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Did Carmakers Hide The Truth About Takata's Airbags — The Explosive Truth Revealed
Takata has pled guilty to the defective airbags it supplied to car companies; the filings reveals that Ford, Nissan, Honda and Toyota were an unassuming party to the cover-up.
It is not surprising that automakers were aware that Takata airbags were a disaster waiting to happen. But a court filing reveals the extent of how much, and how long, four automakers knew about the dangers of the defective Takata airbags.
Lawyers who represented the victims of Takata's defective airbagsasserted in the court filing that at least four car companies knew that Takata airbags were dangerous. This goes back as far as the late 1990s.
This revelation comes as Takata pleaded guilty to square away the U.S. Justice Department's criminal investigation into what caused the defect.
The court filing is especially condemnable because the new allegations are supported by the automakers' - Ford, Nissan, Honda and Toyota - own documents. The automakers asserted in the court that Takata was the sole offender, and they were simply an unassuming party to a cover-up.
However, here is the plaintiff's filing in the court of what Ford knew. Despite Ford's inflator expert objections, who was opposed to the use of ammonium nitrate because of its phase instability and moisture sensitivity, which makes it unsuitable as an inflator propellant and have contributed to ruptures.
Honda too knew about the dangers of the defective Takata airbags, and the filings reveal that the company's emails and internal documents show that it picked Takata's inflators due to their inexpensiveness.
All of the above are just some of the details of the filings revealed; however, there are several other findings which show that car companies knew how dangerous Takata airbags were.
One of the most technologically advanced and luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz has launched 'Made-in-India' Long Wheel Base E-Class in India. Below is an extensive photo gallery, click to view.
