Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has expanded its Takata recall campaign to include more than four million vehicles sold in the US market.
Following Takata’s acknowledgement of a safety defect in approximately 34 million vehicles from various automakers, FCA has issued a fresh campaign to install a new dual-stage airbag inflator in a handful of models. The issue is being handled as a nationwide recall, rather than focusing on regions with high absolute humidity.
Following Takata’s acknowledgement of a safety defect in approximately 34 million vehicles from various automakers, FCA has issued a fresh campaign to install a new dual-stage airbag inflator in a handful of models. The issue is being handled as a nationwide recall, rather than focusing on regions with high absolute humidity.
The defective component, known as the PSDI-4, can be found in various Ram trucks from the 2004 through 2010 model years, along with the 2007-2008 Chrysler Aspen; the 2005-2010 Chrysler 300, 300C, SRT8, Dodge Charger and Magnum; the 2005-2011 Dodge Dakota; and the 2006-2010 Mitsubishi Raider.
“In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver’s frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking and potentially seriously injuring the driver or other occupants,” the recall documents note.
The company cites at least one failure in the field, which led to “non-life threatening injuries,” and one failure from an inflator that was pulled from a Florida vehicle and subjected to lab tests.
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