According to auto safety regulators, Honda issued a “Do Not Drive” warning for 8,200 Acura and Honda 2001 through 2003 models with unrepaired Takata airbag inflators in the United States.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said owners of such vehicles should not drive them until they are repaired, warning that “the risk to vehicle occupants is serious.”
More than 30 deaths worldwide, including at least 23 deaths in the US, and hundreds of injuries in vehicles from various automakers since 2009 are linked to Takata airbag inflators that can explode, releasing shrapnel from potentially deadly metal inside vehicles.
Summary of 2001 through 2003 vehicles that may be equipped with recalled Takata PSDI “Alpha” driver airbag inflators.
2001-2002 Honda Accord
2001-2002 Honda Civic
2002 Honda CR-V
2002 Honda Odyssey
2003 Honda Pilot
2002-2003 Acura 3.2TL
2003 Acura 3.2CL
injuries and deaths
Honda has confirmed 17 deaths and more than 200 injuries in the US related to ruptures of Takata-supplied driver frontal airbag inflators. All of these events occurred in vehicles now covered by recalls.