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Mazda Recalls 74,300 Takata Airbags in China

Mazda Motor Corp. says its Chinese venture with Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. will recall 74,300 Mazda2 small cars to replace Takata Corp. airbag inflators that could explode in a crash.
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Mazda Motor Corp. says its Chinese venture with Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. will recall 74,300 Mazda2 small cars to replace Takata Corp. airbag inflators that could explode in a crash.

The callback was ordered by China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine after meetings with Mazda and several other carmakers, Bloomberg News reports. It says the agency has been investigating the Takata inflator issue for two years.

At least 17 carmakers worldwide are replacing roughly 100 million Takata inflators for the driver and/or front passenger frontal airbag systems. The devices have been linked to 13 fatalities and more than 100 injuries.

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