More airbag-related news, and this time not about Takata, which was in the spotlight again today when Honda announced it will be recalling approximately 2.3 million vehicles in the US equipped with faulty PSDI-5 airbags from the supplier.
In the US, Continental Automotive Systems has joined the party with its own airbag recall – news reports indicate that the automotive components manufacturer has issued a recall for five million airbag control units globally.
The issue with the potentially defective units centres around a power supply component in the control unit – Continental explained in its regulatory filings that variations in the manufacturing process could cause a semiconductor material to corrode and eventually compromise electrical connections. As such, this could likely cause the airbags to inadvertently deploy or fail to activate in a crash.
Affected manufacturers include Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Mercedes-Benz and – yet again – Honda, though less than two million of the recalled vehicles are in the US. It wasn’t detailed where the remaining vehicles are located.
Fiat Chrysler said it will be recalling around 112,000 older model crossovers and minivans in North America. Meanwhile, Honda stated it was issuing a recall for more than 340,000 model year 2008-2010 Accords to address the problem. Mercedes-Benz had last October recalled more than 126,000 vehicles over the issue, with 2008-2009 C-Class and GLK-Class models being affected.
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Responsible car maker/manufacturer recall, your proton no recall means better quality? Think again
Toyota onli recall after kirr pipu. U call that responsible?
That is Honda, not Toyota. While Malaysian died the most in proton car, nothing they had done but only “betul2 one”.
But hohh, Party Hard support Moving Coffin. Better be like UMNO, we support MB or BMW. All our Gomen servants use BMW or Merc besides Accordana
those corrupt buggers who use taxpayer money to buy bmw or mercs should all be jailed.
What brand Proton and Perodua are using?
How many airbag supplier from Malaysia? If not mistaken hirotako autoliv and apm. Any others?
P1 using Autoliv from Sweden. So far no exploding kirr pipu.
100% Proton R&D my ass.
Siapa kata P1 100% RND local, bodo
Malaysia Proton is better than all this junk companies. Proton don’t have to recall ever anything cause our quality is far better than all thsi Jepun and Mat Salleh frauds
Bodo piang. Continental comes from Merkelland. Same place as dieselgate VW. So not all gweilos are untrustable. Sweden can be trusted cuz their autoliv airbags in P1 not kirr pipu yet. That oso ur DAP boss never tell u.
SO there is none working airbags in the world ? (LOL !)