Honda to recall over 72,000 City sedans in India over defective power window buttons

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Japanese auto major Honda today said it will recall 72,115 units of its mid-sized sedan City in India to replace defective power window switches as part of a global exercise.

In the worst-case scenario, the switch could partially melt and its cover could catch fire, although no one has been injured because of the defect, a company spokeswoman said.

The trouble with the switches will also cause a recall of 936,000 cars worldwide, mostly its popular Fit subcompact, called Jazz overseas, the company added.

Honda Siels Cars India, however, said the global recall does not impact the Jazz and CR-V sold in India.

HSCI also said the recall would cover the second generation City that were manufactured from 2005 to 2007.

"HSCI is carrying out the part replacement as part of a global exercise by Honda Motor Company to ensure stringent quality standards for its products," the company said in a statement.

The replacement would be carried out free of cost and the owners will be contacted to carry out the exercise smoothly, it added.

"Although no incident has been reported in India, HSCI is extending the same exercise to the previously-sold Honda City manufactured in 2005 to 2007," the company said.

Earlier, HSCI had announced a similar recall in January last year for 8,532 units of the City, manufactured in 2007. The company, at present, sells the third generation of the City, which is not affected by the recall exercise, HSCI said.