The ARC Automotive manufacturing plant is seen, July 14, 2015 in Knoxville, Tenn. Adam Lau/AP hide caption
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BMW is warning the owners of about 90,000 older vehicles in the U.S. not to drive them due to an increasing threat that the air bags can explode in a crash. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption
Stellantis, formerly Fiat Chrysler, is warning owners of 276,000 older vehicles to stop driving them after Takata air bags apparently exploded, killing three more people. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
This combination of photos shows clockwise from top left the logos for Toyota, Honda, Kia, Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi and Hyundai. U.S. auto safety regulators have expanded an investigation into malfunctioning air bag controls to include 12.3 million vehicles because the bags may not inflate in a crash. AP hide caption
Takata CEO Shigehisa Takada speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Monday, as the Japanese air bag maker is seeking bankruptcy protection in Japan and the U.S. The company has been under financial pressure from lawsuits and recall costs related to its of defective air bag inflators. Shizuo Kambayashi/AP hide caption
Takata Corp.'s chief financial officer Yoichiro Nomura leaves federal court in Detroit on Monday. Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. pleaded guilty to fraud and agreed to pay $1 billion in penalties for concealing an air bag defect. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
Parts of pyro-electric air bag initiators are shown in a production line at the international automotive supplier Takata Ignition Systems GmbH in Schoenebeck, Germany. Jens Meyer/AP hide caption
Mark Rosekind, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, speaks Wednesday during a news conference on Takata air bags in Washington, D.C. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
The 2002 Honda CR-V is one of dozens of car models subject to a recall for faulty air bags. The air bag manufacturer, Takata, supplies bags for more than 30 percent of all cars and is one of only three large air bag suppliers. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety/AP hide caption