Takata Airbag Recall – Everything You Need to Know
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What this recall means to you and what deeds you should take
Vehicles made by nineteen different automakers have been recalled to substitute frontal airbags on the driver’s side or passenger’s side, or both in what NHTSA has called “the largest and most complicated safety recall in U.S. history.” The airbags, made by major parts supplier Takata, were mostly installed in cars from model year two thousand two through 2015. Some of those airbags could deploy explosively, injuring or even killing car occupants. (Look for details below on waits for replacement airbags.)
At the heart of the problem is the airbag’s inflator, a metal cartridge loaded with propellant wafers, which in some cases has ignited with explosive force. If the inflator housing ruptures in a crash, metal shards from the airbag can be sprayed via the passenger cabin—a potentially disastrous outcome from a supposedly life-saving device.
NHTSA has determined the root cause of the problem: airbags that use ammonium nitrate-based propellent without a chemical drying agent. As postulated early on, environmental moisture, high temperatures, and age as associated with the defect that can improperly inflate the airbags and even send shrapnel into the occupant. To date, there have been eleven deaths and approximately one hundred eighty injuries due to this problem in the U.S.
Through various announcements, the recall has tripled in size over the past year. It is expected that the inflator recall will influence more than forty two million vehicles in the U.S., with the total number of airbags being inbetween sixty five and seventy million.
Visit www.safercar.gov to check the recall status of your vehicles.
Tell us about your situation by adding a comment below.
Latest timeline
July 11, 2017: Takata announces recall activity will add Two.7 million vehicles from Ford, Mazda, and Nissan that use airbag inflators that contain calcium sulfate, a chemical that serves as a drying agent.
March Two, 2017: Ford recalls 32,000 2016-17 Ford Edge, 2016-17 Lincoln MKX and two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental vehicles to substitute the driver frontal airbag module.
February 28, 2017: Takata has ultimately pleaded guilty to deceiving automakers about the safety of its airbags. Now automakers are disputing charges that they knowingly installed the defective airbags in their cars.
January 12, 2017: Reports of an expected $1 billion penalty against Takata are published, with the expectation that $25 million will be a criminal penalty and $850 million would be paid as restitution to automakers impacted by the recall.
Ford expands its recall to 816,000 Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicle made in North America, including 654,695 sold in the U.S. Most vehicles were included included in prior recall deeds, but this budge adds the passenger-side airbag inflators.
Toyota also expands its recalls to 543,000 extra vehicles in the U.S., including both Toyota and Lexus brand models, to address front passenger airbags. Notably, this adds the two thousand twelve model year to the recall list for many vehicles.
December 9, 2016: A more aggressive recall schedule was announced by the Department of Transportation, with priority given to the riskiest models.
October 20, 2016: NHTSA confirms the 11th fatality. It occured in a two thousand one Honda Civic, a vehicle that was recalled in 2008. The recall had not been performed on this specific car. Nine of the eleven Takata-related deaths in the U.S. have occured in Acura and Honda models. Honda reports that there are just under 300,000 affected vehicles that have not been repaired or accounted for. Key lesson: Take recall notices earnestly.
July 22, 2016: Mazda announced that it is recalling extra B-Series pickup trucks from the two thousand seven to two thousand nine model years. The recall covers passenger airbags.
June 30, 2016: NHTSA announces that certain 2001-2003 Honda and Acura models have a much higher risk of ruptures during airbag deployments. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement, “Folks should not drive these vehicles unless they are going straight to a dealer to have them repaired instantly, free of charge.” The affected models are listed below.
June 21, 2016: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announces it will end NAFTA-market production of vehicles with non-desiccated amomonium-nitrate Takata air bag inflators by the end of June, with global production to end by mid-September. The two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler uses this type of inflator in the passenger-side airbag. Customers will be advised of vehicles that are so-equipped, and will be advised that the vehicles will be recalled in the future.
June 14, 2016: Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen have all confirmed the fresh vehicles they are selling that contain Takata’s ammonium nitrate-based propellant in driver and/or passenger frontal airbag inflators without a chemical drying agent, also known as a desiccant. These vehicles are listed below. Fiat Chrysler has yet to announce which vehicle they are selling with this type of airbag. While none of the models are part of the current recall, they all will have to be recalled by 2018. According to NHTSA, as of May 20, 2016, a total of 8,432,805 airbags have been substituted.
June Two, 2016: Audi, BMW, General Motors, Jaguar/Land Rover, and Mercedes-Benz have added almost Two.Five million more U.S. vehicles to the list of cars with defective Takata airbags.
June 1, 2016: Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen confirm in a report from Florida Senator Bill Nelson (PDF) that they are selling some fresh vehicles with airbags that contain Takata’s ammonium nitrate-based propellant in driver and passenger frontal airbag inflators without a chemical drying agent, also known as a desiccant. These vehicles will have to be recalled by 2018.
May Four, 2016: The massive Takata airbag recall is more than doubling in size, with NHTSA announcing that it is expanding the recall to include 35-40 million airbag inflators to be substituted through 2019. This tally is in addition to the 28.8 million airbags already recalled. Thus far, NHTSA shows that 8,168,860 airbags have been substituted.
April 13, 2016: Regulators state that there are eighty five million potentially defective, unrecalled Takata airbag inflators that will need to be recalled—unless Takata can prove they are safe. So far, the recall has included 28.8 million airbags in the U.S.
April 7, 2016: A 17-year-old chick from Texas named as the 10th U.S. victim. She was driving a two thousand two Honda Civic. Her death is attributed to shrapnel from the exploding airbag striking her neck. NHTSA shows that 7,522,533 airbags have been repaired.
February 12, 2016: NHTSA expands its list of impacted models. Thus far, 7,122,510 airbags have been repaired.
December 23, 2015: NHTSA announces another U.S. fatality due to the questionable Takata airbag inflator, underscoring the need for consumer to have their cars repaired as soon as possible. Further, there have been switches to the official list of affected vehicles, which are reflected in this omnibus story.
November Trio, 2015: NHTSA imposes a record civil penalty of up to $200 million against Takata. (Of that, $70 million is a cash penalty, with an extra $130 million charge if Takata fails to meet its commitments.) Plus, the government agency requires Takata to phase out the manufacturer and sale of inflators that use the risky propellant and recall all Takata ammonium nitrate inflators presently on the road—unless the company can prove they are safe or can showcase it has determined why its inflators are prone to rupture.
October 9, 2015: Honda releases an update on the Takata airbag recall, stating its progress in reaching out to consumers and its recall repair completion rate.
June Nineteen, 2015: NHTSA and Honda confirm that an eight th fatality was attributable to a Takata airbag rupture, which took place in Los Angeles in September of 2014. The car was identified as a rented two thousand one Honda Civic. Honda said the car had been under recall since two thousand nine but that various owners, including the puny rental company in Los Angeles, had failed to have the repairs made.
June 17, 2015: NHTSA VIN look-up device is updated to include all affected models. Often, there can be a slight delay inbetween announcements and when data is available.
June 16, 2015: Toyota expands years for recall on previously announced models, adding 1,365,000 extra vehicles.
June 15, 2015: Honda expands national recall on Honda Accord.
June 15, 2015: NHTSA and Honda confirm that Takata airbag rupture was implicated in a seventh death. The driver of a two thousand five Honda Civic was fatally injured following a crash on April Five, in Louisiana.
June Four, 2015: Reuters reports that at least 400,000 substituted airbag inflators will need to be recalled and substituted again.
May 29, 2015: Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and General Motors added the vehicle identification numbers (VIN) of the impacted vehicles to their recall websites.
May 28, 2015: NHTSA and vehicle manufacturers exposed the extra models included in previous recall announcements.
