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posted by CoolHand on Thursday May 21 2015, @08:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the corporate-airbags-making-defective-air-bags dept.

Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata has doubled estimates of the number of vehicles affected by an airbag defect to 34 million. Moisture can infiltrate the defective airbags, which causes the chemical propellant inside to ignite too quickly, breaking the inflator and sending "metal shards into the passenger cabin that can lead to serious injury or death." The airbags have been linked to six deaths and over 100 injuries.

The NHTSA's Recalls Spotlight site asks owners to use a VIN search tool for up to several weeks after the announcement of the recall. Models affected include cars from Acura/Honda (5.5 million), BMW (765,000), Chrysler/Dodge/Ram (2.88 million), Ford (538,977), Infiniti/Nissan (1,091,000), Toyota/Lexus/Pontiac (1,514,000), Mazda (330,000), Mitsubishi (11,985), Saab, and Subaru (17,516).

(Numbers are subject to change.)

 
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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 21 2015, @09:07AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 21 2015, @09:07AM (#185957)

    So improve the world using your own methods then. Start at home. Start with yourself.

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