Governmental Agency Questions Why Honda Motor Company Did Not Include Vehicles in an Earlier Air Bag Recall - Defective Airbag Lawyer Weighs In
The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration is questioning why Honda and the Takata Corporation, the airbag supplier to Honda, did not include vehicles from a second recall in an earlier recall concerning airbag defects eight months before. The initial recall centered on a problematic airbag deployment according to a Honda spokesperson. This recall in November 2008 involved 3,940 Accords and Civics from the 2001 model year. Yet recently Honda recalled 440,000 Accord and Civic vehicles for a potential lethal airbag defect. The second recall was expanded in July to include 2002 Accord and Acura vehicles due to the fact that the airbag inflator was rupturing from too much pressure, sending metal fragments from the airbag into vehicle occupants, resulting in multiple injuries and death.
The experienced airbag defect lawyers at Reiff and Bily recently completed another case involving a similar defect with another automobile manufacturer causing the driver to lose her vision. As defective airbag lawyers with concern for consumer safety and knowledge of the automobile industry, we are somewhat concerned that Honda allowed these potentially unsafe vehicles to remain on the highway, putting profitability over the safety concerns of its consumers.
For more information please visit the NHTSA website at www.nhtsa.gov or visit www.safercar.gov for the latest recalls and defect investigations.
