The largest safety recall in U.S history is the Takata airbag recall. Various automakers have been recalled to check and replace the frontal airbags on the driver’s side. The Takata airbags were mostly installed in cars from model year 2002 to 2015. These airbags can explode injuring or even killing drivers. As the recall, millions of vehicles have been expanded. Out of 70million cars, 8 million have been fixed[2]. Sean kane, founder and president of safety research and strategies said automakers should be blamed for not complaining about the Takata airbag problems. Moreover, he also said “Honda in particular, though is not limited to Honda, was takata’s enabler on this as their biggest costumer. Honda had ample information going back years
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The airbag has killed almost blamed 11 people and many people were injured. Wharton management professor John Paul McDuffie pointed to the Takata use of ammonium nitrate in cartridges. The cartridge absorbs moisture which makes them to explode in higher level of heat and humidity. Many Takata’s competitor did not use the dangerous nitrate chemical. However takata was confident about their manufacturing expertise, said McDuffie.
Ways to check whether your car is affected by recall or not:
1. You will need to know your car’s VIN that can be found in lower driver side corner of the windshield. It can also be found on your insurance documents.
2. Once you get the VIN, punch that number into NHTSA’s online VIN-lookup tool.
3. If your car is affected, the tool will make you aware about it.
NHTSA has some list vehicles that are being affected .the picture below show it:
Reports of death and
The airbag has killed almost blamed 11 people and many people were injured. Wharton management professor John Paul McDuffie pointed to the Takata use of ammonium nitrate in cartridges. The cartridge absorbs moisture which makes them to explode in higher level of heat and humidity. Many Takata’s competitor did not use the dangerous nitrate chemical. However takata was confident about their manufacturing expertise, said McDuffie.
Ways to check whether your car is affected by recall or not:
1. You will need to know your car’s VIN that can be found in lower driver side corner of the windshield. It can also be found on your insurance documents.
2. Once you get the VIN, punch that number into NHTSA’s online VIN-lookup tool.
3. If your car is affected, the tool will make you aware about it.
NHTSA has some list vehicles that are being affected .the picture below show it:
Reports of death and