Takata Identifies at Least 400,000 Faulty Air Bag Parts

Sources say that at least 400,000 of the 4 million replacement inflators for defective Takata air bags will need to be replaced again in U.S. vehicles. According to U.S. safety regulators, another 500,000 of those parts appear to be safe, which leaves the safety of more than 3 million replacement parts in question. Takata and its contract suppliers have been gradually ramping up shipments of replacement parts to manufacturers whose vehicles were equipped with nearly 34 million potentially defective Takata air bags. Those air bags have inflators that could rupture, spraying metal fragments inside cars, and have been linked to six deaths and hundreds of injuries.