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Takata Airbag Recalls Widen To Potentially Affect Other Types Of Airbag
The Takata airbag case has become the largest product recall in history, caused over 20 deaths, and cost many billions of dollars. Replacement efforts are still ongoing, and sadly, the body count continues to rise. Against this backdrop, further recalls have been announced affecting another type of Takata airbag.
The recall affects BMW 3 Series vehicles, produced between 1997 and 2000. Notably, it appears these cars may have been built before Takata’s fateful decision to produce airbag inflators using ammonium nitrate propellants, known for their instability. Instead, these vehicles likely used Takata’s proprietary tetrazole propellant, or Non-Azide Driver Inflators (NADI). These were developed in the 1990s, and considered a great engineering feat at the time. They were eventually phased out around 2001 for cost reasons, leading to the scandal that rolls on to this day.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 08 2019, @06:52PM (2 children)
If only there were a way to recall all the airbags in D.C.!!!
(Score: 2) by drussell on Friday November 08 2019, @06:57PM (1 child)
I believe there is an a pre-scheduled opportunity on November 3, 2020....
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 09 2019, @12:34AM
Unfortunately, just as in vehicles, they will only be replaced by other airbags on that date - and probably equally defective ones.