In the US, due to Takata airbag explosion killed another driver



The number of people who died in the US due to the incidents of a malfunction of automobile airbags produced by the Japanese company Takata, had risen to 11. It is reported by CNN referring to the report of the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on the highways (NHTS).

According to management, the new victim was 50-year-old resident of the State of California, whose name was not disclosed. She died on September 30 in an accident in Riverside County east of Los Angeles.

It is known that her Honda Civic sedan 2001 hit the revocable campaign back in 2008 (the reason was not specified). "Records show, the repair was not made", - said in a NHTSA report.

In June 2016 Honda Civic was introduced in 2001 by federal regulators in the list of outdated models whose drivers must immediately cease their operation due to the high risk of incorrect operation of the airbag.

According to the NHTSA, the majority of those killed due to defective airbags Takata explosions drivers drove cars Acura and Honda, issued in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

Recall, Takata company was at the center of an international scandal in 2014. It turned out that it produces airbags may inadvertently open while driving. A fault in the blower causes that triggered when the security element can be under great pressure to shoot a person with metal fragments - shrapnel. From this were injured varying degrees of severity of more than 100 people in the United States and Malaysia.

Last year, the US Department of Transportation fined Takata by $ 70 million, as the company did not promptly inform the authorities about the existing defects in the cushions of safety of its production. If Takata again violate safety rules, the United States pledged to seek from it an additional $ 130 million, reminds TASS.

Previously recognized defective Takata more than 30 million vehicles have been produced in the US and are equipped with a system fault. This review of automotive products industry has become the largest in US history, affecting virtually every seventh car on US roads.
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