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Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Full List of Affected Vehicles
The automotive world and beyond is buzzing about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the United States from nearly two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them.
More than 29 million vehicles from 35 brands have potentially dangerous airbags.
See all affected models with latest updates as of 8/8/18, 3:30 p.m.
Article from Car & Driver : https://www.caranddriver.com/news/m...know-including-full-list-of-affected-vehicles
MSN Article from Car & Driver : https://www.msn.com/en-ca/autos/new...hicles/ar-BBLGBJ7?li=AAggNb9&ocid=mailsignout
We will update this list as soon as new information is available,
but you can access NHTSA’s own running tally of affected vehicles here :
https://www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/takata-recall-spotlight
For further information about your specific vehicle, go to the manufacturer’s consumer website
or use NHTSA’s VIN-lookup tool :
https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/
This story (partial below) was originally published on October 21, 2014.
It has subsequently been updated to reflect the latest findings and official list of affected vehicles.
Initially, only six makes were involved when Takata announced the fault in April 2013, but a Toyota recall in June this year-along with new admissions from Takata that it had little clue as to which cars used its defective inflators, or even what the root cause was-prompted more automakers to issue identical recalls. In July, NHTSA forced additional regional recalls in high-humidity areas including Florida, Hawaii, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to gather removed parts and send them to Takata for review.
Another major recall issued on October 20 expanded the affected vehicles across several brands. For its part, Toyota said it would begin to replace defective passenger-side inflators starting October 25; if parts are unavailable, however, it has advised its dealers to disable the airbags and affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard.
According to the Times, Honda and Takata allegedly have known about the faulty inflators since 2004 but failed to notify NHTSA in previous recall filings (which began in 2008) that the affected airbags had actually ruptured or were linked to injuries and deaths.
Takata first said that propellant chemicals were mishandled and improperly stored during assembly, which supposedly caused the metal airbag inflators to burst open due to excessive pressure inside. In July, the company blamed humid weather and spurred additional recalls.
According to documents reviewed by Reuters, Takata says that rust, bad welds, and even chewing gum dropped into at least one inflator are also at fault. The same documents show that in 2002, Takata’s plant in Mexico allowed a defect rate that was “six to eight times above” acceptable limits, or roughly 60 to 80 defective parts for every 1 million airbag inflators shipped.
The company’s study has yet to reach a final conclusion and report the findings to NHTSA.
LATEST UPDATES
8/8/18, 3:30 p.m.: Ford wants to fix every 2006 Ranger pickup so badly, it’s willing to pay dealerships $1000 to find every last one. The incentive now applies to approximately 8300 such pickups with faulty Takata airbags out of 33,320 affected in the recall. Of approximately 37 million vehicles recalled to replace frontal driver’s- and passenger-side inflators, the 2006 Ranger is considered to be one of the most dangerous because of its potential to spray shrapnel in a crash.
See above magazine article links for further full list of vehicles & updates!
The automotive world and beyond is buzzing about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the United States from nearly two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them.
More than 29 million vehicles from 35 brands have potentially dangerous airbags.
See all affected models with latest updates as of 8/8/18, 3:30 p.m.
Article from Car & Driver : https://www.caranddriver.com/news/m...know-including-full-list-of-affected-vehicles
MSN Article from Car & Driver : https://www.msn.com/en-ca/autos/new...hicles/ar-BBLGBJ7?li=AAggNb9&ocid=mailsignout
We will update this list as soon as new information is available,
but you can access NHTSA’s own running tally of affected vehicles here :
https://www.nhtsa.gov/equipment/takata-recall-spotlight
For further information about your specific vehicle, go to the manufacturer’s consumer website
or use NHTSA’s VIN-lookup tool :
https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/
This story (partial below) was originally published on October 21, 2014.
It has subsequently been updated to reflect the latest findings and official list of affected vehicles.
Initially, only six makes were involved when Takata announced the fault in April 2013, but a Toyota recall in June this year-along with new admissions from Takata that it had little clue as to which cars used its defective inflators, or even what the root cause was-prompted more automakers to issue identical recalls. In July, NHTSA forced additional regional recalls in high-humidity areas including Florida, Hawaii, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to gather removed parts and send them to Takata for review.
Another major recall issued on October 20 expanded the affected vehicles across several brands. For its part, Toyota said it would begin to replace defective passenger-side inflators starting October 25; if parts are unavailable, however, it has advised its dealers to disable the airbags and affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard.
According to the Times, Honda and Takata allegedly have known about the faulty inflators since 2004 but failed to notify NHTSA in previous recall filings (which began in 2008) that the affected airbags had actually ruptured or were linked to injuries and deaths.
Takata first said that propellant chemicals were mishandled and improperly stored during assembly, which supposedly caused the metal airbag inflators to burst open due to excessive pressure inside. In July, the company blamed humid weather and spurred additional recalls.
According to documents reviewed by Reuters, Takata says that rust, bad welds, and even chewing gum dropped into at least one inflator are also at fault. The same documents show that in 2002, Takata’s plant in Mexico allowed a defect rate that was “six to eight times above” acceptable limits, or roughly 60 to 80 defective parts for every 1 million airbag inflators shipped.
The company’s study has yet to reach a final conclusion and report the findings to NHTSA.
LATEST UPDATES
8/8/18, 3:30 p.m.: Ford wants to fix every 2006 Ranger pickup so badly, it’s willing to pay dealerships $1000 to find every last one. The incentive now applies to approximately 8300 such pickups with faulty Takata airbags out of 33,320 affected in the recall. Of approximately 37 million vehicles recalled to replace frontal driver’s- and passenger-side inflators, the 2006 Ranger is considered to be one of the most dangerous because of its potential to spray shrapnel in a crash.
See above magazine article links for further full list of vehicles & updates!
