MASSIVE recall on automotive airbags. 14 makes affected. 2001-2016.`

HUGE recall on car/truck airbags. Apparently if they go off, they can blast metal shrapnel into the person in the passenger seat like a bomb. MANY, MANY makes affected across 2001 all the way up to 2016. BMW, Chrysler, Chevy, Dodge, Freightliner, Ford, GMC, Honda, Mazda, Mercedes, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Toyota, and Volkswagen.


Check if your car is on the list here: http://www.safercar.gov/rs/takata/takatalist.html


Both my mom and my dad drive cars on the list. There's apparently a low inventory of replacements and it can take months to get it in for service. They're saying that for now, the only option is don't let any passengers ride in the front seat.

Share this with friends and family if you think they might be affected.

Got notices today that both my subarus need replacement. But, we don't have parts, and we'll let you know when we do. In the meantime, dont let anyone ride in the passenger seat....

Wow, none of the cars we have, or even in my family, are on the list. Thanks for posting.

My little 2001 I-25 Honda bomber has been on that list for like 6 months. I'm just playing Russian roulette with it!

Neither of our cars are on the list but thanks for the heads up.

Dodged some shrapnel...none of our Chevys are on the list.

My 05 Mazda 6 is on the list.

Looks like I'm safe. Both trucks, the wife's SUV, the son's car, the daughter's car, and the future daughter in law's and son in law's vehicles didn't make the list.

The Xterra is safe.

Our car is on the list.

My mom just did her car last week. I wonder how takata can afford this massive recall...

Wow, none of the cars we have, or even in my family, are on the list. Thanks for posting.

They only recall vehicles with resale value. I doubt even suzuki remembers they made the Amigo.

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Originally Posted by MrPrena

Our car is on the list.

My mom just did her car last week. I wonder how takata can afford this massive recall...

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Sweet, I got a frag in my steering wheel, ... and ideas about how to use it!

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Wow, none of the cars we have, or even in my family, are on the list. Thanks for posting.

They only recall vehicles with resale value. I doubt even suzuki remembers they made the Amigo.

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My car goes down stairs, alone or in pairs, thank you very much.

So which brands that still sell cars in the US haven't been hit? Hyundai, Porsche...

Got my notice from Ford about a year ago telling me to wait until contacted. Heard nothing.

Wonder how many cars will be involved in collisions while everyone is waiting for parts?

Thanks for the heads up. My year Tundra and Tacoma are not on the list.

I don't drive anything new enough to be on the list

The Takata Airbag recall is major, after all this is done Takata is gone/bankrupt.

We just took the wife's '04 HONDA pilot Friday to swap out the airbag as part of the recall. HONDA was literally calling me every day twice a day telling me to call a HONDA dealer to get it taken care of. Wasnt painful, scheduled a week ago and it took about 3 hours ,dropped it off at 9am and picked it up at noon. The service department there said they are doing a dozen or more a day. They showed me the invoice that gets billed to Honda, $265 each recall work. Times that by the millions of HONDA vehicles alone, staggering.................

Interesting. My dad (62 years old at the time) got in a really nasty wreck in 2014 in his 2008 Mercedes C300 4-Matic. Got rear-ended by a drunk driver doing 40mph while sitting in a turn lane which pushed him into oncoming traffic where he was then hit head on at about 40 mph, spun around and then hit again in the rear at about 20 mph. He said he saw it coming in his mirror and couldn't do anything - next thing he saw was white pillows all around him, which stayed inflated through the whole ordeal. He somehow walked away without a scratch or bruise (and no shrapnel in his face). The drunk driver's SUV is the tan one sitting near the gas pump in the first pic. After everything turned out okay for him, I still joke that it was because of the bubble-wrap in his trunk. [Neene3] He never mentioned any shrapnel in the passenger seat, but he probably wasn't too focused on the empty passenger seat after the accident.



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Look at those gas prices!



Glad to hear he's okay.

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They showed me the invoice that gets billed to Honda, $265 each recall work. Times that by the millions of HONDA vehicles alone, staggering.................

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Honda owns 1.2% of Takata. Probably isn't turning out to be a great investment.