Honda to Add 21 Million Cars to Takata Airbag Recall Globally

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According to the New York Times, Honda plans to add 21 million cars globally to its recall rolls related to rupturing Takata airbag inflators. That staggering figure comes from Honda vice president Tetsuo Iwamura and brings the total number of Honda cars under recall to replace faulty airbag inflators to 51 million worldwide.

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Details surrounding Honda’s recall expansion, and how many of those vehicles were sold in the United States, are forthcoming. At last count, there were 8.5 million Honda and Acura products under recall due to their at-risk Takata airbags in the U.S. alone. Just last week, Takata announced that it might increase its own recall for airbag inflators to 40 million units, but the total number of recalled airbags and vehicles likely won’t be capped for some time.

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from Car and Driver Blog http://blog.caranddriver.com/honda-to-add-21-million-cars-to-takata-airbag-recall-globally/