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Honda Adds 21 Million Vehicles to Takata Airbag Recall

Honda is adding 21 million vehicles to the Takata Airbag recall. In all, more than 51 million vehicles worldwide are being recalled due to the issue, but it is unclear how many of those vehicles are in the United States. According to a report in the New York Times, the number of affected vehicles in the United States is unknown. However, if you were in the market for a new car, you may want to consider getting a used one.

Takata Airbag Recall

A recent Nissan X-Trail crash in Japan involved a Takata Airbag. The airbag deployed with too much force, smashing the passenger-side window. The high-temperature fragments flew through the airbag and into the dashboard. The fire ignited the airbag, causing the fire. Fortunately, the driver was only injured. But there is more bad news to come. As a result of the Takata Airbag recall, Honda has announced a voluntary advertising campaign to remind owners to check their airbags for defects.

The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana. In April, a 22-year-old woman was killed when the driver’s side airbag ruptured while her car was hitting a telephone pole. The lawsuit alleges that she had received the recall notice four days before she died. Her death was the seventh attributed to a Takata Airbag. The airbag ruptures are a serious problem, with serious consequences for drivers and passengers alike.

The lawsuit aims to hold Takata accountable for the defective airbag inflators. The company hid the results of tests performed on defective airbag inflators and destroyed evidence as early as 2000. According to the lawsuit, a top Takata executive ordered the failure parts to be “discarded” and fabricated a report to hide the issue. As a result, there are now 12 million cars worldwide that are recalled because of the issue.

The company has admitted that the inflators used in cars are faulty and have caused injuries and deaths in a number of cars. The company has also expanded its recalls from regional to national levels, recalling 17 million vehicles. In the meantime, the company agreed to pay an additional $14,000 per day in order to settle the lawsuit. In addition, the NHTSA has imposed a record civil penalty of $200 million on Takata, forcing it to stop manufacturing inflators that contain the risky propellant ammonium nitrate. Further, the company must prove the safety of the inflators and find out the cause of the ruptures.

Toyota has extended its recall for the Takata Airbag infecting nearly one million vehicles in the United States. The recall covers passenger-side airbags in models such as the Toyota Corolla and Matrix, the 2010 Corolla, the Lexus ES, the GX, the Lexus IS, and the 2011 Scion xB. To further enhance the safety of drivers and passengers, the carmaker has agreed to replace the inflators with better ones produced by non-Takata suppliers.

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Takata Airbag Recall Expands

The recall of Takata airbags has grown to cover nearly 34 million automobiles in U.S., with the company revealing a significant number of vehicles as defective. Particularly, the airbags on the drivers’ seat of some Toyota models as well as some Pontiac Vibe and Honda Accord models are affected. The issue extends far beyond United States. The recall covers automobiles across the world as the total number of vehicles affected has increased to the number of 67 million. Therefore, it’s imperative that owners of cars make the appropriate precautions.

Takata Airbag Recall

The new recall will further expand the efforts of the company to inform customers on the dangers of Takata airbags and will include large-scale regional ads. The campaign will include the red “Urgent Airbag Recall Notice” banner advertisements on the company’s website , and will target regions with high humidity. In addition the company will launch direct mail campaigns targeting around 85 percent of U.S. market.

It is believed that the Takata airbag recall currently affects millions of vehicles across the United States, including several million Ford Rangers and a recent accident that involved the Honda vehicle. Despite the widespread impact of the recall however, the company hasn’t yet stopped manufacturing affected vehicles. In the end, most car owners will have to wait for two years or more before they’ll be informed that their airbags have a defect.

In the wake of the recall as a result of the recall, it has been discovered that the Takata Airbag is responsible for at least nine deaths. Since the recall started, Takata engineers have been looking for a solution to the issue. But, despite the numerous issues with the inflators executives have instructed the engineers to destroy all evidence they have collected about the malfunction of their products. In the end, it was to stop this company from affecting the lives of the consumers.

The Takata Airbag recall was initially announced in 2013, and was later expanded to include another 11 million vehicles. Airbag inflators that are defective have been causing numerous fatalities as well as serious injury. The NHTSA has granted Takata until the year 2019 to prove that the inflatable airbags that are not recalled have been tested and are safe for use. The recall is among the biggest ever in the history of the automotive industry and is deemed the biggest ever.

The recall was caused by an issue with the inflators on the side that is used by drivers of Takata airbags. Inflators aren’t sealed correctly, which allows them to break during a crash. However the airbags that are not fully inflated do not safeguard the driver. Instead, they release metal and plastic shrapnel which could cause injuries to passengers and the driver. When this occurs, the vehicle owner won’t get the treatment needed promptly.

The recall is spreading to Honda and will increase the number of affected vehicles by 21 million to the total number. It is estimated that 51 million vehicles are affected and it’s unclear the exact number of affected cars are located in the United States. Meanwhile, the maker of the airbags has been forced to cease sales of the vehicles and to change the airbag inflators. The New York Times cites Honda vice president Tetsuo Iwamura saying that Honda has been notified of the issue, but not sure of the precise number.