Honda
Motor Co is expanding to the state of California a U.S. regional recall of
vehicles over potentially explosive air bags made by Takata Corp, the automaker
said on Friday, after a complaint that said a driver was injured in an accident
in the state.
Honda's
move takes the regional recall involving the potentially faulty airbags beyond
hot and humid southern states and into the nation's most populous state and a
major market for automakers.
Honda
decided to expand the recall after it was told on June 25 about an accident
involving a 2005 model Accord that had taken place in California in May, a
spokeswoman said.
According
to a complaint filed to U.S. safety
