New Delhi, Sept. 18: Honda Cars India is recalling around 2.24 lakh units of its sports utility vehicle CR-V, sedans Civic and City and hatchback Jazz - manufactured between 2003 and 2012 - to replace the faulty airbag inflators in the largest such exercise in the country.

Under the recall, which is a part of its parent Honda's global initiative to replace the faulty airbags, Honda Cars will voluntarily replace airbag inflators of 2,23,578 vehicles of previous generations of CR-V, Civic, City and Jazz, it said in a statement.

The exercise will cover 13,073 units of the CR-V manufactured from 2004-2011, 54,290 units of Civic sedan produced during 2003-2012, 1,40,508 units of its popular sedan City made between 2007 and 2012 and 15,707 units of its premium hatchback Jazz manufactured between 2009 and 2011.

"The replacement will be carried out free of cost at Honda Cars dealerships across India in a phased manner, starting October 12, 2015, and the company will communicate with customers directly," it said.

Globally, Honda had announced a recall of over two million units to replace the faulty airbags provided by its supplier Takata Corp. Automobile manufacturers have been recalling vehicles on safety issues since the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) initiated a voluntary policy in July 2012.

A total of 10,85,064 vehicles have been recalled so far in India by various companies ever since it started.

The previous biggest recalls in India were by Ford of about 1.66 lakh units of Figo and Fiesta classic models in September 2013 and General Motors' recall of 1.55 lakh units of Beat, Spark and Enjoy models in July 2015, Siam said.