Ford Won't Equip Cars with Takata Air Bag Inflaters
November 23 2015 - 11:40AM
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Ford Motor Co. is the latest auto maker to say it will no longer
equip its vehicles with Takata Corp. air bag inflaters that use
ammonium nitrate, the chemical propellant that has been linked to
deaths and injuries around the world.
Ford in a statement Monday said it has recalled about 1.5
million vehicles to date that have the defective Takata air bag
inflaters, including certain older model-year Ford Mustangs, Ford
GTs and North American-built Ford Rangers. Ford says it isn't
putting the inflaters in the vehicles it now has under development.
The defect in some air bag inflaters can cause them to explode with
too much force and spray shrapnel into the vehicle cabin, the
National Highway Traffic Administration has said.
Japanese auto makers Honda Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and
Nissan Motor Co. have already said they won't use the inflaters in
their future models, representing yet another blow to the embattled
Japanese supplier whose faulty air bags have forced 12 auto makers
to recall 19 million vehicles in the U.S.
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