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Honda says Takata air bag ruptured in Malaysia crash, 1 dead

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Takata sells auto interiors unit as recall costs rise

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In this Wednesday, May 4, 2016, file photo, a visitor walks past child seats, manufactured by Takata Corp., displayed at an automaker's showroom in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Takata troubles worsen as truck explodes, kills Texas woman

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

Japanese seat belt and air-bag maker Takata Corp. Chairman and CEO Shigehisa Takada gestures during a news conference regarding the expanding recall of his company's air bags in Tokyo, in this Thursday, June 25, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

Gov’t to fine Takata $70M in air bag recall case: AP source

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

Japanese seat belt and air-bag maker Takata Corp. Chairman and CEO Shigehisa Takada gestures during a news conference regarding the expanding recall of his company's air bags in Tokyo, in this Thursday, June 25, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

Takata air bag recalls could expand to 7 more companies

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A man walks past a Honda on display at Honda Motor Co. headquarters in Tokyo in this April 25, 2014, file photo. Honda Motor Co. recalled an additional 4.89 million vehicles around the world Thursday, May 14, 2015, for a new type of problem in Takata air bag inflators, for which Japanese rivals Toyota and Nissan have already carried out recalls.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Takata air bag recall becomes biggest ever in U.S.

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

A man walks past a Honda on display at Honda Motor Co. headquarters in Tokyo in this April 25, 2014, file photo. Honda Motor Co. recalled an additional 4.89 million vehicles around the world Thursday, May 14, 2015, for a new type of problem in Takata air bag inflators, for which Japanese rivals Toyota and Nissan have already carried out recalls.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

New Takata air bag recall brings total to over 33 million

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Buyers look over a 2008 Pilot sports-utility vehicle while a 2008 Accord coupe sits in the background at a Honda dealership in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo., in this Oct. 18, 2007, file photo. Honda is adding nearly 105,000 vehicles to its U.S. recall of driver's side air bag inflators that can explode with too much force. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, FILE)

Honda adds 105,000 vehicles to driver’s air bag recall

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

Senate Commerce Committee member Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. displays the parts and function of a defective airbag made by Takata of Japan that has been linked to multiple deaths and injuries in cars driven in the U.S., during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Nov. 20, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Automakers hire rocket firm to probe air bag problems

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

In this Nov. 20, 2014, file photo, Rick Schostek, executive vice president of Honda North America, testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing about defective airbags made by Takata of Japan, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Under pressure from federal regulators, Honda on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, said it will expand a recall of cars with Takata driver's side air bags to all 50 states. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Takata: Evidence doesn’t support national recall

By Tom Krisher and Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Senate Commerce Committee member Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. displays the parts and function of a defective airbag made by Takata of Japan that has been linked to multiple deaths and injuries in cars driven in the US, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Automakers to jointly probe air bags

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows the frontal offset crash test of the 2005 Subaru Legacy. Documents posted Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014 by U.S. safety regulators say Subaru is expanding a previous recall of five models, including the 2005 Legacy, to fix potentially faulty passenger air bags in high-humidity states. (AP Photo/Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)

Takata panel to audit air bag inflator production

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 17, 2014, file photo, journalists visit Takata Ignition Systems in Schoenebeck, Germany. U.S. safety regulators are threatening fines and legal action against Takata Corp. for failing to admit that its driver's-side air bag inflators are defective and should be recalled nationwide. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent a letter to the company Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, detailing the threats, which include a public hearing and possible court action. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer, File)FILE -

U.S. agency threatens to act against air bag maker

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

Child seats, manufactured by Takata Corp. are displayed at a Toyota Motor Corp.'s showroom in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. Takata, the Japanese air bag maker embroiled in a massive recall totaling some 12 million vehicles globally, says it's taking more special losses for new recalls and will sink deeper into the red for the fiscal year. Takata said Thursday it will record a 25 billion yen ($218 million) loss for the fiscal year through March 2015. It previously forecast a 24 million yen ($210 million) forecast. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

The latest on air bag recalls, with cars involved

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Senate Commerce Committee member Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. displays the parts and function of a defective airbag made by Takata of Japan that has been linked to multiple deaths and injuries in cars driven in the US., Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, during the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Takata quality chief shuns national air bag recall

By Marcy Gordon and Tom Krisher - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2014 file photo, David Friedman, the acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, testifies at the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A showdown is looming between U.S. safety regulators and a Japanese company that makes air bags linked to multiple deaths and injuries. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Showdown looms between US gov’t, air bag maker

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

Child seats, manufactured by Takata Corp. are displayed at a Toyota Motor Corp.'s showroom in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. Takata, the Japanese air bag maker embroiled in a massive recall totaling some 12 million vehicles globally, says it's taking more special losses for new recalls and will sink deeper into the red for the fiscal year. Takata said Thursday it will record a 25 billion yen ($218 million) loss for the fiscal year through March 2015. It previously forecast a 24 million yen ($210 million) forecast. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Safety agency to push for national air bag recall

By Tom Krisher and Dee-Ann Durbin - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows a crash test of a 2002 Honda CR-V, one of the models subject to a recall to repair faulty air bags. In a letter delivered Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., are calling on regulators to issue a nationwide recall of cars with faulty air bags made by Takata Corp., questioning why automakers have been allowed to limit recalls to only certain locations with high humidity. (AP Photo/Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)

Gov’t pushes air bag maker on replacement parts

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 3, 2010 file photo shows a palm tree behind a Toyota sign at Earl Stewart Toyota in North Palm Beach, Fla. Toyota is recalling 247,000 vehicles in high-humidity areas as an air bag problem that has plagued most of the auto industry continues to widen. The recall covers vehicles in South Florida, along the Gulf Coast, in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Saipan and American Samoa. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

US agency warns car owners to get air bags fixed

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press