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Takata’s airbag fiasco is reaching new depths, as the company will have to replace more inflators in seven million vehicles sold in Japan.
As those of you who have followed the topic already know, Takata had to expand its airbag recall by several million vehicles after it discovered that some of its inflators were manufactured without a drying agent.
The same problem has affected approximately seven million cars sold in Japan, and the country’s Transport Ministry has ordered manufacturers that sold vehicles there with potentially defective airbag inflators to replace the parts.
According to Bloomberg, the situation will lead to the replacement of all the Takata airbag inflators that were manufactured without a drying agent.
The complete lack of drying solvent (or an improper amount of it) used to prevent moisture and humidity in airbag inflators may cause these parts to fail.
In the worst case scenario, a failed airbag inflator built by Takata might explode with excessive force and shoot metal and plastic fragments towards the occupants of the vehicle.
The horrible paradox caused by the Takata Corporation has already killed 13 people instead of protecting them in the case of an accident. Furthermore, hundreds of people worldwide have been injured by defective airbags in their cars.
Currently, Takata is struggling to survive, as the company is looking for investors to save it. At the same time, the supplier must manufacture components that it will supply to automakers that have unknowingly purchased and installed defective airbag inflators.
Unfortunately, it takes time, money, and dedication to fix something that should have never been wrong in the first place. Just like going to the dentist only when your gums are bleeding, Takata is overburdened in the quest of manufacturing sufficient inflators to replace all of the potentially defective parts it sold over the years.
At the same time, the Japanese automotive supplier is trying to keep afloat, a seemingly impossible task when regulators keep discovering a rising number of problems with its products. According to the Japanese Transport Ministry, the latest airbag recalls it requested are expected to be completed by March 2019.
The same problem has affected approximately seven million cars sold in Japan, and the country’s Transport Ministry has ordered manufacturers that sold vehicles there with potentially defective airbag inflators to replace the parts.
According to Bloomberg, the situation will lead to the replacement of all the Takata airbag inflators that were manufactured without a drying agent.
The complete lack of drying solvent (or an improper amount of it) used to prevent moisture and humidity in airbag inflators may cause these parts to fail.
In the worst case scenario, a failed airbag inflator built by Takata might explode with excessive force and shoot metal and plastic fragments towards the occupants of the vehicle.
The horrible paradox caused by the Takata Corporation has already killed 13 people instead of protecting them in the case of an accident. Furthermore, hundreds of people worldwide have been injured by defective airbags in their cars.
Currently, Takata is struggling to survive, as the company is looking for investors to save it. At the same time, the supplier must manufacture components that it will supply to automakers that have unknowingly purchased and installed defective airbag inflators.
Unfortunately, it takes time, money, and dedication to fix something that should have never been wrong in the first place. Just like going to the dentist only when your gums are bleeding, Takata is overburdened in the quest of manufacturing sufficient inflators to replace all of the potentially defective parts it sold over the years.
At the same time, the Japanese automotive supplier is trying to keep afloat, a seemingly impossible task when regulators keep discovering a rising number of problems with its products. According to the Japanese Transport Ministry, the latest airbag recalls it requested are expected to be completed by March 2019.
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