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In 2013, a series of deaths and injuries associated with defective Takata airbag inflators made in their Mexico plant led to a recall of 3.6 million cars equipped with Takata airbags. Further fatalities caused by the airbags have led the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to order an ongoing, US-wide recall of more than 42 ...
Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators have an increased risk of exploding in a crash and hurling dangerous metal ...
DETROIT (AP) — Despite a long string of recalls that began more than two decades ago, about 6.2 million vehicles with potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators remain on U.S. roads today.
The problems with Takata's potentially defective airbags persist years after they began. Toyota has recalled another 1.7 million cars worldwide, 1.3 million of them in the US, over possible faults ...
The announcement concerns certain 2001-2003 Acura and Honda vehicles equipped with driver airbag inflators made by Takata. Honda Issues 'Do Not Drive' Warning for 8200 Vehicles for Takata Airbag ...
Since November 2008, Honda has recalled some 1.7 million of its cars for airbag concerns. At its last similar expanded recall in February 2010, Honda said the too-powerful airbags have been involved in 12 incidents, including one fatality. [11] As of February 2018, 24 deaths and 240 injuries have been attributed to Takata Airbags worldwide.
The Jeep Liberty KK was also a subject of the infamous Takata air bag recall that affected millions of vehicles from multiple manufacturers. According to the recall, "In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of one of the affected frontal air bags, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking and potentially seriously ...
Nissan joins most major automakers, including Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co that decided to stop using Takata's inflators.