MARKHAM, Ontario -

Honda Canada recently announced it will voluntarily recall select Acura and Honda vehicles for a passenger airbag issue.

The company said approximately 11,043 Acura 1.7 EL vehicles and roughly 80,854 Honda Civic vehicles from the 2001–2003 model years; an estimated 6,140 CR-V vehicles from the 2002–2003 model years; and approximately 9,749 Odyssey vehicles from the 2002 model year in Canada will be recalled to replace the passenger front airbag inflator.

Honda Canada explained that it is possible that the passenger front airbag inflators in affected vehicles may deploy with too much pressure, which may cause the inflator casing to rupture and could result in injury.

In fact, the OEM said it is aware of one crash, already, in which a passenger front airbag deployed with too much pressure, causing the casing to rupture.

That said, Honda is not aware of any injuries or deaths related to this issue.

The company is encouraging owners of all affected vehicles to take their vehicles to an authorized dealer as soon as they receive notification of this recall.

Mailed notification to customers will begin in late May.

In addition to contacting customers by mail, owners of these vehicles will be able to determine if their vehicles require repair by calling (888) 9HONDA9 for Honda owners or (888) 9ACURA9 for Acura owners or, starting on April 12, by going on-line to www.honda.ca/recalls and www.acura.ca/recalls.

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