Federal agency opens investigation into faulty Honda air bags

The NHTSA estimates 384,000 2008 Honda Accord in the US could have this issue, but up until this point we can’t say for sure that a recall is on the line.

A recent statement that was released by the American Honda Motor Co. said that they were aware of this investigation by the NHTSA and that they will offer their full cooperation to the NHTSA during the entire investigation process while continuing their own internal review based on all the information that is now available. “As a result, for vehicles with a failed SRS module, some or all of the air bags may be unavailable in a crash warranting deployment”.

Federal safety regulators opened an investigation into Honda Motor Co.’s 2008 Accord model after more than a dozen reports of air-bag failures. The airbags refuse to deploy during front crashes when their status indicator lamps are malfunctioned, putting in danger the lives of the driver and of the passengers.

A person filed a complaint saying, “My son was driving my auto and did not make a turn and ran into a concrete block wall at about 50 miles per hour”.

This isn’t the first time Honda has faced an investigation into the air bags. “The air bags did not deploy”. In early July, the company recalled 4.5 million cars globally in connection with Takata Corp. air bags, expanding the industry’s largest recall ever. A dealer said the cost to replace the unit would be about $455.

However, sometimes things go South, and you end up with incidents and injuries caused by such malfunctions and truth be told, nobody wants that, neither carmakers nor owners.

NHTSA said it is investigating to determine the “scope, frequency and effect of the alleged SRS module failures”.