Feds warn owners of 300,000+ Hondas,Acuras to stop driving them immediately

WASHINGTON — Federal safety regulators warned owners of more than 300,000 Hondas and Acuras that they should not drive their cars until their Takata air bags are replaced.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said new tests show these air bags have a much higher risk of exploding and killing a driver or passenger. The risk for these particular cars is now greater than 50 percent, according to the agency. Other Takata airbags have less than a 1 percent chance of exploding.

The models identified by NHTSA include: 2001-2002 Honda Civic, 2001-2002 Honda Accord, 2002-2003 Acura TL, 2002 Honda CR-V, 2002 Honda Odyssey, 2003 Acura CL, 2003 Honda Pilot.

The NHTSA provided a page for drivers to check the specific VIN of the vehicles that should not be driven.