WASHINGTON, April 6 -- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a notice called: Initial Decision That Certain Frontal Driver Air Bag Inflators Manufactured by Jilin Province Detiannuo Safety Technology Co, Ltd. (DTN) Contain a Safety Defect.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on April 6 by Eileen Sullivan, Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
Summary: NHTSA has made an initial decision that certain air bag inflators manufactured by DTN contain a defect related to motor vehicle safety. Available information demonstrates that the inflators were imported into the United States by unknown importers (likely illegally). NHTSA is aware of twelve instances in which the inflators have ruptured in vehicles in the...