Thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers could be off the road as Honda recalls 500,000 cars

Thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers across the US could be off the road as Honda announces a recall of 500,000 vehicles.

Honda has recalled their Accord model, which is popular with the company, as well as several others which are approved for use by Uber, Lyft and other ride-share companies. 

Affected models include certain 2018-2019 Accord and Accord Hybrids, the 2017-2018 CR-V, 2018-2020 Odysseys, the 2019 Insight and 2019-2020 Acura RDX's.

The manufacturing issue relates to the front seat belts that could prevent them from latching, resulting in the risk of injury.

In New York, the Accord, Accord Hybrid and Odysseys - popular with Uber and Lyft drivers - could all find themselves out of action for a few days to ensure that the problem is fixed.

The manufacturing issue relates to the front seat belts that could prevent them from latching, resulting in the risk of injury

Each eligible model differs per city, depending on the driver's licencing as well as the year the car was manufactured

Thousands of Uber drivers across the US could be off the road as Honda announces a recall of 500,000 vehicles

Each eligible model differs per city, depending on the driver's licensing as well as the year the car was manufactured.

Honda's numbers for this recall are NDA, QDB, BDC, MDD, LD9, TDF, FDG, ODH, YDI, ZDE.

In the recall documents the company said: 'With continuous use, the buckle channel surface coating may deteriorate over time, and the release button may shrink against the channel at low temperatures, increasing friction.

'This can result in issues with the seat belt buckle latching.'

Honda dealers will replace the front seat belt buckle release buttons or the buckle assemblies in any affected vehicles as necessary for free.

The documents also confirmed that as of the beginning of March, Honda had not received any reports of injuries or deaths related to the issue.

Affected models include certain 2018-2019 Accord and Accord Hybrids, the 2017-2018 CR-V, 2018-2020 Odysseys, the 2019 Insight and 2019-2020 Acura RDXs

Honda's numbers for this recall are NDA, QDB, BDC, MDD, LD9, TDF, FDG, ODH, YDI, ZDE

In New York, the Accord, Accord Hybrid and Odyssey's could all find themselves out of action for a few days to ensure that the problem is fixed