
Honda Issues Recall Applying to Nearly 67,000 Vehicles in Canada
Honda announced a Canada-wide recall for nearly 67,000 vehicles due to airbag-sensor issues in front passenger seats. Honda’s Feb. 6 recall notice of 66,846 vehicles warns of problems with the weight sensor that ensures airbags only deploy for adults. If a child were in the front passenger seat, deployed frontal and knee airbags could cause injury, the company said. The recall applies to the Honda Accord, Civic, CR-V, Fit, HR-V, Insight, Odyssey, Pilot, Passport, and Ridgeline, as well as Acura MDX, RDX, and TLX models from 2020 to 2022, the company said in its recall notice. The problem came to light after Honda’s Tier 1 supplier temporarily changed the base material in the printed circuit board of the vehicle’s seat sensors due to a “natural disaster” at its Tier 2 supplier’s manufacturing plant, the company said....
