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BUCKEYE, AZ - Another driver has been killed by an exploding Takata airbag inflator, bringing the worldwide death toll to at least 24. (abc15.com)
WASHINGTON D.C.: In July, a Florida man was killed by exploding Takata airbag inflators, possibly becoming the 20th death in the U.S. as a result of the malfunctioning airbag. (laosnews.net)

The Civic in the crash has been under recall since December of 2014 due to a faulty driver's front airbag inflator. (abc15.com)
The company says in documents posted Tuesday by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that the driver's front air bag inflator can explode in a crash due to a manufacturing defect. (theglobeandmail.com)
The company says an analysis of the inflator is still under way, but initial findings indicate the inflator rupture is related to a manufacturing defect and was not caused by deterioration of the ammonium nitrate. (theglobeandmail.com)
NHTSA contends that byproducts from welding during manufacturing can clog a vent inside the inflator canister that's designed to let gas escape to fill air bags quickly in a crash. (fcc-reform.org)
Another person has died from shrapnel hurled by a faulty Takata air bag inflator. (narcert.com)
Some vehicles will require both a driver and passenger airbag inflator replacement, which will take about 3 hours. (belleshell.com)
The time to replace the front-passenger airbag inflator is approximately two hours. (belleshell.com)
The NHTSA said that an incorrectly installed inflator may not properly inflate the passenger air bag, increasing the risk of injury during a crash. (newswirenews.com)
Dealers will inspect and reinstall the front passenger air bag inflator, if needed, for free. (newswirenews.com)
Metal canisters holding the inflator can rupture, even if the air bags are not deployed in a crash. (news12.com)
Nearly 1 million Ford vehicles are affected worldwide including 782,384 in the U.S. The automaker plans to replace the frontal passenger airbag inflator or module at no cost due to injury risk from shrapnel released if the installed Takata airbag inflators explode. (californialemonattorneys.com)
Authorities say the driver, a 23-year-old man, was killed near Pensacola, Florida after his airbag inflator apparently exploded and stuck him with metal pieces of the mechanism. (laosnews.net)
Government investigators believe that too much exposure to moisture in the air can cause the inflator to build up excess pressure, which can shatter metal canisters meant to contain the explosion that inflates the bags. (tampabayinjuryattorneyblog.com)
Dealers will replace the driver's air bag "with a modern state-of-the-art propellant/inflator,'' the Volvo documents say. (indiatimes.com)

Consumer Affairs teams are ready to assist you in replacing affected Takata airbag inflators on INFINITI vehicles affected by the recall. (belleshell.com)
Consumer Affairs representatives are available to help you in replacing faulty Takata airbag inflators in INFINITI cars that have been affected by the recall. (belleshell.com)

In a federal lawsuit filed last year, plaintiffs alleged that ARC's inflators use ammonium nitrate as a secondary propellant to inflate the air bags. (boingboing.net)
Takata's air bags are inflated by an explosion of ammonium nitrate, and investigators so far have found that prolonged exposure to airborne moisture can cause the propellant to burn too fast. (nbcnews.com)
Regulators determined that the potentially deadly flaw in the Takata airbag lies in the airbag's propellant. (belleshell.com)
According to The New York Times , a low cost air bag propellant made with an ammonium nitrate formula that Takata has been using for inflating its airbags is under scrutiny as a possible cause of the air bag safety issues. (bostoncaraccidentlawyerblog.com)
Under an agreement with the government, Takata will phase out manufacture of air bag inflators that use ammonium nitrate, the propellant blamed for the explosions. (abc7ny.com)
The Volvo inflators do not use ammonium nitrate, but the propellant can still deteriorate when exposed to high heat and humidity, according to documents posted Thursday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (indiatimes.com)

About 15% of cars affected by the Takata airbag recall in the United States still need to be repaired and are likely still on the road. (publicnewsservice.org)
How many cars are affected by the Takata airbag recall? (belleshell.com)

