(September 19, 2013) Honda said today it is recalling about 405,400 vehicles including the Odyssey minivan in the United States and three other countries due to a glitch in the computer chip used in the airbag system.

Honda is recalling about 342,000 Odysseys from the 2003 and 2004 model years in the United States and Canada, as well as 63,400 Acura MDXs from 2003 model year in the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia.

A computer chip in the airbag control unit could malfunction when it receives electrical noise from other parts in the car, Honda said in a statement.

As a result, driver and passenger seat airbags could deploy inadvertently. No crashes have been reported related to this glitch, but several cases of injuries such as abrasions on the hand and fingers have been reported.

Honda is installing an electrical signal filter which will take about an hour.

Sources: Automotive News, Reuters