May Nineteen, 2015: DOT released a statement telling that Takata acknowledges airbag inflators it produced for certain vehicles were faulty. It expanded certain regional recalls to national ones, and included inflators fitted in certain Daimler Trucks in the recalled vehicles. In all, the recall was expanded to a staggering 33.8 million vehicles. That number includes the toughly seventeen million vehicles previously recalled by affected automakers.
February 20, 2015: NHTSA fined Takata $14,000 per day for not cooperating fully with the agency’s investigation into the airbag problems.
January Legal, 2015: The driver of a two thousand two Honda Accord became the fifth person in the United States thought to have been killed by an exploding airbag inflator.
December Legal, 2014: Ford issued a statement adding an extra 447,310 vehicles to the recall.
December 9, 2014: Honda issued a statement telling it will serve with NHTSA and expand its recall to a national level. This brings the number of affected Honda/Acura vehicles to Five.Four million.
November Eighteen, 2014: NHTSA called for the recalls to be expanded to a national level.
November 7, 2014: Fresh York Times published a report claiming Takata was aware of dangerous defects with its airbags years before the company filed paperwork with federal regulators.
Takata Airbag Recall – Everything You Need to Know
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What this recall means to you and what deeds you should take
Vehicles made by nineteen different automakers have been recalled to substitute frontal airbags on the driver’s side or passenger’s side, or both in what NHTSA has called “the largest and most sophisticated safety recall in U.S. history.” The airbags, made by major parts supplier Takata, were mostly installed in cars from model year two thousand two through 2015. Some of those airbags could deploy explosively, injuring or even killing car occupants. (Look for details below on waits for replacement airbags.)
At the heart of the problem is the airbag’s inflator, a metal cartridge loaded with propellant wafers, which in some cases has ignited with explosive force. If the inflator housing ruptures in a crash, metal shards from the airbag can be sprayed across the passenger cabin—a potentially disastrous outcome from a supposedly life-saving device.
NHTSA has determined the root cause of the problem: airbags that use ammonium nitrate-based propellent without a chemical drying agent. As postulated early on, environmental moisture, high temperatures, and age as associated with the defect that can improperly inflate the airbags and even send shrapnel into the occupant. To date, there have been eleven deaths and approximately one hundred eighty injuries due to this problem in the U.S.
Through various announcements, the recall has tripled in size over the past year. It is expected that the inflator recall will influence more than forty two million vehicles in the U.S., with the total number of airbags being inbetween sixty five and seventy million.
Visit www.safercar.gov to check the recall status of your vehicles.
Tell us about your situation by adding a comment below.
Latest timeline
July 11, 2017: Takata announces recall activity will add Two.7 million vehicles from Ford, Mazda, and Nissan that use airbag inflators that contain calcium sulfate, a chemical that serves as a drying agent.
March Two, 2017: Ford recalls 32,000 2016-17 Ford Edge, 2016-17 Lincoln MKX and two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental vehicles to substitute the driver frontal airbag module.
February 28, 2017: Takata has eventually pleaded guilty to deceiving automakers about the safety of its airbags. Now automakers are disputing charges that they knowingly installed the defective airbags in their cars.
January 12, 2017: Reports of an expected $1 billion penalty against Takata are published, with the expectation that $25 million will be a criminal penalty and $850 million would be paid as restitution to automakers impacted by the recall.
Ford expands its recall to 816,000 Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicle made in North America, including 654,695 sold in the U.S. Most vehicles were included included in prior recall deeds, but this budge adds the passenger-side airbag inflators.
Toyota also expands its recalls to 543,000 extra vehicles in the U.S., including both Toyota and Lexus brand models, to address front passenger airbags. Notably, this adds the two thousand twelve model year to the recall list for many vehicles.
December 9, 2016: A more aggressive recall schedule was announced by the Department of Transportation, with priority given to the riskiest models.
October 20, 2016: NHTSA confirms the 11th fatality. It occured in a two thousand one Honda Civic, a vehicle that was recalled in 2008. The recall had not been performed on this specific car. Nine of the eleven Takata-related deaths in the U.S. have occured in Acura and Honda models. Honda reports that there are just under 300,000 affected vehicles that have not been repaired or accounted for. Key lesson: Take recall notices gravely.
July 22, 2016: Mazda announced that it is recalling extra B-Series pickup trucks from the two thousand seven to two thousand nine model years. The recall covers passenger airbags.
June 30, 2016: NHTSA announces that certain 2001-2003 Honda and Acura models have a much higher risk of ruptures during airbag deployments. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement, “Folks should not drive these vehicles unless they are going straight to a dealer to have them repaired instantly, free of charge.” The affected models are listed below.
June 21, 2016: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announces it will end NAFTA-market production of vehicles with non-desiccated amomonium-nitrate Takata air bag inflators by the end of June, with global production to end by mid-September. The two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler uses this type of inflator in the passenger-side airbag. Customers will be advised of vehicles that are so-equipped, and will be advised that the vehicles will be recalled in the future.
June 14, 2016: Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen have all confirmed the fresh vehicles they are selling that contain Takata’s ammonium nitrate-based propellant in driver and/or passenger frontal airbag inflators without a chemical drying agent, also known as a desiccant. These vehicles are listed below. Fiat Chrysler has yet to announce which vehicle they are selling with this type of airbag. While none of the models are part of the current recall, they all will have to be recalled by 2018. According to NHTSA, as of May 20, 2016, a total of 8,432,805 airbags have been substituted.
June Two, 2016: Audi, BMW, General Motors, Jaguar/Land Rover, and Mercedes-Benz have added almost Two.Five million more U.S. vehicles to the list of cars with defective Takata airbags.
June 1, 2016: Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen confirm in a report from Florida Senator Bill Nelson (PDF) that they are selling some fresh vehicles with airbags that contain Takata’s ammonium nitrate-based propellant in driver and passenger frontal airbag inflators without a chemical drying agent, also known as a desiccant. These vehicles will have to be recalled by 2018.
May Four, 2016: The massive Takata airbag recall is more than doubling in size, with NHTSA announcing that it is expanding the recall to include 35-40 million airbag inflators to be substituted through 2019. This tally is in addition to the 28.8 million airbags already recalled. Thus far, NHTSA shows that 8,168,860 airbags have been substituted.
April 13, 2016: Regulators state that there are eighty five million potentially defective, unrecalled Takata airbag inflators that will need to be recalled—unless Takata can prove they are safe. So far, the recall has included 28.8 million airbags in the U.S.
April 7, 2016: A 17-year-old woman from Texas named as the 10th U.S. victim. She was driving a two thousand two Honda Civic. Her death is attributed to shrapnel from the exploding airbag striking her neck. NHTSA shows that 7,522,533 airbags have been repaired.
February 12, 2016: NHTSA expands its list of impacted models. Thus far, 7,122,510 airbags have been repaired.
December 23, 2015: NHTSA announces another U.S. fatality due to the questionable Takata airbag inflator, underscoring the need for consumer to have their cars repaired as soon as possible. Further, there have been switches to the official list of affected vehicles, which are reflected in this omnibus story.
November Trio, 2015: NHTSA imposes a record civil penalty of up to $200 million against Takata. (Of that, $70 million is a cash penalty, with an extra $130 million charge if Takata fails to meet its commitments.) Plus, the government agency requires Takata to phase out the manufacturer and sale of inflators that use the risky propellant and recall all Takata ammonium nitrate inflators presently on the road—unless the company can prove they are safe or can demonstrate it has determined why its inflators are prone to rupture.
October 9, 2015: Honda releases an update on the Takata airbag recall, stating its progress in reaching out to consumers and its recall repair completion rate.
