Nissan, Takata Face Criminal Complaint Over Air Bag in Japan
- Passenger injured by ruptured Takata air bag files complaint
- Companies say they’re cooperating with investigation
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Nissan Motor Co. and Takata Corp. executives responsible for quality and safety face a criminal complaint in Japan over the rupturing of a defective air bag, the first such case in the companies’ home market.
Police in the eastern Japan city Ito accepted the complaint on May 30 from the female passenger injured by a Takata air bag that ruptured in a Nissan X-Trail sport utility vehicle in October, according to a police spokesman.