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11-04-2013, 11:10 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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I don't have any link for this but I heard on the news that Mazda, Honda, Toyota and Nissan (?) are starting a massive recall for faulty airbags.
Found one so I wasn't hearing things  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-1...m-cars/4623952 Airbag fault prompts global recall of 3m cars Posted 3 hours 50 minutes ago  Photo: The fault related to front passenger-side airbags affects vehicle manufactured by Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Mazda. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA : AFP) Up to 3.39 million vehicles made by major Japanese manufacturers will be recalled worldwide because of possible problems with airbags. Four carmakers - Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda - separately said they would recall a combined 3.39 million vehicles globally in accordance with local regulations, all citing the same malfunction of passenger-side airbags. Japan's transport ministry, which received recall reports from the manufacturers, said the number of vehicles affected would reach 2.92 million. There was no explanation for the discrepancy in the total. A Toyota spokesman said his company alone was recalling a total of 1.73 million vehicles, manufactured between November 2000 and March 2004 in Japan or abroad, due to a defect in passenger-side airbags. Toyota USA said in a statement it was recalling 170,000 vehicles in the United States, out of the company's total recall. "The involved vehicles are equipped with front passenger airbag inflators which could have been assembled with improperly manufactured propellant wafers," the statement said. "Improperly manufactured propellant wafers could cause the inflator to rupture and the front passenger airbag to deploy abnormally in the event of a crash." The company's spokesman in Japan said this abnormal inflation "could also burn part of the vehicle's inside and cause fire". However, he said, there were no recorded instances of this happening. Nissan and Honda released statements giving similar explanations. |
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12-04-2013, 06:43 AM
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Location: Central Coast
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what a logistical nightmare for every one involved.
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12-04-2013, 07:21 AM
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Where to next??
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sydney
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Ouch.... The cost to conduct this recall would be huge....
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12-04-2013, 11:11 AM
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 Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Hunter Valley
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Going to be hard to track down a lot of these cars as they were probably sold on by now.
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