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Takata Recalls in U.S. Could Reach 85 Million
Carmakers and supplier Takata Corp. may end up recalling 85 million potentially fatal airbag inflators in the U.S. unless the devices can be proven safe, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says.
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Carmakers and supplier Takata Corp. may end up recalling 85 million potentially fatal airbag inflators in the U.S. unless the devices can be proven safe, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says.
Carmakers so far have recalled nearly 29 million Takata inflators, which can explode in a crash and blast metal shards into the passenger compartment. Last November NHTSA gave Takata until 2019 to either prove the remaining 56 million devices are safe or face a new round of recalls.
Investigators have confirmed the inflators can fail after prolonged exposure to heat and high humidity. But they haven’t yet determined how to tell specifically which ones will actually misfire and thus should be replaced.
NHTSA says Takata inflators currently in use and not yet marked for recall include 14.5 million in the driver-side airbag system, 43.4 million passenger-side devices and 26.9 million in side curtain airbags.
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