IT COVERS 207 -- 210,000 ACRES.
80,000 PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO
EVACUATE THEIR HOMES AND ENTIRE
NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN BURNED
TO THE GROUND.
NOW TO A SAFETY ALERT TO GO
WITH HER AND THE LARGEST
AUTOMOBILE RECALL IN HISTORY
DOUBLED.
CHANCES ARE YOU OWN OR HAVE
RIDDEN IN A CAR WITH THE RECALL
TAKATA AIRBAG.
ONE OF THE FIRST LAWYERS TO
SOUND THE ALARM IS PICKING UP
AGAIN.
HE BELIEVES A CERTAIN CAR BRAND
MAY BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN
OTHERS.
HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
BLOOD WAS DRIPPING ALL DOWN
MY SWITCHER.
I COULD NOT REALLY HERE.
ALL I HEARD WAS CLICKING.
Reporter: LESLIE McCLOUD
DOES NOT REMEMBER MUCH FROM HIS
ACCIDENT IN FEBRUARY.
HE ENDED UP SMASHING INTO A
LIGHT POST REMARKABLY HE WALKED
AWAY.
DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY?
VERY LUCKY.
Reporter: HIS ATTORNEY
SHOWED US WHY THIS WAS A -- WAS
NOT YOUR AVERAGE ACCIDENT.
IT WAS NOT CATASTROPHIC BY
ANY MEANS.
Reporter: ON THE OUTSIDE IT
LOOKS LIKE HE HAD A MINOR FENDER
-- FENDER BENDER.
INSIDE IT LOOKS LIKE A BOMB
WENT OFF.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
LESLIE GETTING HURT AND DYING
WAS CHANCE.
BASICALLY I HAVE A FRACTURED
JAW MY EAR BONE -- MY EARDRUM
WAS PUNCTURED TO GO
Reporter: ALL DONE BY HIS
AIRBAG.
WHEN AN AIRBAG GOES OFF AT
SUPPOSED TO INFLATE TO HELP
KEEP YOU FROM SLAMMING INTO THE
STEERING WHEEL.
INSTEAD THIS ENTIRE COMPONENT
SHOT OUT AND EXPLODED OUT FROM
THE AIRBAG.
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF
PIECES ALL OVER THE FLOOR FROM
BEHIND HER.
THE NTSB -- THE AND TSA HAS
SLOW-MOTION VIDEO.
INSTEAD OF THE AIRBAG COMING OUT
YOU SEE THE PARTS FLYING
EVERYWHERE.
THIS CAN BREAK SOMEBODY'S JOB
-- JOB OR KILL THEM IN PIECES
OF METAL HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO
SHOOT OUT AND STABBED PEOPLE IN
THE FACE.
Reporter: HE HAS MORE VOTERS
THAN A CURE TO SEE OF CLIENTS
MAIMED BY THEIR AIRBAGS.
CAR COMPANIES HAVE BEEN
ALERTING OWNERS OF THE RISK.
LESLIE'S NOTICE WAS A LITTLE
TOO LATE.
A WEEK OR TWO AFTER THE
ACCIDENT YOU GET SOMETHING IN
THE MAIL?
WE GOT A NOTICE THAT THE
AIRBAG WAS UNDER RECALL.
Reporter: HIS CAR A 2004
HONDA ACCORD IS PART OF A 70
MILLION CAR RECALL.
THAT INCLUDES 20 MAJOR CAR
BRANDS ON THE ROAD.
THEY INCLUDE AIRBAGS MADE BY
JAPANESE COMPANY TAKATA.
FOR TWO YEARS TAKATA HAS BEEN
TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT
WITH SO MANY CARS IT WILL TAKE
A WHILE.
IT WILL TAKE SIX OR MORE
YEARS TO FIX ALL THESE VEHICLES.
Reporter: HE TOOK A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE DATA AND FOUND THAT
PEOPLE DRIVING CARS LIKE
LESLIE'S HAPPEN AT GREATEST
RISK.
11 DEATHS HAVE BEEN LINKED TO
FAULTY AIRBAGS SINCE 2009.
OUT OF THOSE 11 EIGHT PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN DRIVING HONDA CIVICS
AND ACCORDS.
AS OF RIGHT NOW THE RECALL IS
PRIORITIZED NOT BY MAKE AND
MODEL BUT BY WHERE YOUR CAR IS
PARKED.
IF YOU LIVE IN A HIGH HUMIDITY
STATE YOU ARE AT GREATEST RISK
OF FAILURE AND GET HIGH
PRIORITY.
WHAT DO I DO IF I HAVE THIS
CAR.
GO TO A MECHANIC AND GET
YOUR AIRBAG IS -- INSPECTED AT
THE VERY LEAST.
Reporter: CLOSELY SAYS HE
HAS NOT DRIVEN SINCE THE
ACCIDENT AND HE HOPES HIS STORY
WILL SAVE LIVES.
I HOPE THIS MAKES A
DIFFERENCE FOR TOWARD -- BEFORE
SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH THE
FAMILY.
Reporter: HONDA AND ASKED
TWO MORE AIRBAG RELATED DEATHS
ON THURSDAY.