DETROIT — U.S. security regulators and Honda Motor Co. are prompting motorists when onceagain to make sure their lorries sanctuary’t been remembered after another individual was eliminated by an takingoff Takata air bag.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stated Friday that the individual was eliminated in a crash including a 2002 Honda Accord when the motorist’s air bag inflator burst and tossed shrapnel. Honda stated the crash tookplace on Feb. 22 in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
The identity of the victim wasn’t readilyavailable Friday.
The death, which was justrecently validated, brings the number of individuals eliminated by the air bags to 33 aroundtheworld, consistingof up to 24 in the U.S.
Takata utilized ammonium nitrate to develop a little surge to pumpup air bags in a crash. But the chemical can endupbeing more unpredictable over time when exposed to wetness in the air and duplicated high temperaturelevels. The surge can rupture a metal cylinder and toss shrapnel into the guest compartment.
Most of the deaths and about 400 injuries have occurred in U.S. states with warmer weathercondition.
NHTSA prompted all owners to check to see if their lorries have an unrepaired Takata air bag recall. Drivers can go to https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls and secret in their 17-digit lorry recognition number to see if they have any open remembers.
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