Ford expands Takata air bag recall, concerning over 800,000 automobiles

Ford Motor stated last week it will recall about 816,000 automobiles as it expanded previous actions impacting models with Takata air bags.

The move brings the numerous automobiles with Takata air bag inflators recalled worldwide by Ford to 3 million, the majority of them North America.

The new recall by Ford follows one on Monday by Honda Motor for about 1.3 million automobiles in the United States. That brought the overall of U.S.-registered Honda automobiles recalled for Takata problems to about 11.4 million.

Across the world, Honda has recalled 51 million Takata air bag inflators, and a smaller sized number of Honda brand and luxury Acura brand automobiles, since a few of the models have been involved in over one recall for the inflators.

A lot of the automobiles associated with the Ford and Honda recalls presently were included in previous Takata air bag recall for a little different reasons, such as the place of the air bags. The recalls last week were both for passenger-side front air bags.

Honda likewise recalled about 900 Gold Wing bikes for Takata air bag problems in the United States, bringing the total of U.S.-registered Gold Wing bikes recalled to an estimated of 3,600.

There have actually been 11 reported deaths in the United States because of faulty Takata air bags, 10 which included Honda and one a Ford. All 11 deaths are associated with driver-side air bags.

Takata is presently responsible for the largest auto recall in history. Having recalled 40 million vehicles across 12 vehicle brands for “airbags that could explode and potentially send shrapnel into the face and body of both the driver and front seat passenger”.