Stellantis urges 276,000 U.S. owners to stop driving after airbag deaths — via drivingdotca Safety InfoFo Drivers
[The stop-drive directive has not been issued by Stellantis in Canada, says Transport Canada, largely because, besides the fact these vehicles have already been recalled, “a
irbag inflator ruptures are tied to vehicle exposure to sustained high temperature and humidity conditions, that are not found in Canada,” the ministry said. Transport Canada maintainsStellantis said replacement driver-side air bags have been available for the vehicles subject to the stop driving notice since 2015, and that it had made more than 150 total contact attempts to try to convince the owners of the vehicles involved in the three fatal crashes to get recall repairs completed.
More than 30 deaths worldwide and hundreds of injuries in various automakers’ vehicles are linked to Takata airbag inflators that can explode, unleashing metal shrapnel inside cars and trucks. Most of the deaths reported have been in Honda vehicles.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday it had confirmed two people died in separate crashes involving 2010 Dodge Chargers where the Takata driver’s side airbags exploded.
The NHTSA said it was aware of several other suspected inflator ruptures in vehicles from other automakers potentially due to exploding Takata airbags. There have been more than 400 U.S. injuries reported tied to Takata airbags.Article content Over the last decade, more than 67 million Takata air bag inflators have been recalled in the United States and more than 100 million worldwide, in the biggest auto safety callback in history. “Left unrepaired, recalled Takata air bags are increasingly dangerous as the risk of an explosion rises as vehicles age,” said NHTSA Acting Administrator Ann Carlson.built by nearly two dozen automakers that have potentially defective Takata air bag inflators.
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