 WHIU's Kirsten Garris, it's unlikely the bill will pass the Democrat-controlled Senate. A problem involving airbag inflators that just keeps getting worse. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, following three deaths and two life-altering injuries, is warning people about cheap, substandard airbag inflator replacements that it says were manufactured overseas. Airbag inflators that malfunctioned. Regulators are urging people buying used cars to get a full vehicle history report.