Mitsubishi, Honda to recall cars

Mitsubishi, Honda to recall cars

TOKYO: Two Japanese automakers, Mitsubishi and Honda, said on Thursday they will recall for repairs a total of at least 570,000 cars they had sold at home and abroad.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said it would recall 205,732 units of three models -- the Galant and Galant Aspire sedans as well as the Legnum stationwagon -- which had been sold in Japan, to fix a faulty joint used in the front-wheel suspension system.

The vehicles were built between 1996 and 2001.

The defect could result in the joint giving way but it has not led to any accident so far, the company said in a report to the ministry of transport.

Mitsubishi Motors will also recall 11,277 Grandis minivans in Japan built last year to correct a defect in the windshield wiper motor, the report said.

The company will also repair 143,644 Galant, Galant Aspire and Legnum cars sold in some 130 countries and 272 Grandis vehicles abroad, most of them in Singapore. -- AFP