Mazda not to use Takata airbag inflators containing ammonium nitrate in future vehicles
After Honda, Maza Motor Corp was the next automaker which said it wouldn't use Takata airbags using ammonium nitrate in its new cars after such products were banned by US regulators.
Japanese automakers are shunning the airbag supplier using ammonium nitrate.
Tokyo,UPDATED: Nov 5, 2015 15:59 IST
Mazda Motor Corp on Thursday said it would not use air bag inflators manufactured by Takata Corp containing ammonium nitrate in its new cars after such products were banned by U.S. regulators the previous day.
"We will not use Takata air bag inflators which contain ammonium nitrate in our new cars," Executive Vice President Akira Marumoto told reporters.
Mazda, Japan's fourth-largest automaker by sales, joins a growing number of Japanese automakers including Honda Motor Co which are shunning the supplier's airbag inflators which contain ammonium nitrate.
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U.S. regulators said Takata's inflators use a chemical propellant they suspect causes the airbag to explode with too much force, spraying metal shards into the car.
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