More Vehicles Recalled Due to Faulty Airbags

Honda has recalled 784,000 vehicles in Japan because of dangerous airbag inflators made by Takata Corp, the Japanese automaker announced Thursday. This is the most recent of many recalls of the faulty airbags that are powered by chemicals which have been found to deteriorate spontaneously with prolonged exposure to high humidity, causing the airbag to deploy far more forcefully than normal and sending metal and plastic shrapnel into drivers and passengers. More than 100 million...

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