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Honda will replace the airbag inflators on 143,000 vehicles sold in Japan, but none of the affected units have Takata components.
According to Misato Fukushima, a spokesperson for Honda, the propellant in the damaged airbag inflators was not suitable, and can cause an “inappropriate velocity.” The issue only affects Daicel airbag inflators, which are fitted in airbag modules manufactured by Nihon Plast Company.
Honda representatives have already specified that the suppliers mentioned are not used as replacements for Takata components, so the vehicles which have been repaired through the Takata airbag recall are not affected by this issue.
The Japanese company underlined the fact that this recall is unrelated to the Takata situation, which involves 28 million inflators in the US alone which require replacements.
As Automotive News notes, the issue with the airbag inflators made by Daicel Corporation was discovered when such an inflator failed to deploy in a collision. As a result, the driver was injured. Daicel, the supplier of the defective part, has stopped production of the component, and is currently cooperating to perform the recall campaign.
For those of you who do not know what an airbag inflator is, here is a quick explanation. It is a device which generates gas to fill the airbags at just the right time for them to work properly.
Daicel manufactures three types of airbag inflators: pyrotechnic inflators, which ignite an explosive to generate gas; Stored Gas units, which just release the pre-stored gas; and Hybrid Inflators, which use both technologies.
The pyrotechnic inflator is the lightest, while the Stored Gas Type provides accelerated gas release. The Hybrid Airbag inflator brings advantages from both systems.
A report from January 2015 announced a production hike for Daicel, as their rivals at Takata Corporation were the subject of a massive recall action involving over 20 million vehicles. Honda was one of the automakers that contacted Daicel for airbag inflators, but other brands also requested parts from this supplier.
This is the second news regarding airbag issues this week, after a 17-year-old woman died in the United States of America following a car accident in which the airbag of her 2002 Honda Civic had a faulty Takata inflator.
The latter ruptured and caused the tenth death in the Takata airbag fiasco, all in an accident out of which the occupant “should have walked away,” as the police at the scene stated to reporters.
Honda representatives have already specified that the suppliers mentioned are not used as replacements for Takata components, so the vehicles which have been repaired through the Takata airbag recall are not affected by this issue.
The Japanese company underlined the fact that this recall is unrelated to the Takata situation, which involves 28 million inflators in the US alone which require replacements.
As Automotive News notes, the issue with the airbag inflators made by Daicel Corporation was discovered when such an inflator failed to deploy in a collision. As a result, the driver was injured. Daicel, the supplier of the defective part, has stopped production of the component, and is currently cooperating to perform the recall campaign.
For those of you who do not know what an airbag inflator is, here is a quick explanation. It is a device which generates gas to fill the airbags at just the right time for them to work properly.
Daicel manufactures three types of airbag inflators: pyrotechnic inflators, which ignite an explosive to generate gas; Stored Gas units, which just release the pre-stored gas; and Hybrid Inflators, which use both technologies.
The pyrotechnic inflator is the lightest, while the Stored Gas Type provides accelerated gas release. The Hybrid Airbag inflator brings advantages from both systems.
A report from January 2015 announced a production hike for Daicel, as their rivals at Takata Corporation were the subject of a massive recall action involving over 20 million vehicles. Honda was one of the automakers that contacted Daicel for airbag inflators, but other brands also requested parts from this supplier.
This is the second news regarding airbag issues this week, after a 17-year-old woman died in the United States of America following a car accident in which the airbag of her 2002 Honda Civic had a faulty Takata inflator.
The latter ruptured and caused the tenth death in the Takata airbag fiasco, all in an accident out of which the occupant “should have walked away,” as the police at the scene stated to reporters.
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