The National Road Safety Administration has ordered Ford to raise a troublesome issue that could potentially affect three million of its U.S. cars: the Takata airbag inflatables could break and deadly metal fragments could fly. It is estimated to have an impact on machinery of approximately $ 610 million.
This shortcoming “resulted in the largest car recall in American history”, Reuters reports, with 67 million individual inflatables in 2.7 million U.S. vehicles recalled. To some extent, there were only (‘only’) 100 million inflatable calls by 19 different car manufacturers worldwide.
And yes, Ford argued that he did not find enough evidence to issue a repeal, but “will respect the NHTSA decision and issue a repeal.” The company also announced that it was only looking at a $ 1.2 billion loss on this recall.
That said, Takata’s problem was connected up to 18 deaths in the United States alone. In one case, a driver was killed in a car accident after his airbag burst and was then set on fire. In addition to the deaths, 400 drivers or passengers were injured as a result of these airbag errors, which left some blind or maimed. This seems like a good enough reason to issue a reminder without any complaints.
Here are the cars being recalled CNN:
- 2007 to 2011 Ford Ranger
- 2006 to 2012 Ford Fusion
- 2006 to 2012 Lincoln Zephyr
- 2007 to 2010 Ford Edge
- 2007 to 2010 Lincoln MKX
In addition, Mazda was expected to deploy 5,800 airbag blow pumps in 2007–2009 B-Series pickups. NHTSA also rejected a petition from General Motors calling for an exemption from the recall of seven million vehicles with Takata airbags.
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Ford spokeswoman Monique Brentley noted that “unlike other Takata passenger-side airbag parts that were previously recalled, these airbags contain a moisture-absorbing agent to the driver. [material] and perform differently. ”
However, NHTSA did not reject any evidence from Ford under the belief that these airbags weaken over time. In the end, it was decided that ‘what Ford is offering here, while valuable and informative in some respects, has far too many shortcomings.’
You can enter your VIN number on the NHTSA website to see if your car is listed in the reminders.