June Nineteen, 2015: NHTSA and Honda confirm that an eight th fatality was attributable to a Takata airbag rupture, which took place in Los Angeles in September of 2014. The car was identified as a rented two thousand one Honda Civic. Honda said the car had been under recall since two thousand nine but that various owners, including the puny rental company in Los Angeles, had failed to have the repairs made.
June 17, 2015: NHTSA VIN look-up implement is updated to include all affected models. Often, there can be a slight delay inbetween announcements and when data is available.
June 16, 2015: Toyota expands years for recall on previously announced models, adding 1,365,000 extra vehicles.
June 15, 2015: Honda expands national recall on Honda Accord.
June 15, 2015: NHTSA and Honda confirm that Takata airbag rupture was implicated in a seventh death. The driver of a two thousand five Honda Civic was fatally injured following a crash on April Five, in Louisiana.
June Four, 2015: Reuters reports that at least 400,000 substituted airbag inflators will need to be recalled and substituted again.
May 29, 2015: Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and General Motors added the vehicle identification numbers (VIN) of the impacted vehicles to their recall websites.
May 28, 2015: NHTSA and vehicle manufacturers exposed the extra models included in previous recall announcements.
May Nineteen, 2015: DOT released a statement telling that Takata acknowledges airbag inflators it produced for certain vehicles were faulty. It expanded certain regional recalls to national ones, and included inflators fitted in certain Daimler Trucks in the recalled vehicles. In all, the recall was expanded to a staggering 33.8 million vehicles. That number includes the toughly seventeen million vehicles previously recalled by affected automakers.
February 20, 2015: NHTSA fined Takata $14,000 per day for not cooperating fully with the agency’s investigation into the airbag problems.
January Legal, 2015: The driver of a two thousand two Honda Accord became the fifth person in the United States thought to have been killed by an exploding airbag inflator.
December Legal, 2014: Ford issued a statement adding an extra 447,310 vehicles to the recall.
December 9, 2014: Honda issued a statement telling it will serve with NHTSA and expand its recall to a national level. This brings the number of affected Honda/Acura vehicles to Five.Four million.
November Legal, 2014: NHTSA called for the recalls to be expanded to a national level.
November 7, 2014: Fresh York Times published a report claiming Takata was aware of dangerous defects with its airbags years before the company filed paperwork with federal regulators.
Takata Airbag Recall – Everything You Need to Know
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What this recall means to you and what deeds you should take
Vehicles made by nineteen different automakers have been recalled to substitute frontal airbags on the driver’s side or passenger’s side, or both in what NHTSA has called “the largest and most elaborate safety recall in U.S. history.” The airbags, made by major parts supplier Takata, were mostly installed in cars from model year two thousand two through 2015. Some of those airbags could deploy explosively, injuring or even killing car occupants. (Look for details below on waits for replacement airbags.)
At the heart of the problem is the airbag’s inflator, a metal cartridge loaded with propellant wafers, which in some cases has ignited with explosive force. If the inflator housing ruptures in a crash, metal shards from the airbag can be sprayed via the passenger cabin—a potentially disastrous outcome from a supposedly life-saving device.
NHTSA has determined the root cause of the problem: airbags that use ammonium nitrate-based propellent without a chemical drying agent. As postulated early on, environmental moisture, high temperatures, and age as associated with the defect that can improperly inflate the airbags and even send shrapnel into the occupant. To date, there have been eleven deaths and approximately one hundred eighty injuries due to this problem in the U.S.
Through various announcements, the recall has tripled in size over the past year. It is expected that the inflator recall will influence more than forty two million vehicles in the U.S., with the total number of airbags being inbetween sixty five and seventy million.
Visit www.safercar.gov to check the recall status of your vehicles.
Tell us about your situation by adding a comment below.
Latest timeline
July 11, 2017: Takata announces recall act will add Two.7 million vehicles from Ford, Mazda, and Nissan that use airbag inflators that contain calcium sulfate, a chemical that serves as a drying agent.
March Two, 2017: Ford recalls 32,000 2016-17 Ford Edge, 2016-17 Lincoln MKX and two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental vehicles to substitute the driver frontal airbag module.
February 28, 2017: Takata has eventually pleaded guilty to deceiving automakers about the safety of its airbags. Now automakers are disputing charges that they knowingly installed the defective airbags in their cars.
January 12, 2017: Reports of an expected $1 billion penalty against Takata are published, with the expectation that $25 million will be a criminal penalty and $850 million would be paid as restitution to automakers impacted by the recall.
Ford expands its recall to 816,000 Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicle made in North America, including 654,695 sold in the U.S. Most vehicles were included included in prior recall deeds, but this budge adds the passenger-side airbag inflators.
Toyota also expands its recalls to 543,000 extra vehicles in the U.S., including both Toyota and Lexus brand models, to address front passenger airbags. Notably, this adds the two thousand twelve model year to the recall list for many vehicles.
December 9, 2016: A more aggressive recall schedule was announced by the Department of Transportation, with priority given to the riskiest models.
October 20, 2016: NHTSA confirms the 11th fatality. It occured in a two thousand one Honda Civic, a vehicle that was recalled in 2008. The recall had not been performed on this specific car. Nine of the eleven Takata-related deaths in the U.S. have occured in Acura and Honda models. Honda reports that there are just under 300,000 affected vehicles that have not been repaired or accounted for. Key lesson: Take recall notices gravely.
July 22, 2016: Mazda announced that it is recalling extra B-Series pickup trucks from the two thousand seven to two thousand nine model years. The recall covers passenger airbags.
June 30, 2016: NHTSA announces that certain 2001-2003 Honda and Acura models have a much higher risk of ruptures during airbag deployments. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement, “Folks should not drive these vehicles unless they are going straight to a dealer to have them repaired instantaneously, free of charge.” The affected models are listed below.
June 21, 2016: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announces it will end NAFTA-market production of vehicles with non-desiccated amomonium-nitrate Takata air bag inflators by the end of June, with global production to end by mid-September. The two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler uses this type of inflator in the passenger-side airbag. Customers will be advised of vehicles that are so-equipped, and will be advised that the vehicles will be recalled in the future.
June 14, 2016: Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen have all confirmed the fresh vehicles they are selling that contain Takata’s ammonium nitrate-based propellant in driver and/or passenger frontal airbag inflators without a chemical drying agent, also known as a desiccant. These vehicles are listed below. Fiat Chrysler has yet to announce which vehicle they are selling with this type of airbag. While none of the models are part of the current recall, they all will have to be recalled by 2018. According to NHTSA, as of May 20, 2016, a total of 8,432,805 airbags have been substituted.
June Two, 2016: Audi, BMW, General Motors, Jaguar/Land Rover, and Mercedes-Benz have added almost Two.Five million more U.S. vehicles to the list of cars with defective Takata airbags.
June 1, 2016: Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen confirm in a report from Florida Senator Bill Nelson (PDF) that they are selling some fresh vehicles with airbags that contain Takata’s ammonium nitrate-based propellant in driver and passenger frontal airbag inflators without a chemical drying agent, also known as a desiccant. These vehicles will have to be recalled by 2018.
May Four, 2016: The massive Takata airbag recall is more than doubling in size, with NHTSA announcing that it is expanding the recall to include 35-40 million airbag inflators to be substituted through 2019. This tally is in addition to the 28.8 million airbags already recalled. Thus far, NHTSA shows that 8,168,860 airbags have been substituted.
April 13, 2016: Regulators state that there are eighty five million potentially defective, unrecalled Takata airbag inflators that will need to be recalled—unless Takata can prove they are safe. So far, the recall has included 28.8 million airbags in the U.S.
April 7, 2016: A 17-year-old lady from Texas named as the 10th U.S. victim. She was driving a two thousand two Honda Civic. Her death is attributed to shrapnel from the exploding airbag striking her neck. NHTSA shows that 7,522,533 airbags have been repaired.
