NHTSA Expands Deadly Airbag Recall to 7.8 Million Vehicles Reports Wright & Schulte LLC
An airbag recall issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) following the death of four people and covers millions of vehicles from over 10 car manufactures has been expanded To Almost 8 Million
The NHTSA initially included just 4.1 million vehicles in the airbag recall issued October 20th, the organization has now increased the number of potentially faulty vehicles to nearly 8 million. The NHTSA has announced that this recall is extremely urgent, and has released a press release pleading with vehicle owners to “take immediate action.” According to the NHTSA, “responding to these recalls, whether old or new, is essential to personal safety and it will help aid our ongoing investigation into Takata airbags and what appears to be a problem related to extended exposure to consistently high humidity and temperatures.” [http://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/Press+Releases/Vehicle-owners-with-defective-airbags-urged-to-take-immediate-action, October 2014]
The airbag recall was first brought to light in the death of a woman from Florida who died due to flying shards of plastic and metal after getting in an accident. Medical examiners investigating the injuries reported to Business Insider that the woman may have been able to survive the other injuries she received in the crash with a working air bag. Three additional people have also been linked to airbag related deaths, according to Business Insider. [http://www.businessinsider.com/r-fourth-us-traffic-death-linked-to-takata-air-bags-2014-10, October 2014]
The air bags in question are all manufactured by manufacturing Takata, and according to the most recent data from the NHTSA, humid environments are triggers for the explosions, which promoted the organization to urge vehicle owners in Florida, Puerto Rico, limited areas near the Gulf of Mexico in Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Louisiana, as well as Guam, Saipan, American Samoa, Virgin Islands and Hawaii to get their cars checked as soon as possible. Vehicle owners can check if their vehicle is included in the recall by visiting safercar.gov.
The newly expanded airbag recall list includes nearly 8 million vehicles sold by 10 vehicle manufacturers including BMW, Chrysler, Ford, Mitsubishi, Mazda, General Motors, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, and Subaru.
The current recalled vehicle list is below:
BMW: 627,615 total number of potentially affected vehicles
2000 – 2005 3 Series Sedan
2000 – 2006 3 Series Coupe
2000 – 2005 3 Series Sports Wagon
2000 – 2006 3 Series Convertible
2001 – 2006 M3 Coupe
2001 – 2006 M3 Convertible
Chrysler: 371,309 total number of potentially affected vehicles
2003 – 2008 Dodge Ram 1500
2005 – 2008 Dodge Ram 2500
2006 – 2008 Dodge Ram 3500
2006 – 2008 Dodge Ram 4500
2008 – Dodge Ram 5500
2005 – 2008 Dodge Durango
2005 – 2008 Dodge Dakota
2005 – 2008 Chrysler 300
2007 – 2008 Chrysler Aspen
Ford: 58,669 total number of potentially affected vehicles
2004 – Ranger
2005 – 2006 GT
2005 – 2007 Mustang
General Motors: undetermined total number of potentially affected vehicles
2003 – 2005 Pontiac Vibe
2005 – Saab 9-2X
Honda: 5,051,364 total number of potentially affected vehicles
2001 – 2007 Honda Accord
2001 – 2005 Honda Civic
2002 – 2006 Honda CR-V
2003 – 2011 Honda Element
2002 – 2004 Honda Odyssey
2003 – 2007 Honda Pilot
2006 – Honda Ridgeline
2003 – 2006 Acura MDX
2002 – 2003 Acura TL/CL
2005 – Acura RL
Mazda: 64,872 total number of potentially affected vehicles
2003 – 2007 Mazda6
2006 – 2007 MazdaSpeed6
2004 – 2008 Mazda RX-8
2004 – 2005 MPV
2004 – B-Series Truck
Mitsubishi: 11,985 total number of potentially affected vehicles
2004 – 2005 Lancer
2006 – 2007 Raider
Nissan: 694,626 total number of potentially affected vehicles
2001 – 2003 Nissan Maxima
2001 – 2004 Nissan Pathfinder
2002 – 2004 Nissan Sentra
2001 – 2004 Infiniti I30/I35
2002 – 2003 Infiniti QX4
2003 – 2005 Infiniti FX35/FX45
Subaru: 17,516 total number of potentially affected vehicles
2003 – 2005 Baja
2003 – 2005 Legacy
2003 – 2005 Outback
2004 – 2005 Impreza
Toyota: 877,000 total number of potentially affected vehicles
2002 – 2005 Lexus SC
2002 – 2005 Toyota Corolla
2003 – 2005 Toyota Corolla Matrix
2002 – 2005 Toyota Sequoia
2003 – 2005 Toyota Tundra
Owners of these vehicles should get the air bags repaired or disconnected as soon as possible.
[http://www.wxyz.com/money/auto-news/full-list-government-updates-recall-now-warns-drivers-of-61-million-vehicles-of-air-bag-problems, October 2014]
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