Takata Questions Competency Of Lawmakers - Claims It Is Automakers Responsibility To Determine Recalls

Takata Corp.’s refusal to comply with a U.S. demand to widen its airbag recall leaves regulators in a quandary: take the parts supplier to court or try to convince automakers to do the job instead.

The reason the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration went after Takata is because it believes the airbag maker has the responsibility to declare a defect, Deputy Administrator David Friedman told Congress on Wednesday. Takata said regulators don’t have the safety data to support their decision -- and questioned the agency’s authority to make the request in the first place.

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ParadoX - 12/4/2014 3:53:56 PM

+2 Boost

Takata is playing with fire. Defiance will prove more costly than doing as told.

Agent009 - 12/4/2014 6:13:19 PM

+1 Boost

I think they are going to figure that out sooner than later. While they may have a point they aren't big enough to take on the feds and win.

MDarringer - 12/4/2014 7:35:05 PM

0 Boost

Takata deserves to be excoriated for his idiocy and arrogance.

Agent009 - 12/4/2014 8:50:29 PM

+1 Boost

Goes back to a question posted a few weeks ago.

Should some vendors be banned from producing content for the US market?

Takata is not putting the best foot forward and needs to realize it is a privilege to sell product destined for the US.