Air-bag recall – are you at risk?
Faulty Takata airbags, linked to 18 deaths globally, are being replaced by new faulty airbags, according to a report by consumer group Choice.
A three-month investigation by Choice found more than two-thirds of the 2.1 million cars recalled in Australia still have not had their faulty airbags replaced, with car owners being told by manufacturers there is a minimum six-month wait to remove the potentially lethal safety devices.
Choice also found that a number of car manufacturers — including BMW, Toyota, Mazda, Lexus and Subaru —have been replacing the airbags with identical devices as a temporary fix.
The airbags' inflators contain ammonium nitrate propellants which can become volatile with age when exposed to changing temperatures, humidity and moisture.
This may cause them to explode and propel shrapnel into drivers and passengers. The shards have been known to puncture people's eyes, face, neck and chest.
In one case in the United States the injuries suffered by the victim were so severe that police thought he had been shot in the face.
Read more at Choice
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All very well .... But where does that leave me withe my 1995 (bought second hand, of course, as a pensioner) BMW 318 Sedan with and unknown history before I came on the scene?
How do Icheck if I am liable to get a faceful of debris?
What should I look for?
Does a little red light on the dash mean amything.... or nothing?
Come on people; what's it all about. Who do I ask? What's the approach to find answersThe nearest beemer dealer is some 50km away. I've never dealt with them for that reason. Will they know what I should do? or should I even believe what they say?
This is NOT useful information ---- Just a frightener. Do you want me to put the the car in the garage and walk the (hilly) 6 km to town? And back; because, at 87 I don't really feel like exercise of that standard.
If anyone can help, I'd be delighted. I've already ticked the 'reply to' bujtton which ensures that I will get anything you send to me in this site.........so go ahead and enlighten me............
Richard F