Takata used ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate the bags. (abc15.com)
Takata uses ammonium nitrate to create an explosion that inflates air bags in a crash. (abc15.com)
Both use the explosive chemical ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate the bags in a crash, and both can blow apart metal canisters that hold the chemical. (traderplanet.com)
When there's an air bag trigger, that means that you're just going to have an uncontrolled explosion that, instead of pushing the gas into the air bag, simply destroys the entire housing of the air bag and shrapnel out towards the driver or the passenger, and causes injuries or death," Brooks explained. (publicnewsservice.org)
Takata uses ammonium nitrate to cause an explosion, which would therefore cause the bag to inflate, but these chemicals can deteriorate over time. (ckfirm.com)
U.S. auto safety regulators fined Takata Corp. of Japan $70 million for lapses in the way it handled recalls of millions of explosion-prone air bags. (nbcnews.com)
DETROIT - U.S. auto safety regulators fined Takata Corp. of Japan $70 million for lapses in the way it handled recalls of millions of explosion-prone air bags that are responsible for eight deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide. (nbcnews.com)
Ironically, these airbags are designed to prevent injuries by using chemical ammonium nitrate to create an explosion and quickly inflate the airbag. (californialemonattorneys.com)
Over time, the airbags can deteriorate and explode with too much force and thus blowing apart a metal canister designed to contain the explosion. (californialemonattorneys.com)
Ammonium nitrate is used by the airbag device to create a small explosion to inflate airbags during a collision, but the chemical can become more volatile over time when exposed to moisture in the air and repeated high temperatures, potentially blowing apart a metal canister and hurling shrapnel into passengers. (laosnews.net)

What caused the Takata airbag recall? (belleshell.com)

The air bags in the General Motors recall have a moisture-absorbing chemical called a dessicant and were not part of previous recalls. (theglobeandmail.com)
Honda is likely to recall around 1 million older vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because the Takata driver's air bag inflators that were installed during previous recalls could be dangerous. (wptv.com)
Transport Canada, the country's transportation safety agency, said vehicles covered include those that were under previous recalls and others that had air bags replaced after collisions. (wptv.com)
The additional recalls come as authorities in Malaysia investigate two more recent deaths in cars with Takata air bags that ruptured. (news5cleveland.com)
Takata air bags caused the largest series of auto recalls in U.S. history, with at least 63 million inflators recalled. (news12.com)
More than three years after the government took over management of recalls involving dangerous Takata air bag inflators, one third of the recalled inflators still have not been replaced. (newdelhitimes.com)
NHTSA and the monitor are urging people to go to https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls or www.AirbagRecall.com to find out if their air bags have been recalled. (newdelhitimes.com)
As a result, the largest series of auto recalls in U.S. history, involving at least 67 million inflators, have been conducted, yet the U.S. government acknowledged that millions of defective airbags have not been repaired. (laosnews.net)

This is a critical reminder of the serious nature of the Takata airbag recall and serves as an important call to action," NHTSA said in a statement Friday. (abc15.com)
But Takata air bags with a dessicant are under investigation by NHTSA because they have the potential to explode and expel shrapnel. (theglobeandmail.com)
Michael Brooks, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety, said GM and NHTSA are leaving drivers to worry about what air bag inflators their vehicles have and whether they are safe to drive. (theglobeandmail.com)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Administrator Mark Rosekind arrives for a news conference at the Transportation Department in Washington, Wednesday, May 4, 2016, to announce that Takata has agreed to recall another 35 million to 40 million air bag inflators, a stunning increase that will more than double what already is the largest automotive recall in American history. (abc15.com)
Because of that, the agreement announced Tuesday "lays out a schedule for recalling all Takata ammonium nitrate inflators now on the roads, unless the company can prove they are safe or can show it has determined why its inflators are prone to rupture," NHTSA said in a statement. (nbcnews.com)
NHTSA continues to investigate whether the company's side air bag inflators also should be recalled. (nbcnews.com)
The acceleration of this recall is based on scientific evidence and will protect all Americans from air bag inflators that may become unsafe," Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, whose department oversees NHTSA, said in the statement. (news5cleveland.com)
The numbers speak for themselves: In a matter of weeks there will be over 25 million unrepaired recalled Takata air bag inflators remaining on the roads, 10 years after this process started and three years after NHTSA was put in charge of the recall," he said. (newdelhitimes.com)

