Continental recalls 5 million vehicles for a different kind of airbag problem

Several automakers are recalling more than 5 million vehicles distributed worldwide over growing concerns in air bag problems. In fact, he said, numerous roughly 1 million vehicles that have already had airbags replaced may need to have those replacement airbags replaced as well.

Edmunds says: Lawmakers want to stem the seemingly endless flow of Takata recall announcements with sweeping action. It began in August after NHTSA found 19 complaints that air bags didn’t inflate in crashes of older Honda Accords.

The units were made from 2006 on through 2010, according to Reuters; unfortunately, there are reports of injuries resulting from the defect.

On Thursday, Fiat Chrysler said it is recalling 112,000 USA vehicles for the same issue, including the 2009 Dodge Journey, 2008-2009 Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town and Country and 2009 Volkswagen Routan that it had assembled for the German automaker.

In January 2008, Continental conducted its first round of investigation when a malfunctioning air bag control system was removed from a Mercedes auto. The Japan recall affects vehicles produced between the years 2005 to 2014.

Continental in regulatory filings said variations in the manufacturing process for a power-supply component can cause a semiconductor material to corrode and eventually cut electrical connections. Honda’s latest recall is included in that count. While Mercedes, Fiat Chrysler and Honda all responded promptly to the allegations and issued massive recalls from 2008 to 2009, the issue is far from over for all these automakers.

Repairs on affected vehicles will start this summer. She said it was up to carmakers to issue a recall.

“All potentially affected customers were notified immediately and we are in close contact them”, a Continental spokeswoman said in an e-mail. This is the latest news of the Honda and Acura Recall News and Full List of Vehicles with Problems from Takata PSDI-5 Airbag. The company will also rely on a third-party panel to help formulate the plan, one of the people said.

Honda has said in the past that it will provide loaner cars for owners with vehicles under Takata recall if parts are not yet available.

Carmakers BMW, Nissan and Toyota have also used the airbags in their vehicles in the past and have had to recall millions.