BC Mack Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 the only downside for the DRL in Canada is that in recent years the dash lights now come on automatically, so on the dark winter mornings the reduced intensity led headlights shine in front enough to see, the dash is bright.. but NO tail lights... if not for the glow from inside the car I would be rear ending them... and they wonder why I'm honking my horn, overtaking and turning my lights on-off to advise them of their error, but I've now figured they are clueless about driving skills and their accident will soon happen by karma. same in US spec???? used to be that you had to turn the switch 'on' to get dash lights.. and a dark speedo triggered you to switch the lights on.... fed rule must have changed..!! progress? many years ago, early 70's, we had a game we played when driving in the UK in daytime... called "flash a Volvo"... Volvo were the first to mass introduce safety daytime lighting on new cars, front side and rear tail, on the 144? and it used to piss off the owner no end having everyone flashing their headlights at them to say "your lights are on!!!".. BC Mack 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-376309 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted November 19, 2017 Author Share Posted November 19, 2017 U.S. rejects Ford, Mazda petitions to delay recall of Takata airbags Reuters / November 17, 2017 WASHINGTON -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday it was rejecting a petition by Ford Motor Co. to delay recall of about 3 million vehicles with potentially defective airbag inflators to conduct additional testing. The agency said it did not find the request by Ford to defer a recall until additional testing was conducted "reasonable under the circumstances or supported by the testing and data it has collected to date." Takata inflators can explode with excessive force, unleashing metal shrapnel inside cars and trucks. At least 18 deaths and 180 injuries worldwide have been tied to the defect that led Takata Corp. to file for bankruptcy protection in June and prompted at least 19 automakers to issue recalls. NHTSA also rejected a similar petition filed by Mazda Motor Co. covering about 6,000 vehicles. Mazda said in a statement it "takes our customers' safety as a single-minded top priority and continues to work hand-in-hand with NHTSA." The public can comment on NHTSA's decision until Dec. 18 on both Ford and Mazda's petitions. Mazda said it would "provide further information once NHTSA issues its final determination." Ford did not immediately say if it plans to challenge the agency's decision. "We will cooperate with the agency, as we always do," a spokeswoman said. The vehicles in question include the 2007-11 Ford Ranger, 2006-12 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2006-11 Mercury Milan, and 2007-10 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. In June, NHTSA said new testing prompted Takata to declare inflators defective in Ford, Nissan Motor Co. and Mazda vehicles in some driver-side airbags. Nissan agreed to a recall of 515,000 vehicles in July. NHTSA did agree in 2016 to a request by General Motors to delay a recall of 2.5 million vehicles with Takata airbag inflators as the Detroit automaker conducts additional testing to determine if the vehicles should have replacement inflators. Separately, a report issued Friday by an independent monitor of the Takata recalls said more than 10 million U.S. vehicles and 18.5 million faulty Takata airbag inflators remain unrepaired under the largest ever auto safety recall. Takata said in June that it has recalled, or expected to recall, about 125 million vehicles worldwide by 2019, including more than 60 million in the United States. The report said there are 43.1 million Takata airbag inflators under recall in 31.5 million vehicles today, with the tally to be expanded to about 65 million inflators by the end of 2018. Of those, 24.6 million inflators in 20 million vehicles have been repaired, the report found. In 2019, another 4.1 million vehicles will be recalled to replace interim repair inflators. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-385368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 Ford urges 2,900 pickup owners to stop driving after new Takata death Reuters / January 11, 2018 WASHINGTON -- Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it had confirmed a second death in an older pickup truck caused by a defective Takata airbag inflator and urged 2,900 owners in North America to stop driving immediately until they can get replacement parts. The second largest U.S. automaker said it confirmed in late December that a July 2017 crash death in West Virginia in a 2006 Ford Ranger was caused by a defective Takata inflator. It previously reported a similar death in South Carolina that occurred in December 2015. Ford said both Takata deaths occurred with inflators built on the same day installed in 2006 Ranger pickups. At least 21 deaths worldwide are linked to the Takata inflators that can rupture and send deadly metal fragments into the driver's body. The faulty inflators have led to the largest automotive recall in history. The other 19 deaths have occurred in Honda Motor Co. vehicles, most of which were in the United States. Ford issued a new recall for automobiles that had been previously recalled in 2016. Of those 391,000 2004-2006 Ranger vehicles, the new recall announced on Thursday affects 2,900 vehicles. These include 2,700 in the United States and nearly 200 in Canada. The new recall will allow for identification of the 2,900 owners in the highest risk pool. A Mazda Motor Corp. spokeswoman said Thursday the company would conduct a similar recall and stop drive warning for some 2006 Mazda B-series trucks, which were built by Ford and are similar to the Ranger. