Posted on 12/20/2022 10:00:53 AM PST by BenLurkin
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) confirmed the death Monday. It was the third death attributed to a recalled Takata airbag in a Fiat Chrysler sedan in 2022 and the fifth in total involving such airbags in any car over the past year.
Fiat Chrysler’s latest “Do Not Drive” warning concerns around 276,000 vehicles, including 2005-2010 Dodge Magnums, Chargers and Challengers, and Chrysler 300 sedans of the same model years. Owners of these vehicles are encouraged to check if their cars’ Takata airbags are included in the recall and to call 833-585-0144 to schedule tows and repairs free of charge.
Those with vehicles containing the recalled Takata airbags are also urged not to drive the cars until repairs are made. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is also offering to provide transportation to and from its service centers for affected drivers.
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I’m glad you and kids survived.
Merry Christmas.
Mele Kalikimaka.
Aloha.
Yeah definitely a “rebound” effect after a rear-ender...I think the reason for no front dash/steering wheel airbag deployment for a rear end crash has to do with “timing”...airbags inflate (& deflate) in milliseconds...airbag might be too late (deflating) during the “rear-ender rebound” effect. (Need an automotive engineer to weigh in!)
I had a 2005 Toyota with the defective airbag. I got it repaired under recall, around 10 years ago. I sold the car about 5 years ago.
I STILL get phone calls and crap in the mail about the urgency of replacing the airbag on the 2005 Toyota I no longer own ...
A little belated but thanks for the post.
In 2008 I took a daughter out to a horse ranch in Arizona to ride around for two weeks while my son and I toured around the west considering a move from Florida to be closer to family in AZ and CA. The little lady (beloved wife of 42 years and change - in case she reads this ;-) stayed home to tend to the animals and homestead.
We put 1800 miles on a Chrysler 300 (nice car) touring AZ, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico without incident. I went to University of AZ in Tucson so we even went to Nogales, MX so I could show my son (14) how things could change just walking a mile across the border.
Missed Sunset Crater (Past visitor hours) but got a good view of it driving around back roads - hey it was a rental and I know how to drive around big rocks and holes ;-)
So all went well but its a weird thought that one little bump could have taken me out so long ago and they’re still “working” on it.
Still in Florida - 43 degrees on the porch, 39 outside our forest - no worries, got a heater under a cocoon of blankets around the desk.
We found paradise in 1993 and can’t find another one so all is well.
Merry Christmas!
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