Honda to Recall 1,850 Vehicles for Airbag Problem

American Honda Motor Co announced on Tuesday that it will recall about 1,850 Acura ZDX models to repair problems related to their passenger side airbags. The carmaker said that the airbags of affected vehicles do not properly deploy. Honda said no incidents have been reported thus far.

The defect was unraveled during a manufacturing quality check. The car manufacturer said that some vehicles do not have the necessary laser-cut underscoring that should be found on the underside of the dashboard. The frontal airbag on the passenger side will not be released properly without this scoring.

The company will inform owners about the recall through mail. The defective dashboards of the approximately 1,850 Acura ZDX cars will be replaced.

This incident follows Honda’s recall of some 410,000 Element small trucks and Odyssey minivans. The previous recall was made to correct problems with the braking system.

Meanwhile, Toyota Motor Corp, Honda’s Japanese peer is facing a penalty of $16.375 million for knowingly hiding information about the defective gas pedals in its cars.

Toyota ordered the return of more than 8.5 million vehicles from all over the world starting last fall. Most of the recalled vehicles are in the United States. The vehicle problems included uncontrolled acceleration and brake problems in some models.