Just because a car or truck is part of the largest automotive safety recall in American history doesn’t prohibit a dealership from selling it to you.
But how unsafe would it be for a car buyer to unwittingly purchase a used vehicle with a faulty Takata airbag inflator, which in some cases have sent metal pieces flying through vehicle cabins"
There are about 29 million vehicles currently under a recall that has been linked to 11 deaths and 180 injuries. Still, most cars and trucks affected by the recall are actually considered by federal regulators to be safer with the potentially faulty airbags than without them, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is advising people not to deactivate the airbags in their cars or trucks.
?There is an exception,” NHTSA communications director Bryan Thomas said. That exception is a group of Honda vehicles from the 2001 through 2003 model years that have an Alpha driver’s-side inflator from Takata. In testing, those inflators have had a rupture rate as high as 50 percent. Both Honda and NHTSA have said the following vehicles should either not be driven at all or be driven solely to an authorized dealer for repair: 2003 Acura 3.2CL

2002?2003 Acura 3.2TL

2001?2002 Honda Accord

2001?2002 Honda Civic

2002 Honda CR-V

2002 Honda Odyssey

2003 Honda Pilot
And these vehicles, like all of the cars and trucks under recall, are at a greater risk of having defective airbags if they are in ho...