Ford has warned owners of certain older Ranger pickup trucks not to drive them after learning about a new death from a ruptured Takata air bag. Ford said the death happened on July 1 in West Virginia and was reported to the auto maker on Dec. 22. Ford inspectors confirmed days later that a faulty Takata air bag inflater ruptured, “resulting in a driver fatality,” the company said in a statement. The fatality brings the death toll from defective Takata air bags to 15 in the U.S. and 21 globally, along with hundreds of injuries. Defective inflaters cause the air bags to rupture with too much force, spraying shrapnel inside the vehicle.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 11, 2018 20:15 UTC