Regulators link Takata air bags to another death - CBS News

regulators have confirmed that an air bag made by Takata Corp. Honda, the maker of the car, confirmed that the air bag inflator ruptured during the crash. Takata, the NHTSA and automakers are still trying to determine why the inflators explode, but it's known that a chemical that inflates the air bags can expand with too much force, blowing apart a metal inflator and sending shrapnel into the... Takata bowed to government pressure in May and declared many of the air bags defective, doubling a recall of the inflators to 33. 8 million. The recall covers air bags in cars and trucks made by 11 companies. Source: www.cbsnews.com