All nine deaths, eight in the United States and one in Malaysia, have all been in Honda cars.
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The victim was a teenager who ended up in hospital after a Takata airbag ruptured, and unfortunately died a few days after that.
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Safety regulators said the death happened to a teenage boy who was behind the wheel of a 2001 Honda Accord.
NHTSA spokesman Gordon Trowbridge reported that the latest death occurred in July, in a recalled used 2001 Honda Accord coupe near Pittsburgh. Trowbridge declined to provide further information about the death, but a Pennsylvania State Police report says a 13-year-old boy was driving the vehicle in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, when it ran off the road, went down an embankment and struck a fallen tree.
In a statement, Takata said: “Our heartfelt condolences go out to the driver’s family”.
While he didn’t have a specific number for the vehicles being added to the recall, Trowbridge said it would likely amount to several hundred thousand vehicles.
Honda recalls another 127,000 vehicles to replace unsafe passenger-side Takata airbags.
The latest additions are part of the Takata recalls that dominated the automotive world previous year, involving 23 million air bag inflators in 19 million cars from 11 automakers. Subaru had not yet previously involved the 2006-2008 Legacy or Outback under its Takata recalls, but the CR-V and Mazda6 were already under other Takata recalls. The automaker has been hit hardest by the Takata airbag failures with all known deaths having occurred in Honda vehicles. Honda said it mailed a new recall notice on July 21, one day before the crash.
Some of the deaths and injuries that have occurred in Honda vehicles took place in vehicles that had been recalled, but owners never had the repairs performed.
NHTSA said a quarter of vehicles recalled have been fixed, including a third of vehicles in high-humidity areas, where automakers believe the risk is highest for ruptures.
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Takata said it was working closely with Honda and the NHTSA to determine the facts surrounding the incident. But that still leaves about 15 million vehicles unrepaired. This November, Takata had agreed to pay a $ 70 million fine for safety violations and may also have to face deferred penalties of as much as $ 130 million. More than 100 people have been injured across a variety of auto models.
