(Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. called back vehicles in China to investigate potential defects with air bags made by Takata Corp., underscoring the global reach of the safety crisis after similar campaigns in the U.S., Canada and Japan.
Guangqi Honda, one of its Chinese joint ventures, will recall 527,136 Accords produced from May 2002 to December 2007 to replace the driver-side air bags, according to a statement posted on the website of China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. Another Honda venture will recall 26,128 Elysion minivans made from June 2012 to June 2014, the company said.
The latest recalls will add to the more than 13 million cars Honda has called back globally to replace Takata air bags that can deploy with too much force and spew metal parts at motorists. Honda has tapped two alternative air-bag suppliers to make substitute parts after Takata’s devices were linked to four fatalities in the U.S. and the death of a pregnant woman and her unborn child in Malaysia.
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