Honda recalls for Takata air bags hit 24.5 million

The recalled cars include 1.63 million vehicles in Japan. The automaker had already recalled about 20 million vehicles to replace Takata air bags that can rupture during deployment and spray metal and plastic at passengers.

The transfer takes to 24.5 million the entire variety of automobiles that the nation’s quantity three auto producer has referred to as again after the defective airbags have been linked to eight deaths all over the world.

In June, Honda revised down its annual earnings by 14% for the last fiscal year, blaming the expanding recalls of faulty airbags made by embattled Japanese parts supplier Takata. In total, more than 36 million vehicles have been affected by this issue worldwide, spread over 11 different manufacturers.

The latest case involved the passenger-side air bag inflator of an X-Trail sports utility vehicle made in August 2001 and recalled in April 2013, a Nissan spokesman said.

The driver’s left cheek was lightly burned, though it is unclear if the injury was caused by the Takata-made component, the spokesman said. The United States safety regulators started fining Takata $14,000 a day in February to pressurize it to supply documentation on internal probes into faulty airbag issues dating back more than ten years ago. The latest wave of recalls was undertaken by the new company president, Takahiro Hachigo.

The inflators manufactured by Takata were said to have not sealed adequately, and were at risk of letting in moisture during extended use.

A company spokeswoman reported, they were investigating the case after receiving a complete report from Nissan.