried out free of cost at HCIL dealerships across India in a phased manner. Millions of vehicles have been recalled across the globe due to defective safety airbag manufactured by Japan’s Takata Corp.

Source: Mint July 14, 2016 11:47 UTC