Category: airbags

Honda Issues ‘Do Not Drive’ Warning for Older Models Until Air Bags Are Fixed

February 4, 2023
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The U.S. government and Honda issued a ‘Do Not Drive’ warning on Friday for about 8,200 older Acura and Honda vehicles that still have Takata Alpha airbag inflators, urging car owners to have them immediately repaired because the defective airbags make it dangerous to drive the vehicles they are installed in. The urgent warning relates…

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Volkswagen Recalls Beetles to Replace Takata Air Bags

December 30, 2022
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Volkswagen is recalling nearly 42,000 Beetles in the U.S. and Canada because they have potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators. The recall covers Beetles from the 2015 and 2016 model years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted Friday that the inflators can explode with too much force and hurl shrapnel. Takata…

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NHTSA Opens New Investigation Into Takata Airbags

September 20, 2021
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SILVER SPRING, Md.—The U.S. government’s highway safety regulator has opened an investigation into a potential problem that surfaced last year with 56 million Takata airbags but that the agency eventually deemed safe based on industry research. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has not posted an official document on the investigation yet, but said that…

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