Airbag Recall by Ford Motor Co. Ford Motor Co. announced Friday a recall of 953,000 vehicles located in North America that put drivers at risk of injury from exploding airbags. Nearly 1 million Ford vehicles are affected worldwide including 782,384 in the U.S. The automaker plans to replace the frontal passenger airbag inflator or module at no cost due to … Read More
Kia Fortes, Hyundai Sonata and Kia Optima faulty air bags recalled in 2018
Kia Motors Corp has announced it will recall more than 507,000 vehicles in the United States due to an electronic problem that could prevent air bags from deploying in the even of a collision. The recent recall comes after an announcement by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in March that stated it would investigate why certain air bags … Read More
Ford, Mazda 2018 Recall 35,000 Ranger and B-Series Pickups for Defective Takata Air Bag Inflators
A month ago, Ford Motor Company reached out to 2,900 owners of the 2006 Ford Ranger pickup trucks and warned them not to drive them after finding out that a West Virginia man was killed by an exploding inflator. Now the auto maker is alerting others about these dangerous Takata airbags. The owners of certain Ford and Mazda vehicles are … Read More
Toyota Recalls 645,000 Vehicles for Electrical Problem Affecting Air Bag Inflation
Roughly 645,000 vehicles are being recalled worldwide by Toyota to fix an electrical problem that could prevent the inflation of air bags during a crash. The vehicles under recall include certain Toyota Prius and Lexus RX and NX SUVs. Additionally, the following models are also cited as having this problem: Toyota Alphard, Vellfire, Sienta, Noah, Voxy, Esquire, Probox, Succeed, Corolla, … Read More
Ford Recalls 2,900, 2006 Ranger Pickups for Dangerous Airbags After West Virginia Man’s Death
2006 Ford Ranger Pickups Recalled for Airbags Ford is warning owners of 2006 Ranger pickup trucks to stop driving them due to dangerous airbags that my cause injuries or death. A 2006 Ford Ranger pickup truck equipped with defective Takata airbags has killed a West Virginia man after the airbags exploded during a minor collision. Steve Mollohan, 56, of Hedgesville, … Read More
Takata Recalls Additional 3.3 Million Air Bag Inflators to Historic Auto Recall
2009, 2010 and 2013 Vehicles Recalled from 15 Brands The largest and deadliest auto recall in U.S. history, just got bigger. More faulty air bag inflators have been added to a massive auto recall by Japan-based Takata with an announcement in January that 3.3 million vehicles were added to the list. The recall adds to 69 million previously recalled airbag … Read More
Mercedes-Benz Recalls One Million Vehicles Due to Faulty Airbag Wiring
Roughly one million vehicles have been recalled by Mercedes-Benz for a faulty wiring problem that could spontaneously cause the driver’s side airbags to deploy. About half or 500,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and SUVs with this problem are located here in the United States. While there are no fatalities stemming from this recall, there have been a handful of minor injuries such … Read More