Honda Recalls in Japan After Accident Involving Daicel Inflator
- Air bag inflator made by Daicel had `inappropriate velocity'
- Daicel inflator under recall unrelated to Takata replacements
during the 2012 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. The Detroit auto show runs through Jan. 22 and will display over 500 vehicles.
Photographer: Scott Eells/BloombergHonda Motor Co. recalled about 143,000 vehicles in Japan after an air bag fitted with an inflator made by Daicel Corp. failed to deploy in a collision in which the driver was injured. Daicel’s shares fell the most in five years.
The propellant used in the air bag inflators weren’t suitable and had “inappropriate velocity,” said Misato Fukushima, a spokeswoman for Honda. The recall is unrelated to Takata Corp., the supplier behind recalls of more than 28 million inflators in the U.S. that have been found to rupture after exploding with excessive force.