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The following vehicles were already listed on the NHTSA website for a Takata air bag recall prior to Nissan's recall on Wednesday: Infiniti. 2003-2008 Infiniti FX. 2001 Infiniti I30. 2002-2004 ...
In July 2022, Stellantis asked 29,000 owners of 2003 Dodge Ram pickups to stop driving after a person was killed when a Takata air bag inflator exploded. In November Stellantis urged an additional 276,000 car owners to stop driving their vehicles after three other crash deaths were tied to Takata air bag inflators. [9]
Nissan is warning drivers of some older models that they could have been repaired with deadly Takata air bags. Nissan, Infiniti issue recall for replacement Takata air bags in older models Skip to ...
In perhaps the most infamous vehicle safety disaster to date, more than 40 million cars in the U.S. with Takata air bags were recalled from 2008 to 2020 because long-term exposure to high heat and ...
September 9, 2016, General Motors recalled over 4 million vehicles (brands such as Buick, Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac) after an air bag software defect kills one person and injures three people. September 11, 2016, Nissan recalled 134,000 Maxima and Murano vehicles due to fire hazard.
In June 2017 Takata Corporation, an airbag manufacturer, filed for bankruptcy in the United States and Japan due to lawsuits and large product recalls for unsafe airbags (with faulty airbag inflators) which the company sold to major automotive manufacturers. [14] [15] KSS acquired the remaining Takata assets for about $1.6 billion. [16] [17]
The agency is prepping a recall that would include airbags in vehicles from a dozen automakers and could become the industry’s second-largest since Takata. NHTSA May Force Recall of 52 Million ...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said rupturing air bag inflators pose an "unreasonable risk of serious injury or death." NHTSA wants recall of air bags it says hurls shrapnel at ...