Honda recalls 170,000 cars sold all over Asia, Europe and Oceania after it was found out that these vehicles contain exploding airbags.
The move of Honda to recall 170,000 vehicles comes amid the Japanese automobile and motorcycle manufacturer's continuous effort to retrieve over six million cars worldwide due to defective airbags, CNN has learned.
Thus far, the Honda recalls 170,000 report is the company's tenth recall this year since they found out that several faulty airbags manufactured by Takata Corp. were incorporated in five specific car models including the Fit and Civic.
Takata Corp. is a Japan-based company that makes airbags for Honda and nine other automakers.
The airbag-manufacturing company is currently facing a big problem right now after some of its former employees revealed that Takata hid the unfavorable results of the testing done on its airbags for a couple of years now, but Takata has since denied the allegations made by its former workers, according to Yahoo! Finance.
The faulty airbags are said to be prone to rupturing once deployed and loose metal shards might also be sent into the car and cause more problems to the passengers.
Honda's decision to recall 170,000 cars is also, in part, related to the current investigation on the death of a driver in Malaysia that is attributed to faulty airbag.
The incident happened on July 27 when the airbag inflator exploded and sent shrapnel into the vehicle, striking the female driver of the 2003 Honda City, reports Insurance Journal.
In the United States, at least four other deaths are being linked to explosive airbags, as per a statement from the Center for Auto Safety.
All four deaths were said to have occurred in Honda and Acura cars made by Honda Motor.
Nevertheless, in Honda's recall for 170,000 vehicles, the company said that they have not transported or sold affected models in the United States.
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