高田总裁首次为问题气囊公开道歉_时事

高田总裁首次为问题气囊公开道歉

甚至在丰田和日产于周四宣布，将召回比第一次宣布时还要多286万辆的配备高田安全气囊的车辆之后，高田面对史上最大规模的一次因安全原因导致的汽车召回，仍然拒绝辞职。目前，全世界共有大约3500万辆汽车受到影响。

Takata admitted last month that faults in its airbags could cause their inflaters to explode withtoo much force when they deploy, endangering the drivers and passengers that the safetydevices are intended to protect. At least eight deaths and 130 injuries have been linked to thedefect.

高田公司于上个月承认安全气囊的缺陷可能导致增压泵因工作时的过大压力而爆炸，从而危及安全气囊原本应该保护的驾驶员和乘客。至少有八个死亡案例和130个受伤案例被认为与这一缺陷有关。

Mr. Takada shed little new light on the nature of the defects, and he acknowledged that Takatawas making slow progress with its investigation. The company said it had identifiedmanufacturing failures, which it says have since been resolved, as being responsible for faults inabout 10 million airbag inflaters.

高田并未对缺陷的本质作出新的解释，同时承认高田公司的调查进展缓慢。公司声称已经确认了此前称已经解决的生产环节的故障，这些故障导致了大约1000万个安全气囊增压泵的缺陷。

Defects traced to the manufacturing problems, mainly careless handling of inflater componentsat two North American factories, were called “alpha cases inside the company, Takataexecutives said on Thursday.