Car industry struggles to solve air bag explosions despite mass recalls

More than a million Honda Motor Co Ltd vehicles could be subject to an upcoming recall for Takata air bags that are at risk of exploding and shooting shrapnel at passengers and drivers, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

That would be in addition to 7.6 million vehicles already recalled by Honda and other automakers over the past five years.

And the total could grow further still if Honda's rivals like Nissan, Mazda and BMW also decide to fix more vehicles that were made in a two-year period when, Takata says, it botched production of air bag inflators and lost related records...

Source: Automobile News