Malaysian family sue Honda, Takata in US over air bag defect
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian man whose wife's death is one of at least 16 blamed on air bag defects has sued Japanese automaker Honda and the Takata Corp. in a U.S. court, saying he wants the companies to disclose more about the dangers.
Plaintiffs alleged in dozens of lawsuits that Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Ford and BMW had independent knowledge that Takata's air bags were unsafe before putting them in millions of vehicles.
The couple did not know their car had a dangerously defective air bag and were never notified by Honda of a potential recall.