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urged owners to heed Ford's warning. "It is extremely important that all high-risk air bags are tracked down and replaced immediately," NHTSA spokeswoman Karen Aldana said. Ford said it would pay to have vehicles towed to dealerships or send mobile repair teams to owners' homes and provide free loaners if needed. Takata said in June that it has recalled, or expected to recall, about 125 million vehicles worldwide by 2019, including more than 60 million in the United States. Some 19 automakers worldwide are impacted. Takata inflators can explode with excessive force, unleashing metal shrapnel inside cars and trucks and have injured more than 200. The defect led Takata to file for bankruptcy protection in June. Chinese-owned supplier Key Safety Systems Inc. has purchased Takata's viable assets out of bankruptcy court. Criminal charges In 2017, prosecutors in Detroit charged three former senior Takata executives with falsifying test results to conceal the inflator defect. None have come to the United States to face charges. Last year, Takata pleaded guilty to wire fraud and were subject to pay a total of $1 billion in criminal penalties in a U.S. court in connection with the recalls. Automakers have struggled to get enough replacement parts for the massive recalls. A November NHTSA report said about two-thirds of U.S. vehicles recalled have not yet been repaired. U.S. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said in a statement on Thursday the latest death is evidence of "the very definition of a failed recall" pointing to the earlier Ford death in 2015. NHTSA must do more, he said, to make the recall a priority. In November, NHTSA rejected a petition from Ford to delay recalling 3 million vehicles with potentially defective airbag inflators to conduct additional testing. In June 2016, NHTSA warned airbag inflators on more than 300,000 unrepaired recalled 2001-2003 model year Honda vehicles showed a substantial risk of rupturing, and urged owners to stop driving them until getting them fixed. NHTSA said they have as high as a 50 percent chance of a rupture in a crash. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-389507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 I've received recall notices for the airbags on my 2007 Ranger but they state that the parts are not available and that I will be notified when the parts are in. In July, 2017, I received a flaming orange postcard from Ford telling me that I have been notified about the airbag recall and why haven't I had it fixed yet (basically yelling at me for waiting for a notice that never came). I called my local Ford dealer, where I had purchased the truck in 2007, and the service rep told me that he parts are not in and to ignore the postcard. Just sitting here waiting for another postcard yelling at me for not having the truck repaired with non-existent parts. bulldogboy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-389530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 Ford faces questions from U.S. senators over 'do not drive' warning Reuters / January 18, 2018 WASHINGTON -- Two senators asked the Transportation Department on Thursday to explain why a "do not drive" directive issued last week by Ford Motor Co. is limited to about 2,900 older pickup trucks and if other vehicles are potentially at risk from defective airbag inflators. The company said it had confirmed a second death in a 2006 Ford Ranger caused by a faulty Takata Corp. airbag inflator and urged some owners to stop driving immediately until they can get replacement parts. