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Takata airbag woes: Honda adds 772 000 cars to its recall list

Tokyo - Around 772 000 additional Honda and Acura vehicles in the US will be recallled due to defective front passenger seat airbag inflators made by Japanese supplier Takata.

The vehicles, announced in a recall late Tuesday by Honda in the US, are part of an expanded recall of 1.29 million vehicles, including some recalled earlier. No recalls related to the US one are being announced in other regions yet, Tokyo-based Honda said Wednesday.

Takata is at the center of a massive recall of inflators that can explode in a crash, injuring people by sending metal shrapnel into the passenger compartments.

Models affected 

Among the models recalled are the 2005-2006 Acura MDX, 2005-2012 Acura RL, 2008-2012 Honda Accord, 2006-2011 Honda Civic, 2007-2012 Honda Fit and 2010-2012 Honda Insight.

The recall also covers the 2009-2012 Acura TSX, 2011-2012 Acura TSX Wagon, 2010-2012 Acura ZDX, 2010-2012 Honda Crosstour, 2005-2011 Honda CR-V, 2005-2011 Honda Element, 2012 Honda FCX Clarity, 2005-2012 Honda Pilot and 2006-2012 Honda Ridgeline.

READ: Toyota recalls nearly 6-million more Takata airbags

Takata uses the chemical ammonium nitrate to cause a small explosion designed to inflate the airbags in a crash. As many as 16 people have been killed worldwide and about 180 have been injured.

More than 100-million vehicles involving 17 automakers have been recalled worldwide, including 69-million in the US alone, underscoring the scale of the crisis. Because of the scope of the recalls, the replacements are going to take years.


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