Honda Cars to recall 3,879 units of City

Honda Cars India (HCIL) on 23rd October 2015 announced recall of 3,879 units of CVT variants of City manufactured from Feb - Nov 14 to update the software that manages the continuously variable transmission (CVT) as part of the company's recall campaign in several regions globally.

The CVT control software will be updated to optimise the Hydraulic Pressure applied to the CVT.

The software will be updated free of cost at HCIL dealerships across India from 24th October 2015 and the company will communicate with customers directly.

The customers can also check whether their car is covered under this campaign by submitting their 17 character alpha-numeric Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) on the special microsite which has been created on the company's website

Last month, the Japanese carmaker announced country's biggest ever vehicle recall of 223,578 units to replace airbag inflator. The recall was spread over previous generations of CR-V, Civic, City and Jazz.

This was a part of Honda's preventive global recall campaign concerning airbag inflators.