(Bloomberg) — From 2010 to 2012, Honda Motor Co. said it made multiple attempts to notify the owner of a 2001 Accord that the car’s air bag was faulty and needed replacing.
Last July, with the car sold to another person and repairs still uncompleted, the vehicle was in an accident in Pennsylvania and the Takata Corp. air bag shattered, fatally injuring the driver, according to a U.S. auto-safety agency and Honda. The day before the accident, Honda had mailed the new owner yet another recall notice.
The latest fatality linked to a Takata air bag — eight have occurred in the U.S. and one outside the country, with about 100 people injured — highlights a flawed recall system that all-too-often fails to lead to critical repairs and can take years to complete, according to lawmakers and auto-safety advocates. Meanwhile, cars can be legally sold and registered without recall fixes having to be performed.
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