TOKYO: Honda Motor Company did not inform U.S. safety controllers of 1,729 claims of damages and deaths related to mishaps in its vehicles since 2003.
In a statement, The Japanese automaker said that its count of underreported claims came from a third-party review. Honda cited “variety of errors connected to data entrance” and said it used an “excessively thin understanding” of its legal reporting requirements. It said it is taking steps to preparation these limitations.
On Tuesday Honda CEO Takanobu Ito told at a corporate event in southern Japan I have not got full details yet, but it appears there were a lot of administrative mistakes on the ground.
For more Honda’s U.S. arm respond to Nov. 3 order from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), looking for an explanation for why Honda failed to fulfill its legal responsibility to report deaths and damages, mainly those involving air bags.
Honda has remembered more than 7.5 million U.S. cars because defects can cause the inflators in some Takata air bags to break, spraying metal remains into vehicle occupants. Since 2008, Honda and Japanese supplier Takata Corp have been at the center of investigations of defects in Takata air bags.
On Monday Honda sent its response to NHTSA’s first order. A summary of that response was read out by Rick Schostek, executive vice president of Honda North America though he declined to take questions. Schostek testified last week at a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Takata air bags.
