
Six automakers are recalling an estimated 1.7 million vehicles, including Sprinter vans, for faulty Takata air bag inflators that can be fatal when they fracture and spray shrapnel into drivers and passengers.
Six automakers are recalling an estimated 1.7 million vehicles, including Sprinter vans, for faulty Takata air bag inflators that can be fatal when they fracture and spray shrapnel into drivers and passengers.
About 16.7 million of the faulty Takata air-bag inflators still haven't been replaced about three years after federal regulators began to oversee a broad-ranging recall of the defective inflators that have caused at least 15 deaths in the U.S., according to a new report.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has implemented an interim rule to facilitate the removal of defective Takata airbag inflators from vehicles and prevent those in scrap vehicles from being reused.
Drivers can take certain measures to mitigate the risk of serious injury arising from air bag deployment. Here are some tips from the Kansas Department of Revenue’s Division of Vehicles.
The recall, expected to begin June 9, covers nearly 114,000 vehicles in the 2014 to 2017 model years.
The recall covers 7,600 2016 model-year gasoline-electric hybrid cars that need new front passenger air bag assemblies.
The U.S. recall, tied to a software defect, covers 3.64 million vehicles in the 2014 to 2017 model years.
The recall, expected to get under way later this month, covers 4,355 vehicles in the 2016 model year.
In the light-duty van market, safety has become a priority for fleet buyers and manufacturers.
The recall covers nearly 38,000 low-roof Transit vans whose side-curtain air bags may be positioned incorrectly.