Takata Corp.’s airbag crisis could spur changes to how car owners maintain their vehicles, with Japan’s automakers discussing whether drivers should regularly replace the chemicals used to inflate the safety devices.Drivers may need to start having chemicals in their airbags swapped out because of degradation over time, said Fumihiko Ike, chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association and Honda Motor Co. The discussions among carmakers follow recalls of about 21 million vehicles and five deaths linked to the devices made by Takata since 2008.
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