Takata allegedly trying to destroy evidence of faulty airbags
The Takata corporation, a Japanese vehicle part maker that provides parts to prominent motor manufacturing companies like Honda, Nissan, Toyota and Mazda, is at the centre of attention after the New York Times had claimed that the company’s employees were ordered to destroy the results of tests on some of its air bags.
Takata previously had a lot of issues with airbags, but those were minor compared to the 3.4 million vehicles that had to be recalled globally this year due to defective air bags supplied by the corporation. The airbags have defective inflators which can explode with excessive force and spray metal shards. Many South African vehicle owners were also affected as local automaker’s recalled thousands of vehicles here.
Two employees that previously worked at Takata told the New York Times that Takata retrieved an amount of airbags that were tested to destroy them. They did this instead of alerting the US federal safety regulators to the possible danger.