NHTSA reduces estimates of defective Takata airbags - LeftLane News
4 million defective examples--is 36% lower than previously estimated. Regulators previously estimated that 34 million units were installed in roughly 30 million cars and trucks sold here in the States. The new estimate reduces the potential number of effected vehicles to 19. 2 million (some vehicles were equipped with more than one potentially vulnerable airbag). Defective Takata airbag inflators may be disproportionately dangerous for certain models, with failure rates exceeding two percent in some cases. The highest failure rate of 2. 16 percent was associated with inflators used in the 2004-2007 Honda Accord and the 2003-2007 Toyota Corolla , Toyota Matrix and Pontiac Vibe. The numbers equate to likely inflator rupture in more than one in 50 vehicles. Takata has identified manufacturing deficiencies as likely responsible for defects in approximately 10 million of the suspect components. Source: www.leftlanenews.com