February 12, 2016: NHTSA expands its list of impacted models. Thus far, 7,122,510 airbags have been repaired.
December 23, 2015: NHTSA announces another U.S. fatality due to the questionable Takata airbag inflator, underscoring the need for consumer to have their cars repaired as soon as possible. Further, there have been switches to the official list of affected vehicles, which are reflected in this omnibus story.
November Trio, 2015: NHTSA imposes a record civil penalty of up to $200 million against Takata. (Of that, $70 million is a cash penalty, with an extra $130 million charge if Takata fails to meet its commitments.) Plus, the government agency requires Takata to phase out the manufacturer and sale of inflators that use the risky propellant and recall all Takata ammonium nitrate inflators presently on the road—unless the company can prove they are safe or can showcase it has determined why its inflators are prone to rupture.
October 9, 2015: Honda releases an update on the Takata airbag recall, stating its progress in reaching out to consumers and its recall repair completion rate.
June Nineteen, 2015: NHTSA and Honda confirm that an eight th fatality was attributable to a Takata airbag rupture, which took place in Los Angeles in September of 2014. The car was identified as a rented two thousand one Honda Civic. Honda said the car had been under recall since two thousand nine but that various owners, including the puny rental company in Los Angeles, had failed to have the repairs made.
June 17, 2015: NHTSA VIN look-up implement is updated to include all affected models. Often, there can be a slight delay inbetween announcements and when data is available.
June 16, 2015: Toyota expands years for recall on previously announced models, adding 1,365,000 extra vehicles.
June 15, 2015: Honda expands national recall on Honda Accord.
June 15, 2015: NHTSA and Honda confirm that Takata airbag rupture was implicated in a seventh death. The driver of a two thousand five Honda Civic was fatally injured following a crash on April Five, in Louisiana.
June Four, 2015: Reuters reports that at least 400,000 substituted airbag inflators will need to be recalled and substituted again.
May 29, 2015: Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and General Motors added the vehicle identification numbers (VIN) of the impacted vehicles to their recall websites.
May 28, 2015: NHTSA and vehicle manufacturers exposed the extra models included in previous recall announcements.
May Nineteen, 2015: DOT released a statement telling that Takata acknowledges airbag inflators it produced for certain vehicles were faulty. It expanded certain regional recalls to national ones, and included inflators fitted in certain Daimler Trucks in the recalled vehicles. In all, the recall was expanded to a staggering 33.8 million vehicles. That number includes the toughly seventeen million vehicles previously recalled by affected automakers.
February 20, 2015: NHTSA fined Takata $14,000 per day for not cooperating fully with the agency’s investigation into the airbag problems.
January Legal, 2015: The driver of a two thousand two Honda Accord became the fifth person in the United States thought to have been killed by an exploding airbag inflator.
December Legal, 2014: Ford issued a statement adding an extra 447,310 vehicles to the recall.
December 9, 2014: Honda issued a statement telling it will conform with NHTSA and expand its recall to a national level. This brings the number of affected Honda/Acura vehicles to Five.Four million.
November Legitimate, 2014: NHTSA called for the recalls to be expanded to a national level.
November 7, 2014: Fresh York Times published a report claiming Takata was aware of dangerous defects with its airbags years before the company filed paperwork with federal regulators.
Takata Airbag Recall – Everything You Need to Know
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What this recall means to you and what deeds you should take
Vehicles made by nineteen different automakers have been recalled to substitute frontal airbags on the driver’s side or passenger’s side, or both in what NHTSA has called “the largest and most sophisticated safety recall in U.S. history.” The airbags, made by major parts supplier Takata, were mostly installed in cars from model year two thousand two through 2015. Some of those airbags could deploy explosively, injuring or even killing car occupants. (Look for details below on waits for replacement airbags.)
At the heart of the problem is the airbag’s inflator, a metal cartridge loaded with propellant wafers, which in some cases has ignited with explosive force. If the inflator housing ruptures in a crash, metal shards from the airbag can be sprayed via the passenger cabin—a potentially disastrous outcome from a supposedly life-saving device.
NHTSA has determined the root cause of the problem: airbags that use ammonium nitrate-based propellent without a chemical drying agent. As postulated early on, environmental moisture, high temperatures, and age as associated with the defect that can improperly inflate the airbags and even send shrapnel into the occupant. To date, there have been eleven deaths and approximately one hundred eighty injuries due to this problem in the U.S.
Through various announcements, the recall has tripled in size over the past year. It is expected that the inflator recall will influence more than forty two million vehicles in the U.S., with the total number of airbags being inbetween sixty five and seventy million.
Visit www.safercar.gov to check the recall status of your vehicles.
Tell us about your situation by adding a comment below.
Latest timeline
July 11, 2017: Takata announces recall activity will add Two.7 million vehicles from Ford, Mazda, and Nissan that use airbag inflators that contain calcium sulfate, a chemical that serves as a drying agent.
March Two, 2017: Ford recalls 32,000 2016-17 Ford Edge, 2016-17 Lincoln MKX and two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental vehicles to substitute the driver frontal airbag module.
February 28, 2017: Takata has eventually pleaded guilty to deceiving automakers about the safety of its airbags. Now automakers are disputing charges that they knowingly installed the defective airbags in their cars.
January 12, 2017: Reports of an expected $1 billion penalty against Takata are published, with the expectation that $25 million will be a criminal penalty and $850 million would be paid as restitution to automakers impacted by the recall.
Ford expands its recall to 816,000 Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicle made in North America, including 654,695 sold in the U.S. Most vehicles were included included in prior recall deeds, but this budge adds the passenger-side airbag inflators.
Toyota also expands its recalls to 543,000 extra vehicles in the U.S., including both Toyota and Lexus brand models, to address front passenger airbags. Notably, this adds the two thousand twelve model year to the recall list for many vehicles.
December 9, 2016: A more aggressive recall schedule was announced by the Department of Transportation, with priority given to the riskiest models.
October 20, 2016: NHTSA confirms the 11th fatality. It occured in a two thousand one Honda Civic, a vehicle that was recalled in 2008. The recall had not been performed on this specific car. Nine of the eleven Takata-related deaths in the U.S. have occured in Acura and Honda models. Honda reports that there are just under 300,000 affected vehicles that have not been repaired or accounted for. Key lesson: Take recall notices gravely.
July 22, 2016: Mazda announced that it is recalling extra B-Series pickup trucks from the two thousand seven to two thousand nine model years. The recall covers passenger airbags.
June 30, 2016: NHTSA announces that certain 2001-2003 Honda and Acura models have a much higher risk of ruptures during airbag deployments. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement, “Folks should not drive these vehicles unless they are going straight to a dealer to have them repaired instantly, free of charge.” The affected models are listed below.
June 21, 2016: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announces it will end NAFTA-market production of vehicles with non-desiccated amomonium-nitrate Takata air bag inflators by the end of June, with global production to end by mid-September. The two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler uses this type of inflator in the passenger-side airbag. Customers will be advised of vehicles that are so-equipped, and will be advised that the vehicles will be recalled in the future.
June 14, 2016: Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen have all confirmed the fresh vehicles they are selling that contain Takata’s ammonium nitrate-based propellant in driver and/or passenger frontal airbag inflators without a chemical drying agent, also known as a desiccant. These vehicles are listed below. Fiat Chrysler has yet to announce which vehicle they are selling with this type of airbag. While none of the models are part of the current recall, they all will have to be recalled by 2018. According to NHTSA, as of May 20, 2016, a total of 8,432,805 airbags have been substituted.
June Two, 2016: Audi, BMW, General Motors, Jaguar/Land Rover, and Mercedes-Benz have added almost Two.Five million more U.S. vehicles to the list of cars with defective Takata airbags.
