Toyota Recalling 844000 US Cars for Shrapnel-Shooting Airbags - Car and Driver (blog)
The automaker is expanding an unprecedented airbag recall from April 2013 that simultaneously affected 3. 6 million cars from six automakers, including Nissan, Mazda, Honda, BMW, and Pontiac. In that case and with this most recent recall, Japanese supplier Takata had shipped defective airbag inflators with propellants that were “botched” and “improperly stored” during production, according to Reuters. (Despite the restriction of the recall to the passenger side bag, NHTSA’s investigation also cited reports of problems with the driver’s airbag. Since Takata is unsure how many airbag inflators are in question, expect the other automakers to expand their respective recalls. Earlier this morning, Reuters also reported Honda may be planning to recall 1 million additional cars for the airbag problems, although the company hasn’t released an official statement saying so. Source: blog.caranddriver.com
