NEW DELHI: Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) on Friday announced that it will voluntarily replace airbag inflators of 223,578 vehicles of 'previous generations' of CR-V , Civic, City and Jazz as part of Honda's preventive global recall campaign involving Takata's malfunctioning airbag inflators, making it the largest ever product recall by a car manufacturer in India.Honda City — the executive segment sedan — is the most affected with 143,154 units being recalled.Honda City sold between 2007 and 2012 have been recalled. More than 54,200 Civics, manufactured between 2003-2012 too have been recalled. This is the longest time period of recall for any of its models. The recall by Honda is part of their global recall programme involving Takata's malfunctioning airbag inflators.In May 2015, the US safety regulator — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — declared that Takata would declared almost 33.8 million vehicles needed a recall after its airbags were found to have a manufacturing flaw that could make it explode and spray occupants in the car with shards of metals.The Japanese company had recalled more than 11,000 units of Accord, CR-V and Civic in May this year. It was to replace a faulty part in the passenger and driver side airbags.So far, Honda Cars has recalled 24.5 million units globally to fix the airbag issue.The high number of recall had significantly impacted its profit last year, which came down to 522.7 billion yen, from the estimated 545 billion yen.The few incidents of airbag recall which took place in India include Renault's recall of 646 units of hatchback Pulse and sedan Scala to fix faulty driver side air bags. In addition, 9,000 Micras and Sunny sedan were recalled by the Japanese carmaker. and Toyota too had recalled over 7,000 units of Corolla sedan in July this year. Toyota recalled the sedan for the same problem in 2013.In comparison, Indian manufacturer Mahindra and Mahindra recalled 2,300 units of Scorpio, XUV500 and Xylo.The replacement would be carried out free of cost at HCIL dealerships across India in a phased manner, starting from October 12 2015, and the company will communicate with customers directly.The customers will get to know whether their car is covered under this recall programme by submitting their 17 character alpha-numeric Vehicle Identification Number on the special microsite which has been created on the company's website.