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• Toyota Recalls 1 Million Vehicles Over Risk of Passenger Airbag Failures

  January 3, 2024

  Hannah Brown

  Nearly 1 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles are being recalled due to a short circuit which could disable the passenger side airbag, preventing it from deploying during an auto accident.

• NHTSA Warns Steering Wheel Decals, Decorative Emblems May Become Projectiles in a Crash

  November 13, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  The NHTSA is warning vehicle owners not to use aftermarket decorative decals on their steering wheels, after a driver was blinded in one eye when the airbag deployed, blasting rhinestones into their face.

• NHTSA to Hold Public Hearing on Arc Airbag Problems Following Reports of Explosions, Injuries

  September 21, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  The NHTSA is holding a public hearing next month to determine whether it should force an ARC airbag inflator recall, following reports of explosions, injuries and at least one death.

• Massive Airbag Inflator Recall Sought for 52M Devices Used by 12 Major Automakers Between 2000 and 2018

  September 6, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  The NHTSA is considering recalling about 52 million ARC and Delphi airbag inflators following reports of explosions, injuries and at least one death.

• Exploding Passenger Airbag Results in “Do Not Drive” Warning For 84,000 Dodge Ram Trucks

  July 13, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  Tens of thousands of Dodge Ram trucks remain on the road with potentially explosive Takata airbags, officials warn, following reports of a recent death linked to the defective airbag inflators.

• BMW Airbags in 90,000 Vehicles Pose “Dire” Risk of Rupture, Failure in Event of Crash: NHTSA

  May 5, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

• Volkswagen Atlas Recall Issued Over Airbag Deployment Problems

  April 7, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  A faulty wire may turn off the passenger seat airbags in about 150,000 recalled Volkswagen Atlas vehicles, the NHTSA warns.

• Recalled Airbag Inflators Linked to Five Deaths in 2022, Following Another Explosion in Chrysler Vehicle: NHTSA

  January 4, 2023

  Russell Maas

• JPML Establishes Multidistrict Litigation for Lawsuits Over Chrysler and GM Airbag Inflator Ruptures

  December 16, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  The U.S. JPML has ordered all airbag inflator rupture lawsuits filed over ARC airbag components used in GM and Chrysler vehicles consolidated before one federal judge for pretrial proceedings.

• Airbag Explosions Continue to Cause Deaths, Years After Faulty Inflators Recalled

  December 14, 2022

  Russell Maas

  The NHTSA urges consumers to check to see if their vehicle is affected by Takata airbag recalls, as faulty inflators continue to cause consumer deaths due to airbag explosions.