June 1, 2016: Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen confirm in a report from Florida Senator Bill Nelson (PDF) that they are selling some fresh vehicles with airbags that contain Takata’s ammonium nitrate-based propellant in driver and passenger frontal airbag inflators without a chemical drying agent, also known as a desiccant. These vehicles will have to be recalled by 2018.
May Four, 2016: The massive Takata airbag recall is more than doubling in size, with NHTSA announcing that it is expanding the recall to include 35-40 million airbag inflators to be substituted through 2019. This tally is in addition to the 28.8 million airbags already recalled. Thus far, NHTSA shows that 8,168,860 airbags have been substituted.
April 13, 2016: Regulators state that there are eighty five million potentially defective, unrecalled Takata airbag inflators that will need to be recalled—unless Takata can prove they are safe. So far, the recall has included 28.8 million airbags in the U.S.
April 7, 2016: A 17-year-old damsel from Texas named as the 10th U.S. victim. She was driving a two thousand two Honda Civic. Her death is attributed to shrapnel from the exploding airbag striking her neck. NHTSA shows that 7,522,533 airbags have been repaired.
February 12, 2016: NHTSA expands its list of impacted models. Thus far, 7,122,510 airbags have been repaired.
December 23, 2015: NHTSA announces another U.S. fatality due to the questionable Takata airbag inflator, underscoring the need for consumer to have their cars repaired as soon as possible. Further, there have been switches to the official list of affected vehicles, which are reflected in this omnibus story.
November Trio, 2015: NHTSA imposes a record civil penalty of up to $200 million against Takata. (Of that, $70 million is a cash penalty, with an extra $130 million charge if Takata fails to meet its commitments.) Plus, the government agency requires Takata to phase out the manufacturer and sale of inflators that use the risky propellant and recall all Takata ammonium nitrate inflators presently on the road—unless the company can prove they are safe or can display it has determined why its inflators are prone to rupture.
October 9, 2015: Honda releases an update on the Takata airbag recall, stating its progress in reaching out to consumers and its recall repair completion rate.
June Nineteen, 2015: NHTSA and Honda confirm that an eight th fatality was attributable to a Takata airbag rupture, which took place in Los Angeles in September of 2014. The car was identified as a rented two thousand one Honda Civic. Honda said the car had been under recall since two thousand nine but that various owners, including the petite rental company in Los Angeles, had failed to have the repairs made.
June 17, 2015: NHTSA VIN look-up instrument is updated to include all affected models. Often, there can be a slight delay inbetween announcements and when data is available.
June 16, 2015: Toyota expands years for recall on previously announced models, adding 1,365,000 extra vehicles.
June 15, 2015: Honda expands national recall on Honda Accord.
June 15, 2015: NHTSA and Honda confirm that Takata airbag rupture was implicated in a seventh death. The driver of a two thousand five Honda Civic was fatally injured following a crash on April Five, in Louisiana.
June Four, 2015: Reuters reports that at least 400,000 substituted airbag inflators will need to be recalled and substituted again.
May 29, 2015: Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and General Motors added the vehicle identification numbers (VIN) of the impacted vehicles to their recall websites.
May 28, 2015: NHTSA and vehicle manufacturers exposed the extra models included in previous recall announcements.
May Nineteen, 2015: DOT released a statement telling that Takata acknowledges airbag inflators it produced for certain vehicles were faulty. It expanded certain regional recalls to national ones, and included inflators fitted in certain Daimler Trucks in the recalled vehicles. In all, the recall was expanded to a staggering 33.8 million vehicles. That number includes the harshly seventeen million vehicles previously recalled by affected automakers.
February 20, 2015: NHTSA fined Takata $14,000 per day for not cooperating fully with the agency’s investigation into the airbag problems.
January Legitimate, 2015: The driver of a two thousand two Honda Accord became the fifth person in the United States thought to have been killed by an exploding airbag inflator.
December Legal, 2014: Ford issued a statement adding an extra 447,310 vehicles to the recall.
December 9, 2014: Honda issued a statement telling it will conform with NHTSA and expand its recall to a national level. This brings the number of affected Honda/Acura vehicles to Five.Four million.
November Legitimate, 2014: NHTSA called for the recalls to be expanded to a national level.
November 7, 2014: Fresh York Times published a report claiming Takata was aware of dangerous defects with its airbags years before the company filed paperwork with federal regulators.
Takata Airbag Recall – Everything You Need to Know
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What this recall means to you and what deeds you should take
Vehicles made by nineteen different automakers have been recalled to substitute frontal airbags on the driver’s side or passenger’s side, or both in what NHTSA has called “the largest and most complicated safety recall in U.S. history.” The airbags, made by major parts supplier Takata, were mostly installed in cars from model year two thousand two through 2015. Some of those airbags could deploy explosively, injuring or even killing car occupants. (Look for details below on waits for replacement airbags.)
At the heart of the problem is the airbag’s inflator, a metal cartridge loaded with propellant wafers, which in some cases has ignited with explosive force. If the inflator housing ruptures in a crash, metal shards from the airbag can be sprayed via the passenger cabin—a potentially disastrous outcome from a supposedly life-saving device.
NHTSA has determined the root cause of the problem: airbags that use ammonium nitrate-based propellent without a chemical drying agent. As postulated early on, environmental moisture, high temperatures, and age as associated with the defect that can improperly inflate the airbags and even send shrapnel into the occupant. To date, there have been eleven deaths and approximately one hundred eighty injuries due to this problem in the U.S.
Through various announcements, the recall has tripled in size over the past year. It is expected that the inflator recall will influence more than forty two million vehicles in the U.S., with the total number of airbags being inbetween sixty five and seventy million.
Visit www.safercar.gov to check the recall status of your vehicles.
Tell us about your situation by adding a comment below.
Latest timeline
July 11, 2017: Takata announces recall activity will add Two.7 million vehicles from Ford, Mazda, and Nissan that use airbag inflators that contain calcium sulfate, a chemical that serves as a drying agent.
March Two, 2017: Ford recalls 32,000 2016-17 Ford Edge, 2016-17 Lincoln MKX and two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental vehicles to substitute the driver frontal airbag module.
February 28, 2017: Takata has eventually pleaded guilty to deceiving automakers about the safety of its airbags. Now automakers are disputing charges that they knowingly installed the defective airbags in their cars.
January 12, 2017: Reports of an expected $1 billion penalty against Takata are published, with the expectation that $25 million will be a criminal penalty and $850 million would be paid as restitution to automakers impacted by the recall.
Ford expands its recall to 816,000 Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicle made in North America, including 654,695 sold in the U.S. Most vehicles were included included in prior recall deeds, but this stir adds the passenger-side airbag inflators.
Toyota also expands its recalls to 543,000 extra vehicles in the U.S., including both Toyota and Lexus brand models, to address front passenger airbags. Notably, this adds the two thousand twelve model year to the recall list for many vehicles.
December 9, 2016: A more aggressive recall schedule was announced by the Department of Transportation, with priority given to the riskiest models.
October 20, 2016: NHTSA confirms the 11th fatality. It occured in a two thousand one Honda Civic, a vehicle that was recalled in 2008. The recall had not been performed on this specific car. Nine of the eleven Takata-related deaths in the U.S. have occured in Acura and Honda models. Honda reports that there are just under 300,000 affected vehicles that have not been repaired or accounted for. Key lesson: Take recall notices earnestly.
July 22, 2016: Mazda announced that it is recalling extra B-Series pickup trucks from the two thousand seven to two thousand nine model years. The recall covers passenger airbags.
