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Recall issued for Pathfinder, other Nissan SUVs (1/8/09)
Examiner.com - USA
The National Highway Transportation Safety (NHTSA) announced late Monday that Nissan is recalling 242,700 Pathfinder, Xterra and Frontier vehicles covering 2005-2009 models to replace potentially faulty sensors that could result in non-deployment of driver and front-passenger airbags. more
Nissan Recalls 2005-'09 Frontier, Pathfinder and Xterra (1/7/09)
Edmunds.com/Inside Line - Santa Monica,CA,USA
Nissan is recalling 242,720 2005-'09 Frontier, Pathfinder and Xterra vehicles sold in certain states because heavy road salt can rust a crash sensor, causing the front airbags to be disabled. more
Nissan recalls 243,000 SUVs and trucks for flaw created by road salt (1/6/09)
Automotive News - USA
Nissan North America Inc. is recalling about 243,000 light trucks in states that make heavy use of road salt. Dealers are to replace a crash sensor that may corrode, causing front-impact airbags to be disabled. more
Graco is recalling 43,994 Comfortsport(TM) convertible car seats (12/9/08)
US DOT NHTSA
...the child airbag warning label fails to conform with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard... more
GM Recalls 2009 Cadillac CTS (11/7/08)
Edmunds.com/Inside Line - Santa Monica,CA,USA
General Motors is recalling 12,662 2009 Cadillac CTS vehicles for a software problem that may disable the front passenger-side airbag. more
BMW Issues Recall On 150,000 Vehicles (9/10/08)
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
BMW is recalling about 150,000 vehicles in North America in order to fix a possible defect that could keep the front passenger airbag from opening in a crash. This voluntary recall involves the front passenger airbag seat sensor mat in certain 2004-2006 model year automobiles. more
Standing room: 394,000 Sonatas recalled for cushion sensor (4/18/08)
MotorTrend Magazine - USA
Hyundai announced today that they will be sending out recall notices to the owners of 393,714 Sonata sedans sold between 2006 and 2008. The reason? Passenger seat sensors for the car's advanced airbag system may have difficulty determining the difference between a small adult and a child. more
Ford recalling 470000 Mustangs to tweak airbag software (3/2/08)
Autoblog - Santa Monica,CA,USA
If you own an '05 - '08 Ford Mustang, watch your mailbox for a recall notice from the Oval in the coming days. It turns out that the NHTSA learned that the passenger-side frontal airbag could potentially deploy with greater-than-allowable force for a petite, unrestrained passenger. Over 470,000 of the ponycars qualify for the recall... more
Ford Recalling 400000-Plus Mustangs for Airbag Fix (2/29/08)
Edmunds.com/Inside Line - Santa Monica,CA,USA
Ford is recalling the Mustang from the 2005-'08 model years to make the front passenger-side airbag compliant with neck-injury standards for all passengers. The problem is that small women or large children — those in the fifth percentile for size, or about 5 feet tall and about 108 pounds — could sustain neck injuries if the airbag deploys while they are not wearing the safety belt. more
Ford Recalls 400,000 Mustangs (2/28/08)
Passenger airbags pose risk to small women, large children
Consumer Affairs - USA
Ford Motor Company is recalling more than 400,000 model year 2005 to 2008 Mustangs because the passenger-side airbags may pose the risk of neck injury... more
US: Airbag software recall for Nissan Murano and Infiniti EX (2/21/08)
Automotive World (subscription) - London,UK
Nissan North America must recall 16,365 units of its 2008 Infiniti EX35 and 2009 Nissan Murano crossovers to correct faulty software in the passenger airbag... more
Chevrolet Recalls 2006-'08 HHRs (2/15/08)
Edmunds.com/Inside Line - Santa Monica,CA,USA
General Motors will begin a recall of 181,516 Chevrolet HHR wagons not equipped with optional roof rail airbags in March because they don't meet the federal government's standards for protecting occupants from head injury in the event of a crash. The vehicles in the recall were sold between 2006 and 2008. more
GM Issues HHR Wagon Recall, While NHTSA Investigates Tahoe and Yukon Fires (2/15/08)
Newsinferno.com - New York,NY,USA
HHR Wagons sold between 2006 and 2008 that were not equipped with optional roof rail-mounted airbags failed crash tests, and will not protect riders from head injuries in side impact crashes. GM said dealers would need to install a piece of energy-absorbing plastic to the headliner trim of the HHR Wagons to correct the problem. more
US: Airbag-related recall for the Honda Fit (1/26/08)
Automotive World (subscription) - London,UK
American Honda is recalling 34,300 examples of the 2007 and 2008 model year Fit subcompact to replace a faulty wiring harness. The possible fault concerns a sensor that keeps the airbags from deploying when a child occupies the front passenger seat... more
Honda Recalls 2007-'08 Fit (1/24/08)
Edmunds.com/Inside Line - Santa Monica,CA,USA
