Volkswagen Airbag Recall Impacts Nearly 115,000 Beetles and Passats
Affected owners will be notified in late December and will be able to take the vehicle to have the driver's side airbag replaced free of charge.
Affected owners will be notified in late December and will be able to take the vehicle to have the driver's side airbag replaced free of charge.
Replacement steering wheels never approved by BMW may contain recalled Takata airbag inflators that could rupture and explode.
Warning comes after more than 100 million vehicles were recalled due to a risk of Takata air bag explosions, which have already killed dozens of people.
Nearly 100 million vehicles have been recalled worldwide since 2014 due to the risk of exploding Takata airbag inflators, which have killed dozens of people worldwide.
The manufacturer has refused to work with the NHTSA on issuing an Arc airbag recall, despite reports of problems that the airbags may explode and send metal fragments into the passenger compartment
The NHTSA has decided that the inflators should be removed from the market, potentially setting up a massive airbag recall similar to one which affected tens of millions of Takata airbag inflators in recent years.
Owners of 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 trucks are being instructed to keep their vehicles parked until recalled Takata airbags have been replaced, after another death was linked to the defective inflators.
Drivers for Uber, Lyft, and other rideshare companies usually aren’t legally required to repair their recalled vehicles, and consumers have no way of determining there may be serious risks with the vehicles they enter
Auto safety regulators are calling for ARC Automotive to issue a recall for approximately 67 million air bag inflators used throughout the automotive industry.
Ford Ranger Takata airbag replacements may have been installed upside down, posing a risk of airbag failure in the event of an accident