Those infamous —the ones with the accelerator that can send shrapnel flying towards the faces of folks sitting in the front of them—are still a on U.S. roads.
Worse yet, some of the most humid and therefore dangerous states are home to nearly half of all unfixed vehicles Just as a refresher: a decade ago, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a recall for a staggering 67 million vehicles due to faulty airbag inflators. When the recall was first issued, authorities realized that there was no way to replace that many airbags in a timely fashion. Manufacturing wise, and time wise, it made no sense.
So in the last ten years, the airbags have continued to kill. In 2022, . NHTSA have been killed, though the problem is worldwide.
New data from shows just how widespread the problem continues to be in the U.S.: Ten years after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) the recall of Takata airbags nationwide because of the risk they pose for bodily harm – or even death – to occupants, more than 6.
4 million vehicles in the U.S. still have those airbags, according to CARFAX data.
More than 2.5 million – roughly 40% of all these unfixed vehicles – are located in states that Zone A. These states “pose the highest threat to safety” because of their high heat and humidity.
They are Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas. States with some of the highest concentrations of Takata air.
