NY-AG v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Honda of America Mfg., Inc.

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Honda of America Mfg., Inc. allegedly concealed safety failures in the airbags of certain Honda and Acura vehicles sold in the United States. According to NY-AG, Honda allegedly failed to inform regulators and consumers of issues related to the significant risk of rupture in the frontal airbag systems installed in certain model cars, which could cause metal fragments to fly into the passenger compartments of many Honda and Acura vehicles and that Honda represented to consumers that its vehicles were safe.

Summary generated from official New York Attorney General press release