Honda's 1.6 M vehicle recall is the latest in Takata airbag inflator imbroglio
If you know someone who hasn't acted on this recall, encourage them to do so.
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Takata airbag inflator scandal started back in 2013, before I was in this line of work myself. Over the years, several car manufacturers have recalled millions of cars to replace Takata's defective airbag inflators. Fiat Chrysler finally completed his reminders earlier this year, and now it is Honda's turn to pack up.
On Friday, Honda announced that it will bring 1[ads1].6 million more cars in the United States to replace Takata airbag inflators. This is the car manufacturer's final recall for the defective parts, saying in a statement that it terminated its recall six months before the plan. The car manufacturer told the Associated Press that it has, throughout the whole, "recalled or released 22.6 million inflators of about 12.9 million cars."
Both Honda and Acura vehicles have been recalled for these issues. You can check out a complete list of the affected cars at the bottom of this article. If you are worried that you have an improper inflation in your car, Honda has a site where you can plug in your information to find out if the vehicle is the subject of the recall. Owners should also have received alerts in the mail, but the notifications of this last recall will not be sent out until August.
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Honda said it completed or revoked 83% of the parts in question. This is one of the highest prices of any automaker involved in the recall. Some of the vehicles have been recalled twice, because replacement inflators – also made by Takata – were also considered wrong. Now comes the replacements from other sources. Honda says it has enough spare parts available to fix all affected cars. The owners will get a free loan car for the duration of the repair, which should take less than a day.
The whole brouhahaen started thanks to a moisture-absorbing material called a desiccant. The first batch of defective inflators that kick-started the recall used ammonium nitrate to inflate the airbags, but they lacked desiccants. Exposure to humidity can cause the inflator to fail and send out shrapnel instead of an inflated airbag. Several fatalities and injuries have been linked to the parts. In 2017, Takata filed bankruptcy and the assets were sold to Key Safety Systems, another automaker supplier.
Here is the complete list of vehicles affected by all Acura and Honda's Takata recalls:
