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The U.S. is backtracking on its recall of 50 million airbags. Here’s why. - National | Globalnews.ca

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has said inflators in 49 million vehicles are at risk of exploding and hurling shrapnel into drivers and passengers.

In January , NHTSA said seven of the inflators have blown apart in the field in the U.S. , each showing evidence of insufficient welds or too much pressure in a canister designed to contain the explosion and fill the air bags in a crash.

The auto industry pointed to technical and engineering differences between different inflators.

The agency said it considered comments on a decision from January seeking the recall.

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