Takata Corp, the Japanese auto parts maker whose faulty air bags have triggered recalls of several million vehicles worldwide, had conducted secret tests on 50 of its air bags procured from scrap yards and told workers to delete the test results rather than inform federal authorities of cracks in the air bag inflators, according to a New York Times report. The tests were conducted after an accident in 2004 when an inflator fixed on a Honda Accord exploded, ejecting metal fragments and injuring the driver.
Workers from Takata Corp conducted the tests after work hours and on weekends at a Michigan plant, the Times reported Thursday, adding that these tests were done four years before the company first admitted in regulatory filings that it had tested the problem. The later tests conducted by the company resulted in the first recall of vehicles, in November 2008, because of a risk of air bag ruptures. Automakers have recalled more than 14 million vehicles globally because of this particular risk and four deaths have so far been linked to it.
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