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| Vehicle Owners With Defective Airbags Urged To Take Immediate Action by BizBooks(m): 6:43am On Oct 21, 2014 |
To avoid severe loss in public trust and confidence such as Toyota and GM suffered recently, car manufacturers are now issuing recalls at the slightest hint of a problem. As a result, people are getting tired of the numerous recalls from different manufacturers. Some of these recalls are now practically ignored by car owners. However, I have decided to post this airbag recall because it was issued by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and has been all over the news here. On their website, they wrote "NHTSA urges owners of certain Toyota, Honda, Mazda, BMW, Nissan, and General Motors vehicles to act immediately on recall notices to replace defective Takata airbags". According to reports, at least four people have died when inflator mechanisms ruptured on the air bags, spraying the passengers with metal fragments. NHTSA warned drivers whose cars have been recalled as a result of faulty inflators to take them to the dealer immediately. Car owners uncertain about whether their vehicle is equipped with a Takata airbag can check at www.safercar.gov/vinlookup. Using the site requires that owners enter their vehicle identification number (VIN). A complete list of the affected vehicles is available at the NHTSA website. But the best thing to do will be to type in your VIN number at www.safercar.gov/vinlookup and see for yourself whether your car is affected or not. I say this because the list may be a bit confusing for some people. For instance 2001 - 2007 Honda Accords are affected by the recall but only the 4 cylinder engines. V6 engines are not affected. References: NHTSA Website Washington Post 1 Like |
| Re: Vehicle Owners With Defective Airbags Urged To Take Immediate Action by IdaraCHODB(m): 8:50am On Oct 23, 2014 |
BizBooks: This is an extremely important issue and should be up there on Car Talk : http://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/Press+Releases/New-free-online-search-tool-for-recalls-using-VIN-released http://www.autoevolution.com/news/takata-airbag-incident-fatally-injures-a-woman-87988.html http://www.safercar.gov/Vehicle+Owners/VIN-lookup-msg Especially since American cars often end up in Nigeria |
| Re: Vehicle Owners With Defective Airbags Urged To Take Immediate Action by IdaraCHODB(m): 11:15pm On Oct 24, 2014 |
If your model and year is on this list, please take action speedily! 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 2005 – 2008 Chrysler 300 2007 – 2008 Chrysler Aspen 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 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 Source:http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1095064_nhtsa-expands-takata-airbag-recall-heres-an-updated-list-of-every-u-s-car-affected |
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