(November 9, 2015) Bloomberg News reported this weekend that Nissan has joined Toyota and Honda in stating that they won't use key components made by airbag supplier Takata Corp., as more automakers distance themselves from the airbag supplier whose defective devices are behind the biggest ever automotive safety recall.

Mazda also said on Thursday its new cars will no longer use Takata airbag inflators, while Subaru-maker Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. and Mitsubishi are considering the same.

"In line with the recent announcement from the United States' National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, we have decided to no longer use inflators containing ammonium nitrate in airbags for future models," Dion Corbett, a Nissan spokesman, said in an e-mail on Saturday.  "We will continue to put our customers' safety first and work to replace the inflators in vehicles under recall as quickly as possible."

Honda, Toyota and Nissan are the three companies with the most vehicles recalled because of Takata's airbags, which have been found to rupture with excessive force and are linked to more than a hundred injuries and eight deaths.

Takata posted an 8.66 billion yen ($70 million) loss in the second quarter, and slashed its full-year net income forecast to 5 billion yen from 20 billion yen after incurring losses related to recalls.

On Friday, Toyota President Akio Toyoda said at a briefing in Tokyo that Takata inflators using ammonium nitrate won’t be adopted by Toyota. "What's most important above anything else is the safety and peace of mind of customers," Toyoda said.

Sources: Bloomberg News, Automotive News