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Honda, Daihatsu Add 5 Million Cars to Takata Recalls
Honda Motor Co. is calling back an additional 4.9 million vehicles worldwide to replace Takata Corp. airbag inflators that could explode when triggered.
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Honda Motor Co. is calling back an additional 4.9 million vehicles worldwide to replace Takata Corp. airbag inflators that could explode when triggered. None of the affected vehicles is in the U.S.
The company already has recalled more than 14 million vehicles to fix the same problem. Six fatalities have been linked to the faulty inflators, all of them installed in Honda vehicles. The company will use replacement inflators made by Autoliv, Daicel and Takata.
Separately, Toyota affiliate Daihatsu Motor Co. said earlier today it will replace Takata inflators in about 100,000 of its Mira minicars.
The two new recalls join two others announced this week. Toyota and Nissan are calling back 5 million and 1.6 million cars, respectively. The recalls cover driver and sometimes front seat passenger airbag inflators.
Reuters estimates carmakers have now recalled about 36 million vehicles since 2008 to replace Takata inflators. High temperature and humidity appear to be factors in the failures. But carmakers say the exact cause remains unclear.
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