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In recent years, there are two things in the automotive industry that have changed the way car companies talk about them. One is the "exhaust gate", the other is the "Takata airbag". These two things can be described as extremely destructive, lasting for a very long time and affecting a wide range. According to Reuters, Takata Co., Ltd. has reported to US regulators that up to 1.4 million vehicles using faulty airbags are in urgent need of recall. It is understood that the recall of Takata airbags was mainly due to the use of ammonium nitrate as propellant to inflate the airbags during the accident. This time, the problem is that "booster pumps with non azide propellant" are used, which may absorb water, leading to air bag rupture or insufficient inflation. "The airbags to be recalled are different from the previous batch of" defective "airbags." according to takada Co., Ltd., the batch of "defective airbags" were produced in the middle of 1995-1999. The company sold these airbags to,,, and other enterprises. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said there had been one death and one injury in Australia and one in Cyprus as a result of the "problem airbags". According to the safety recall report submitted by Takata Co., Ltd., the company has produced and sold 4.45 million of the above-mentioned "problem airbags" in the world. However, considering the earlier production time of these airbags, it is impossible to count how many vehicles carrying these "problem airbags" in the United States currently. According to reports, BMW is the only company to recall the aforementioned "problem airbag" models in the United States, recalling about 116000 BMW 3-Series (winning models); Audi's U.S. subsidiary is working with the national highway traffic safety administration to investigate whether its 1997-1999 models were affected; Honda is evaluating how many cars there are The cars were affected by the "problem airbags"; Mitsubishi said only Montero, which was produced in 1998-2000, was involved in the incident. "Takata airbags" incident of "fourth generation BMW 3 Series (1997-2006)" can be said to be harmful to others but not self-interest. Due to the huge cost brought by airbag recall, Takata Co., Ltd. "lost its property" and applied for bankruptcy protection in June 2017. In November of the same year, Takata Co., Ltd. transferred its airbags and seat belts business to the US auto parts company "Brigitte automobile safety system" (KSS) at a price of 1.588 billion US dollars (11.182 billion yuan).