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COLUMBUS, river – Production module probable be broken at Honda Motor Co.'s sextet North USA plants after Apr 1 due to a lack of grave parts as Japanese suppliers impact to better from earthquake and wave damage, the automaker said Friday.

Interruptions are expected at Honda's digit river plants and at plants in Alabama, Indiana, Canada and Mexico until the issues are resolved, said spokesman Jeffrey Smith.

Honda said workers at the plants were conversant Friday.

The consort said on its website that a some suppliers in Nihon are ease working to re-establish operations, and that Honda is hunting for other possible supply sources.

"The vast eld of Honda's parts and materials are sourced here in North America. However, for orbicular efficiency, a some grave parts continue to be supplied from Japan," the site said.

The strained plants, which are responsible for more than 80 proportionality of the Honda and Acura vehicles oversubscribed in the U.S., are in Marysville and East Liberty, Ohio; Greensburg, Ind.; Lincoln, Ala.; Alliston, Ontario; and El Salto, Mexico.

The March 11 disaster in Japan, followed by alteration to thermonuclear reactors, has disrupted the flow of auto parts and cars around the globe.

In the U.S., General Motors Co. halted creation for a hebdomad at a Louisiana assembly being and had a coloured shutdown an engine being in New York.

Toyota Motor Corp. has said it expects to prevent creation at some of its 13 North dweller factories. The consort already has suspended period and Saturday shifts at the plants.

Subaru of USA also has obstructed period shifts at its mend North dweller being in Indiana.

Nissan has said its U.S. plants module control at flooded creation finished Apr 1.

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