Takata Airbag Victim Featured in New PSA

For Immediate Release
Contact: Elisha Charpentier

July 29,
2016
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*Takata Airbag Public Service Announcement Warns Consumers of Urgent Recall
by Federal Government*



Educational PSA Features Corey Burdick, Victim who Lost Eye Due to
Defective Product



*View PSA **Here*
<http://www.consumerwatch.com/featured/public-service-announcement-2001-2003-hondaacura-takata-airbag-recall/>



Orlando, FL -- A new public service announcement (PSA) featuring Corey
Burdick, one of many victims of defective Takata airbags that have been
recalled, launches today on social media platforms including Facebook and
Twitter.  The PSA was created by ConsumerWatch.com and is moderated by
Richard Newsome, a consumer advocate and product safety attorney.



“The federal government just issued an urgent warning to consumers about
certain 2001/2002 Honda vehicles with defective airbags,�?? Newsome can be
seen saying in the PSA.  “The warning told consumers not even to drive
their vehicles until they have taken it into a dealership to make sure that
if they have a defective airbag, it has been replaced.�??



Takata, whose airbags can be found in one in every five cars on the road in
the United States, has come under Congressional scrutiny for intentionally
putting forward a product which executives knew was defective.  U.S.
Senator Bill Nelson of Florida has stated that the current Takata airbag
recall may reach upwards to 250 million vehicles worldwide.



In the educational PSA, a disfigured Burdick speaks into the camera
stating, “I lost my eye because of a defective airbag…take your car in
today so that this doesn’t happen to you.�??



Corey Burdick’s life was forever changed on May 29, 2014 when he was
involved in a minor traffic incident while driving to work in Lake County,
Florida. During the minor incident, the Takata airbag in his 2001 Honda
Civic ejected sharp metal shrapnel into his right eye, leaving him
disfigured and permanently blind in that eye.



Burdick later found out that his Civic had been previously recalled
multiple times for the dangerous airbag defect. Unfortunately, Burdick
never received notice of the recall. As a result, Burdick, his wife, and
their two young children are now forced to live with permanent and needless
injuries he suffered as a result of the shrapnel defect.



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