Toyota promises to help find cause of air bag defects - CTV News
TOKYO -- Toyota President Akio Toyoda vowed to help get to the bottom of the problems with Takata air bags, the recalls for which have ballooned to about 53 million vehicles worldwide, stressing that regaining consumer trust is an industry-wide... Doubts are growing about whether Japanese supplier Takata Corp. He pointed out Toyota Motor Corp. had gone through a similar public-relations disaster over massive recalls that began in 2009, and expanded to some 14 million vehicles worldwide, for problems including faulty floor mats, defective brakes and sticky gas pedals. If there is a morsel of consumer doubt, then we have to deal with it," he told reporters on the sidelines of a reception Thursday for the Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association. The air bag inflators being recalled can kick in with too much force, blow apart a metal canister and send shards flying. Toyota has been working with the other automakers affected by the Takata defect, including Japanese rivals such as Honda Motor Co. , the hardest hit, and manufacturers such as BMW AG, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N. V. , Ford Motor Co. and General... Toyota and nine other automakers hired Orbital ATK, an aerospace and defence technology company based in Dulles, Virgina, to conduct testing on Takata air bags. Source: www.ctvnews.ca
