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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.
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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