Auto makers fail to meet NHTSA deadline on Takata repairs.

The Wall Street Journal (5/14, Spector, Subscription Publication, 6.17M) reports National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Deputy Administrator Heidi King sent a letter on Monday to 12 major auto makers stating that the agency is “concerned that certain higher-risk vehicles with defective Takata air bags remain unrepaired” despite NHTSA imposing a December 2017 deadline to have the “highest-priority vehicles” repaired. King requested the auto makers to provide details and a timeline on how they plan to repair the affected vehicles. The Journal reports that auto makers have fixed about 23 million of the 39 million vehicles recalled, but some car manufacturers have expressed concern that some vehicle owners have chosen to not have their vehicles fixed despite the urgent nature of the recall.