June 30, 2016: NHTSA announces that certain 2001-2003 Honda and Acura models have a much higher risk of ruptures during airbag deployments. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement, “Folks should not drive these vehicles unless they are going straight to a dealer to have them repaired instantly, free of charge.” The affected models are listed below.
June 21, 2016: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announces it will end NAFTA-market production of vehicles with non-desiccated amomonium-nitrate Takata air bag inflators by the end of June, with global production to end by mid-September. The two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler uses this type of inflator in the passenger-side airbag. Customers will be advised of vehicles that are so-equipped, and will be advised that the vehicles will be recalled in the future.
June 14, 2016: Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen have all confirmed the fresh vehicles they are selling that contain Takata’s ammonium nitrate-based propellant in driver and/or passenger frontal airbag inflators without a chemical drying agent, also known as a desiccant. These vehicles are listed below. Fiat Chrysler has yet to announce which vehicle they are selling with this type of airbag. While none of the models are part of the current recall, they all will have to be recalled by 2018. According to NHTSA, as of May 20, 2016, a total of 8,432,805 airbags have been substituted.
June Two, 2016: Audi, BMW, General Motors, Jaguar/Land Rover, and Mercedes-Benz have added almost Two.Five million more U.S. vehicles to the list of cars with defective Takata airbags.
June 1, 2016: Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen confirm in a report from Florida Senator Bill Nelson (PDF) that they are selling some fresh vehicles with airbags that contain Takata’s ammonium nitrate-based propellant in driver and passenger frontal airbag inflators without a chemical drying agent, also known as a desiccant. These vehicles will have to be recalled by 2018.
May Four, 2016: The massive Takata airbag recall is more than doubling in size, with NHTSA announcing that it is expanding the recall to include 35-40 million airbag inflators to be substituted through 2019. This tally is in addition to the 28.8 million airbags already recalled. Thus far, NHTSA shows that 8,168,860 airbags have been substituted.
April 13, 2016: Regulators state that there are eighty five million potentially defective, unrecalled Takata airbag inflators that will need to be recalled—unless Takata can prove they are safe. So far, the recall has included 28.8 million airbags in the U.S.
April 7, 2016: A 17-year-old damsel from Texas named as the 10th U.S. victim. She was driving a two thousand two Honda Civic. Her death is attributed to shrapnel from the exploding airbag striking her neck. NHTSA shows that 7,522,533 airbags have been repaired.
February 12, 2016: NHTSA expands its list of impacted models. Thus far, 7,122,510 airbags have been repaired.
December 23, 2015: NHTSA announces another U.S. fatality due to the questionable Takata airbag inflator, underscoring the need for consumer to have their cars repaired as soon as possible. Further, there have been switches to the official list of affected vehicles, which are reflected in this omnibus story.
November Trio, 2015: NHTSA imposes a record civil penalty of up to $200 million against Takata. (Of that, $70 million is a cash penalty, with an extra $130 million charge if Takata fails to meet its commitments.) Plus, the government agency requires Takata to phase out the manufacturer and sale of inflators that use the risky propellant and recall all Takata ammonium nitrate inflators presently on the road—unless the company can prove they are safe or can showcase it has determined why its inflators are prone to rupture.
October 9, 2015: Honda releases an update on the Takata airbag recall, stating its progress in reaching out to consumers and its recall repair completion rate.
June Nineteen, 2015: NHTSA and Honda confirm that an eight th fatality was attributable to a Takata airbag rupture, which took place in Los Angeles in September of 2014. The car was identified as a rented two thousand one Honda Civic. Honda said the car had been under recall since two thousand nine but that various owners, including the petite rental company in Los Angeles, had failed to have the repairs made.
June 17, 2015: NHTSA VIN look-up device is updated to include all affected models. Often, there can be a slight delay inbetween announcements and when data is available.
June 16, 2015: Toyota expands years for recall on previously announced models, adding 1,365,000 extra vehicles.
June 15, 2015: Honda expands national recall on Honda Accord.
June 15, 2015: NHTSA and Honda confirm that Takata airbag rupture was implicated in a seventh death. The driver of a two thousand five Honda Civic was fatally injured following a crash on April Five, in Louisiana.
June Four, 2015: Reuters reports that at least 400,000 substituted airbag inflators will need to be recalled and substituted again.
May 29, 2015: Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and General Motors added the vehicle identification numbers (VIN) of the impacted vehicles to their recall websites.
May 28, 2015: NHTSA and vehicle manufacturers exposed the extra models included in previous recall announcements.
May Nineteen, 2015: DOT released a statement telling that Takata acknowledges airbag inflators it produced for certain vehicles were faulty. It expanded certain regional recalls to national ones, and included inflators fitted in certain Daimler Trucks in the recalled vehicles. In all, the recall was expanded to a staggering 33.8 million vehicles. That number includes the harshly seventeen million vehicles previously recalled by affected automakers.
February 20, 2015: NHTSA fined Takata $14,000 per day for not cooperating fully with the agency’s investigation into the airbag problems.
January Legitimate, 2015: The driver of a two thousand two Honda Accord became the fifth person in the United States thought to have been killed by an exploding airbag inflator.
December Eighteen, 2014: Ford issued a statement adding an extra 447,310 vehicles to the recall.
December 9, 2014: Honda issued a statement telling it will serve with NHTSA and expand its recall to a national level. This brings the number of affected Honda/Acura vehicles to Five.Four million.
November Eighteen, 2014: NHTSA called for the recalls to be expanded to a national level.
November 7, 2014: Fresh York Times published a report claiming Takata was aware of dangerous defects with its airbags years before the company filed paperwork with federal regulators.
Takata Airbag Recall – Everything You Need to Know
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What this recall means to you and what deeds you should take
Vehicles made by nineteen different automakers have been recalled to substitute frontal airbags on the driver’s side or passenger’s side, or both in what NHTSA has called “the largest and most sophisticated safety recall in U.S. history.” The airbags, made by major parts supplier Takata, were mostly installed in cars from model year two thousand two through 2015. Some of those airbags could deploy explosively, injuring or even killing car occupants. (Look for details below on waits for replacement airbags.)
At the heart of the problem is the airbag’s inflator, a metal cartridge loaded with propellant wafers, which in some cases has ignited with explosive force. If the inflator housing ruptures in a crash, metal shards from the airbag can be sprayed via the passenger cabin—a potentially disastrous outcome from a supposedly life-saving device.
NHTSA has determined the root cause of the problem: airbags that use ammonium nitrate-based propellent without a chemical drying agent. As postulated early on, environmental moisture, high temperatures, and age as associated with the defect that can improperly inflate the airbags and even send shrapnel into the occupant. To date, there have been eleven deaths and approximately one hundred eighty injuries due to this problem in the U.S.
Through various announcements, the recall has tripled in size over the past year. It is expected that the inflator recall will influence more than forty two million vehicles in the U.S., with the total number of airbags being inbetween sixty five and seventy million.
Visit www.safercar.gov to check the recall status of your vehicles.
Tell us about your situation by adding a comment below.
Latest timeline
July 11, 2017: Takata announces recall activity will add Two.7 million vehicles from Ford, Mazda, and Nissan that use airbag inflators that contain calcium sulfate, a chemical that serves as a drying agent.
March Two, 2017: Ford recalls 32,000 2016-17 Ford Edge, 2016-17 Lincoln MKX and two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental vehicles to substitute the driver frontal airbag module.
February 28, 2017: Takata has ultimately pleaded guilty to deceiving automakers about the safety of its airbags. Now automakers are disputing charges that they knowingly installed the defective airbags in their cars.
January 12, 2017: Reports of an expected $1 billion penalty against Takata are published, with the expectation that $25 million will be a criminal penalty and $850 million would be paid as restitution to automakers impacted by the recall.
