US Orders Takata To Stop Using Explosive Propellant In Airbags - Fines Could Approach $200 Million

The top U.S. auto safety regulator on Tuesday imposed a fine that could be as high as $200 million on air-bag supplier Takata Corp and ordered it to stop making inflators that use ammonium nitrate as a propellant. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration cited the chemical as a factor in explosive air-bag ruptures that have caused seven deaths and nearly 100 injuries in the United States.

In an unusual move, Honda Motor Co on Tuesday said it was "deeply troubled" by evidence suggesting Takata "misrepresented and manipulated test data for certain air bag inflators." Honda was Takata's largest air-bag customer.

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jameswisrik - 11/4/2015 7:50:18 AM

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i don't trust the US gov't. How about all the lives Takata airbags have saved!

GM death traps kill more people than WWI,WWII, Korean,Vietnam, and Civil War combine throughout GM corp. history. But they get fine a measly $96 mil- which they payed w/ TARP money. They also paid back bailout money with TARP money.

GM still can't fix a issue after 4 recalls of engine fires...No executive goes to prison...GM is the most corrupt corp in the world. Oh..and its a FOO...friends of obama.

jameswisrik - 11/4/2015 7:51:51 AM

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GM will always be GM...they gotten away with so many things...they will keep building death traps.

Don't be a FOO...don't buy gm!