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trucks are 2007 and 2008 model Chevrolet Silverados and GM
Sierras.
Subaru will expand its recall of 2004 and 2005 model Impreza
compact cars with Takata air bags to about 80,000 from 20,000,
the unit of Japan-based Fuji Heavy Industries <7270.T> also said
on Friday.
Both companies said they have received no reports of inadvertent
deployments of air bags in the vehicles.
The latest actions follow an agreement last week between Takata
and U.S. safety regulators to expand the recalls of vehicles
with potentially faulty Takata air bag inflators.
The inflators have exploded with too much force, sending
shrapnel into the vehicles. Six people have been killed, all of
them in Honda Motor Co <7267.T> cars.
Twelve incorrect deployments of Takata air bags have occurred in
Toyota and Honda vehicles in Japan since 2011, Nikkei reported
on Friday, citing a Japanese transport ministry official. No
injuries were reported in these incidents.
Takata air bags have been the subject of U.S. Congressional
hearings held late last year. Another hearing, before the
Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, will be held
next Tuesday.
On Thursday, five automakers expanded recalls by several million
vehicles with Takata air bags.
No root cause for the defect has been found.
Takata managers want the automakers to share some of the blame
for the malfunctioning air bags, sources told Reuters this week,
as well as some of the financial burden.
(Reporting by Bernie Woodall; Editing by Richard Chang)
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