Takata's air bag inflators can spew shrapnel into drivers and passengers in a crash. (nbcnews.com)
Takata's air bags use ammonium nitrate to inflate in a crash. (abc13.com)

But the chemical can become more volatile over time when exposed to moisture in the air. (news12.com)
More exposure over more time to high heat and humidity further degrades the Takata inflator's phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate compound, making it more porous, more volatile and more prone to transform from a life-saving device to a life-threatening," the report says. (newdelhitimes.com)

But when an air bag does not deploy, deploys when it isn't supposed to, inflates too quickly, or ruptures while inflating, the outcome can be deadly. (bostoncaraccidentlawyerblog.com)
Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, where numerous air bag ruptures have been reported, said he is worried that Takata will be able to sell ammonium nitrate inflators until the end of 2018. (abc7ny.com)

The expanded recall mainly covers inflators in front passenger air bags that do not have a chemical drying agent known as a desiccant. (abc15.com)
Deployed Takata manufactured airbags are seen on the driver and passenger side of a 2007 Dodge Charger at a recycled auto parts lot in Detroit, Michigan, on May 20. (nbcnews.com)
Infiniti is recalling some 2006 through 2008 FX35 and FX45 SUVs that have already had their passenger-side airbags replaced in an earlier recall. (belleshell.com)
Nissan North America, Inc. (INFINITI) is recalling certain 2006-2008 INFINITI FX35 and FX45 vehicles that previously received a replacement front passenger air bag assembly under recall number 20V-008 . (belleshell.com)
One of these defective airbags could explode, sending shrapnel into the cabin of your vehicle and injure or kill you or a passenger. (belleshell.com)
The vehicles had received replacement front passenger air bag inflators under a previous recall. (newswirenews.com)

The warning covers vehicles from the 2000 through 2006 model years that previously had been recalled to replace faulty and dangerous air bag inflators made by Takata. (newswirenews.com)
It's the company's third U.S. recall for the issue with air bag inflators made by supplier ZF/TRW. (indiatimes.com)
The problem is similar to widespread trouble with air bag inflators made by bankrupt Japanese air bag maker Takata. (indiatimes.com)

It's a brand-new year, and consumer auto safety groups are hoping to avoid further deaths from faulty Takata air bags by raising awareness about the ongoing recall. (publicnewsservice.org)

While there are no reports of injuries involving these vehicles, worldwide at least 23 people died in Takata airbag explosions. (californialemonattorneys.com)

Stellantis is recalling more than 266,000 pickup trucks mainly in North America because the side air bags can explode without warning and hurl shrapnel into the cabin. (news12.com)
Volvo is recalling another 195,000 vehicles in the US because the front driver's air bags could explode and send shrapnel into the cabin. (indiatimes.com)

When the airbag deploys it sends out shards of broken plastic that can injure or kill drivers. (abc13.com)

The Nations Law Firm is handling cases for people who have suffered lacerations as a result of Takata airbag explosions. (howardnations.com)

We have not had any ARC airbag inflators rupture in the field. (fcc-reform.org)
The move comes after the regulator decided that the manufacturer is not acting swiftly enough to expand the recall of defective air bags that may rupture when deployed. (bostoncaraccidentlawyerblog.com)
The Trust Advisory Committee represents the interests of all holders of personal injury and wrongful death claims caused by the rupture or aggressive deployment of Takata phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN) airbag inflators. (forthepeople.com)

Tampa-area residents may be aware of the massive airbag recall initiated by the Japanese company Takata. (ckfirm.com)

What does the Takata airbag recall mean for Florida drivers? (ckfirm.com)
After the latest death, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper filed a complaint with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, reporting that the driver suffered fatal injuries "due to the driver's side air bag deployment. (laosnews.net)

And because of a dispute between federal safety regulators and an airbag parts manufacturer, they aren't likely to find out anytime soon. (fcc-reform.org)
Regulators also ordered Takata to stop making the air bag inflators at the heart of the problem unless the company can prove they are safe. (nbcnews.com)
DETROIT -- U.S. auto safety regulators fined Japan's Takata Corp. $70 million Tuesday for concealing evidence for years that its air bags are prone to explode with grisly consequences - a defect linked to eight deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide. (abc7ny.com)