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should "swiftly and proactively address the deadly defect in Takata airbags and provide consumers with appropriate notice regarding the defect’s serious potential risk to life," wrote Senators Richard Blumenthal and Edward Markey, both Democrats, to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. Ford said both deaths in 2006 Ranger pickups occurred with inflators built on the same day. In a recall notice filed with NHTSA, Ford said data from the two incidents and an anomalous test all occurred with inflators from the same propellant production lot. The recall applies to Ford Rangers with inflators built on two days in September 2005, the company said. A NHTSA spokeswoman declined to immediately comment on the letter. Ford spokeswoman Elizabeth Weigandt said the automaker is "still investigating the issue with these inflators." At least 21 deaths worldwide are linked to the Takata inflators that can rupture and send deadly metal fragments into the driver’s body. The faulty inflators have led to the largest automotive recall in history. The other 19 deaths have occurred in Honda Motor Co. vehicles, most of which were in the United States. Ford issued a separate recall for trucks previously recalled in 2016. Of those 391,000 2004-06 Ranger vehicles, last week's recall affects 2,900 vehicles in North America, most in the United States. The company is paying to tow vehicles to dealerships for repairs and providing free loaners. The senators want NHTSA to require the same "do not drive" warning for all previously recalled Rangers unless Ford can explain why they do not pose the same heightened risk. Mazda Motor Corp. issued a similar recall and stop drive warning for 160 2006 Mazda B-Series trucks, which were built by Ford. Takata said in a statement it "strongly urges vehicle owners to check" to see if vehicles have been recalled. NHTSA also urged owners to heed Ford's warning. Takata said it would recall, or expects to recall, about 125 million vehicles from 19 automakers worldwide by 2019, including more than 60 million in the United States. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-390020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Ford, Mazda expand 'do not drive' warning to additional pickups Reuters / February 12, 2018 WASHINGTON -- Ford Motor Co said Monday it is expanding an urgent warning to another 33,000 owners of older pickups in North America not to drive them until they get repairs because of a potentially defective Takata Corp. airbag inflator. Ford in January had urged 2,900 owners of 2006 Ford Ranger pickups to stop driving immediately until they can get replacement parts after a second death was linked to inflators built on the same day. The expansion of the warning was prompted by additional testing, the company said in a statement, and now covers a broader timeframe of production. Mazda Motor Corp. said it was issuing a similar expansion for about 1,800 2006 Mazda B-series trucks that were built by Ford after it had issued a warning for 160 trucks in January. NHTSA said the vehicles pose “an immediate risk to safety” and asked owners to immediately schedule a free repair. Ford and Mazda have replacement airbag inflators available now and will tow vehicles to a dealership for repair, and provide loaner vehicles free of charge, the companies and agency said. About 90 percent of the vehicles subject to the "do not drive" warning are in the United States. Two U.S. senators in January questioned why Ford’s warning applied only to a small number of the 391,000 2004-06 Ranger trucks recalled for Takata airbags in 2016 in the United States. Ford said last month a July 2017 crash death in West Virginia in a 2006 Ford Ranger was caused by a defective Takata inflator after a similar 2015 death in South Carolina. At least 22 deaths worldwide are linked to the Takata inflators that can rupture and send deadly metal fragments into the driver’s body. The faulty inflators have led to the largest automotive recall in history. The other 20 deaths have occurred in Honda Motor Co. vehicles, most of which were in the United States. About a quarter of the 2,900 vehicles have been repaired since Ford issued the warning last month, the company said Monday. Takata in June said that it has recalled, or expected to recall, about 125 million vehicles worldwide by 2019, including more than 60 million in the United States. About 19 automakers worldwide are affected. Takata inflators can explode with excessive force, unleashing metal shrapnel inside cars and trucks and have injured more than 200 people. The defect led Takata to file for bankruptcy protection in June. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-391866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Ford to Pay $299.1 Million to Settle Takata Consumer Lawsuit Bloomberg / July 16, 2018 Ford Motor Co. has agreed to pay $299.1 million to settle consumers’ economic-loss claims connected to Takata Corp. air-bag recalls. The settlement, filed in federal court in Miami Monday, reimburses consumers for out-of-pocket expenses and provides free loaners for owners or lessees of Ford vehicles who are waiting for their air bags to be fixed, according to the pact. The settlement will also increase outreach efforts to find consumers whose vehicles still have defective air bags. Ford is the latest automaker to settle the economic loss claims, following a $533 million agreement last year by Toyota Motor Corp., Subaru Corp., Mazda Motor Corp. and BMW AG and a separate pact by Nissan Motor Co. for $98 million. General Motors Co., Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz continue to litigate these claims, plaintiffs’ lawyers said in a statement Monday. The massive Takata air-bag recalls, the largest