Accord from Japanese car-maker Honda has been a top pick in the luxury sedan segment in the country. The sedan has been a synonym with performance and style in the country. Recently Honda has identified safety issue with the airbags installed in the car.
The identified cars are mostly from the Accord V6 variant that has been on sale since 2001 in the country. Though the vehicle has been discontinued last year, the car-maker has chalking out a plan to fix the affected vehicles. Though the affected number of vehicles may be low in India, the company has clarified its views on getting the problems fixed at the earliest. Globally the company has planned a recall for over two million vehicles that have been fitted with the faulty airbag mechanism.
Primarily, the airbags manufactured by Japan's Takata Corp have been identified to be faulty in nature. The propellant used in the device has reportedly been the cause for airbag ruptures resulting shrapnels being strewn across. Cases have been reported at different locations wherein two fatal incidents have been caused due to the problem. A senior official from Honda said, “We are awaiting confirmation from the global headquarters over the issue of recall and are yet to determine the cars impacted by the recall. It's part of the global exercise and the number of cars that could be impacted would be determined on the basis of information coming from Japan.”
Takata Corp has also been supplying the safety equipment to other leading manufacturers like Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, Ford and BMW. These companies have reportedly not sold the affected variants in India, but still, are yet to check with their official records to eliminate the possibility.
Source: ET
