How Deadly Airbags Are Getting Inside Cars

致命安全气囊如何进入汽车内部

The Journal.

2026-07-25

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Tickets for our live show in New York are on sale now! Get yours here.  Airbags are meant to save lives, but imported, counterfeit parts have killed at least 10 U.S. drivers. and regulators have don't know how many more are in cars on the road today. WSJ’s Ryan Felton breaks down the market for these parts, the race to figure out where they’re coming from and how you can stay safe. Ryan Knutson hosts. Further Listening: - The Shake-Up Coming for Car Dealerships - The Repo Man Is Busier Than Ever Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Live from New York, it's The Journal.

  • That's right.

  • Jess and I are back with another live show in New York City, this time on Wednesday, September 9th.

  • We're going to be at City Winery for an evening of sharp reporting, insider conversation, and special guests.

  • And probably wine?

  • I hope so.

  • Either way, you won't want to miss it.

  • Tickets are on sale now.

  • Check out the link in our show notes.

  • See you there.

  • A few years ago, Ui Sok Kang was living in Texas, where he was going to flight school.

  • He was driving along a Texas highway in a used Chevy Malibu he had bought earlier that year.

  • And he lost control of his car while he was driving.

  • Kang is originally from South Korea.

  • Our colleague Ryan Felton recently interviewed him about that night through a translator.

  • Walk through from there just what happened in the moments before he lost control of the car.

  • That day was heavy rain and my car was hydroplaning on the highway.

  • Kang's car slid across the road, right into the path of a pickup truck.

  • The two collided and Kang's front airbag went off and the car came to a stop.

  • He started to take stock of what had happened.