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TOKYO - Japanese automaker Honda on Wednesday has recalled 437,763 vehicles worldwide, mostly in North America, to fix defective airbags.
"Honda has decided to expand a recall related to a defect in the driver’s SRS airbag installed on certain vehicles produced in 2001 and 2002 and has issued a notification in North America and Japan," it said in a statement.
"This recall also will be conducted in other affected regions and countries," it added. "The total number of vehicles subject to this expanded recall is 437,763 units worldwide."
Honda which earlier limited the recall to vehicles in the US and Canada said airbag inflators in affected vehicles "could produce excessive internal pressure which may cause the airbag inflator casing to rupture, resulting in metal fragments passing through the airbag cushion material and possibly causing injury or fatality to vehicle occupants."
- AFP/sf
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