Honda Conducts A Mass Recall Of 750,000 Units In The US, This Is The Cause

The Honda Civic 2022 wheelhouse. (Doc. Honda Global)

JAKARTA - Bad news came from Honda. The Japanese automotive company announced that it would withdraw as many as 750,000 vehicles in the US because there was an error in the airbag that could expand inappropriately when an accident occurred.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the US, the front passenger seat weight sensor may have suffered cracks and short circuits, thus failing to press the air bag properly.

Reporting from Reuters, Wednesday, February 7, this recall program includes several models, consisting of Pilots, Accords, and Civic in 2020-2022 and CR-V and Passport, which are the 2020-2021 models.

The manufacturer with the 'H' logo has submitted this to safety regulators and claims to have received 3,834 guarantee claims. However, the company did not find any cases of injury or death involving the matter.

Honda explained to NHTSA that after a natural disaster impacted the subcontractor factory, the supplier temporarily replaced the basic materials on the board of the armchair weight sensor printed circuit. It is stated that the alternative ingredients used can put additional pressure on printed circuit boards.

To overcome this problem, manufacturers are trying to reach the affected vehicle owners to take their cars to a dealer network to replace the components.

Previously in Uncle Sam's country, Honda also decided to recall the CR-V model produced in 2020 to 2022. Around 106,000 SUV units were affected due to battery cable problems that increase the risk of a fire in the event of an accident.

This problem occurs due to the loss of a screen on the 12-volt battery cable outside the vehicle, causing the battery cable to experience a short circuit or excess heat during a collision, potentially triggering a fire.