HCIL expands its campaign to replace Air Bag inflators in India

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Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) today announced that it will voluntarily replace Airbag inflators of 223,578 vehicles of previous generations of CR-V, Civic, City and Jazz as part of Honda’s preventive global recall campaign concerning Air Bag inflators.

The replacement would be carried out free of cost at HCIL dealerships across India in a phased manner, starting from 12th October 2015, and the company will communicate with customers directly.

Model Year of Make Number of Inflators to be replaced

(some vehicles require both type replacement)

No. of Affected Vehicles
Driver Side Airbag Inflator Passenger Side Airbag Inflator
CR-V 2004 – 2011 8330 11495 13073
Civic 2003 – 2012 54288 40083 54290
City 2007 – 2012 140508 2646 140508
Jazz 2009 – 2011 15707 15707
TOTAL 223,578

The customers can also check whether their car will be covered under this campaign by submitting their 17 character alpha-numeric Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) on the special microsite which has been created on the company’s website (www.hondacarindia.com).