The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received reports of another death occurring as a result of defective Takata airbag inflators, marking the 28th fatality since 2009.
Reuters reports that Honda Motor shared with NHTSA that the death occurred in 2018, in a Honda vehicle located in Alabama. The driver suffered fatal injuries.
Honda added that this is the 20th U.S. death to occur in a Honda or Acura vehicle as a result of Takata inflators.
While the automaker said that over 95% of its recalled vehicles had their airbag inflators replaced, it is still working to address those that remain.
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