Honda recalls 2.1 million vehicles worldwide over glow risk

Honda Motor Co. pronounced on Friday it would remember about 2.1 million vehicles worldwide to reinstate battery sensors due to a risk of fire.

Chris Martin, a orator for a Japanese automaker pronounced a remember would embody 1.15 million Honda Accord vehicles from a 2013-2016 indication years in a United States, and scarcely 1 million elsewhere, to reinstate a 12-volt battery sensor.

The remember includes 51,995 vehicles in Canada, a Honda deputy reliable to CBC News.

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The association pronounced it had perceived 4 reports of engine cell fires in a United States and during slightest one in Canada, in areas that use poignant amounts of highway salt during a winter. There have been no reported injuries.

The automaker has perceived 3,972 U.S. guaranty claims relating to a issue.

The battery sensors might not be amply hermetic opposite dampness intrusion, Honda said. Over time, dampness might deliver highway salt or other element into a battery sensor, heading to decay and contingent electrical shorting of a sensor.

Due to a vast distance of a recall, Honda pronounced dealers would primarily adopt a proxy repair by requesting an glue to forestall dampness intrusion, and afterwards after reinstate a sensor.

The association initial perceived a explain of an engine cell glow from Canada in 2015 and began questioning a issue. In early 2016, it perceived a explain of a identical glow in China.

Honda introduced a redesigned battery sensor in Jun 2016. After an review of a China incident, a automaker pronounced it primarily believed a “future occurrence rate was estimated to be low,” though continued to examine a matter after receiving additional reports of fires.

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