Honda is recalling 34,300 Fit subcompact sedans from 2007 and 2008 to replace a faulty wiring harness linked to a sensor that keeps the airbags from deploying when a child occupies the front passenger seat. more
Honda Fit Subcompacts Recalled (1/24/08)
Consumer Affairs - USA
2008 model years because of a faulty wiring harness connected to the passenger side airbag sensor. more
Feds Probe Airbag Failures in BMWs (1/10/08)
Inquiry could lead to a recall
Consumer Affairs - USA
The BMW investigation now in progress is called an engineering analysis and is the second step in the safety review process at NHTSA that could eventually lead to a recall. more
Airbag Failures Involved in Hundreds of Fatalities Each Year, Yet Little Action is Taken (10/23/07)
Newsinferno.com - New York,NY,USA
Airbags are considered by many as a last line of defense against serious injury in a car accident. But a new investigation has found that airbags often fail to deploy when they should, leaving accident victims seriously – and sometimes fatally – injured. The investigation, conducted by the Kansas City Star, also found that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is doing very little... more
As airbag recall process drags on, crash kills another driver (10/22/07)
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
A bureaucratic back-and-forth dragged on for months after the March 2005 death of Brooke Katz, pulled from the wreckage of a new Dodge Caravan. Were the airbags defective? Was a safety recall in order? In the time it took federal safety regulators and DaimlerChrysler to explore those questions, another woman would die. more
270000 Chrysler Vans Recalled With Faulty Airbag Problems (5/19/07)
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
DaimlerChrysler is recalling 270,958 minivans in the United States to fix faulty air bag sensors. Corrosion may be causing some air bags not to deploy when needed. Those on the list are the 2005 Town and Country and Dodge Caravan minivans... more
Chrysler Group recalling 270000 minivans to fix airbag sensors (5/11/07)
Autoblog - Santa Monica,CA,USA
We've included a list of the 20 states affected after the jump along with the recall report from the NHTSA. DaimlerChrysler will notify owners in each state... more
GM recalls Saturn Outlook and GMC Acadia for faulty airbag sensors (2/24/07)
Autoblog - Santa Monica,CA,USA
This is not a recall mandated by the NHTSA, but rather one initiated by GM itself after the problem was discovered internally. The potentialy faulty sensor... more
NHTSA Recalls Chevrolet Cobalt (1/25/07)
NHTSA CAMPAIGN 07V014000
GM RECALL 06217
2005-2006 pasenger models not equipped with optional roof-mounted side impact airbags fail to comply with federal standards... more
Toyota recalls 533000 SUVs and pickups; Honda recalls 81000 Accords (1/19/07)
USA Today - USA
...Toyota Motor (TM) plans to recall about 533,000 Sequoia SUVs and Tundra pickups in the United States to repair faulty components that could make the vehicles hard to steer... Honda Motor (HMC) is recalling 81,000 Accord sedans in the United States because of faulty wiring in an airbag sensor on the driver's side... more
NHTSA Recalls 81000 Honda Accords (1/17/07)
Consumer Affairs - USA
...recall of 81,000 2004 and 2005 model year Honda Accords because of a potentially unsafe driver's side airbag seat positioning sensor... The seat positioning sensor detects the driver seating position and adjusts airbag pressures. On some Honda Accord wiring harnesses the sensor was attached to the seat frame in the wrong location and may malfunction... Dealers will replace the seat position sensor wiring sub-harness when the recall begins in February... more
Law Firm Warns Public of Airbag Dangers after Recent Toyota Recall (11/3/06)
ClickPress (press release) - UK
Most recently, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) announced its recall of 29,542 Scion TC Toyotas (2005 and 2006 model years)... more
Airbag Danger Prompts Scion TC Recall (10/31/06)
Consumer Affairs - USA
...The airbags are so sensitive that NHTSA is advising Scion TC owners to use "minimal... The recall begins in November and owners can call Toyota at 1-866-548-1851... more
Oh, What A Recall! Toyota Calls In 30,000 Scion tC Over Random ... (10/25/06)
Jalopnik - Herndon,VA,USA
...Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc., will launch a voluntary Safety Recall with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) involving approximately... more
Airbags and ABS under fire (10/24/06)
Autoblog - Santa Monica,CA,USA
...sharpened spike in the center of the steering wheel instead of an airbag, people would... you remain a safe driver, you're more likely to escape injury or death... more
Increased Ridership Puts New Focus on Motorcycle Safety (10/17/06)
CarJunky.com - USA
...Results showed that the airbag was able to prevent fatal injury to a test dummy in a 45-mph crash. The same crash on a motorcycle... more
Mazda will recall 12,000 vehicles for airbag issues (10/06/06)
TREND Information - Baku,Azerbaijan
...during the period and exported. Mazda announced that 11 cases and three accidents had been reported, one which caused an injury... more
