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
been responsible for at least five deaths in the united states. awe all serious injuries too. cory burdick in an accident in florida. his lawyer says the airbag should have protected him. the airbag exploded, sent a piece of steel into his face, taking out one of his eyes. he is horribly disfigured. the manufacturer is takata one of the biggest in the word. for months takata tried to limit the recall saying the accidents occur in areas with very high humidity. the government unsatisfied with such claims, pounded takata with $1 million in fines. of until now, takata refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. that changes today. reporter: the most serious accidents so far involved hondas, but the recall also involves fords, chryslers, mazdas, bmws, in all 11 manufacturers and parts
now he s horribly disfigured, unfortunately. the air bag manufacturer is the japanese company takata, one of the biggest in the world the for months, takata has tried to limit the recall saying the accidents occur only in areas with very high humidity. the government, unsatisfied with such claims, pounded takata with more than $1 million in fines. up until now, takata has refused to acknowledge that their air bags are defective. that changes today. the most serious accident so far have involved hondas, but the recall involves fords, chryslers, mazdas, bmws, in all, 11 manufacturers and parts suppliers so far and the recall process could be a long one. the big question is how long is this going to take? nobody knows that yet. there is no question, it could be some years. the manufacturer issued a statement saying it remains committed to consumer safety, but like the government, it does not yet know why the air bags are exploding. although takata has devoted some
people who are not protectionists, that would mean we would still be buying 1957 fords, or chevys, which are actually pretty good. but you d be getting planned obsolescence. i don t can t put out a junker anymore. toyota has changed the standard. cars must last almost forever. and they do. and our cars are fords our chevys, our gm cars, our chryslers, they re really good cars today because of international competition. you can t tell a worker in ohio here is my speech, he can t buy a foreign car. they know if you can t buy a foreign car you, can t buy a good american car. nobody is saying you can t buy a foreign car. i ve been through this. the labor unions in the 70s were trying to stop all trade. look at a big free trader protectionists. but it s not just protectionists who have raised real problems with this bill. i know that. should we listen to pure protectionists in this argument? how about listen to paul