1.1 Million Hondas and Acuras Recalled Again to Replace Replacement Takata Airbag

Honda released a statement on Tuesday announcing that the re-recall would begin later this year and affect a wide range of Honda and Acura models from 2001 to 2016. The full list is below. As was the case with the original airbag inflator, the risk with the replacement part is that the chemical propellants designed to blow up the airbag can degrade, break the inflator housing, and shoot shards of metal directly at the driver or passenger during a crash.

Since the issue was first publicly revealed in 2013 with the first wave of recalls, the defective airbags have been linked to over 20 deaths and 100 injuries, primarily in Honda vehicles. The Honda and Acura cars that are being recalled a second time were first brought in during those early stages, before Honda stopped sourcing the replacement PSDI-5D inflators from Takata in 2016, according to a document filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Less than a year later, Takata Corporation went bankrupt after paying a billion-dollar fine, seeing three of its executives charged in federal court, and generally losing the trust of the entire automotive industry. But it appears the ghosts of its mistakes are still with Honda owners—and anyone else who hasn't had the recall done. You can find out if your car is affected here.

The Honda and Acura vehicles involved with this latest recall are:

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