Daimler recalling 840000 vehicles in US for Takata air bags

Problems with Takata airbags were first reported in 2009. Daimler said it would account for the cost in its 2015 financial year results.

As with the Volkswagen recalls, additional details will be made public after further tests are conducted to determine the specific vehicles affected.

VW and Audi say they don’t know of any driver’s inflator ruptures in their vehicles.

Mercedes and Diamler owners should be notified by the company if their vehicle is under recall. Takata said other automakers affected by the recent findings included Honda, Volkswagen, Audi, Mazda.

Already a day earlier, VW’s domestic rival Daimler announced it was recalling 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and 136,000 Daimler vans after being informed by USA authorities of a potential fault in the Takata airbags.

The recall will also include C-Class, E-Class, M-Class, GL-Class, SLK and SLS sedans and R-Class SUVS.

On the basis of available information on the components, Volkswagen has made a decision to recall approximately 680,000 Volkswagen vehicles in the United States.

Daimler said the recall was “precautionary” and would cost the company 340 million euros ($382 million). The expense will reduce group net income for previous year to 8.7 billion euros from the 8.94 billion euros outlined on February 4. It says that after a certain period of time, the tablets may change, which could cause a more-violent-than-necessary combustion should the airbag need to be deployed.

The reason behind the latest recall of vehicles by the three automakers is defective airbags manufactured by beleaguered Japanese automotive parts supplier Takata Corp.