Deadly Air Bag Replacements

There is an urgent warning for anyone driving a vehicle that has previously been involved in a crash where the air bags deployed. NHTSA is investigating replacement air bag inflators from China that were installed in vehicles in the United States and are responsible for numerous deaths and injuries.

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Nine people have died and two others were severely injured in 11 crashes where the vehicle involved had an air bag replaced with a substandard and dangerous air bag inflator manufactured in China — and likely illegally imported into the United States. These fatalities occurred in crashes that should have been survivable.