Ford expands its recall to 816,000 Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicle made in North America, including 654,695 sold in the U.S. Most vehicles were included included in prior recall deeds, but this budge adds the passenger-side airbag inflators.
Toyota also expands its recalls to 543,000 extra vehicles in the U.S., including both Toyota and Lexus brand models, to address front passenger airbags. Notably, this adds the two thousand twelve model year to the recall list for many vehicles.
December 9, 2016: A more aggressive recall schedule was announced by the Department of Transportation, with priority given to the riskiest models.
October 20, 2016: NHTSA confirms the 11th fatality. It occured in a two thousand one Honda Civic, a vehicle that was recalled in 2008. The recall had not been performed on this specific car. Nine of the eleven Takata-related deaths in the U.S. have occured in Acura and Honda models. Honda reports that there are just under 300,000 affected vehicles that have not been repaired or accounted for. Key lesson: Take recall notices earnestly.
July 22, 2016: Mazda announced that it is recalling extra B-Series pickup trucks from the two thousand seven to two thousand nine model years. The recall covers passenger airbags.
June 30, 2016: NHTSA announces that certain 2001-2003 Honda and Acura models have a much higher risk of ruptures during airbag deployments. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement, “Folks should not drive these vehicles unless they are going straight to a dealer to have them repaired instantaneously, free of charge.” The affected models are listed below.
June 21, 2016: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announces it will end NAFTA-market production of vehicles with non-desiccated amomonium-nitrate Takata air bag inflators by the end of June, with global production to end by mid-September. The two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler uses this type of inflator in the passenger-side airbag. Customers will be advised of vehicles that are so-equipped, and will be advised that the vehicles will be recalled in the future.
June 14, 2016: Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen have all confirmed the fresh vehicles they are selling that contain Takata’s ammonium nitrate-based propellant in driver and/or passenger frontal airbag inflators without a chemical drying agent, also known as a desiccant. These vehicles are listed below. Fiat Chrysler has yet to announce which vehicle they are selling with this type of airbag. While none of the models are part of the current recall, they all will have to be recalled by 2018. According to NHTSA, as of May 20, 2016, a total of 8,432,805 airbags have been substituted.
June Two, 2016: Audi, BMW, General Motors, Jaguar/Land Rover, and Mercedes-Benz have added almost Two.Five million more U.S. vehicles to the list of cars with defective Takata airbags.
June 1, 2016: Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen confirm in a report from Florida Senator Bill Nelson (PDF) that they are selling some fresh vehicles with airbags that contain Takata’s ammonium nitrate-based propellant in driver and passenger frontal airbag inflators without a chemical drying agent, also known as a desiccant. These vehicles will have to be recalled by 2018.
May Four, 2016: The massive Takata airbag recall is more than doubling in size, with NHTSA announcing that it is expanding the recall to include 35-40 million airbag inflators to be substituted through 2019. This tally is in addition to the 28.8 million airbags already recalled. Thus far, NHTSA shows that 8,168,860 airbags have been substituted.
April 13, 2016: Regulators state that there are eighty five million potentially defective, unrecalled Takata airbag inflators that will need to be recalled—unless Takata can prove they are safe. So far, the recall has included 28.8 million airbags in the U.S.
April 7, 2016: A 17-year-old damsel from Texas named as the 10th U.S. victim. She was driving a two thousand two Honda Civic. Her death is attributed to shrapnel from the exploding airbag striking her neck. NHTSA shows that 7,522,533 airbags have been repaired.
February 12, 2016: NHTSA expands its list of impacted models. Thus far, 7,122,510 airbags have been repaired.
December 23, 2015: NHTSA announces another U.S. fatality due to the questionable Takata airbag inflator, underscoring the need for consumer to have their cars repaired as soon as possible. Further, there have been switches to the official list of affected vehicles, which are reflected in this omnibus story.
November Three, 2015: NHTSA imposes a record civil penalty of up to $200 million against Takata. (Of that, $70 million is a cash penalty, with an extra $130 million charge if Takata fails to meet its commitments.) Plus, the government agency requires Takata to phase out the manufacturer and sale of inflators that use the risky propellant and recall all Takata ammonium nitrate inflators presently on the road—unless the company can prove they are safe or can demonstrate it has determined why its inflators are prone to rupture.
October 9, 2015: Honda releases an update on the Takata airbag recall, stating its progress in reaching out to consumers and its recall repair completion rate.
June Nineteen, 2015: NHTSA and Honda confirm that an eight th fatality was attributable to a Takata airbag rupture, which took place in Los Angeles in September of 2014. The car was identified as a rented two thousand one Honda Civic. Honda said the car had been under recall since two thousand nine but that various owners, including the petite rental company in Los Angeles, had failed to have the repairs made.
June 17, 2015: NHTSA VIN look-up instrument is updated to include all affected models. Often, there can be a slight delay inbetween announcements and when data is available.
June 16, 2015: Toyota expands years for recall on previously announced models, adding 1,365,000 extra vehicles.
June 15, 2015: Honda expands national recall on Honda Accord.
June 15, 2015: NHTSA and Honda confirm that Takata airbag rupture was implicated in a seventh death. The driver of a two thousand five Honda Civic was fatally injured following a crash on April Five, in Louisiana.
June Four, 2015: Reuters reports that at least 400,000 substituted airbag inflators will need to be recalled and substituted again.
May 29, 2015: Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and General Motors added the vehicle identification numbers (VIN) of the impacted vehicles to their recall websites.
May 28, 2015: NHTSA and vehicle manufacturers exposed the extra models included in previous recall announcements.
May Nineteen, 2015: DOT released a statement telling that Takata acknowledges airbag inflators it produced for certain vehicles were faulty. It expanded certain regional recalls to national ones, and included inflators fitted in certain Daimler Trucks in the recalled vehicles. In all, the recall was expanded to a staggering 33.8 million vehicles. That number includes the toughly seventeen million vehicles previously recalled by affected automakers.
February 20, 2015: NHTSA fined Takata $14,000 per day for not cooperating fully with the agency’s investigation into the airbag problems.
January Legal, 2015: The driver of a two thousand two Honda Accord became the fifth person in the United States thought to have been killed by an exploding airbag inflator.
December Legal, 2014: Ford issued a statement adding an extra 447,310 vehicles to the recall.
December 9, 2014: Honda issued a statement telling it will serve with NHTSA and expand its recall to a national level. This brings the number of affected Honda/Acura vehicles to Five.Four million.
November Legitimate, 2014: NHTSA called for the recalls to be expanded to a national level.
November 7, 2014: Fresh York Times published a report claiming Takata was aware of dangerous defects with its airbags years before the company filed paperwork with federal regulators.
Takata Airbag Recall – Everything You Need to Know
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What this recall means to you and what deeds you should take
Vehicles made by nineteen different automakers have been recalled to substitute frontal airbags on the driver’s side or passenger’s side, or both in what NHTSA has called “the largest and most complicated safety recall in U.S. history.” The airbags, made by major parts supplier Takata, were mostly installed in cars from model year two thousand two through 2015. Some of those airbags could deploy explosively, injuring or even killing car occupants. (Look for details below on waits for replacement airbags.)
At the heart of the problem is the airbag’s inflator, a metal cartridge loaded with propellant wafers, which in some cases has ignited with explosive force. If the inflator housing ruptures in a crash, metal shards from the airbag can be sprayed via the passenger cabin—a potentially disastrous outcome from a supposedly life-saving device.
NHTSA has determined the root cause of the problem: airbags that use ammonium nitrate-based propellent without a chemical drying agent. As postulated early on, environmental moisture, high temperatures, and age as associated with the defect that can improperly inflate the airbags and even send shrapnel into the occupant. To date, there have been eleven deaths and approximately one hundred eighty injuries due to this problem in the U.S.
