Takata Air Bags

The recall covers Beetles from the 2012 through 2014 model years

The watchdog estimated over 20 million cars in China had air bags made by Takata, which have been linked to at least 16 deaths and 180 injuries globally

DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co <7267.T> on Friday released a 2013 email in which one of its engineers suggested that he knew some hidden truth about "the root cause" of Takata Corp <7312.T> air bag failures, but the engineer later said he was mistaken.

The carmakers are fighting consumer suits alleging they knew about the flawed devices

Total number of death globally has rised to 16