Honda Cars India (HCIL) on Monday said that it would carry out preventive replacement of Driver Side Air Bag Inflator of 1,040 units of Brio, 1,235 units of Amaze and 63 units of CR-V manufactured between September 2011 and July 2014.

The company said it is part of Honda’s global recall regarding a possible incorrect assembly of the ‘baffle plate’ in the inflator.

In case of certain vehicles, due to incorrect assembly of the baffle plate, the pressure within the inflator may rise excessively when the driver side airbag deploys in an accident or other situation, causing damage to the container, HCIL said in a statement.

“HCIL is carrying out the part replacement as part of a global exercise by Honda Motor Company to ensure stringent quality standards for its products. There has been no reporting of any incident related to this part in India,” it said.  

The replacement would be carried out free of cost at HCIL dealerships across India, and the owners will be contacted individually, it said.

The customers can also check whether their car will be covered under this campaign by submitting their 17 character alpha-numeric vehicle identification number (VIN) on its microsite, which has been created on the company’s website, HCIL said.  

This is the second such case over the last one week. Nissan India on Friday had announced to replace 9,000 units of Micra hatchback and Sunny sedan due to defective driver airbags in the cars.

This was also part of the Japanese car major’s recall of 2.6 lakh cars manufactured by it globally between 2008 and 2012.

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