NHTSA Orders Takata To Collect All Replaced Airbags Inflators And Hold As Evidence

A U.S. safety regulator on Wednesday ordered troubled Japanese supplier Takata Corp. to preserve all airbag inflators removed through a recall process as evidence for a federal investigation and private litigation cases.

It was the first time the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has ordered a company to preserve evidence for private litigation, said Gordon Trowbridge, a spokesman for NHTSA.

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