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Takata Asked to Return Tested Airbag Inflators to U.S.
Lawyers want a U.S. District Court judge in South Carolina to order Takata Corp. to preserve potentially defective airbag inflators it has been evaluating in Japan and return them to the U.S. for independent failure tests.
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Lawyers want a U.S. District Court judge in South Carolina to order Takata Corp. to preserve potentially defective airbag inflators it has been evaluating in Japan and return them to the U.S. for independent failure tests.
Takata and its largest customer, Honda Motor Co., have been testing inflators from junked and recalled cars to determine why some of the devices explode when triggered. At least 10 carmakers have recalled some 24 million vehicles worldwide over the past six years to replace Takata inflators.
The South Carolina lawyers argue that evidence could be destroyed unless the tested inflators are preserved. The attorneys also are asking that 10% of the Takata devices replaced by the recalls be set aside for independent testing.
Takata tells Bloomberg News the issue can be resolved more effectively when airbag lawsuits are transferred to one judge, as is expected soon. Bloomberg says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asked the South Carolina judge not to rule on the matter to avoid slowing Takata's efforts to find a cause of the explosions.
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