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 Nissan joins most major automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp
<7203.T> and Honda Motor Co <7267.T>, that decided to stop using
Takata's inflators that have led to extensive recalls around the
world.
"We have decided to no longer use (Takata's) inflators containing
ammonium nitrate in airbags for future models," Nissan said in a
statement.
"We will continue to put our customers' safety first and work to
replace the inflators in vehicles under recall as quickly as
possible," it said.
U.S. auto safety regulators have said Takata's inflators containing
ammonium nitrate may cause air bags to explode with excessive force,
spraying shrapnel in the vehicle.
More than 30 million cars have been recalled worldwide since 2008
over the Takata air bag inflators. Defective inflators have been
linked to eight deaths and more than 100 injuries.
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Nissan said on Monday it would carry out a repeat inspection of
vehicles in Japan which had initially been cleared of airbag defects
after a passenger was injured when her Takata airbag deployed during
a collision last week.
(Reporting by Leika Kihara; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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