NHTSA to 300,000 Honda, Acura owners: Don't drive your cars
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honda accordIf you own any of the following list of cars, the NHTSA has an urgent message for you.
DO NOT drive them until you get the air bag replaced.
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These cars have an extremely high risk of their air bags exploding, the agency says.
- 2001-2002 Honda Accord
- 2001-2002 Honda Civic
- 2002 Honda CR-V
- 2002 Honda Odyssey
- 2003 Honda Pilot
- 2003 Acura CL
- 2002-2003 Acura TL
According to the Federal safety agency, its most recent tests indicate that the Takata air bags in these specific models have a far greater risk of exploding and injuring or killing the driver or a passenger.
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While the chance of explosion for most Takata air bags is less than 1 percent, it says, the rate for the bags in these specific vehicles is now more than 50 percent.
That poses an immediate and imminent danger to drivers and front-seat passengers.
Eight of the 10 deaths identified thus far as due to Takata air bags occurred in vehicles with the specific model fitted in these cars, all of which is now at least 13 years old.
According to the agency, Honda has enough replacement parts to eliminate the risk in these cars.
More than 300,000 of these cars remain on the road 13 to 16 years after they were built, according to the NHTSA.
They are only a small fraction of the total of 70 million air bags that have been or must be recalled, it said.
Those replacements are not expected to be completed until 2019, because the needed parts are not yet available.
Owners of the affected vehicles who have not already had the air bags replaced should park them and contact their Honda dealer to make arrangements for an immediate service appointment, for which they will not be charged.
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