About 1.4 million vehicles from a total of five automakers may have defective airbags that the government said could be a 'serious threat to safety.'
Information from the NHTSA stated that the airbags contain Non-Azide Driver inflators. This defect can cause the airbag's inflator to explode or"underinflate" when it is deployed—resulting in serious injury and even death. The NHTSA referred to the phenomenon as a"very serious threat to safety."published by the NHTSA, the Takata Corporation wrote that it made 4.45 million of the NADI inflators between May 1, 1995 and August 31, 1999.
"The number of Takata NADI inflators for vehicles sold in the United States is substantially smaller but is not precisely known at this time," the documents read. Takata, which filed for bankruptcy in July 2017, has a history of having to recall vehicles due to faulty airbags. According to the NHTSA, these vehicles recently recalled for NADI inflators join another 41.6 million of others that were previously recalled after they were found to have been sold with faulty airbags that Tanaka manufactured. As reported by, the airbags in those 41.
All of the automakers have not yet released lists of vehicle models that contain the faulty airbag inflators. However, a BMW spokesperson toldthat a total of 116,491 of the company's vehicles could be potentially recalled. The list of vehicles that may be affected included 323i and 328i Sedans and 323Ci and 328Ci Coupes. The spokesperson said consumers can visit thecontacted Audi, Honda, Mitsubishi and Toyota for comment, but did not receive replies before publication.
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