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Honda Urges Takata Airbag Recall Repairs After 28Th Death

Learn about the dangers of Takata air bag inflators, the ongoing recall efforts, and the tragic incidents they have caused globally.

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Ford, Mazda warn owners to stop driving older vehicles with dangerous Takata air bag inflators

Ford and Mazda are warning the owners of more than 475,000 older vehicles in the U.S. not to drive them because they have dangerous Takata air bag inflators that have not been replaced

The Independent UK

Feds push for massive recall of deadly, defective airbags

More than 50 million airbags installed by over a dozen automakers are affected.

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Feds issue airbag safety warning in certain cars

Five cases involving these safety devices have been identified by the NHTSA.

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Weird: BMW 3 Series Recall Is Hunting for Deadly Takata Airbags Installed by Owners

BMW is worried owners may have installed a Takata airbag if they had replaced the original steering wheel with a sportier model.

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BMW To Recall More Than 390,000 Cars In US Due To Faulty Airbag Inflators

BMW is recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles because of faulty airbag inflators.

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The 'gunshot' case that perplexed the ACT's chief pathologist

Prof Johan Duflou admits he didn't like dealing with alive patients.

The Canberra Times

Nissan warns of exploding airbag risk in older models

Nissan has issued a 'do not drive' warning for nearly 84,000 of its older vehicles.

The Street

How to tell if your older vehicle has a potentially dangerous Takata air bag under recall

Despite a long string of recalls that began more than two decades ago, about 6.2 million vehicles with potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators remain on U.S. roads today

The Independent UK

Nissan Issues Do-Not-Drive Order for Older Models With Deadly Takata Airbags

It affects certain 2002-2006 Sentra cars, 2002-2004 Pathfinder SUVs, and 2002-2003 Infiniti QX4s.

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The Independent UK

Nissan warns owners of older vehicles not to drive them due to risk of exploding air bag inflators

Nissan is urging the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles to stop driving them because their Takata air bag inflators are at high risk of exploding in a crash and hurling metal fragments

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Stellantis Recalls 284k Dodge Chargers, Chrysler 300s For Side Airbag Problems

Inflators could crack and rupture, but this time it's not related to Takata.

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Ford Reinspecting Takata Airbag Repairs For Incomplete, Sloppy Work

The re-inspection program affects 42,000 vehicles and includes the Mustang, Ranger, Fusion, Edge, and other models.

Chicago Sun-Times

Safety regulators investigating after Takata air bag inflator in BMW blows apart, injuring driver in Chicago

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says BMW is recalling 486 SUVs after the driver was seriously on Oct. 23. BMW blamed a welding defect and said it is limited to a small lot of inflators.

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The Independent UK

US agency to watch unrecalled Takata inflators after one blows apart, injuring a driver in Chicago

U.S. auto safety regulators say they are monitoring data from a group of mostly unrecalled Takata air bag inflators after one of them exploded in a BMW and hurled metal fragments that seriously injured a driver in Chicago

The Independent UK

BMW recalls SUVs after Takata air bag inflator blows apart, hurling shrapnel and injuring driver

BMW is recalling a small number of SUVs in the U.S. because the driver’s air bag inflators can blow apart in a crash, hurling metal shrapnel and possibly injuring or killing people

The Independent UK

GM recalls nearly 900 vehicles with Takata air bag inflators, blames manufacturing problem

General Motors is recalling nearly 900 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada with Takata air bag inflators that could explode and hurl shrapnel in a crash

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FCA Says Don't Drive 2003 Dodge Ram After Airbag-Related Death

There are an estimated 84,000 trucks that still haven't had the Takata airbag recall performed.

The Independent UK

Owners of some 2003 Ram pickups urged to not drive them after another Takata air bag inflator death

Stellantis and the U.S. government are urging owners of some 2003 Dodge Ram pickups to stop driving them after a passenger was killed by an exploding Takata air bag inflator

The Independent UK

More than 30 million US drivers don't know if they're at risk from a rare but dangerous airbag blast

More than 33 million people in the United States are driving vehicles that contain a potentially deadly threat: Airbag inflators that in rare cases can explode in a collision and spew shrapnel

The Street

BMW Issues Dire Warning to Thousands of Drivers

"Do Not Drive”: the German carmaker has just warned thousands of U.S customers, because some of its cars are equipped with very dangerous airbags.

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