Some Defective Airbags Counted Twice Says NHTSA Reducing Takata Recall Numbers - CBS Local
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – New numbers Tuesday from federal regulators about the extent of the ongoing Takata Corporation air bag recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration now says 23 million air bag inflators need to be replaced, down from an original estimate of 34 million. The agency saying some air bags from multiple recalls were counted twice. Bill Nelson (D-FL) (R) holds up a photo of Stephanie Erdman of Destin, Florida, of her face injury by the airbag explosion in her Honda Civic after a traffic accident in 2013, as Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) (L) looks on during a hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee November 20, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing to examine defects in airbags manufactured by... To date, Takata says over 4 million air bag inflators have already been replaced. “Still the real thrust of this is that they have millions of vehicles that carmakers still have to fix and that’s the problem — there are basically about 19 million vehicles that have not been repaired,” he said. At least eight people have been killed by Takata air bags, which can explode with too much force and spew shrapnel into a vehicle. CBS RADIO and EYE Logo TM and Copyright 2015 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Source: detroit.cbslocal.com
