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Six Carmakers to Recall 2.5 Million Takata Airbag Inflators
Another six vehicle producers have announced new recalls in the U.S. to replace 2.5 million potentially dangerous airbag inflators made by Takata Corp.
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Another six vehicle producers have announced new recalls in the U.S. to replace 2.5 million potentially dangerous airbag inflators made by Takata Corp.
The campaigns involve passenger-side frontal airbags powered by inflators that lack a drying agent. The desiccant is used to help prevent ammonium nitrate propellant in the devices from deteriorating after long exposure to heat and humidity, then misfiring when triggered in a crash.
Exploding Takata inflators have been linked to 13 deaths and more than 130 injuries worldwide. Roughly 100 million of the devices have been recalled worldwide over the past 12 years.
Today’s callbacks involve vehicles made by BMW (91,800 units), Daimler Vans (5,100), General Motors (1.9 million), Jaguar Land Rover (54,300), Mercedes-Benz (199,700) and Volkswagen (217,000).
Carmakers, who previously agreed to recall 29 million Takata inflators in the U.S., have now added 16.4 million to the total within the past week. The new batch is among as many as 40 million Takata has said it may declare as defective by 2019.
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