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Honda Expands Takata Airbag Inflator Recall in Japan
Honda Motor Co. has begun recalling another 668,800 vehicles in Japan to replace Takata Corp. airbag inflators that could explode when triggered in a crash.
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Honda Motor Co. has begun recalling another 668,800 vehicles in Japan to replace Takata Corp. airbag inflators that could explode when triggered in a crash.
The campaign covers 16 models made between 2009 and 2011. They join 784,000 other vehicles the company recalled in June for the same problem.
The new campaign brings to about 51 million the number of Takata inflators Honda has recalled worldwide in the past eight years. The devices have been linked to 14 fatalities and more than 130 injuries, prompting Honda and more than a dozen other carmakers to recall a combined 100 million vehicles.
Regulators in Japan and the U.S. have ordered carmakers to replace all Takata inflators whose propellant lacks a drying agent. Without the desiccant, the inflators can deteriorate after prolonged exposure to heat and humidity and then misfire when activated. Competing airbag suppliers use a different propellant.
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