in history, led to the company filing for bankruptcy in 2017 and spurred lawsuits by consumers and accident victims. The air bags can malfunction and send shards of metal at drivers and passengers. Monday’s settlement doesn’t cover personal injury or wrongful death claims. The consumers sued the automakers and Takata claiming they incurred economic losses, including costs of renting vehicles, while waiting for air bags to be replaced. The Ford settlement will cover about 6 million vehicles and requires court approval. “These settlements are proving to be vital in protecting consumers from dangerous Takata airbags,” Peter Prieto, lead counsel for the plaintiffs, said in a statement. “We remain focused on working with our customers to get their vehicles repaired,” Elizabeth Weigandt, a Ford spokeswoman, said in an email Monday. “Parts are available for all of the Ford vehicles in priority groups one through three, and we urge customers to contact their dealer immediately for free repairs.” The case is In re: Takata Airbag Product Liability Litigation, 15-md-02599, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida (Miami). Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-402559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 it would be a lot nicer of them to actually get the parts to replace the defective air bags. my 87 year old parents are in a car with no airbags because there are no replacement parts available to fix their car. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-402569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxidyne Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 The frontal airbag was promoted by Nader as an attempt to offer some crash protection to drivers and passengers too dumb to use a seat belt. Having used seat belts from the 60s I've been forced to pay for air bags I don't need in four new vehicles so far. Now that those mandated frontal air bags are explosively failing and with 90% of drivers using the shoulder harnesses, they should become an extra cost option on new vehicles and those of us who wish to have these worthless frontal airbags removed from our current vehicles should be able to have that done for free and be reimbursed for the initial cost of these unwanted impositions on our vehicles. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-402571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 On 7/17/2018 at 6:04 AM, tjc transport said: it would be a lot nicer of them to actually get the parts to replace the defective air bags. my 87 year old parents are in a car with no airbags because there are no replacement parts available to fix their car. I don't own any vehicles with air bags...except for the Mack, but those are all in the suspension. I'm perfectly OK with that, too. 1 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-403162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 i agree Rowdy. my 2014 pickup has them, but they are disabled. everything else i own is old enough to not have those silly things because they are actually made of steel, not plastic like newer cars. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-403190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyT Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Ksb, I stand corrected! as I see many cars to date without DRLs it make sense they aren't required equipment! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-403514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 4 hours ago, BillyT said: Ksb, I stand corrected! as I see many cars to date without DRLs it make sense they aren't required equipment! DRL's are a regional thing. Canada requires them. US does not for now. .but some states do require them. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-403525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Actually air bags are very important...they keep a lot of lawyers rolling in the money!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-403560 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 On 1/13/2018 at 2:16 AM, bulldogboy said: I've received recall notices for the airbags on my 2007 Ranger but they state that the parts are not available and that I will be notified when the parts are in. In July, 2017, I received a flaming orange postcard from Ford telling me that I have been notified about the airbag recall and why haven't I had it fixed yet (basically yelling at me for waiting for a notice that never came). I called my local Ford dealer, where I had purchased the truck in 2007, and the service rep told me that he parts are not in and to ignore the postcard. Just sitting here waiting for another postcard yelling at me for not having the truck repaired with non-existent parts. bulldogboy Ford offers dealers $1,000 bonuses to fix recalled Rangers Michael Martinez, Automotive News / August 7, 2018 Ford Motor Co. is offering its U.S. dealers $1,000 for every 2006 Ranger covered by a “do not drive” warning that they find and fix, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday. The affected vehicles were built with potentially