But unlike Takata, ARC of Knoxville uses ammonium nitrate only as a secondary method of inflating the bags. (traderplanet.com)

To inflate the airbags, Takata used an ammonium nitrate compound without a drying agent. (belleshell.com)

Citing two deaths and several injuries, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ordered ARC Automotive of Knoxville, Tennessee, to recall 67 million airbag inflators it says are dangerous. (boingboing.net)

The driver, Armando Vargas Ortega, was hit by shrapnel from the airbag when a 2002 Honda Civic crashed at an intersection at 8:33 p.m., a Honda spokesman said. (abc15.com)
The driver, who was not identified, was hit by shrapnel from the air bag when a 2002 Honda Civic crashed at an intersection at 8:33 p.m., a Honda spokesman said. (narcert.com)
All of the air bag deaths occurred in Honda vehicles. (bostoncaraccidentlawyerblog.com)
The regulator also wants Takata and the ten automakers that use its air bag inflators-Toyota, BMW, Subaru, Chrysler, Nissan, Ford, Mitsubishi, General Motors, Mazda, and Honda-to provide a detailed report and generate all documents about the testing of the Takata inflators that are behind the existing recall. (bostoncaraccidentlawyerblog.com)
Executives from Takata, Chrysler Group, Honda Motor Co., NHTSA's deputy chief, and a victim of a 2013 air bag deployment incident are expected to testify in front of a Senate panel tomorrow about the air bag controversy. (bostoncaraccidentlawyerblog.com)
All of the air bag-related deaths reported so far have been in Honda vehicles. (abc7ny.com)
The last death caused by a Takata airbag took place in January 2021, involving a Honda in Lancaster County, South Carolina. (laosnews.net)

While Chrysler claims there have been no injuries or incidents in its vehicles involving defective Takata airbags, the company, which is in a group of nine other automakers recalling older vehicles with the airbags, has recalled some 617,573 Chrysler vehicles in total. (howardnations.com)
Air bag manufacturers have had trouble ramping up to make enough replacement inflators, and automakers have had trouble finding owners and persuading them to get their cars repaired. (news5cleveland.com)
The government has three different groups testing the air bags: Takata, an independent contractor hired by the company and a group of 10 automakers. (tampabayinjuryattorneyblog.com)

Those replacement airbags could tear during deployment and cause severe injuries to passengers, so they must be replaced again. (belleshell.com)
The air bag cushion was folded incorrectly, which could increase internal pressure and tear the air bag cushion during deployment. (belleshell.com)

The top priority must be doing whatever is necessary to get these potentially deadly air bags out of people's cars as quickly as possible. (news5cleveland.com)
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- One in seven, that's how many drivers on the road right now have vehicles with potentially deadly air bags. (abc13.com)
Today, two U.S. Senators said there might even be a sixth death linked to the deadly air bags. (bostoncaraccidentlawyerblog.com)

A day earlier, BMW warned the owners of about 90,000 older vehicles in the U.S. not to drive them due to an increasing threat that the air bags might explode in a crash. (newswirenews.com)

The defective inflators in the airbags can explode with too much force, shooting shrapnel at vehicle occupants. (howardnations.com)
Nissan North America has announced a recall of more than 216,000 pickup trucks, SUVs, and vans to replace a defective and dangerous Takata driver's-side airbag. (belleshell.com)
Additionally, Mr. Felix currently represents multiple families and individuals nationwide who were catastrophically injured by defective vehicle air bags manufactured by Takata Corporation and TK Holdings Inc. Mr. Felix, on behalf of his client, Mr. Alexander Bowers, was recently appointed to the seven-person Tort Victim's Creditors Committee by the U.S. Trustee in TK Holdings, Inc.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. (forthepeople.com)
We offer free legal consultations to all injured parties, as well as the families of victims who may have been harmed by these defective bags manufactured by Takata. (tampabayinjuryattorneyblog.com)

