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refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. that changes today. >> reporter: the most serious accidents have occurred in hondas. but the recall also involves fords, chryslers, mazdas bmws. in all 11 manufacturers and parts suppliers. and there could be more. >> how long is this going to take? nobody knows that yet. there is no question it could be some years. >> reporter: the manufacturer issued a statement saying it remains committed to consumer safety but like the government it does not yet know why the airbags are exploding. although takata has devoted tremendous resources to these efforts with some of the leading researchers, it is clear this is a complex issue which takes time to fully evaluate. i'm hearing that it may take up to a year for all the replacement parts to even be in place. but to your second question chris, how do you know if your car is involved go to the website safercar.gov. there you can put in your vehicle identification number the v.i.n. number.
sent a 3 1/2 inch piece of steel into his face. >> reporter: now federal authorities are saying enough launching a recall of 34 million cars nearly doubled the original number thought to be involved. >> airbag inflaters we suspected did not work correctly. and we believe that they have been responsible for at least five deaths in the united states. >> reporter: the airbag manufacturer is the japanese company takata. and for months the company tried to limit the recall saying the problem was appearing only in areas with high humidity. government didn't buy it. pounding takata with more than $1 million in fines. >> up until now takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. that changes today. >> reporter: the most serious accidents have occurred in hondas but the recall also involves fords, chryslers, mazdas bmws. in all 11 manufacturers and parts suppliers. there could be more. >> how long is this going to take? nobody knows that yet. there's no question it could be
amount first thought to be involved. >> we believe that they have been responsible for at least five deaths in the united states. >> the air bag manufacturer is the japanese company, takata. for months the company tried to limit the recall saying the problem was appearing only in areas with high humidity and the government didn't buy it pounding takata with more than $1 million in fines. >> up until now takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective, and that changes today. >> the most serious accidents have occurred in hondas but the recall also occurs in 11 other manufacturers and parts suppliers, and there could be more. >> how long is it going to take? nobody knows that yet. there could be a question that it could be years. >> they do not know why the airbags are exploding.
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exsploeded and sent a 3.5 inch piece of steel in his face taking out one of his eyes. >> the japanese company takata one of the biggest in the world. for months takata has been trying to limit the recall saying the accidents occur only in areas with very high humidity. the government unsatisfied with claims pounded takata with more than a million dollars in fines. >> up until now takata has refused to acknowledge that their air bags are defective. that changes today. >> the most serious accidents so far have involved hondas but the recall involved vofs fords chryslers, pmws, 11 manufacturers and parts suppliers so far. >> the big question is how long is this going to take. nobody knows that. pit could be some years. >> the manufacturer issued a statement saying it remains committed to consumer safety but like the government it does not
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