defective Takata Corp. airbag inflators. Ford in February expanded the "do not drive" warning to include 36,330 of the pickups, although the number was later revised to 33,320. Ford spokeswoman Elizabeth Weigandt said the automaker has accounted for or repaired about 75 percent of the recalled Rangers and decided to take "additional, unprecedented measures" by offering dealers incentives to find the remaining trucks. Ford told retailers they can earn $1,000 for each Ranger they locate and repair. "We want to get to these vehicles as quickly as we can," she told Automotive News. "We just don’t want our customers driving these vehicles at all." The affected Rangers were built from August through December 2005 at Ford's now-shuttered Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul, Minn. The defective inflators can explode with excessive force, unleashing metal shrapnel inside vehicles. The problem led to the largest automotive recall in history and forced Takata to file for bankruptcy protection in June 2017. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-403740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Yay, I had my 2007 Ranger's passenger side airbag activator replaced today!!!! bulldogboy Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-403745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 GM seeks continued exemption from Takata airbag recalls Sarah Kominek, Automotive News / June 20, 2019 General Motors filed a petition with NHTSA for the fourth straight year to avoid recalling millions of vehicles with Takata airbag inflators. The petition was posted in the Federal Register on Wednesday by NHTSA but was originally filed by GM on Jan. 11, 2019. The automaker requested the administration exempt GM from recalls that would require the company to replace the airbag inflators in more than 6 million trucks and SUVs. In a 2015 agreement with the U.S. government, Takata declared GM's front passenger inflators defective. Takata eventually filed for bankruptcy and in 2018 its safety products business was acquired for $1.6 billion by Chinese-owned Key Safety Systems, which has since renamed the business Joyson Safety Systems. At least 24 fatalities and about 200 injuries have been blamed on the Japanese company's malfunctioning airbag inflators, which exploded during accidents and spread shrapnel into passenger compartments. After NHTSA extended rulings on previous petitions, GM said it investigated and analyzed long-term performance of the inflators and found they "do not present an unreasonable risk to safety." GM said in the recent petition that the Takata inflators provided to the automaker "are not used by any other original equipment manufacturer" and are safe because of their unique design features. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-425831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Technician Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 (edited) Buy all the government surplus flak jackets from the Vietnam era. Put cool GM emblems all over them. Have a famous, beautiful, model walk down the catwalk wearing one. Popularize the fashion and send them to Takata customers with a pair of designer safety glasses called “GM performance driving glasses”. That way tax payers won’t have to bail them out again and pay for someone else’s air bag recall. Edited June 23, 2019 by Mack Technician Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-425980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 Former airbag maker Takata spurs 1.4 million-unit recall on deadly flaw Bloomberg / December 4, 2019 Takata Corp., the auto supplier that went bankrupt after its airbags spurred the largest-ever automotive recall, told U.S. safety regulators that another 1.4 million U.S. vehicles need to be repaired over a potentially deadly defect. Inflator devices Takata supplied to five of the world’s biggest car manufacturers may absorb moisture that could either cause the airbag to rupture or under-inflate, according to a notice published on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website. The recall involves components produced from 1995 through 1999 and sold to Volkswagen Group's Audi, Toyota, Honda, BMW and Mitsubishi. Takata supplied tens of millions of defective airbag inflators for years that were prone to exploding in a crash and injuring or killing car occupants by spraying metal shards. The Japanese parts maker pleaded guilty as part of a $1 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over its handling of the issue. Past Takata recalls were blamed on its use of ammonium nitrate as a propellant used to inflate airbags. For its latest safety campaign, the company is citing a manufacturing issue that affected inflators that used a non-azide propellant. Takata said it produced and sold 4.45 million of them globally during the time period covered by the recall. According to Takata’s safety recall report to the NHTSA, the number of inflators it produced for vehicles sold in the U.S. was “substantially smaller but is not precisely known at this time.” Because of the age of the potentially affected vehicles, only a portion remain in service, the company said. