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firecatI only just found out about this recall of cars with potentially dangerous airbags. If you have a car made in 2000 or later, especially if you have a used car (because recall notices might not reach you) please check whether your model is affected. If it is, please take it in to have the airbags replaced ASAP.
The defective airbags can explode AT ANY TIME (not just during a collision) with much more force than they are supposed to, and hurl shrapnel at you. Because of their chemistry, the air bags become less stable over time.
List of models affected:
http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/news/takata-airbag-recall-list-cars-article-1.2602999
You can look up whether your car is affected using its VIN here: https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/vinLookup
Here's a long article that goes into the chemistry and the corporate hubris behind the whole thing. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-06-02/sixty-million-car-bombs-inside-takata-s-air-bag-crisis
The defective airbags can explode AT ANY TIME (not just during a collision) with much more force than they are supposed to, and hurl shrapnel at you. Because of their chemistry, the air bags become less stable over time.
List of models affected:
http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/news/takata-airbag-recall-list-cars-article-1.2602999
You can look up whether your car is affected using its VIN here: https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/vinLookup
Here's a long article that goes into the chemistry and the corporate hubris behind the whole thing. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-06-02/sixty-million-car-bombs-inside-takata-s-air-bag-crisis
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Date: 15 Jun 2016 05:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 15 Jun 2016 01:01 pm (UTC)And that article -- wow. Fraud and reckless disregard for human life.
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Date: 15 Jun 2016 06:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 15 Jun 2016 04:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 14 Jun 2016 06:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 14 Jun 2016 10:25 pm (UTC)Honda will pay for your rental car. They will not pay for your rental car insurance.
Source: I am also affected, as is my Honda.
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Date: 14 Jun 2016 08:53 pm (UTC)