Photo: ReutersHonda Motor Co said on Friday it had confirmed a 16th US death has been tied to a faulty Takata air bag inflator. The most recent confirmed death in the United States was the July 2017 death of a 34-year-old Florida woman. Another seven deaths have been confirmed in Honda vehicles with faulty Takata air bag inflators in Malaysia, while a crash death in Australia in a Honda is still under investigation. More than 290 injuries worldwide have been linked to Takata inflators that could explode. To date, 56 million inflators have been recalled in the United States in 41.6 million vehicles.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 30, 2019 03:56 UTC