The 2002 Honda Civic had been under recall since December 2011 to replace the driver-side frontal Takata airbag inflator, and the passenger airbag inflator had been recalled in 2014. According to Honda: "Starting in January 2012, more than 15 mailed recall notices were sent over the course of eight years to registered owners of this vehicle before the August 2020 crash. In addition, Honda made numerous phone calls in an attempt to reach owners of this vehicle and physically visited the address of the current owner, leaving recall information attached to the home's front door. Our records indicate that the recall repair was never completed." The Honda Civic driver who was killed wasn't the registered owner of the vehicle and Honda does not know if the driver was aware of the unrepaired Takata airbag recalls. Honda has been affected by defective Takata airbag inflators more than any automaker, taking extraordinary steps to get the dangerous airbag inflators away from the public and their vehicles.