Honda to recall many units of City, Jazz, Civic in India due to air bag

Japanese carmaker Honda on today announced the recall of 57,676 units of its three models ( City, Jazz and Civic ) in India manufactured between January 2012 and June 2013 to replace faulty airbags as part of its global exercise.

Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) said to media it will voluntarily replace driver side airbag inflators of 57,676 vehicles of previous generation of City, Jazz and Civic as part of the firm's preventive global recall campaign concerning air bag inflators.

The recall will affect 49,572 units of City sedan made between January 2012 and June 2013 and 7,504 units of premium hatchback Jazz produced during February 2012 to February 2013 and 600 units of Civic sedan manufactured between January 2012 and August 2012 are also covered under the recall.

"The replacement would be carried out free of cost at HCIL dealerships across India in a phased manner, starting from February 20, 2016, and the company will communicate with customers directly," he added.