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US reviews problem with vehicles’ side air bags

By Tom Krisher

 |  Associated Press  

  February 22, 2012

Federal safety regulators are investigating a problem with side air bags that may fail to inflate in a crash. The problem already has caused recalls of more than 2,700 Toyota, Honda, Subaru and Nissan vehicles, but that number could grow if the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration determines that more automakers used similar defective parts.

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