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Relatives of the victims of the defective Takata airbags ask the question: could the deaths due to the explosion of the products could be avoided? Our colleagues at “Special Envoy” brought together edifying documents showing that the American Senate had opened an investigation in 2014 on the subject.
The life of Vicky Abeli changed in July 2024. His father was killed on the roads of Guadeloupe by the Takata airbag of his Toyota Yaris. “Apparently, he would have hit the car in front at very low speed, and instead of inflating, the airbag exploded”she says. Today, it requires that the thirty of the implicit manufacturers recognize its responsibility.
“Toyota knew this defective airbag, since Takata, who is the producer of airbag, has been sentenced to the United States since 2017”Pointe Vicky Abeli. As documents collected by our colleagues from “Special Envoy” for their colleagues on January 23, 2025 show, the US Senate opened an investigation in 2014 after a series of accidents. The tests carried out on Takata airbags are edifying: they conclude that a lifespan of six years in hot and humid regions.
Today, a collective action bringing together 2,800 victims and their relatives was launched.
Find the entire report in the video above
