Regulator Delivers Ultimatum on Recalls to Airbag Maker Takata

Regulator Delivers Ultimatum on Recalls to Airbag Maker Takata

NY Times
By DANIELLE IVORY
NOV. 26, 2014

[…] “Despite the severe consequences of airbag ruptures and mounting data demonstrating a safety defect, Takata responded that it did not agree with N.H.T.S.A.’s basis for a nationwide recall of driver’s-side airbags,” wrote Frank Borris, the director of the agency’s Office of Defects Investigation. “Takata has not provided any new information to support its position that a regional recall is appropriate, nor has Takata provided any explanation for driver’s-side airbag ruptures that have occurred outside the areas of high absolute humidity.” […]