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Honda Orders Dealers to Halt Sales of 1.7 Million Vehicles
Honda Motor Co. has ordered its U.S. dealers not to sell 1.7 million select new and used vehicles until their recalled Takata Corp. airbag inflators are replaced.
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Honda Motor Co. has ordered its U.S. dealers not to sell 1.7 million select new and used vehicles until their recalled Takata Corp. airbag inflators are replaced.
Honda also is warning dealers they will be solely liable if they sell unrepaired vehicles, Automotive News reports. The company says it won’t have replacement parts ready for the recall until late summer.
AN reports that a letter to dealers last week includes a stop-sale order and Takata recall notice for 2007-2011 CR-V crossovers, 2009-2013 Fit minicars and 2013-2014 Fit electric cars, 2007-2014 Ridgeline pickups, 2010-2014 Insight hybrids and 2011-2015 CR-Z coupes.
But Honda tells the newspaper it has not yet clarified exactly which models contain the targeted inflators. The company’s latest recall is part of a new round of callbacks to replace 5.1 million Takata inflators in vehicles that were produced by eight carmakers.
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