Thousands of defective Takata airbag inflators are still in cars that have not been brought in for repair in response to recall notices By Takata Special Master/Trustee Boston— The funds set up to compensate victims of Takata's defective airbag inflators have announced they are making approximately $46 million in additional awards for individuals injured or killed by an exploding or aggressively deploying Takata airbag inflator. Eric Green, trustee of the Takata Airbag Tort Compensation Fund established by the Takata Bankruptcy in 2018 and Special Master of the Individual Restitution Fund established as part of Takata's criminal guilty plea in 2017, said that the additional awards are going to 161 claimants already deemed eligible by the funds.