Takada keeps tacit Honda testing airbags

Reuters reported on December 17 that due to the fact that Takada had not explained the cause of the airbag explosion, Honda bought used and used cars and began testing and testing its airbags to prevent further increase in the number of recalls. As a result, it has been found that there are problems with the main quality parameters of the Takata Inflator, which may be the cause of many accidents earlier.

The airbags produced by Takata have caused recalls of more than 21 million vehicles worldwide since 2008. Only Honda’s recalled vehicles have reached 14 million, and the main recall scope is concentrated in the United States. Of the five incidents of Honda vehicle deaths that occurred due to airbag ejection, four occurred in the United States.

According to two Honda executives who did not want to be named, Honda detected 100 to 150 airbags produced by Takata in the test center in Utsunomiya during the first half of this year. The results showed that Takada's air bags had quality problems. “We doubted whether Takata had made an agreement in accordance with our earlier joint agreement when it came to producing airbags. Due to the delay in obtaining Takada’s clear explanation of the airbag problem, we decided to conduct the test ourselves. As a result, we found that Takada’s inflated booster pump was There are problems with the main quality parameters," said one of the executives. Although the specific cause of airbag defects is not clear, the data shows that Takada's production quality problems may be the cause of the accident.

Takata denied the results of Honda’s airbag test and stated that it has not received any reports of quality issues. A spokesman for Takata said, “If Honda does a quality test on Takadan’s inflator booster pump, will Honda not communicate with us first to understand the related quality error? According to our knowledge and extensive investigation results, There is no such communication between Honda and us."

However, Honda spokesperson Kaoru Tanaka confirmed that Honda will occasionally carry out quality inspections of vehicle components in the event of a possible problem, but will not regularly publish these test results or make any comments. Kaoru Tanaka said, “The most important thing for us is the customer. For the customer's safety, we must take the necessary actions as early as possible so that our customers can have less worry and worry in the airbag recall incident.”