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Best Of The Web: Honda Adds More Newer Vehicles to Air-Bag Recall

Jul 12, 2015 bestoftheweb, Airbags, Recalls, Honda


The Wall Street Journal reports: "Honda Motor Co. ’s latest recall of 4.5 million vehicles loaded with Takata Corp. air bags highlights how vehicles made in recent years also may be at risk of having the devices explode, a problem linked to eight deaths world-wide."

"Honda on Thursday said it is expanding air-bag recalls to include certain vehicles made between 2007 and 2011 due to a potential problem in a type of driver’s-side air-bag inflater. That comes on top of some 20 million inflaters it has recalled over the past seven years. Auto makers largely had been recalling vehicles made in the early 2000s, but more recently have added later models to the list. In May, Honda recalled vehicles as new as model-year 2014."

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