U.S. car-safety regulators intensified a probe of a lesser-known air-bag manufacturer after a fatal rupture in Canada, drawing broader scrutiny to the devices in the wake of record recalls of vehicles with Takata Corp. equipment with similar problems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday upgraded an investigation of ARC Automotive Inc. to a so-called engineering analysis after one of the Tennessee company’s air bags ruptured in July and killed a driver in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, the...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 04, 2016 19:41 UTC