(Bloomberg) – Honda Motor Co. said a Takata Corp. air bag ruptured in a fatal accident in Malaysia on Sunday, potentially raising the number of deaths linked to the faulty devices to 15 worldwide.
The driver of a 2005 Honda City subcompact died after a crash in the western state of Selangor, Honda's Malaysia unit said in an e-mailed statement Monday. The model was included in a May 2015 recall, according to the Japanese automaker.
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