Topic: airbag recall

The family of Dr. Amber Martinez, who was killed in 2022 by her car's faulty airbag, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Honda, claiming the vehicle manufacturer did not do enough to recall the affected cars in the Cayman Islands.

The shocking revelation this month that a young Caymanian doctor was killed by a defective airbag has brought home to many car owners in Cayman that they may be driving deadly machines.

The family of the late Dr. Amber Martinez say their quest for answers relating to her death from an explosive part of a faulty airbag will go on.

A piece of metal that shot from a defective airbag "like a bullet" was found lodged in the neck of the late Dr. Amber Martinez, who died in a fiery car crash in East End in 2022, a coroner's court jury heard.

The Honda Fit in which Dr. Amber Martinez died following a crash in East End in 2022 was one of the cars on local roads that was subject to a recall of defective airbags, a coroner's court jury has heard.

Cayman's Department of Vehicles’ and Drivers’ Licensing is pushing for urgent action from car dealerships to identify defective airbags that could result in serious injuries and fatalities.

Car City Cayman has renewed its efforts to track down and replace faulty airbags that could be a ticking bomb in Honda and Acura vehicles which were sold between 1996 and 2016.