EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Honda “Civic and Jazz.” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1948/14
Summary
null The driver’s front airbag inflator could produce excessive internal pressure when the airbag deploys causing the inflator to rupture. If this happens, metal fragments could be propelled into the passenger compartment causing injury to the driver.
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Product
Passenger car — Honda
- Brand
- Honda
- Name / model
- Civic and Jazz. · Model/Type: : Civic / EU7, EU8, EU9, EV1, Model/Type: Jazz / GD1, GD5
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: Model: 2003 - 2004
What is the risk?
- null The driver’s front airbag inflator could produce excessive internal pressure when the airbag deploys causing the inflator to rupture. If this happens, metal fragments could be propelled into the passenger compartment causing injury to the driver.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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