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Authorities in the USA are a record 34 million cars because of safety concerns over the airbags in them. The manufacturer of the airbags has that mechanisms inside the bags are defective and thus need to be repaired or replaced. A spokesman from the company Takata said that the airbags too quickly on impact, which can broken glass or shards of metal to be into the face of the driver or passenger. The bags are into 11 different models of car and the recall the biggest in US history. It a string of other recalls, from Japanese manufacturers Toyota and Honda. The faulty airbags have been to six deaths and more than 100 injuries.

The US Department for Transportation the airbag recall. A spokesman said: "Today is a major step forward for public safety. The department…is the proactive steps necessary to that defective inflators are with safe ones as quickly as possible, and that the highest risks are first." Meanwhile, Takata's CEO Shigehisa Takada said: "We pleased to have reached this agreement…which represents a clear path forward." The company will obviously a huge financial hit. The recall will the company and its customers up to $5 billion. Despite this, Mr Takada said he the company will still be able to a profit this year.