Honda is adding more than a million of its most popular vehicles to a growing recall for air bags that can inflate with too much force.
The company said Monday it’s expanding a previous recall of passenger air bag inflators from high-humidity states to the entire nation. That will add about 1.39 million examples of the 2001 to 2005 Civic and the 2003 to 2007 Accord to the recall.
Two weeks ago, Honda said it would recall about 350,000 of the cars in high humidity areas, but added more Civics and Accords after the U.S. NHTSA required a national recall.
Air bags made by Takata can send shrapnel into drivers and passengers. The problem has been blamed for at least seven deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide.
