(Bloomberg) – Honda Motor Co. said a Takata Corp. air bag inflator ruptured in a Civic compact car on Sept. 30 and killed a driver in California, at least the 17th Takata-related fatality in the U.S., Malaysia and India.
The driver was a 50-year-old woman in Riverside County, according to a statement from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Almost all Takata-related deaths have occurred in Honda-built vehicles with air bags that can rupture and spray shards at vehicle occupants, a flaw that may prompt recalls of more than 100 million of the devices globally.
2001 model Civic
Since initiating Takata-related recalls in 2008, Honda has sent more than 20 notices to registered owners of the 2001-model Civic involved in the latest fatality, the company's U.S. unit said in an e-mailed statement Thursday. Owners never completed the repairs, even though the necessary replacement parts are now available, according to the company.
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