Reuters: U.S.: Honda to recall 405,000 vehicles over airbag system glitch

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Honda to recall 405,000 vehicles over airbag system glitch Sep 19th 2013, 13:57 Tweet Share this Email Print The logo of Honda Motor Co is seen on the wheel of a car outside the company showroom in Tokyo April 26, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Yuya Shino TOKYO | Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:57am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co said it is recalling about 405,400 vehicles, including the Odyssey minivan in the United States and three other countries, due to a glitch in the computer chip used in the airbag system. Some 342,000 Honda Odysseys from the 2003 and 2004 model years in the United States and Canada are being recalled, as well as 63,400 Acura MDXs from model year 2003 in the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia. Most of the recalled vehicles are in the United States, where 318,683 Odysseys and 55,935 Acura MDXs are affected. A computer chip in the airbag control unit could malfunction when it receives electrical noise from other parts in the car, Honda said in a statement. As a result, driver and passenger seat airbags could deploy inadvertently, spokesman Tsuyoshi Hojo said. The supplier of the computer chip was TRW. Honda said it does not expect to have to issue any more recalls related to this issue. No crashes have been reported related to the glitch, but several cases of injuries such as abrasions on the hand and fingers have been cited, he said. Honda will install an electrical signal filter in the recalled vehicles, Hojo said. (Reporting by Bernie Woodall in Detroit and Yoko Kubota in Tokyo; Editing by Matt Driskill and Maureen Bavdek) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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