Ford Recalls Million Vehicles For Air Bag Inflators

<p><em>Ford recalls vehicles<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Ford Motor has said that it will begin notifying owners April 1 in its new recall of 2&period;9 million vehicles in North America with potentially defective driver-side Takata air bags after U&period;S&period; regulators demanded the fix in January&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The second largest U&period;S&period; automaker said in January it would comply with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration request and that the recall would cost &dollar;610 million&period; The defect&comma; which leads in rare instances to air bag inflators rupturing and sending potentially deadly metal fragments flying&comma; prompted the largest automotive&comma; <strong>Ford<&sol;strong> recalls&comma; in U&period;S history of more than 67 million inflators&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;