Federal Regulators Consider Ban on Chinese Air Bag Inflators Blamed for 10 Deaths

Federal regulators said the parts, likely illegally imported into the United States, can rupture in a crash and fatally injure occupants.

Traffic in Sacramento, Calif., on Nov. 2, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Federal auto safety regulators said they are considering a nationwide ban on air bag inflators and related components from a Chinese supplier after finding that the parts have been linked to deaths in otherwise survivable crashes.

In its initial findings published on April 2, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) identified “substandard” air bag inflators made by China’s Jilin Province Detiannuo Safety Technology (DTN) as the cause of 10 deaths and two serious injuries in a dozen crashes over the past three years.