Sentences with phrase «air bag inflator»

Correction: Honda will notify owners with specific instructions for locating qualified dealers that will replace the driver side frontal air bag inflator in all affected vehicles, free of charge.

The affected vehicles have a passenger air bag inflator initiator that may fail to ignite during a crash, preventing the air bag from deploying.

The Japanese company will carry out preventive replacement of Driver Side Air Bag Inflator of 1040 units of Brio, 1235 units of Amaze -LSB-...]

WASHINGTON, March 20 - A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday will ask automakers and regulators why tens of millions of vehicles with faulty Takata air bag inflators remain on the road years after deaths prompted the largest auto safety recall in history.

Vehicles Affected: Certain model year 2003 through 2005 Honda Accord, Honda Civic, Honda CR - V, Honda Element, Honda Pilot and Acura MDX, model year 2003 & 2004 Honda Odyssey and model year 2005 Acura RL vehicles originally sold, or ever registered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and equipped with Takata - brand air bag inflators.

At first Chrysler agreed to replace passenger air bag inflators in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The affected vehicles have a driver - side curtain air bag inflator initiator that may fail to ignite during a crash, preventing the air bag from deploying.

Volkswagen will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front driver air bag inflator with an alternate inflator, free of charge.

The Problem: The side curtain air bag inflator diffuser may detach from the inflator body during side curtain air bag deployment, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.

Last week, seven other automakers said they were recalling vehicles in high - humidity regions of the United States at the request of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to see if faulty air bag inflators supplied by Takata had been installed...

GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflator on Saab 9 - 3 and 9 - 5 vehicles and will replace the driver's frontal airbag module on Saturn Astra vehicles, free of charge.

These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment or replacement equipment.

If either portion of the curtain shield air bag inflator ejects into the passenger cabin, there is an increased risk of injury to vehicle occupants.

Chrysler Group said it will notify some vehicle owners in four tropical regions that it will honor NHTSA's request to replace air bag inflators in 2006 Dodge Chargers.

WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters)- A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday will ask automakers and regulators why tens of millions of vehicles with faulty Takata air bag inflators remain on the road years after deaths prompted the largest auto safety recall in history.

Investigators in the U.S. and Canada are looking into a crash in the Canadian province of Newfoundland in which a woman was killed by an exploding air bag inflator made by ARC Automotive Inc. of Knoxville, Tennessee.

According to Toyota, the hybrids use air bag inflators composed of two chambers welded together.

DETROIT, June 30 (Reuters)- Takata Corp, the Japanese auto parts maker, said potentially defective air bag inflators, that could explode with too much force, were also shipped to Japanese automakers Subaru and Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

Owners need to have their vehicle remedied under recall 15V - 345 as soon as possible and, when the new air bag inflators are available, have their vehicles remedied again under this recall.

Heidi King, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's deputy administrator, said in written testimony that 21 million of the 50 million air bag inflators recalled by 19 automakers have been repaired to date.

The Fix: Dealers will replace the passenger's side front air bag inflators free of charge to owners.

«The acceleration of this recall is based on scientific evidence and will protect all Americans from air bag inflators that may become unsafe.»

Vehicles Affected: Certain 2003 - 2005 Subaru Legacy, Outback, and Baja vehicles, as well as 2004 - 2005 Subaru Impreza (including WRX / STi) vehicles that are currently or have ever been registered in Florida, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the U.S. Virgin Islands and that are equipped with Takata - brand passenger side frontal impact air bag inflators.

The deadly problem with exploding Takata air bag inflators continues to spread to newer vehicles, this time hitting a small number of 2015 GM vehicles.

The sunroof drainage system may allow water to soak into the foam surrounding the side head air bag inflator canister resulting in the corrosion of the canister.

In the meantime, Mazda will install a new production air bag inflator in these same vehicles under safety recall 15V - 345.

Commenting on the firm's representation of Takata Corp. in its highly sensitive $ 1 billion deal with the U.S. Department of Justice over air bag inflators, Steven Fagell says, «It was a very sensitive and very complicated matter, and there were other regulators that had taken an...

Vehicles Affected: certain 2003 through 2007 Mazda Mazda6, 2006 & 2007 Mazda Mazdaspeed6, 2004 Mazda MPV, and 2004 through 2008 Mazda RX - 8 vehicles originally sold in, or currently registered in Florida, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii, and equipped with Takata - brand air bag inflators.

The affected vehicles have seat - mounted side air bag inflator initiators that may fail to ignite during a crash.

Dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag inflator, free of charge.

It's part of a growing problem worldwide with air bag inflators made by Japanese auto parts supplier Takata Corp..

The affected vehicles have a front driver air bag inflator that may be misaligned to the air bag module backplate.

DETROIT (AP)-- Eight automakers are recalling more than 12 million vehicles in the U.S. to replace potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators.

A weld in the curtain shield air bag inflator may crack causing one or both portions of the inflator to eject into the passenger cabin.

The faulty air bag inflators have been linked to six deaths.

GM will notify owners with detailed instructions for contacting dealers that will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflator on Saab 9 - 3 and 9 - 5 vehicles and will replace the driver's frontal airbag module on Saturn Astra vehicles, free of charge.

Vehicles Affected: Certain 2003 through 2005 Toyota Corolla, Matrix, Sequoia, Tundra, Lexus SC430, and Pontiac Vibe vehicles currently registered in Florida, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and equipped with Takata - brand passenger side air bag inflators.

Last week, Honda recalled 63,200 cars due to defective Takata air bag inflators, following similiar recalls from Toyota, BMW and GM.

Since November 2008, multiple automakers including Honda, Toyota Motor Corp and BMW have recalled around 12.3 million vehicles globally due to Takata's driver - side and passenger - side air bag inflators that could explode.

Dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag inflator, free of charge.

If the air bag inflator initiator fails to ignite, the seat - mounted air bag will not deploy, increasing the risk of injury.

These replacement modules contain an air bag inflator that may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after long - term exposure to lower absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling.

«The air bag inflators in this particular group of vehicles pose a grave danger to drivers and passengers that must be fixed right away,» said NHTSA administrator Dr. Mark Rosekind.

The automaker recalled some model year 2016 CR - Vs on which the metal housing surrounding the driver's air bag inflator may have been built incorrectly.