Honda reports another Takata airbag rupture in fatal Malaysia crash

Takata's defective airbag inflators have been linked to at least 14 deaths globally so far and more than 100 injuries.

By:

Praveen Menon

September 28, 2016 05:00 AM

KUALA LUMPUR -- Honda Motor Co. said today that the driver-side airbag inflator ruptured during a fatal crash in Malaysia, in the fourth death this year in the Southeast Asian country linked to airbags from supplier Takata Corp.

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