The faulty Takata airbags They were the talk of the motoring world a few years ago. It is not for less, because this key component for the safety of cars could become a death trap. Under some conditions of high temperature and/or humidity, the airbag could explode upon deployment causing injury to the user. The biggest recall in history was carried out, although this case is still raging. It is estimated that there are 300,000 cars in Spain with this bug.
In this case, the OCU reports that they are some Audi, BMW and Skoda models those with faulty airbags from the Japanese firm. They talk about how they deteriorate over time and that when they are deployed they could cause the body of the inflator to explode. That means that some metal fragments could go through cushion material and harm passengers. There is no precise estimate on the vehicles that have the fault, since they were highly sold copies in their day.
As prevention is better than cure, we are going to review the cars that could present this defect in the airbags. In Audi are a multitude of modelson the one hand the Audi A4 (S4 included), A4 and S4 Cabrio, RS4 and RS4 Cabrio, Audi A6 and S6, A6 Allroad Quattro and RS6 manufactured between February 23, 2004 and August 2011. We would also have to add the Audi A5, Q5 and SQ5 manufactured between September 13, 2008 and November 26, 2012. Finally, the TT and TTS Coupé, TT and TTS Roadster, the TT RS Coupé and Roadster, R8 Coupé and Spyder manufactured between 3 September 2014 and February 11, 2017.
The same it happens with bmw, which has them in practically the entire range. It is applicable to Series 1, Series 2 (M2 included), Series 2 Active Tourer/Gran Tourer, Series 3 (M3 included), Series 4 (M4 included), Series 5, Series 6, X1, X3, X4, X5 ( X5M included) and X6 manufactured between February 2012 and December 28, 2014. Among the Skoda affected we see the Citigo, Roomster, Fabia (second and third generation), Rapid, Yeti, Kodiaq, Octavia (III) and Superb (II and III) manufactured between June 1, 2012 and December 15, 2017.
As we said, the initial estimate is 300,000 affected vehicles in our country, although could reach up to 370,000 if it affected all versions of said models. Manufacturers are contacting owners of affected vehicles and proceeding to replace defective airbag from Takata for another at no additional cost. In the event that there are doubts and no notification is received, it is recommended to contact the after-sales service of the brand.
Source: OCU
