Defective airbags are so dangerous that a massive
defective airbag recall has been issued.
Not exact matches
Today, Nissan and Toyota both announced expansions of their
recalls over
defective Takata
airbags, including nearly 1 million vehicles in the North America.
Airbag supplier Takata is subject to a $ 14,000 per day fine until it can fully comply with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's investigation into the
defective airbags that have caused
recalls in millions of vehicles in the U.S.
A new report from Reuters revealed six automakers are
recalling a total of 2.5 million vehicles due to
defective airbag inflators made by Takata.
So far, six deaths have been linked to this issue, and automakers including Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mazda, BMW, and GM have all issued
recalls for various models that have these
defective Takata - supplied
airbags.
Defective airbags that could improperly deploy are the cause of a Honda
recall affecting 7480,000 Pilots SUVs and Odyssey minivans.
Nearly 34 million cars in the U.S. and many overseas have been
recalled over the
defective airbags.
This
recall concerns possibly
defective inflator propellant that may cause the
airbags to deploy with too much pressure.
Other automakers affected by
defective Takata
airbags include Chevrolet, who issued a stop - sale of 2013 - 14 Chevrolet Cruze models last month; Honda, who
recalled more than 2 million vehicles in the U.S.; Nissan, who
recalled approximately 228,000 vehicles; Mazda, who
recalled approximately 34,000 cars in high - humidity states; and Toyota, who
recalled 844,277 models with Takata
airbags earlier this year.
This recent
recall from Toyota adds to the growing number of vehicles from various manufacturers being
recalled worldwide because of
defective airbag inflators made by Takata.
Ford and Chrysler are expanding their
recalls of vehicles equipped with
defective Takata
airbags that could explode in the event of a crash and send... More
Jaguar Land Rover will
recall 8,952 vehicles in China due to
defective airbags, the national quality watchdog said on Saturday.
• Three main
recalls affected the Leon models, the first was for a potentially
defective passenger
airbag.
On the same day that the American Honda Motor Company announced their plans to restate their current annual earnings statement to reflect a projected $ 363 - million in additional
recall expenses (caused by
defective Takata
airbags), they have also confirmed another death related to a
defective airbag in a Honda vehicle.
Toyota Motor Corp. today issued a massive
recall of 6.4 million vehicles worldwide for a range of glitches, from faulty
airbags and seat rails to
defective windshield wipers.The action covers five...
Volkswagen Canada has expanded its
recall of vehicles affected by
defective Takata
airbag inflators and will require some previously serviced vehicles to undergo further repairs.
There is an important
airbag recall from Honda due to a third party supplier providing Honda with
defective airbag inflators.
The Takata
airbag scandal shows no sign of letting up, with Lexus once more announcing
recalls for
defective airbags fitted to its products.
Toyota has
recalled close to 1.43 million units of its Prius hybrid cars worldwide citing
defective welds on the curtain side
airbag inflators.
In groundbreaking litigation at the forefront of what would become a Department of Justice investigation and the largest
defective product
recall in automobile history, Ms. Mincey alleged that the
airbag system in her car, manufactured by Takata Corporation, was
defective and that Takata knowingly hid the defect from consumers.
On Oct. 22, 2014, the NHTSA expanded the list of vehicles affected by the
recall of
defective Takata
airbag components to cover 10 automakers and 8 million vehicles.
But, consumers still need to take seriously critical safety issues in 1.4 million vehicles
recalled worldwide involving
defective airbags on the driver and passenger sides.
Toyota announced this week a
recall of Prius and Lexus models equipped with the
defective airbags manufactured by Sweden - based Autoliv Inc..
Following Takata's announcement in 2013 that some of their
airbags were
defective, tens of millions of vehicle's
airbags have been
recalled.
When
airbags are
defective, like those subject to the Takata
recall, the safety precautions and regulations may be of no use.
Nearly 70 million vehicles have been
recalled due to
defective Takata
airbags, making it the largest safety
recall in U.S. history.
Airbag explodes on steering wheelTK Holdings, the North American subsidiary of Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata, recently issued a large recall of defective airbags that impacts more than 3 million vehicles in the United S
Airbag explodes on steering wheelTK Holdings, the North American subsidiary of Japanese
airbag manufacturer Takata, recently issued a large recall of defective airbags that impacts more than 3 million vehicles in the United S
airbag manufacturer Takata, recently issued a large
recall of
defective airbags that impacts more than 3 million vehicles in the United States.
The latest tragedy highlights the shortcomings facing the massive 23 million vehicle
airbag recall in the U.S. To date, only about a quarter of all vehicles under the Takata
airbags recall have been serviced as more cars installed with the
defective airbags are added to the growing list.
Over 10 deaths and thousands of injuries have been linked to
defective Takata
airbag inflators, and now that the
recall has been expanded to include