(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.
"Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the family of the driver during this difficult time,'' Honda said in its statement.
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