Chrysler Recalls Over 88000 Dodge Challengers Affected By Takata Airbag Problems - Tech Times

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, better known as simply Chrysler, has issued a recall order for almost 90,000 Dodge Challengers in connection with the defective airbags from Japanese supplier Takata. The recall order, which was posted on the website of the NHTSA, said that the Challengers being recalled are those with models year from 2008 to 2010 and were manufactured from September of 2007 to October of 2010. The announcement of Chrysler's... This could cause the inflators of the airbags to rupture when the safety devices are inflated upon a car crash, which would send sharp metal fragments into the interior of the vehicle. However, the NHTSA said that the replacements are not currently available, coinciding with earlier reports that car owners that take their affected vehicles back to dealers will have to wait for as long as months before their faulty airbag systems... Back in May, the NHTSA announced one of the biggest and most complicated vehicle recalls in the history of the automobile industry due to Takata's faulty airbags. The initial number of cars involved in the issued recall order was 18 million vehicles, but it was almost doubled to 34 million vehicles. Source: www.techtimes.com