The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding more satisfaction from Honda in as many days over the automaker’s role in the ongoing Takata airbag recall crisis, asking for more documents than it asked to see just days ago.
Detroit Free Press reports the agency issued a 15-page special order to Honda, demanding every last document and communication the latter had with Takata about the supplier’s defective inflators, as well all internal documents about the automaker’s related recall efforts by December 15. The new request follows one made earlier this week, one with a deadline of November 24.
In a statement, Honda said it has had “regular communications with the NHTSA regarding the issues addressed in the special order,” and is fully cooperating with the agency. On the other side, NHTSA Deputy Administrator David Friedman offered this proclamation:
We are compelling Honda to produce documents and answer questions under oath relevant to our ongoing investigation into defective air bags made by Takata. We expect Honda’s full cooperation as we work to keep the American public safe.
Takata itself is also facing the business end of the agency’s shotgun, as the supplier must answer a 36-question survey about where everything went wrong in the airbags’ production, as well as how many replacement units it made, and how quickly it can make more. The deadline for the survey is December 1.
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