Two thirds of car seats 'unsafe' (10/06/06)
BBC News - UK
...facing baby seats must not be used in a vehicle seat protected by a frontal airbag. ...No parent would want to put their child at risk of serious injury but that... more
Certified Dangerous: Used Cars' Airbags (09/23/06)
Consumer Affairs - USA
...believe his airbag didn't deploy.". Beth R. of Albany, Oregon dreamed of becoming a veterinarian. But that dream vanished when she sustained a head injury in a... more
US to mandate anti-rollover technology on autos (09/13/06)
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
...Early in the development of the airbag, she said initial studies predicted it could save... will remain the most essential tool in avoiding death or injury in a... more
Smaller Cars, Less Safety? Crash Tests Raise Quest (09/13/06)
CBS 4 - Miami,FL,USA
...windshield, but inside, you could see the dummy's head had hit the airbag, where the... "Probably not life threatening but some risk of serious injury is possible... more
A crash course in car safety (08/28/06)
Staten Island Advance - Staten Island,NY,USA
...safety experts strongly advise seating 10 inches back from the airbag and, of... whipped into a dangerous speed and angle, sometimes causing severe spinal injury... more
Baby You Can Crash My Car (08/07/06)
How do automotive crash tests work?
...Meanwhile, the side-airbag-equipped Dodge Caliber scored only "Marginal" marks for... Each of these measurements can be compared to "injury assessment reference... more
SCHOOL BUSES: Accident reignites debate over seat belts (07/20/06)
Ridgefield Press - CT, USA
...indicated that there was a slightly increased risk of neck injury when wearing lap belts... In a modern large school bus, each seat acts almost like an airbag... more
In this weather, a parked car is deadly for a child (07/19/06)
Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA
...Never let your child ride in a car without using a car seat or a seat belt... Never put a child or child seat in front of an airbag... more
Baby Critical After Drunk Driving Car Crash (07/14/06)
WDTN - Dayton,OH,USA
...That's when the airbag deployed, hitting the baby with full force... to Children's Medical Center and remains in critical condition with a severe head injury... more
Toyota Tundra Recalled to Disable Front Passenger Airbag Switch (07/13/06)
Consumer Affairs - USA
...than $16 million in labor alone if all the pickup owners respond to the recall... The automaker asked NHTSA to waive the regulation and spent more than a year... more
Toyota Tundra Pickups Recalled For Airbag Fix (07/11/06)
Car and Driver - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
...a federal safety regulation that requires most vehicles built after September 2002 and equipped with the cut-off switch to also have a child seat anchor system... more
Toyota Tundra Recall (and related stories) (07/10/06)
Toyota forced to recall 160,000 Tundras
Mobilemag.com - USA
The car maker has to recall 160,000 Tundra pickups made between 2003 and last year... The NHTSA requires every vehicle with a cut-off switch to also have a LATCH... More...
Toyota to undertake costly airbag switch fix in Tundra (07/09/06)
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
...He said the exact cost of the recall isn't known — only that the fix is... In its ruling, NHTSA took no position on whether Toyota could comply by simply... more
The Auto Industry and Petite Women (07/04/06)
Blogcritics.org - Aurora,OH,USA
...What researchers discovered was this kind of airbag could be lethal to smaller-sized people, including children, small women and the elderly in some... more
Holiday Weekend Off to Bad Start on Oregon Roadways (07/02/06)
Salem-News.Com - OR,USA
...one person died and another received non-life threatening injuries following a two-vehicle head-on crash... a 1991 Mazda Miata... Clay was pronounced deceased at the scene. He was using safety restraints and an airbag reportedly deployed... more
Failed airbag in '94 pickup subject of $150k suit (5/20/05)
Madison County Record - Edwardsville,IL,USA
A driver whose airbag failed to deploy in a one-car rollover accident is suing DaimlerChrysler and Auffenberg Ford for more than $150,000 in St... more...
Spot Fake Airbags In Your Used Car (5/13/05)
KIROtv.com - Seattle,WA,USA
...A little paint, glue and sanding, and it appears you have an airbag in your used car. In reality, the installation of fake airbag... more...
Report: Children safer in back seat (5/2/05)
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
...Children riding in the front seat were 40 percent more likely to sustain serious injuries than children placed in rear seats because of airbag deployment and... more...
Rollover accident kills Nampa man (4/17/05)
Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA
No other vehicles were involved. Brandenburg was wearing a seat belt and the car's airbag went off. The Twin Falls County... more...
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