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Three new vehicle recall stories have come to light over the duration of the past week with two of the big stories focusing once more on the world wide Takata air bag problem. We have seen these recalls affect numerous manufacturers including Nissan and Lexus but one of the brands issuing the most recalls over the situation is Toyota. It was this morning that the Japanese firm have officially expanded the number of recalls due to Takata air bags. The fault with them is that countries in humid conditions have been causing the air bags to not function properly and some fatalities have also been recorded due to shrapnel being fired into the drivers face from the airbags. Toyota have today announced that they are recalling a further 185,000 models with the main focus on Japan and China. A total of nineteen Toyota models are affected and five thousand vehicles are affected in China alone. It has been confirmed that this further recall affects some models built between September of 2002 and December in 2003. We should note that the fatalities concerned are not linked to Toyota models and no injuries or accidents on Toyota vehicles have been reported.
Honda to also expand their Takata recall
The main amount of recalls from Honda on Takata air bags are focused in the United States and the firm have announced that they are to recall further models which will span across all fifty states in America. The brand are now also in talks with other air bag providers to see if they can have replacement parts issued by them in order to help with the situation. Other companies such as Ford,Mazda and BMW are also affected by these further recalls. It has recently come to light that some faults with the airbags have now been reported outside of humid states which is why Honda have issued the further recalled vehicles in order to look into the faults of the airbags. If your vehicle is affected by these recalls in the US Honda are to contact you to make you aware of the situation.
General motors recalling more vehicles
General Motors have been issuing a lot of recalls over the past year and this time of year is proving to be no different. The company have confirmed that recalls of 316,000 vehicles has now come into play and brands such as Chevrolet,Buick,Isuzu and Saab are to be affected. The problem persists to faults with some cars headlights and has been stated by GM that low beam headlights and LED daytime running lights are affected. The exact problem has been reported to be an issue with the headlamp driver module but no more information has been confirmed by the company. The full range of recalled vehicles are as follows. Buick La Crosse 2006 to 2009 models,Buick Rainer from 2006 to 2007,Chevrolet Trailblazer from 2006 to 2007,the EXT Trailblazer from Chevrolet from 2006,the GMC Envoy 2006-2007,GMC Envoy XL 2006,Isuzu Ascender 2006-2008 and the Saab 9-7X built between 2006 and 2008.