- According to U.S. auto safety regulators, there are still about 85M unrecalled Takata (TKTDY) air bag inflators in American vehicles that would eventually need to be serviced unless the company can prove they are safe.
- The figure represents the first nationwide public accounting by the U.S. government regarding the total number of Takata inflators, which can explode with too much force and spray metal shards inside vehicles.