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NHTSA Consumer Alert: Substandard Replacement Air Bags

  • Writer: Region II
    Region II
  • Jul 11, 2024
  • 1 min read


"Please see yesterday’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Consumer Alert (link below).  The NHTSA urges used car buyers and owners to be aware of cheap, substandard replacement air bag inflators that can cause death or serious injury in a crash.  Three people have been killed and two people have suffered life-altering, disfiguring injuries in the past nine months due to these faulty aftermarket replacement air bag inflators.  In all five cases, the vehicles had previously been involved in a crash, and their original equipment air bags were replaced with defective, substandard inflators, in most cases confirmed to have been manufactured overseas. These dangerous aftermarket parts malfunctioned in subsequent crashes, sending large metal fragments into drivers’ chests, necks, eyes, and faces, killing or severely injuring drivers in otherwise survivable crashes.

 

 

Please share this information with your coworkers and contractors."

 
 
 

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