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Honda Motor
Co. is recalling about 318,000 Odyssey minivans sold in the U.S., along with
56,000 Acura MDX sport-utility vehicles.
Another
23,300 of the Odyssey models and 4,800 of the Acura SUVs sold in Canada also are
being recalled.
In addition,
the Acura MDX recall covers 1,000 vehicles in Japan and nearly 1,600 in
Australia.
Honda said
it received complaints recently that the airbag opened unnecessarily in the
2003 and 2004 model year Odyssey and the 2003 Acura MDX because the computer
chip for airbag deployment was responding to electrical interference.
A part called an electrical noise filter needs to be
installed to prevent the problem, the company said.
