Takata would stop making airbag inflators under new plan

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Takata Corp, facing bankruptcy over the biggest recall in automotive history, would stop making airbag inflators after completing a global recall, under a restructuring plan under consideration by its steering committee, sources told Reuters on Friday. The committee is discussing plans with rival Key Safety Systems Inc (KSS) which is negotiating […]

Most of 46 million recalled Takata inflators in US not fixed

WASHINGTON – More than 65 percent of 46.2 million recalled Takata airbag inflators in the United States have not been repaired, a US senator said on Thursday, urging automakers to speed up the pace of repairs. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida said only 15.8 million inflators out of 46.2 million inflators recalled to date have […]