Recent Global Air Bag Recall Includes More Than 900000 Vehicles In US, Led By ... - International Business Times
The recall expansion covers nearly 34 million cars in the U. S. Automakers have been separately issuing their own recall actions related to the dangerous air bag inflators. Basically, it comes down to this: If you own a Toyota or Honda anywhere in the world, you need to check the companies' respective websites ( here and here ) to ensure your car doesn’t have a shrapnel bomb hidden behind the steering wheel or... On Monday, the U. S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) posted the latest batch of four recalls associated with faulty and potentially fatal air bag inflators: three from Toyota covering more than 637,000 vehicles, including a... While these flawed devices have been found in cars made by 11 automakers, so many of them have been used specifically in Japanese cars that it could forever alter the close, decades-long relationship Takata Corp. , the maker of seat belts, air bags and child safety seats, has had with its main Japanese buyers. Already, Honda, which has been Takata’s closest partner, has switched to Takata’s local Japanese rival, Daicel Corp. The defect is related to the use of ammonium nitrate pellets to use as the catalyst for the rapid-fire air bag deployment necessary for the safety devices to work properly. Source: www.ibtimes.com
