According to a report by reuters, united kingdom, on march 13, honda announced that a total of 1. 2 million honda and goo goo vehicles would be recalled again in north america due to the safety of takada airbags, replacing those on the driver's side. According to the company, the cause of the malfunction had been found to have caused an injury, and at the time of the incident the airbags of takada were damaged during their opening. To date, there have been 23 deaths globally due to airbag defects in takada, of which 21 involved honda vehicles。
According to the united states highway security authority (nhtsa), 1. 1 million united states vehicles facing recall will be replaced with safety airbags. The vehicles will be “equipped with a permanent replacement for takada's airbag or receive replacement services in the event of a collision, a failure of the airbag itself”。
Honda indicated that, apart from the united states, the remaining 100,000 recall vehicles were mainly in canada, mexico and central america。
The honda model, which was recalled on this occasion, included sections 2001-2007 and 2009 honda yakoto, 2001-2005 honda, 2002-2007 and 2010-2011 honda cr-v, 2002-2011 honda element, 2007 honda, 2002-2004 honda odessa, 2003-2008 honda pilot and 2006-2014 honda ridgeline。
The main types of chorus vehicles recalled were: 2003 song 3. 2cl, 2013-2016 song ilx, 2003-2006 song mdx, 2002-2003 song 3. 2tl, 2004-2006 and 2009-2014 song tl, 2007-2016 song rdx and 2010 - 2013 song zdx。
Takada airbags have caused more than 290 accidents globally. The defective airbag will explode and metal fragments will be spilled inside the vehicle. A total of 19 car manufacturers now recall more than 100 million vehicles with potentially dangerous airbags globally。
Honda stated that repairs to recall vehicles would be carried out immediately to replace spare parts provided by the backup supplier for the vehicles. Honda became aware of the problem when the front airbag was opened after a honda odyssey accident, causing damage to the driver's arm. Subsequent findings indicate that the mexican plant in takada was during its assembly, during which the airbag was wet and high, thus creating a risk。
Honda automotive stated that out of the 12. 9 million honda and google vehicles recalled in the united states, a total of 2,100 takada airbags located in the front row needed to be replaced. In 2018, u. S. Auto manufacturers stepped up their efforts to search for potentially dangerous airbags, repairing a total of 7. 2 million faulty takada airbags。
(internally compiled by zhang yeon fei, reviser: liu yang)
