Yahoo Autos 10 Million More Takata Airbags Recalled from 14 Automakers
As the final phase of a 2015 agreement recall between airbag giant Takata and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 10 million airbags with replacement inflators are now being recalled.
NHTSA noted that although many of the inflators were never installed into vehicles, there are 14 manufacturers with vehicles that could be affected.
Manufacturers will be evaluating and releasing which specific models are impacted, and just because an automaker's name is on this list does not mean any of its products will be recalled in the near future.
The saga of Takata airbag recalls has gone on for years, beginning in the first half of the last decade, but it is finally, apparently, coming to an end. Now, in what could be the last of the recalls, 10 million additional vehicles with inflators in front airbags manufactured by the now bankrupt Takata have been recalled for their likelihood of exploding and spraying vehicle passengers with metal shards. The NHTSA report, dated January 2, states that the estimated percentage of actually defective inflators is estimated at 1 percent.
Automakers with vehicles that could be involved are Audi, BMW, Honda, Daimler (vans), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), Ferrari, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Toyota, and Volkswagen. An FCA spokesperson clarified to C/D that its vehicles subject to this notice were already recalled in 2015, so a new recall will not take place.
