KUALA LUMPUR -- Honda Malaysia is recalling 147,894 domestically made vehicles to replace the front passenger airbag inflators, the company said on Thursday.
The recall affects eight models manufactured from 2003 to 2011. The automaker issued a recall in Malaysia only about a month ago, also involving faulty airbags. The latest move brings the total number of recalled Honda vehicles in the Southeast Asian country to 329,059.
Globally, the Honda Motor group has recalled some 51 million vehicles. The Japanese automaker is the No. 1 customer of Japan's Takata, the autoparts supplier that made the airbags in question.
The models affected this time around range from sedans to compacts and minivans -- specifically the Accord, City, Civic, CR-V, Freed, Insight, Jazz and Odyssey. The company will send letters to affected customers and has pledged to absorb all recall-related costs.
"Honda Malaysia reiterates that all of its current-selling models are not affected," the company said in a news release. It stressed it "will continue to uphold transparency and stringent control to ensure customer safety."
DRB-Hicom owns a 34% stake in Honda's Malaysian subsidiary. Proton -- the Malaysian conglomerate's wholly owned unit and once the top-selling automaker in the nation -- also recalled about 200,000 cars this year over other defective parts.
Worldwide, 11 known deaths have been blamed on exploding Takata-made airbag inflators, which can send shrapnel into the passenger compartment. There have also been numerous reports of injuries.
Honda Motor's operating profit has declined for two straight years, partly as a result of the recalls.
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