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Kia is recalling 410,000 vehicles for potentially defective airbags that might not deploy during a crash

Some Kia vehicles may have defective airbags that may not deploy proprely in case of an accident according to a recall issued yesterday by the company.  The recall is affecting 410,000 vehicles including: 253,281 Kia Soul manufactured between July 25, 2016 and December 24, 2018 47,690 Kia Sedona manufactured between…

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Volvo just announced a third recall of vehicle for potentially defective air-bags

Volvo recalled another 195,000 potentially defective motor vehicles last week in the US after the company learned that a US driver was killed by the rupture of an air bag inflator. According to Volvo, the front driver’s airbags inflator of XC70 and V70 wagons models from 2001 to 2007 was…

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More Takata recalls related to another type of airbag inflator

Takata just recalled an additional 2.7 million vehicles that may have a defective airbag. The recalls affect Ford Mazda and Nissan models from 2005 to 2012 that have a PSDI-5 PSAN airbag inflator. These types of airbags are only installed on the driver side. The PSDI-5 PSAN airbag inflators are…

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After Takata, ARC Automotive is is the second company to be investigated by US Safety regulators for defective airbags

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) just announced that they were probing another company for defective airbags. According to the document posted on the NHTSA website, ARC Automotive is being investigated for airbag inflator rupture following two reports of incidents during which two people were injured.  A first incident of airbag…

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