Honda Recalls Civic ‘03 For “Defective Airbags”

(PIA-7) –If you’re driving a Honda Civic 2003-2004 model, then you must drive to the nearest Honda Car Philippines incorporated (HCPI) dealers for them to make the necessary retrofit to make your car safer than it is.

This as HCPI also implements a product recall for the specific car model, upon noting un-usual and irregular deployment of the front passenger airbags or the supplemental restraint systems.

The irregular deployment could be dangerous when the car is cruising at high speeds, and the deployment could cause distraction leading to possible accidents.

For this, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) also informs Honda Civic owners in the Philippines who have purchased Honda Civic Cars models year 2003 and 2004 of a voluntary recall.

DTI also advises them to visit the nearest Honda Car Philippines, Inc. (HCPI) dealers as soon as possible to discuss the recall process.

The recall, explains HCPI would necessitate the replacement of the inflator of Passenger Front airbags of said Honda Civic vehicles.

The SRS Airbag inflator replacement is free, and takes about one (1) hour in any of the 33 authorized Honda dealers and 3 authorized service outlets nationwide.

For any further inquiries, owners of affected vehicles may inquire with any of the authorized Honda dealerships or with HCPI thru (02) 857-7240, according to DTI Bohol. (mbcn/RAC/PIA7-Bohol)