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Takata Airbag Flaw Tied to Third U.S. Fatality
A fatal car crash in California a year ago appears to involve a defective Takata Inc. airbag inflator, Reuters reports.
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A fatal car crash in California a year ago appears to involve a defective Takata Inc. airbag inflator, Reuters reports.
The death is the third in the U.S. linked to the defect, which can cause the inflator to explode when triggered. The local coroner's office noted the airbag was torn and said the victim apparently suffered "facial trauma due to foreign object inside airbag."
The fatality involved a 2002 Acura TL sedan built by Honda Motor Co. and equipped with Takata airbag systems. Honda says it wasn't notified about the crash until now. The carmaker recalled some of the vehicles in 2009 and more in 2010 to replace airbag inflators that could spray metal fragments into the cockpit.
Takata had no immediate comment, according to Reuters.
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