Photo: Ford
The NHTSA vehicle safety watchdog announced that the recent 4.7 million strong recall involving sub-standard Takata airbag inflators widened to 7.8 of them affected cars. This recall expansion adds approximately 3.1 million cars made by Chrysler, Ford (including the GT supercar), Mitsubishi and Subaru.
Following the shocking announcement on Monday, the Takata airbag epic continues today after no less than 193 cases of people injured or killed by shrapnel thrown by defective deployments of Takata airbags. Three people died in crashes related to the issue, with a further fatality currently under investigation.
No wonder the U.S. government issued recently an urgent plea to affected owners to bring their vehicles to dealers and replace those Takatas with new, safer airbags. Of course, the Japanese supplier is in the focal point of NHTSA's investigation, but the vehicle safety watchdog is also auditing carmakers to find exactly how they responded to the situation.
With this recent recall expansion, the most affected automaker by number of cars called back is Honda. No less than 5.1 million automobiles wearing the H logo up front are due a visit to Honda dealerships. This automotive safety situation also took its toll on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website, which crashes over and over again since Tuesday due to the great afflux of worried drivers.
If you're still experiencing problems with the NHTSA's search tool, we'd recommend you to check out the updated recalled vehicles list below, then call your local dealer to fix the issue as soon as possible.
2005 – 2008 Dodge Ram 2500
2006 – 2008 Dodge Ram 3500
2006 – 2008 Dodge Ram 4500
2008 – Dodge Ram 5500
2005 – 2008 Dodge Durango
2005 – 2008 Dodge Dakota
2005 – 2008 Chrysler 300
2007 – 2008 Chrysler Aspen
2005 – 2006 GT
2005 – 2007 Mustang
2003 – 2005 Pontiac Vibe
2002 – 2003 Buick LeSabre
2002 – 2003 Buick Rendezvous
2002 – 2003 Cadillac DeVille
2002 – 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer
2002 – 2003 Chevrolet Impala
2002 – 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
2002 – 2003 Chevrolet Venture
2002 – 2003 GMC Envoy
2002 – 2003 GMC Envoy XL
2002 – 2003 Oldsmobile Aurora
2002 – 2003 Oldsmobile Bravada
2002 – 2003 Oldsmobile Silhouette
2002 – 2003 Pontiac Bonneville
2002 – 2003 Pontiac Montana
2001 – 2005 Honda Civic
2002 – 2006 Honda CR-V
2003 – 2011 Honda Element
2002 – 2004 Honda Odyssey
2003 – 2007 Honda Pilot
2006 – Honda Ridgeline
2003 – 2006 Acura MDX
2002 – 2003 Acura TL/CL
2005 – Acura RL
2006 – 2007 MazdaSpeed6
2004 – 2008 Mazda RX-8
2004 – 2005 MPV
2004 – B-Series Truck
2006 – 2007 Raider
2001 – 2004 Nissan Pathfinder
2002 – 2004 Nissan Sentra
2001 – 2004 Infiniti I30/I35
2002 – 2003 Infiniti QX4
2003 – 2005 Infiniti FX35/FX45
2003 – 2005 Legacy
2003 – 2005 Outback
2003 – 2005 Baja
2004 – 2005 Impreza
2002 – 2005 Toyota Corolla
2003 – 2005 Toyota Corolla Matrix
2002 – 2005 Toyota Sequoia
2003 – 2005 Toyota Tundra
2000 – 2006 3 Series Coupe
2000 – 2005 3 Series Sports Wagon
2000 – 2006 3 Series Convertible
2001 – 2006 M3 Coupe
2001 – 2006 M3 Convertible
No wonder the U.S. government issued recently an urgent plea to affected owners to bring their vehicles to dealers and replace those Takatas with new, safer airbags. Of course, the Japanese supplier is in the focal point of NHTSA's investigation, but the vehicle safety watchdog is also auditing carmakers to find exactly how they responded to the situation.
With this recent recall expansion, the most affected automaker by number of cars called back is Honda. No less than 5.1 million automobiles wearing the H logo up front are due a visit to Honda dealerships. This automotive safety situation also took its toll on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website, which crashes over and over again since Tuesday due to the great afflux of worried drivers.
If you're still experiencing problems with the NHTSA's search tool, we'd recommend you to check out the updated recalled vehicles list below, then call your local dealer to fix the issue as soon as possible.
Chrysler: 371,309 units affected
2003 – 2008 Dodge Ram 15002005 – 2008 Dodge Ram 2500
2006 – 2008 Dodge Ram 3500
2006 – 2008 Dodge Ram 4500
2008 – Dodge Ram 5500
2005 – 2008 Dodge Durango
2005 – 2008 Dodge Dakota
2005 – 2008 Chrysler 300
2007 – 2008 Chrysler Aspen
Ford: 58,669 units affected
2004 – Ranger2005 – 2006 GT
2005 – 2007 Mustang
General Motors: undetermined total number of affected cars
2005 – Saab 9-2X2003 – 2005 Pontiac Vibe
2002 – 2003 Buick LeSabre
2002 – 2003 Buick Rendezvous
2002 – 2003 Cadillac DeVille
2002 – 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer
2002 – 2003 Chevrolet Impala
2002 – 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
2002 – 2003 Chevrolet Venture
2002 – 2003 GMC Envoy
2002 – 2003 GMC Envoy XL
2002 – 2003 Oldsmobile Aurora
2002 – 2003 Oldsmobile Bravada
2002 – 2003 Oldsmobile Silhouette
2002 – 2003 Pontiac Bonneville
2002 – 2003 Pontiac Montana
Honda: 5,051,364 cars affected
2001 – 2007 Honda Accord2001 – 2005 Honda Civic
2002 – 2006 Honda CR-V
2003 – 2011 Honda Element
2002 – 2004 Honda Odyssey
2003 – 2007 Honda Pilot
2006 – Honda Ridgeline
2003 – 2006 Acura MDX
2002 – 2003 Acura TL/CL
2005 – Acura RL
Mazda: 64,872 vehicles affected
2003 – 2007 Mazda62006 – 2007 MazdaSpeed6
2004 – 2008 Mazda RX-8
2004 – 2005 MPV
2004 – B-Series Truck
Mitsubishi: 11,985 cars affected
2004 – 2005 Lancer2006 – 2007 Raider
Nissan: 694,626 cars affected
2001 – 2003 Nissan Maxima2001 – 2004 Nissan Pathfinder
2002 – 2004 Nissan Sentra
2001 – 2004 Infiniti I30/I35
2002 – 2003 Infiniti QX4
2003 – 2005 Infiniti FX35/FX45
Subaru: 17,516 vehicles affected
2003 – 2005 Baja2003 – 2005 Legacy
2003 – 2005 Outback
2003 – 2005 Baja
2004 – 2005 Impreza
Toyota: 877,000 vehicles affected
2002 – 2005 Lexus SC2002 – 2005 Toyota Corolla
2003 – 2005 Toyota Corolla Matrix
2002 – 2005 Toyota Sequoia
2003 – 2005 Toyota Tundra
BMW: 627,615 cars affected
2000 – 2005 3 Series Sedan2000 – 2006 3 Series Coupe
2000 – 2005 3 Series Sports Wagon
2000 – 2006 3 Series Convertible
2001 – 2006 M3 Coupe
2001 – 2006 M3 Convertible
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