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After five deaths were linked to airbag manufacturer Takata, the embattled company issued a recall of over 34 million cars, meaning almost one in seven cars on US roads today are affected the recall.
This picture taken on November 23, 2014 shows Japanese auto parts maker Takata’s logo being displayed at an event in Yokohama, suburban Tokyo. (Photo TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
Hien Tran, 51, died last September after her 2001 Honda Accord crashed. Autopsy reports showed stab-like wounds that came from the airbag. She is one of five people whose death is linked to the defective Takata airbags.
The problem with the airbags are they are known to explode. When they do, they can send shrapnel into the face and body of both the driver and front seat passenger. The force makes it look like the victims have been shot or stabbed, as was the case in Tran’s death.
Takata and 11 separate automakers are involved in the recall. Most of the cars affected were made by Honda, but dozens of other brands are affected mostly models built between 2000 and 2011.
To find out if your car is one of those being recalled, click here:
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/19/news/companies/takata-recall/
