Here’s what we know now about the original recall and what you need to do to find out if your vehicle is involved.
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Recently, Takata was ordered to pay a penalty of $70m to NHTSA as a settlement which also includes its commitment to stop producing airbag inflators using ammonium nitrate by 2018.
The New York Times has sought comment from the automakers in response to Nelson’s report.
Seven automakers are adding almost 4.4 million vehicles in the USA to the massive Takata air bag inflator recall. The new model years aren’t yet covered by the recall, so the automakers can legally sell the cars.
“… Takata replacement is only a temporary remedy, and all of these replacement inflators will also have to be recalled by December 31st, 2019 according to NHTSA’s Amend Consent Order”, the report states.
Like the recalls we covered earlier this morning, Ford’s recall is meant to replace the inflators on passenger-side frontal airbags.
Takata came up with an air bag design that could be used in many different vehicle models, said Scott Upham, chief executive of auto industry research firm Valient Market Research.
The affected vehicles include the 2016-2017 Mitsubishi i-MiEV, 2016 Volkswagen CC, 2016 Audi TT and 2017 Audi R8.
The models and number of cars and trucks included in last month’s expanded recall were not immediately released, but will be posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website in the coming weeks, according to officials.
The Japanese automaker said it was recalling around 45,000 vehicles from its Lexus line in Japan for passenger-side airbags produced between 2005 and 2011.
GM said it has started a third-party environmental study that will simulate long-term temperature effects to continue assessing inflator aging.
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Last week, eight automakers announced recalls of more than 12 million vehicles as a result. As a result, some owners may not get replacement inflators for several years. There is a total of 70 to 90 million cars that will eventually be involved in the recall. Representatives from Toyota and Volkswagen said they were preparing responses, Subaru referred questions to Takata, and others did not immediately respond to the Times’ requests.
