Jordhatt Johan, an official with Honda Malaysia, says today the air bag in the woman's 2003 Honda City car deployed abnormally and its inflator broke when the vehicle crashed into another car in the July 27 incident.
He says the cause of death was the "rupture of the (air bag) inflator."
Global recalls related to air bags manufactured by Takata number more than 12 million vehicles and the Malaysian death is the fifth worldwide.