Chrysler adds 139115 vehicles to recall including some in Georgia - WXIA-TV
(USA Today) -- Chrysler Group, prodded by U. S. safety regulators, will add 139,115 vehicles to a recall for air bags that could explode with too much force. Chrysler says another 69,668 vehicles covered by a previous, related recall also are part of the Thursday expansion, meaning the latest action affects 208,783 vehicles. The latest expansion covers the Ram pickup from the 2003 to 2005 model years, as well as the 2004 and 2005 Dodge Durango, 2005 Chrysler 300 and 2005 Dodge Magnum. It's part of a growing problem worldwide with air bag inflators made by Japanese auto parts giant Takata Corp. At first Chrysler agreed to replace passenger air bag inflators in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands -- areas where high humidity seems to exacerbate the problem. The latest expansion brings the total number of Chrysler vehicles recalled for Takata air bags to 617,573. Chrysler emphasizes that no Takata bags have deployed improperly in any of its vehicles, and that it is expanding the recall because of "an... Even so, a nationwide recall by all automakers using Takata bags would be better, says Karl Brauer, senior analyst for Kelley Blue Book, because "confirmed fatalities related to these airbags have occurred outside these recall regions. Source: www.11alive.com
