Your life is at risk, the lives of your passengers and family are at risk because of the AUTO INDUSTRY FAILURES and COVER-UPS!
Stephanie Erdman.....
WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 20: Committee Chairman Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) (R) holds up a photo of Stephanie Erdman of Destin, Florida, of her face injury by the airbag explosion in her Honda Civic after a traffic accident last year, as Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) (L) looks on during a hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee November 20, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing to examine defects in airbags manufactured by Takata and their recall process. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
FROM: Senators Get No Clear Answers On Air Bag Safety
...Schostek acknowledged that Honda violated federal requirements to report deaths, injuries and safety defects to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Another Phony Baloney Japanese “deeply sorry and anguished” after another Japanese COVER-UP....
.....Hiroshi Shimizu, Takata’s head of quality, said the Japanese parts supplier is
“deeply sorry and anguished” about each instance of air bag inflators not performing as designed.
....senators were stymied by what they considered evasive answers from Takata, Honda and Chrysler executives. And they suggested a cover-up by Takata, which reportedly conducted secret tests of the air bags in 2004.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., whose Commerce subcommittee investigated the General Motors ignition-switch debacle, saw echoes of that in the air bag problem now under scrutiny.
She noted
“an industry that fears no consequences from not complying with the law” and a federal regulator lacking the resources and expertise “to properly do its job.”
...Shimizu said he was first told in 2005 about the problems, but said Takata did not inform NHTSA at that time. Takata conducted an investigation of the defects in 2007, he testified.
Hien Thi Tran lost her life because of an EXPLODING TAKATA AIRBAG...
Takata Air-Bag Rupture in Japan Test Signals More Recalls
By Ma Jie, Yuki Hagiwara and Craig TrudellNov 26, 2014
Japan’s transportation ministry said a
Takata Corp. (7312) air bag ruptured in a model not covered by existing recalls, suggesting automakers may have to expand safety campaigns to replace the devices linked to five deaths.
The air bag from a
2003 car ruptured during testing of devices from scrapped vehicles in Gifu prefecture, Masato Sahashi, a ministry official, told reporters today at a briefing in Tokyo. The Nov. 6 incident may result in a recall once the reason for the malfunction is determined, Sahashi said,
declining to name the automaker or model.
Japanese regulators are stepping up pressure on Takata over its air bags, which have been linked to at least four deaths in the U.S. and a fatal accident in
Malaysia. The scrutiny adds to investigations of Takata and its customers including
Honda Motor Co. (7267) in the U.S., where the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is trying to determine why the devices are deploying with too much force and shooting metal shrapnel at passengers.
The Takata air bag was the seventh to have ruptured during tests in Japan, where 700,000 of the devices were evaluated in 2012 and 2013, Sahashi said. The previous six were in cars included in recalls, he said.
The ministry said yesterday it was forming a group to oversee recalls of vehicles equipped with the devices, and that it was aware of four air-bag ruptures in vehicles that were in use. There were no injuries because the front passenger seats were not occupied when the air bags deployed.
Takata spokeswoman Kikko Takai couldn’t immediately comment on the transport ministry briefing when contacted.
