From PC Mag: Honda is facing yet another vehicle recall after it was discovered the fix for faulty airbags in certain models of the Acura MDX, Honda Accord, and CR-V were also faulty. This latest recall includes some 1.1 million vehicles.
The automotive industry as a whole has been dealing with the fallout of faulty airbags made by now-bankrupt Japanese company Takata. The dangerous airbags were first discovered in 2013 and linked to injuries and deaths. What followed was a large number of recalls from car manufacturers including BMW, Chrysler, Ford, Honda, Mazda, Nissan, and Toyota.
Honda has so far recalled 12.9 million vehicles, but as Gulf News reports, this latest recall is because faulty airbags were fixed with parts that have turned out to also be defective. It was only realized a fault remained when a 2004 Honda Odyssey minivan crashed and the airbag inflator injured the driver's arm.
It turns out the PSDI-5D inflators used in the airbags "experienced manufacturing process errors" when they were produced at Takata's Monclova, Mexico facility. The defective airbags containing these inflators are installed in Honda's vehicles sold between 2001 and 2016.
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