Through various announcements, the recall has tripled in size over the past year. It is expected that the inflator recall will influence more than forty two million vehicles in the U.S., with the total number of airbags being inbetween sixty five and seventy million.
Visit www.safercar.gov to check the recall status of your vehicles.
Tell us about your situation by adding a comment below.
Latest timeline
July 11, 2017: Takata announces recall activity will add Two.7 million vehicles from Ford, Mazda, and Nissan that use airbag inflators that contain calcium sulfate, a chemical that serves as a drying agent.
March Two, 2017: Ford recalls 32,000 2016-17 Ford Edge, 2016-17 Lincoln MKX and two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental vehicles to substitute the driver frontal airbag module.
February 28, 2017: Takata has ultimately pleaded guilty to deceiving automakers about the safety of its airbags. Now automakers are disputing charges that they knowingly installed the defective airbags in their cars.
January 12, 2017: Reports of an expected $1 billion penalty against Takata are published, with the expectation that $25 million will be a criminal penalty and $850 million would be paid as restitution to automakers impacted by the recall.
Ford expands its recall to 816,000 Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicle made in North America, including 654,695 sold in the U.S. Most vehicles were included included in prior recall deeds, but this stir adds the passenger-side airbag inflators.
Toyota also expands its recalls to 543,000 extra vehicles in the U.S., including both Toyota and Lexus brand models, to address front passenger airbags. Notably, this adds the two thousand twelve model year to the recall list for many vehicles.
December 9, 2016: A more aggressive recall schedule was announced by the Department of Transportation, with priority given to the riskiest models.
October 20, 2016: NHTSA confirms the 11th fatality. It occured in a two thousand one Honda Civic, a vehicle that was recalled in 2008. The recall had not been performed on this specific car. Nine of the eleven Takata-related deaths in the U.S. have occured in Acura and Honda models. Honda reports that there are just under 300,000 affected vehicles that have not been repaired or accounted for. Key lesson: Take recall notices gravely.
July 22, 2016: Mazda announced that it is recalling extra B-Series pickup trucks from the two thousand seven to two thousand nine model years. The recall covers passenger airbags.
June 30, 2016: NHTSA announces that certain 2001-2003 Honda and Acura models have a much higher risk of ruptures during airbag deployments. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement, “Folks should not drive these vehicles unless they are going straight to a dealer to have them repaired instantaneously, free of charge.” The affected models are listed below.
June 21, 2016: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announces it will end NAFTA-market production of vehicles with non-desiccated amomonium-nitrate Takata air bag inflators by the end of June, with global production to end by mid-September. The two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler uses this type of inflator in the passenger-side airbag. Customers will be advised of vehicles that are so-equipped, and will be advised that the vehicles will be recalled in the future.
June 14, 2016: Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen have all confirmed the fresh vehicles they are selling that contain Takata’s ammonium nitrate-based propellant in driver and/or passenger frontal airbag inflators without a chemical drying agent, also known as a desiccant. These vehicles are listed below. Fiat Chrysler has yet to announce which vehicle they are selling with this type of airbag. While none of the models are part of the current recall, they all will have to be recalled by 2018. According to NHTSA, as of May 20, 2016, a total of 8,432,805 airbags have been substituted.
June Two, 2016: Audi, BMW, General Motors, Jaguar/Land Rover, and Mercedes-Benz have added almost Two.Five million more U.S. vehicles to the list of cars with defective Takata airbags.
June 1, 2016: Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen confirm in a report from Florida Senator Bill Nelson (PDF) that they are selling some fresh vehicles with airbags that contain Takata’s ammonium nitrate-based propellant in driver and passenger frontal airbag inflators without a chemical drying agent, also known as a desiccant. These vehicles will have to be recalled by 2018.
May Four, 2016: The massive Takata airbag recall is more than doubling in size, with NHTSA announcing that it is expanding the recall to include 35-40 million airbag inflators to be substituted through 2019. This tally is in addition to the 28.8 million airbags already recalled. Thus far, NHTSA shows that 8,168,860 airbags have been substituted.
April 13, 2016: Regulators state that there are eighty five million potentially defective, unrecalled Takata airbag inflators that will need to be recalled—unless Takata can prove they are safe. So far, the recall has included 28.8 million airbags in the U.S.
April 7, 2016: A 17-year-old dame from Texas named as the 10th U.S. victim. She was driving a two thousand two Honda Civic. Her death is attributed to shrapnel from the exploding airbag striking her neck. NHTSA shows that 7,522,533 airbags have been repaired.
February 12, 2016: NHTSA expands its list of impacted models. Thus far, 7,122,510 airbags have been repaired.
December 23, 2015: NHTSA announces another U.S. fatality due to the questionable Takata airbag inflator, underscoring the need for consumer to have their cars repaired as soon as possible. Further, there have been switches to the official list of affected vehicles, which are reflected in this omnibus story.
November Three, 2015: NHTSA imposes a record civil penalty of up to $200 million against Takata. (Of that, $70 million is a cash penalty, with an extra $130 million charge if Takata fails to meet its commitments.) Plus, the government agency requires Takata to phase out the manufacturer and sale of inflators that use the risky propellant and recall all Takata ammonium nitrate inflators presently on the road—unless the company can prove they are safe or can showcase it has determined why its inflators are prone to rupture.
October 9, 2015: Honda releases an update on the Takata airbag recall, stating its progress in reaching out to consumers and its recall repair completion rate.
June Nineteen, 2015: NHTSA and Honda confirm that an eight th fatality was attributable to a Takata airbag rupture, which took place in Los Angeles in September of 2014. The car was identified as a rented two thousand one Honda Civic. Honda said the car had been under recall since two thousand nine but that various owners, including the petite rental company in Los Angeles, had failed to have the repairs made.
June 17, 2015: NHTSA VIN look-up instrument is updated to include all affected models. Often, there can be a slight delay inbetween announcements and when data is available.
June 16, 2015: Toyota expands years for recall on previously announced models, adding 1,365,000 extra vehicles.
June 15, 2015: Honda expands national recall on Honda Accord.
June 15, 2015: NHTSA and Honda confirm that Takata airbag rupture was implicated in a seventh death. The driver of a two thousand five Honda Civic was fatally injured following a crash on April Five, in Louisiana.
June Four, 2015: Reuters reports that at least 400,000 substituted airbag inflators will need to be recalled and substituted again.
May 29, 2015: Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and General Motors added the vehicle identification numbers (VIN) of the impacted vehicles to their recall websites.
May 28, 2015: NHTSA and vehicle manufacturers exposed the extra models included in previous recall announcements.
May Nineteen, 2015: DOT released a statement telling that Takata acknowledges airbag inflators it produced for certain vehicles were faulty. It expanded certain regional recalls to national ones, and included inflators fitted in certain Daimler Trucks in the recalled vehicles. In all, the recall was expanded to a staggering 33.8 million vehicles. That number includes the harshly seventeen million vehicles previously recalled by affected automakers.
February 20, 2015: NHTSA fined Takata $14,000 per day for not cooperating fully with the agency’s investigation into the airbag problems.
January Eighteen, 2015: The driver of a two thousand two Honda Accord became the fifth person in the United States thought to have been killed by an exploding airbag inflator.
December Legal, 2014: Ford issued a statement adding an extra 447,310 vehicles to the recall.
December 9, 2014: Honda issued a statement telling it will conform with NHTSA and expand its recall to a national level. This brings the number of affected Honda/Acura vehicles to Five.Four million.
November Legal, 2014: NHTSA called for the recalls to be expanded to a national level.
November 7, 2014: Fresh York Times published a report claiming Takata was aware of dangerous defects with its airbags years before the company filed paperwork with federal regulators.