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Takata Estate Sues Airbag Inflator Supplier
The trust representing bankrupt Takata Corp. claims an airbag inflator supplier provided it with defective inflators.
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The trust representing bankrupt Takata Corp. claims an airbag inflator supplier provided it with defective inflators.
In a federal lawsuit filed in Delaware, TK Holdings Trust seeks $7.5 million in damages from Knoxville, Tenn.-based ARC Automotive Inc., Automotive News reports.
The complaint accuses ARC of breach of contract for supplying inflators that were defective. In 2015, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began investigating the role of ARC’s hybrid inflators, expanding the probe a year later to cover 8 million of the devices in vehicles made by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, General Motors and Hyundai-Kia.
Takata went bankrupt in 2017 after triggering the largest recall in the history of the auto industry. The continuing campaign involves 19 carmakers and roughly 100 million Takata airbag systems worldwide.
The recalled airbags are equipped with inflators that can deteriorate over time, then explode when triggered by a crash. The devices have been blamed for at least 24 deaths and nearly 300 major injuries.
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