U.S. Ford, Mazda issue do-not-drive warning for vehicles with Takata airbags

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Ford and Mazda have issued do-not-drive warnings for more than 457,000 vehicles equipped with recalled Takata airbags, U.S. federal safety regulators said on Tuesday.

"The defective airbags can explode when deployed, hurling metal fragments at the driver and passengers," said The Washington Post in its report about the move. "It's the latest in a line of advisories and recalls over the Takata devices spanning more than a decade."