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U.S. NEWS A5
Wednesday 20 May 2015
Takata air bag recall doubles to nearly 34 million
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, left, accompanied by burn hotter than it should, due to Takata’s coopera-
NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind, talks about the Takata air Rosekind said. tion, NHTSA officials said.
bag inflator recall, Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at the Transporta- He urged car owners who Other civil penalties are still
tion Department in Washington. Air bag maker Takata Corp. has get recall notices in the possible, they said.
agreed to declare 33.8 million of its inflator mechanisms defec- mail should immediately Still, it likely will be months
tive, effectively doubling the number of cars and trucks that make an appointment to or longer before Takata
have been recalled in the U.S. so far. get their cars fixed. Own- and other companies can
ers can key in their vehi- manufacture all the need-
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) cle identification number ed replacement inflators.
at https://vinrcl.safercar. Inflators will be allocated
MARCY GORDON with Takata for the past gov/vin/ to see if their car is to older cars and to high-
TOM KRISHER year over the size of the part of the recall. The num- humidity areas first, where
Associated Press recalls and the cause of ber is stamped on the dash- people are most at risk, the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Un- the problem. For the most board near the driver’s side agency said. The expan-
der pressure from U.S. safe- part, the air bag maker re- windshield and also can be sion will cost Takata millions
ty regulators, Takata Corp. fused to declare the infla- found on state auto regis- of dollars.
has agreed to declare 33.8 tors defective and even tration documents. It may Takata CEO Shigehisa
million air bags defective, questioned the agency’s take weeks before all the Takada said in a statement
a move that will double the authority to order it to con- identification numbers are that the action is a “clear
number of cars and trucks duct a recall. entered into the database. path” to restoring the trust
included in what is now the Takata and 11 automakers On Feb. 20, NHTSA began of automakers and drivers.
largest auto recall in U.S. that use its air bags, includ- fining Takata $14,000 per “We are committed to con-
history. ing Honda Motor Co. and day for failing to fully coop- tinuing to work closely with
The chemical that inflates Toyota Motor Corp., will erate in the investigation. NHTSA and our automaker
the air bags can explode have to sort out which ve- That fine accrued to more customers to do everything
with too much force, blow- hicles are covered by the than $1.2 million before it we can to advance the
ing apart a metal infla- expanded recalls. NHTSA was suspended Tuesday safety of drivers,” he said.q
tor and sending shrapnel said the number of affect-
into the passenger com- ed air bags could climb.
partment. The faulty infla- Before Takata, the largest
tors are responsible for six recall in U.S. history was in
deaths and more than 100 1980 when Ford Motor Co.
injuries worldwide. had to fix 21 million cars
The agreement adds more and trucks with automatic
than 18 million air bags to transmissions that could slip
existing recalls, covering into reverse. The Takata re-
both the passenger and call dwarfs last year’s highly
driver’s side. The recalls of publicized recall of 2.6 mil-
passenger-side air bags, lion General Motors small
previously limited to high- cars for defective ignition
humidity states along the switches and Toyota’s re-
Gulf Coast, are now ex- calls of 10 million vehicles
panded nationwide by for problems with unintend-
10.2 million vehicles. A na- ed acceleration.
tionwide recall of driver’s Rosekind said the agency
side air bags was expand- and auto industry are still
ed to include an additional trying to determine pre-
7.9 million vehicles. cisely what is causing Taka-
“We know that owners are ta’s inflators to explode,
worried about their safety but action needed to be
and the safety of their fam- taken immediately.
ilies,” said Mark Rosekind, Takata’s air bags use am-
head of the National High- monium nitrate to inflate
way Traffic Safety Adminis- in a crash. But the chemi-
tration, as he announced cal, which can be used to
the agreement. “This is make bombs, is volatile. So
probably the most com- far, testing has found that
plex consumer safety recall airborne moisture can get
in U.S. history.” into the inflators and cause
Safety regulators sparred the ammonium nitrate to
Wednesday 20 May 2015
Takata air bag recall doubles to nearly 34 million
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, left, accompanied by burn hotter than it should, due to Takata’s coopera-
NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind, talks about the Takata air Rosekind said. tion, NHTSA officials said.