But it does not include side air bags without the drying agent, nor does it cover another 32 million air bags that have the desiccant. (abc15.com)
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it wants a nationwide recall of vehicles outfitted with certain side frontal side air bags manufactured by Takata. (bostoncaraccidentlawyerblog.com)

It was previously reported that Takata uses an unusual chemical explosive - ammonium nitrate - for the chemical's ability to make airbags inflate in a matter of milliseconds. (howardnations.com)

DETROIT (AP) - More than 33 million people in the United States are driving vehicles that contain a potentially deadly threat: Airbag inflators that in rare cases can explode in a collision and spew shrapnel. (fcc-reform.org)

General Motors GM-N is recalling nearly 900 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada with Takata air bag inflators that could explode and hurl shrapnel in a crash. (theglobeandmail.com)
DETROIT (AP) - Nearly four years ago, the U.S. government's highway safety agency began investigating air bag in flat ors made by ARC Automotive of Tennessee when two people were hit by flying shrapnel after crash es. (traderplanet.com)

The Takata airbag recall is the world's largest automotive recall, affecting an estimated 100 million vehicles globally. (belleshell.com)
Ford Motor Co. announced Friday a recall of 953,000 vehicles located in North America that put drivers at risk of injury from exploding airbags. (californialemonattorneys.com)
We urgently need to redouble efforts to get the recalled vehicles fixed and get the old ammonium nitrate-based inflators out,' Nelson said. (abc7ny.com)
He is experienced in issues involving products liability litigation and catastrophic personal injury, including consumer products, motor vehicles and their component parts, airbags, medical devices, pharmaceuticals and toxic torts. (forthepeople.com)

Documents filed in the GM recall said the inflators were made in Mexico by Joyson Safety Systems, the company that purchased the assets of bankrupt air bag maker Takata. (news12.com)

The source of the problem with the faulty airbags lies in the chemicals used to inflate the airbags upon impact. (ckfirm.com)

WASHINGTON (AP) - Prodded by the U.S. government, Takata agreed Wednesday to add up to 40 million air bag inflators to an already massive recall, raising questions about the auto industry's ability to produce and distribute the necessary replacement parts. (abc15.com)
An airbag parts manufacturer is refusing to recall 67 million inflators. (fcc-reform.org)
DETROIT (AP) - Takata has agreed to recall another 35 million to 40 million air bag inflators, a stunning increase that will more than double what already is the largest automotive recall in American history. (news5cleveland.com)
With more than 30 million airbags under recall it will be years before all of them are replaced. (abc13.com)
Under the proposed settlement and with no admissions as to liability, the defendants will pay $52 million (the settlement sum) to settle the Takata Airbag Class Actions inclusive of legal costs, expenses, disbursements, interest and any funding commission approved by the Court. (belleshell.com)

The ammonium nitrate is especially likely to deteriorate in environments where there is high humidity and high temperatures. (ckfirm.com)
The inflators grow more dangerous as they get older because ammonium nitrate deteriorates due to high humidity and cycles from hot temperatures to cold. (newdelhitimes.com)
However, investigations into the problems with these airbags has found that heat and humidity damage the integrity of the system. (californialemonattorneys.com)

How do I check my Nissan airbag recall? (belleshell.com)
Does Nissan have a recall on airbags? (belleshell.com)

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx speaks during a news conference about Takata air bags, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at the Transportation Depatment in Washington. (abc7ny.com)

This recall and the public's awareness of the safety issues that could arise due to faulty airbags has been ongoing for awhile, but recently, the company expanded the recall even more. (ckfirm.com)
He expects the company to file for bankruptcy and emerge as a smaller corporation specializing in seat belts, electronics and air bag assemblies without inflators. (news5cleveland.com)

Ammonium nitrate, used in fertilizer and as a cheap explosive, is so dangerous that it can burn too fast even without moisture present, the lawsuit says. (boingboing.net)

Because ARC supplies inflators that are included in other manufacturers' airbags, there's no easy way for vehicle owners to determine whether their inflators are made by ARC. (fcc-reform.org)
Since 2009, the exploding air bags made by Takata have killed at least 33 people worldwide, including 24 in the United States. (newswirenews.com)

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