Explosive Scale Of Takata Airbag Scandal
More than 1.7 million UK vehicles are still subject to an outstanding safety recall because of defective airbags that could deploy incorrectly, firing shards of metal at occupants鈥?necks and faces, Auto Express can exclusively reveal. The issue relates to vehicles fitted with airbags manufactured by Japanese firm Takata, which supplied the defective bags to around 20 manufacturers globally, who fitted them to as many as 60 million cars. Takata airbags were first recalled in 2008 by Honda, with several other firms following suit over the years. Auto Express uncovered data from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) in December 2018 that revealed 2.9 million UK vehicles had been fitted with defective Takata airbags, with 991,333 of those bags yet to be replaced. Less than a year later, however, fresh DVSA figures show the true scale of the Takata scandal is far larger than previously thought, with 3.43 million affected vehicles, 1.7 million of which are yet to be repaired. Almost all brands fitted Takata airbags to their cars, including Honda, Nissan, Volkswagen, Jaguar Land Rover, BMW, Toyota, Subaru, Mercedes and Mazda.
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