The government says Takata will be fined $14,000 a day for faulty airbags.

       The US government has said it will fine Takata $14,000 a day if it refuses to investigate the safety of its airbags.
       The company’s airbags, which exploded after deploying, spewing shrapnel, have been linked to 25 million vehicle recalls worldwide and at least six deaths, according to The Wall Street Journal.
        U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Fox said on Friday that U.S. regulators will impose fines until the Japanese airbag supplier cooperates with the investigation. He also called on federal legislation to “provide the tools and resources needed to change the security culture for attackers like Takata.”
        “Safety is our shared responsibility, and Takata’s failure to fully cooperate with our investigation is unacceptable and unacceptable,” Secretary of State Fox said. “Every day that Takata does not fully comply with our requests, we impose another fine on them.”
        Takata said it was “surprised and disappointed” by the new fine and countered that the company met “regularly” with NHTSA engineers to determine the cause of the safety issue. The company added that it provided the NHTSA with nearly 2.5 million documents during the investigation.
       ”We strongly disagree with their assertion that we have not fully cooperated with them,” Takata said in a statement. “We remain fully committed to working with NHTSA to improve vehicle safety for drivers.”