AP: Quality chief for Takata Corp. apologizes for air bags that can fire metal shrapnel into the car.
AP: Quality chief for Takata Corp. apologizes for air bags that can fire metal shrapnel into the car.
An exchange between Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Honda Executive Vice President Rick Schostek pretty much summed up the day. Heller, who has an 18-year-old daughter, pointedly asked if it is safe for her to drive their 2007 Honda Civic.
After a nine-second pause, Schostek gave an answer that wasn’t reassuring. He explained that some models had been recalled nationally due to a Takata manufacturing problem. Others had been recalled in an area of mainly Southern states with high humidity.
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