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-437400 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 On the subject of airbags..................... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Toyota recalls 3.4 million vehicles because TRW airbags won’t deploy Reuters / January 21, 2020 WASHINGTON -- Toyota is recalling 3.4 million vehicles worldwide because of an electronic glitch that can result in airbags not deploying in crashes. The recall, which includes 2.9 million U.S. vehicles, covers 2011-19 Corolla, 2011-13 Matrix, 2012-18 Avalon and 2013-18 Avalon Hybrid vehicles. The vehicles may have an electronic control unit that does not have adequate protection against electrical noise that can occur in crashes, which could lead to incomplete or non-deployment of the airbags. It could also impede the operation of seat-belt pretensioners. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in April expanded a probe into 12.3 million potentially defective airbags covering a number of automakers, including the vehicles Toyota is recalling. NHTSA said in April it had identified two frontal crash events, including one fatal crash "involving Toyota products where (electrical overstress) is suspected as the likely cause" of airbags not deploying. Both involved newer Corolla cars. NHTSA said the TRW airbags under investigation were installed in more than 12 million vehicles from 2010 through 2019 sold by Toyota, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Honda Motor Co., Hyundai Motor Co., Kia Motors Corp. and Mitsubishi. They were equipped with an airbag control unit initially produced by TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., which is now owned by ZF Friedrichshafen. In total, NHTSA said as many as eight deaths could be tied to the issue. Hyundai, Kia and Fiat Chrysler previously issued recalls for more than 2.5 million vehicles with the TRW airbag control units in question that might not deploy in crashes. When it recalled nearly 2 million vehicles for airbag non-deployments in 2016, Fiat Chrysler said it had reports of three deaths and five injuries that might be related to the defect. Hyundai and Kia ultimately recalled more than 1 million vehicles for airbag non-deployment concerns in 2018. Hyundai and Kia in 2018 said they had reports of four deaths and six injuries in North America tied to the issue. Toyota dealers will install a noise filter between the airbag control module and its wire harness if needed. Toyota declined to say how many deaths or injuries have been tied to the defect. Toyota will notify vehicle owners of the recall by mid-March. On Wednesday, Toyota said it is recalling 361,000 older vehicles worldwide for potentially defective air bag inflators. The defect involves a different type of Takata inflator than those that have prompted the largest-ever auto safety recalls worldwide covering more than 42 million U.S. vehicles by 19 automakers with Takata air bag inflators. Honda Motor Co. said on Tuesday it will recall 2.7 million older U.S. vehicles in North America for the same type of Takata inflator that Toyota is also recalling. Toyota's new recall covers some 1998-2000 Toyota RAV4, 1998-99 RAV4 EV, 1998-99 Celica and 1997-98 Model Year Supra vehicles with a non-azide front driver airbag inflator, including 139,000 in the United States. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-441123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 A little pissed hadda drive 240 miles to have my defects fixed no compensation for my getting put out ass clowns if I wanted jap parts on my car I would have bought jap in the first place..bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-441358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Ok let me redo this if I wanted to pay for faughty overpriced jap parts I would have just bought a Toyota..... bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-441360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 i finally had the air bags replaced in the parents car last week. it took 3 years for ford to get replacements. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-441366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Yes same problem here 2014 Mustang two round trips to Fallon Nevada 60 miles each way first time they didn’t have everything they needed second time I fixed it then again I had to take it back for the passenger side I don’t know why they didn’t just take them out entirely what difference does it make I could’ve been killed by the bags themselves why not just remove them seems some ass clown could’ve figured that out well he might be safer with out them Now we’re supposed to buy the fact these will do the trick that’s what they told us about the first ones .... idiots ..... bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47366-the-takata-air-bag-recall/page/2/#findComment-441371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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