The Inquisitr - Tech

On Friday, Honda confirmed a 16th death in the United States related to known issues with air bag inflators produced by a company called Takata, Reuters reports. Honda said that after working with individuals from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), they were able to validate concerns that it was indeed a faulty Takata air bag inflator which resulted in the 2018 death of a driver during a crash in Buckeye, Arizona. The vehicle in question was a 2002 Honda Civic.

Prior to the incident in Arizona, the last confirmed death in the United States was in July of 2017, when a Florida woman suffered a similar tragedy.

The defect can cause the car’s airbag inflators to rupture, sending metal fragments of the hardware flying at high speeds in the direction of the vehicle’s occupants. Because Takata was a major supplier of air bag components for a variety of

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