US Safety Regulators Begin Honda Motor Co. Investigation Involving Faulty Air Bags - Franchise Herald
The complaints, however, also involve combustible air bag inflators produced by Takata Corp. "Malfunction of the air bag control module may prevent air bags from deploying in a crash," said a filing by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to Reuters. Safety regulators and Honda Motor Co. officials confirmed earlier this summer that a woman who died in a Los Angeles-area car crash last year was the eighth person killed by faulty airbags produced by Takata Corp. The victim died of neck and head injuries when the driver's air bag in her 2001 Honda Civic released metal shrapnel because it inflated with too much force, Fox News reports. Honda officials announced earlier this month that they are pulling the plug on hybrid and compressed natural gas versions of its flagship Honda Civic car. "We gave it a long run, and have tried and tried and tried," Honda Executive Vice President John Mendel told USA Today. Source: www.franchiseherald.com
