Posted on 05/27/2016 8:00:26 PM PDT by Rabin
Initially, only six makes were exposed 2013. When Takata claimed to have "little clue" as to which cars used the frags in you'r faces safety feature, or even it's "root cause" ?
The fix: Toyota has advised its dealers to disable the airbags and affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard. Pontiac may follow suit...
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.caranddriver.com ...
R.
That'll give you confidence.
My solution - Permit the manufacturers to sell one new car for each car they fix. Backdate to the start of the 2016 model year. (If they have sold more than they have fixed so far, ban all new car sales until they catch up). That might get them focused on moving the program forward.
I’ve had several deals go south because we couldn’t provide full value for Mustangs with the airbag recall.
One came back after six month though and mysteriously the deal went through at full value for the trade and they love their new 2016 Explorer
wow. real, actionable news for a change. thanx.
Funny - my son’s car (older Buick) has the passenger airbag light go off and on. I think I’ve traced it to the switch /connector underneath that got wet and corroded. I had it working for awhile.
I told him “Just tell your passengers they ride at their own risk that it might not go off. Maybe I should tape a sign up!?” Of course having no air bag is a lot safer than having one that might go off at any moment.
I did fix the ABS brake issue though. My wife didn’t like my comment “When we were growing up we did just fine without all of this crap like ABS brakes and air bags.”
Another 20 years and she’ll be making me fix the back-up camera before she dares to take the car out on the road.
“affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard”
Uh, would that include the driver’s seat?
“no airbag is a lot safer than having one that may...”
That is my answer to the problem...but I can’t find anyone to disconnect the darn thing. Heck, I grew up without airbags..or seatbelts...or helmets. I’m still here.
“...disconnect the darn thing.”
You can try dumping a bunch of water on the carpeting and letting it stay wet for a month. Seems to have worked in my son’s car!
catnipman
“affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard” Uh, would that include the driver’s seat?
Thanks cacnip
An additional dimension, the implications are mind boggling.
R.
Great idea. I’ll take care of it in the morning. ;)
“I’ve had several deals go south because we couldn’t provide full value for Mustangs with the airbag recall.”
Mine gets replaced next Tuesday. I have been ready to trade for a 2016 but for this.
” “When we were growing up we did just fine without all of this crap like ABS brakes and air bags.”
I had a sensor go bad. Expensive fix. The damn ABS was going off on simple low speed stops. Went on the net and found an experienced mechanic who said” You;re 70! You’ve been driving without ABS most of your life! Pull out the relay, and enjoy your car!” 2001 Highlander. 100,000 thousand miles, Best car I’ve ever had
I do like the way you think.
It will take years to fix this. My daughter & son-in-law’s car had the airbag recalled a couple of months ago. My daughter called two different dealers within a week of getting the notice and neither dealer had replacements to install. She’s on a waiting list at both - it’s been 3 months.
Another 20 years and she may not be able to back up without the backup camera.
I don’t see Hyundai or Kia on the list, so I’m good to go.
Airbags came out over 20 years ago and immediately started decapitating infants in the United States, as they were require to fire with full force, even in minor fender-benders (Europe ended decapitation with the French Revolution, so they permitted smaller charges in their air bags). Well over 100 kids were killed that way (not to mention the trauma it put parents through) before the government would disclose the danger and tell people to put their kids in the back seat - as, I guess, the government didn’t want to lose ‘public support’ for air bags.
I stayed clear of new cars for well over a decade because I figured this new ‘safety feature’, which is basically putting bombs in front of people, may have some growing pains...and I was proven right, considering just how dangerous the first generation of air bags were.
Now, after giving the manufactures over a decade to ‘get the bugs out’ of those systems, I now have vehicles with air bags. Initially I debated whether to disable them (it’s not hard, you just have to be careful about a static discharge setting the thing off), simply because I didn’t trust them - and I certainly don’t trust Takata after reading the Car and Driver write-up - they’re making American pharmaceutical companies look honest regarding the safety of the drugs they sell. Now it’s no longer debatable - I have a project to work on today.
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