
Urgent warning over Toyota cars that can 'shoot sharp metal fragments' from airbags and kill drivers or passengers - as owners are told to immediately 'stop driving' them, are you affected?
Daily MailToyota has issued an urgent 'do not drive' advisory on 61,000 vehicles fitted with dangerous Takata airbags, which can explode and hurl 'sharp metal fragments' at motorists. Airbags made by Japanese manufacturer Takata have been linked to 30 deaths worldwide, with 26 in the US - including that of Ford owner Hayden Jones Jr. Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda speaks during a news conference in Nagoya, central Japan Toyota on Monday put a 'do not drive' advisory on vehicles fitted with infamous Takata airbags. A deployed Takata-manufactured airbag is seen on the driver's side of a 2007 Dodge Charger at a recycled auto parts lot in Detroit Takata is now bankrupt, but more than 100 million of it products went into vehicles made by more than a dozen automakers Chrysler-parent company Stellantis advised 29,000 owners of 2003 Dodge Ram pickups to immediately stop driving in July after a fatal incident involving a Takata airbag. Stephanie Erdman, a First Lieutenant in the US Air Force, survived a crash on September 1 2013 which fired metal shrapnel from the Takata airbag in her 2002 Honda Civic into her neck and right eye Pictured is Hayden Jones Jr., a 23-year-old Navy officer who was found dead at the wheel of his 2016 Ford Ranger by Florida Highway Patrol troopers in July 2022 Though the NHTSA is investigating and hasn't made a final determination yet, the Jones' family says there's ample evidence the death was caused by an exploding Takata air bag.
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Some 45,000 Dutch cars affected by Citroën's worldwide recall over faulty airbags
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BMW recalls 1.3 million vehicles in China that may have Takata airbag inflators
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Ford, Mazda warn owners to stop driving older vehicles with dangerous Takata air bag inflators
The Independent
Ford, Mazda warn owners to stop driving older vehicles with dangerous Takata air bag inflators
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Nissan issues ‘do not drive’ warning for older vehicles over air bag explosion risk
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Toyota urges owners of old Corolla, Matrix and RAV4 models to park them until air bags are replaced
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US agency to watch unrecalled Takata inflators after one blows apart, injuring a driver in Chicago
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BMW recalls SUVs after Takata air bag inflator blows apart, hurling shrapnel and injuring driver
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US steps toward forcing recall of 52 million air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel
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Owners of some 2003 Ram pickups urged to not drive them after another Takata air bag inflator death
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Owners of some 2003 Ram pickups urged to not drive them after another Takata air bag inflator death
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More than 30 million US drivers don't know if they're at risk from a rare but dangerous airbag blast
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Airbag manufacturer refuses to recall 67 million devices
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Third air bag death confirmed, owners urged to get repairs
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US confirms another Honda death from air bag, asks owners to get car recalled
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Stellantis warns owners to stop driving cars after fatal airbag explosions
The Independent
Faulty air bags trigger a warning not to drive 276,000 older Dodge and Chrysler cars
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Volvo issues recall for 195,000 more vehicles in the US to replace driver airbag inflator
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Volvo issues recall for almost 260,000 pre-2010 cars in the US to replace driver airbag inflator
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US probes Takata air bags in 200 models from 20 automakers
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Ford loses track of dangerous air bags, forcing 2 recalls
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Ford to recall 3 million vehicles for air bags at $610 million cost
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US rejects Ford, Mazda requests to avoid Takata recalls
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GM to recall 7 million vehicles globally to replace Takata air bags
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Takata airbags: Toyota Corolla models added to list of dangerous cars on ACCC recall list
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BMW subject to new urgent recall over different type of faulty Takata airbags
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Honda recalls 3,669 units of Accord sedan to fix faulty airbags inflators supplied by Takata Corp
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Arizona man is killed by shrapnel from an exploding Takata airbag
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Shocking photos of faulty Takata airbag victims
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Takata airbag recall: Owners advised to make the call or risk being left out
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Takata airbags: Toyota, Honda and Mazda facing class action
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Airbag-Maker Takata Files for Bankruptcy After Global Recalls
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Japanese airbag maker Takata files for bankruptcy in US and Japan, gets US sponsor
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Toyota recalls three million cars worldwide after exploding Takata airbags linked to 16 deaths
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Another Day, Another Recall
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Don’t drive these Hondas and Acuras unless dangerous air bags are fixed, government warns
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Toyota recalls 3.37 million hybrid cars over airbag and fuel emission issues
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Toyota to undertake global recall of 2.86 million cars to fix faulty airbags
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Toyota recalls more than 3 million cars over air bags and emissions controls
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It's Actually NBD Automakers Still Use Airbags the Feds Will Recall—For Now
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GM says its Takata air bag inflators are safe; government disagrees
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Defective Takata Air Bags Still Being Installed In New Cars
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Largest-ever U.S. auto recall gets bigger: 12 million more vehicles with Takata air bags ordered back
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Takata agrees to recall another 35 million to 40 million air bag inflators
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Fixes for Takata air bags can take months. What to drive in the meantime?
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Takata said to put worst-case recall costs at $24 billion
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VW and Daimler recall 1.5m US cars over faulty airbag fears
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Honda adds 2.2 million vehicles to Takata air bag recall
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Toyota recalls 1.6 million cars after Nissan SUV air bag injury
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