The Takata Airbag Recall

Takata Airbag Recall:

The Japanese Airbag Manufacturing company known as Takata will file for bankruptcy after their exploding airbags leave over 100 injured and at least 17 dead around the world.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that over 24 million US vehicles contain these potentially lethal inflators but less than 8 million have been replaced.

The problem with the airbags appears to be in their inflators. The inflators use ammonium-nitrate gas which can cause them to engage from even the slightest low-speed crashes. The resulting rupture hurls shards of plastic and metal at the driver causing serious injuries.

Among those to be injured is a young woman who died mere seconds after her steering wheel airbag inflated, launching shards of metal at her. These Metal pieces slit her neck eventually causing her to bleed to death.

Takata Airbag Recall: read a list of cars affected here.

Use the list below to see if your car might be subject to the ongoing recall, which could soon expand to another 85 million vehicles. If you see your car on the list, go to safercar.gov to plug your Vehicle ID Number, or VIN, into the recall look-up tool to confirm if it needs its airbag inflators replaced.

Acura
Audi
BMW
Cadillac
Chevrolet
Chrysler
Daimler
Dodge/Ram
Ferrari
Fisker
Ford

GMC
Honda
Infiniti
Jaguar
Jeep
Land Rover
Lexus
Lincoln
Mazda
McLaren
Mercedes-Benz

Mercury
Mitsubishi
Nissan
Pontiac
Saab
Saturn
Scion
Subaru
Tesla
Toyota
Volkswagen (VW)

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