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Honda Motor Co. is recalling about 800,000 of its Odyssey minivans in the US after receiving 46 reports of injuries over faulty passenger seats.
The company will repair the seats free of charge for owners of 2011-2017 models, it said.
“If a second row seat is not properly latched after adjusting it side-to-side or reinstalling a removed seat, the seat may tip forward during moderate to heavy braking, increasing the risk of injury to an occupant,†the company said. Honda said it’s looking into how best to repair the seats and will start notifying owners of the fault via mail beginning in late December.
The recall comes two months after Honda agreed to pay $484 million to settle economic-loss claims tied to Takata Corp. air-bag recalls. About 20 million vehicles containing defective Takata air-bag inflators still haven’t been fixed, according to a report.