Honda is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall in the United States for airbag inflation problems, the firm said.

根据现有的安全标准，本田汽车宣布在美国召回超过37.8辆轿车，据悉这些轿车存在安全气囊压力过大的问题。

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Honda is worried the airbag in certain models will not perform perfectly

It broadens a recall announced in late 2008 for less than 4,000 Accord and Civic² sedans（箱式轿车） , and expanded in July last year to cover another 440,000 vehicles.

The company said the airbags（安全气袋） can deploy³ with too much pressure, causing injury.

The fresh blow to Japanese carmakers came on the same day Toyota recalled 436,000 hybrid⁴ cars（混合动力汽车） over faulty brakes.

Toyota has already recalled millions of other vehicles amid accelerator and floormat problems.

Meanwhile, Honda's airbag defect has been linked to 11 injuries and one fatality⁵.

Honda said: "We cannot be completely certain that the driver's airbag inflator（打气筒，增压泵） in the vehicles being added to this recall at this time will perform as designed."

This recall will apply to 2001 and 2002 model-year Accord, Civic, Odyssey⁶, CR-V and 2002 Acura TL vehicles.

The company says owners should take their vehicle to an authorised dealer⁷（经销商） as soon as they receive notification from Honda.

Just last month, the Japanese carmaker recalled 650,000 Fit hatchbacks（有仓门式后背的汽车） worldwide to fix a switch defect that could cause a fire.

It said the glitch⁸（小故障，失灵） could cause water to enter the power window mechanism⁹, causing components¹⁰ to overheat.

The car is known as the Jazz and City in other countries. That recall affects Asia, Latin America, Europe, South Africa and North America.