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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.)
(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Thursday May 21 2015, @04:57PM
That isn't what is gonna bust their ass, its the fact that according to TFA they knew the bags were defective in 2004 and instead of doing anything about it continued to sell them, even when one of their plants were seeing defect rates 6-8 times what should have been expected.
Remember not that many folks died from Ford Pinto rear end impact either, didn't keep them from getting sued left right and sideways and ultimately costing Ford the only really viable small car they had right smack dab in the middle of an energy crisis.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.