The U.S. Department of Transportation today said it will press the auto industry to accelerate the pace of replacements for defective Takata Corp. airbag inflators and signaled a likely widening of the industry’s largest ever recall.
U.S. officials now say at least 184 people have been injured in incidents involving potentially deadly Takata airbags.
On a conference call with reporters, the department said the Takata recall would eventually include about 42 million U.S. vehicles and between 64 million and 69 million airbag inflators.
