Takata’s malfunctioning and volatile air bags continue making casualties, as Honda validated two more fatal crashes including driver-side inflators made by the Japanese auto provider, climbing up the number of such deadly events connected to the concern to 13 worldwide.
The most recent crashes occurred on April 16 and Might 1 in Malaysia, in the states of Sabah and Kedah, and both involved Honda City cars. The automaker stated that the main cause of death had not been determined up until now, adding that both vehicles were already consisted of in formerly announced recalls in the nation. “Honda Malaysia is dealing with the regional authorities to obtain the database of present owners of these vehicles and communicate with them on the recall,” Jordhatt Johan, a representative for Honda Malaysia, told Bloomberg. This is the 3rd deadly case in Malaysia, after another motorist was killed in July 2014 after the break of a Takata air bag in a 2003 Honda City.
The most recent terrible news comes only one month after the 11th validated death of a 17-year-old driver of a recalled 2002 Honda Civic in the US. Of the 10 deaths in the United States, nine have actually taken place in Honda cars, and one in a Ford design. The United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration declared recently that the growth of the recall over Takata’s airbags by another 35 million to 40 million inflators, a brand-new security project that will occur in phases between May 2016 and December 2019.
