Takata Air-Bag Recall Expands to Honda Cars in China
June 17 2016 - 4:40AM
Dow Jones News
SHANGHAI—Honda Motor Co. is recalling more than 1 million
vehicles in China over faulty Takata Corp.-made air-bag inflaters,
the latest fallout from the defective vehicle components.
According to a statement posted Friday on the website of the
General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and
Quarantine, the recall covers about 533,000 CR-V crossover
vehicles, 460,000 Civic sedans, 48,000 Spirior sedans and 684
imported hybrid Civic sedans.
Japan-based Honda confirmed the recall and said it would replace
the air bags for Chinese drivers free of charge
Millions of vehicles equipped with Takata's air bags, which risk
rupturing and spraying shrapnel, have been recalled world-wide. The
safety problem has been linked to at least 11 deaths and more than
100 injuries world-wide, though no injuries have been reported in
China.
The faulty air bags are found in vehicles produced by several
auto makers, including Toyota Motor Corp., General Motors Co. and
Daimler AG. Vehicles equipped with the faulty Takata air bags
represent almost 14% of the roughly 250 million vehicles on U.S.
roads.
Rose Yu
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 17, 2016 05:25 ET (09:25 GMT)
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