bag inflator recall, Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at the Transporta- He urged car owners who Other civil penalties are still
tion Department in Washington. Air bag maker Takata Corp. has get recall notices in the possible, they said.
agreed to declare 33.8 million of its inflator mechanisms defec- mail should immediately Still, it likely will be months
tive, effectively doubling the number of cars and trucks that make an appointment to or longer before Takata
have been recalled in the U.S. so far. get their cars fixed. Own- and other companies can
ers can key in their vehi- manufacture all the need-
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) cle identification number ed replacement inflators.
at https://vinrcl.safercar. Inflators will be allocated
MARCY GORDON with Takata for the past gov/vin/ to see if their car is to older cars and to high-
TOM KRISHER year over the size of the part of the recall. The num- humidity areas first, where
Associated Press recalls and the cause of ber is stamped on the dash- people are most at risk, the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Un- the problem. For the most board near the driver’s side agency said. The expan-
der pressure from U.S. safe- part, the air bag maker re- windshield and also can be sion will cost Takata millions
ty regulators, Takata Corp. fused to declare the infla- found on state auto regis- of dollars.
has agreed to declare 33.8 tors defective and even tration documents. It may Takata CEO Shigehisa
million air bags defective, questioned the agency’s take weeks before all the Takada said in a statement
a move that will double the authority to order it to con- identification numbers are that the action is a “clear
number of cars and trucks duct a recall. entered into the database. path” to restoring the trust
included in what is now the Takata and 11 automakers On Feb. 20, NHTSA began of automakers and drivers.
largest auto recall in U.S. that use its air bags, includ- fining Takata $14,000 per “We are committed to con-
history. ing Honda Motor Co. and day for failing to fully coop- tinuing to work closely with
The chemical that inflates Toyota Motor Corp., will erate in the investigation. NHTSA and our automaker
the air bags can explode have to sort out which ve- That fine accrued to more customers to do everything
with too much force, blow- hicles are covered by the than $1.2 million before it we can to advance the
ing apart a metal infla- expanded recalls. NHTSA was suspended Tuesday safety of drivers,” he said.q
tor and sending shrapnel said the number of affect-
into the passenger com- ed air bags could climb.
partment. The faulty infla- Before Takata, the largest
tors are responsible for six recall in U.S. history was in
deaths and more than 100 1980 when Ford Motor Co.
injuries worldwide. had to fix 21 million cars
The agreement adds more and trucks with automatic
than 18 million air bags to transmissions that could slip
existing recalls, covering into reverse. The Takata re-
both the passenger and call dwarfs last year’s highly
driver’s side. The recalls of publicized recall of 2.6 mil-
passenger-side air bags, lion General Motors small
previously limited to high- cars for defective ignition
humidity states along the switches and Toyota’s re-
Gulf Coast, are now ex- calls of 10 million vehicles
panded nationwide by for problems with unintend-
10.2 million vehicles. A na- ed acceleration.
tionwide recall of driver’s Rosekind said the agency
side air bags was expand- and auto industry are still
ed to include an additional trying to determine pre-
7.9 million vehicles. cisely what is causing Taka-
“We know that owners are ta’s inflators to explode,
worried about their safety but action needed to be
and the safety of their fam- taken immediately.
ilies,” said Mark Rosekind, Takata’s air bags use am-
head of the National High- monium nitrate to inflate
way Traffic Safety Adminis- in a crash. But the chemi-
tration, as he announced cal, which can be used to
the agreement. “This is make bombs, is volatile. So
probably the most com- far, testing has found that
plex consumer safety recall airborne moisture can get
in U.S. history.” into the inflators and cause
Safety regulators sparred the ammonium nitrate to
