(Bloomberg) — The U.S. government moved to preserve evidence in its investigation of defective Takata Corp. air-bag inflators, telling the company to turn over data from the devices that have been removed from the recalled cars.
Takata is prohibited from destroying or damaging recovered inflators except for the purposes of testing and is required to set aside 10% of the devices for plaintiffs in lawsuits. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also upgraded its investigation to an engineering analysis, a formal step that signals the agency believes there's a safety defect.
"This department is focused on protecting the American public from these defective air bags and at getting to the bottom of how they came to be included in millions of vehicles," Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement Wednesday.
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