{"id":1054,"date":"2014-10-24T17:41:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T17:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/takata-airbag-recall-expands-attracts-greater-capitol-hill-attention\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T14:50:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T19:50:16","slug":"takata-airbag-recall-expands-attracts-greater-capitol-hill-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/takata-airbag-recall-expands-attracts-greater-capitol-hill-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Takata airbag recall expands, attracts greater Capitol Hill attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b><i>Faulty airbags allegedly explode, severely injuring drivers<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. government is urging drivers of nearly 8 million vehicles to repair airbags. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration stated that inflator mechanisms in airbags, mostly made by Takata, can explode, spraying drivers with metal fragments when airbags are deployed, potentially causing serious personal injuries to the driver or even death. The NHTSA said that at least four individuals have died due to the faulty airbag problem.<\/p>\n<p>Two U.S. senators have recently called for the NHTSA to issue a national recall of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/practice-areas\/defective-product-attorneys\/car-product-liability-and-faulty-automobile\/airbag-injury-airbag-recall-lawyer\/takata-airbags-failure-lawsuit\/\">vehicles with faulty airbags<\/a>. Senators Richard Blumenthal (Dem. \u2013 Conn.) and Edward Markey (Dem. Mass.) said in a letter that the recall should be immediate and not limited to states with humid climates. The NHTSA focused prior airbag recalls on states with hot, humid climates like Florida and Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Fred Upton (Repub.-Mich.) indicated that he would request the NHTSA explain its handling of the Takata airbag recall. Rep. Upton is the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The Takata airbag recall follows the recent GM ignition switch recall. Defective ignition switches in GM vehicles have been linked to at least 29 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the NHTSA released a list of 7.8 million vehicles that may contain defective Takata airbags:<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">BMW: 627,615 vehicles with potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/practice-areas\/defective-product-attorneys\/car-product-liability-and-faulty-automobile\/airbag-injury-airbag-recall-lawyer\/takata-airbags-failure-lawsuit\/\">defective Takata airbags<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>2000 \u2013 2005 3 Series Sedan<br \/>\n2000 \u2013 2006 3 Series Coupe<br \/>\n2000 \u2013 2005 3 Series Sports Wagon<br \/>\n2000 \u2013 2006 3 Series Convertible<br \/>\n2001 \u2013 2006 M3 Coupe<br \/>\n2001 \u2013 2006 M3 Convertible<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Chrysler: 371,309 vehicles with possibly <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>2003 \u2013 2008 Dodge Ram 1500<br \/>\n2005 \u2013 2008 Dodge Ram 2500<br \/>\n2006 \u2013 2008 Dodge Ram 3500<br \/>\n2006 \u2013 2008 Dodge Ram 4500<br \/>\n2008 \u2013 Dodge Ram 5500<br \/>\n2005 \u2013 2008 Dodge Durango<br \/>\n2005 \u2013 2008 Dodge Dakota<br \/>\n2005 \u2013 2008 Chrysler 300<br \/>\n2007 \u2013 2008 Chrysler Aspen<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Ford: 58,669 possibly affected vehicles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>2004 \u2013 Ranger<br \/>\n2005 \u2013 2006 GT<br \/>\n2005 \u2013 2007 Mustang<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">General Motors: undetermined number of vehicles impacted<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2003 \u2013 2005 Pontiac Vibe<br \/>\n2005 \u2013 Saab 9-2X<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Honda: 5,051,364 potentially affected vehicles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>2001 \u2013 2007 Honda Accord)<br \/>\n2001 \u2013 2002 Honda Accord<br \/>\n2001 \u2013 2005 Honda Civic<br \/>\n2002 \u2013 2006 Honda CR-V<br \/>\n2003 \u2013 2011 Honda Element<br \/>\n2002 \u2013 2004 Honda Odyssey<br \/>\n2003 \u2013 2007 Honda Pilot<br \/>\n2006 \u2013 Honda Ridgeline<br \/>\n2003 \u2013 2006 Acura MDX<br \/>\n2002 \u2013 2003 Acura TL\/CL<br \/>\n2005 \u2013 Acura RL<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mazda: 64,872 vehicles<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2003 \u2013 2007 Mazda6<br \/>\n2006 \u2013 2007 MazdaSpeed6<br \/>\n2004 \u2013 2008 Mazda RX-8<br \/>\n2004 \u2013 2005 MPV<br \/>\n2004 \u2013 B-Series Truck<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mitsubishi: 11,985 vehicles<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2004 \u2013 2005 Lancer<br \/>\n2006 \u2013 2007 Raider<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Nissan: 694,626 vehicles potentially impacted<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2001 \u2013 2003 Nissan Maxima<br \/>\n2001 \u2013 2004 Nissan Pathfinder<br \/>\n2002 \u2013 2004 Nissan Sentra<br \/>\n2001 \u2013 2004 Infiniti I30\/I35<br \/>\n2002 \u2013 2003 Infiniti QX4<br \/>\n2003 \u2013 2005 Infiniti FX35\/FX45<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Subaru: 17,516 potentially affected vehicles<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2003 \u2013 2005 Baja<br \/>\n2003 \u2013 2005 Legacy<br \/>\n2003 \u2013 2005 Outback<br \/>\n2004 \u2013 2005 Impreza<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Toyota: 877,000 vehicles<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2002 \u2013 2005 Lexus SC<br \/>\n2002 \u2013 2005 Toyota Corolla<br \/>\n2003 \u2013 2005 Toyota Corolla Matrix<br \/>\n2002 \u2013 2005 Toyota Sequoia<br \/>\n2003 \u2013 2005 Toyota Tundra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faulty airbags allegedly explode, severely injuring drivers The U.S. government is urging drivers of nearly 8 million vehicles to repair airbags. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration stated that inflator mechanisms in airbags, mostly made by Takata, can explode, spraying drivers with metal fragments when airbags are deployed, potentially causing serious personal injuries to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1054"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11673,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions\/11673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}