Stellanis is urging owners of unrepaired 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 pickups to stop driving the vehicles immediately until they are serviced, following another rupture fatality involving a defective Takata airbag inflator.
The incident in May is the first reported for the model involving a Takata passenger-side bag, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a statement. This increased the total deaths from Takata airbag ruptures in the United States to 26 since May 2009, and more than 30 people have been killed worldwide.
The “Do Not Drive” warning was sent to 29,000 owners of the 2003 model vehicles, which was one of the 385,686 vehicles recalled for airbag repairs in 2015….