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UPDATED: Totally OT but very important:Takata Airbags
UPDATE May 19, 2015
BREAKING on CNN:
Airbag maker Takata announces largest auto recall ever
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/19/news/companies/takata-recall/index.html
"Rosekind could not even definitively say whether the airbags being installed in the recall cars are safe."
" Toyota has said that it plans to disable defective airbags once it runs out of replacements as it repairs the 800,000 cars it has recalled."
"Toyota has gotten permission from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to disable the airbags"
That is how serious this problem is:
http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/31/autos/exploding-airbag-fix/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
This does not apply to the MK3 Focus but many of you own more than one vehicle and you may have a car impacted by this. These airbags are very dangerous. They explode and propel shrapnel into your face.
U.S. Autos With Potential Airbag Problems
ACURA MDX 2005
ACURA MDX 2006
ACURA TL 2002
ACURA TL 2003
ACURA MDX 2003
ACURA MDX 2004
ACURA CL 2002
ACURA CL 2003
ACURA MDX 2005
ACURA RL 2005
ACURA MDX 2003
ACURA MDX 2004
BMW 325XI 2002
BMW 325CI 2003
BMW 325CI 2001
BMW 330CI 2001
BMW 330XI 2001
BMW 325I 2004
BMW 330CI 2003
BMW 330I 2004
BMW 330XI 2003
BMW 330XI 2002
FORD GT 2006
FORD MUSTANG 2005
FORD MUSTANG 2006
FORD MUSTANG 2007
FORD RANGER 2004
FORD GT 2005
HONDA ELEMENT 2011
HONDA ELEMENT 2010
HONDA ELEMENT 2009
HONDA PILOT 2005
HONDA CR-V 2005
HONDA ELEMENT 2008
HONDA ACCORD 2006
HONDA ACCORD 2007
HONDA ELEMENT 2007
HONDA PILOT 2006
HONDA CR-V 2006
HONDA PILOT 2007
HONDA ELEMENT 2006
HONDA CIVIC 2005
HONDA ACCORD 2001
HONDA ELEMENT 2005
HONDA PILOT 2003
HONDA PILOT 2004
HONDA ODYSSEY 2002
HONDA ODYSSEY 2003
HONDA ODYSSEY 2004
HONDA ELEMENT 2003
HONDA ELEMENT 2004
HONDA CR-V 2002
HONDA CR-V 2003
HONDA CR-V 2004
HONDA CIVIC 2001
HONDA CIVIC 2002
HONDA CIVIC 2003
HONDA CIVIC 2004
HONDA RIDGELINE 2006
HONDA ACCORD 2002
HONDA ACCORD 2003
HONDA ACCORD 2004
HONDA ACCORD 2005
HONDA PILOT 2005
HONDA CR-V 2005
HONDA CIVIC 2005
HONDA ELEMENT 2005
HONDA ODYSSEY 2005
HONDA PILOT 2003
HONDA PILOT 2004
HONDA ODYSSEY 2003
HONDA ODYSSEY 2004
HONDA ELEMENT 2003
HONDA ELEMENT 2004
HONDA CR-V 2003
HONDA CR-V 2004
HONDA CIVIC 2003
HONDA CIVIC 2004
HONDA ACCORD 2003
HONDA ACCORD 2004
HONDA ACCORD 2005
INFINITI FX45 2005
INFINITI FX35 2005
INFINITI I35 2004
INFINITI I35 2003
INFINITI FX45 2003
INFINITI FX35 2003
INFINITI FX45 2004
INFINITI FX35 2004
LEXUS SC430 2005
LEXUS SC430 2004
LEXUS SC430 2003
MITSUBISHI LANCER 2005
MITSUBISHI LANCER 2004
NISSAN MAXIMA 2004
NISSAN MAXIMA 2003
NISSAN MAXIMA 2002
NISSAN MAXIMA 2001
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2001
NISSAN SENTRA 2004
NISSAN SENTRA 2003
NISSAN SENTRA 2002
NISSAN SENTRA 2001
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2004
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2003
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2002
PONTIAC VIBE 2005
PONTIAC VIBE 2004
PONTIAC VIBE 2003
SAAB 9-2X 2005
SUBARU OUTBACK 2004
SUBARU BAJA 2004
SUBARU BAJA 2003
SUBARU LEGACY 2004
SUBARU LEGACY 2003
SUBARU IMPREZA 2004
SUBARU OUTBACK 2003
SUBARU IMPREZA 2005
SUBARU BAJA 2005
SUBARU OUTBACK 2004
SUBARU OUTBACK 2005
SUBARU BAJA 2004
SUBARU BAJA 2003
SUBARU LEGACY 2005
SUBARU LEGACY 2004
SUBARU LEGACY 2003
SUBARU IMPREZA 2004
SUBARU OUTBACK 2003
TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX 2005
TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX 2004
TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX 2003
TOYOTA TUNDRA 2005
TOYOTA TUNDRA 2004
TOYOTA TUNDRA 2003
TOYOTA COROLLA 2005
TOYOTA COROLLA 2004
TOYOTA COROLLA 2003
TOYOTA SEQUOIA 2005
TOYOTA SEQUOIA 2004
TOYOTA SEQUOIA 2003
http://www.ibtimes.com/takata-airba...e-dangerous-shrapnel-spitting-airbags-1652302
Government site:
http://www.safercar.gov/
UPDATE May 19, 2015
BREAKING on CNN:
Airbag maker Takata announces largest auto recall ever
http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/19/news/companies/takata-recall/index.html
"Rosekind could not even definitively say whether the airbags being installed in the recall cars are safe."
" Toyota has said that it plans to disable defective airbags once it runs out of replacements as it repairs the 800,000 cars it has recalled."
"Toyota has gotten permission from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to disable the airbags"
That is how serious this problem is:
http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/31/autos/exploding-airbag-fix/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
This does not apply to the MK3 Focus but many of you own more than one vehicle and you may have a car impacted by this. These airbags are very dangerous. They explode and propel shrapnel into your face.
U.S. Autos With Potential Airbag Problems
ACURA MDX 2005
ACURA MDX 2006
ACURA TL 2002
ACURA TL 2003
ACURA MDX 2003
ACURA MDX 2004
ACURA CL 2002
ACURA CL 2003
ACURA MDX 2005
ACURA RL 2005
ACURA MDX 2003
ACURA MDX 2004
BMW 325XI 2002
BMW 325CI 2003
BMW 325CI 2001
BMW 330CI 2001
BMW 330XI 2001
BMW 325I 2004
BMW 330CI 2003
BMW 330I 2004
BMW 330XI 2003
BMW 330XI 2002
FORD GT 2006
FORD MUSTANG 2005
FORD MUSTANG 2006
FORD MUSTANG 2007
FORD RANGER 2004
FORD GT 2005
HONDA ELEMENT 2011
HONDA ELEMENT 2010
HONDA ELEMENT 2009
HONDA PILOT 2005
HONDA CR-V 2005
HONDA ELEMENT 2008
HONDA ACCORD 2006
HONDA ACCORD 2007
HONDA ELEMENT 2007
HONDA PILOT 2006
HONDA CR-V 2006
HONDA PILOT 2007
HONDA ELEMENT 2006
HONDA CIVIC 2005
HONDA ACCORD 2001
HONDA ELEMENT 2005
HONDA PILOT 2003
HONDA PILOT 2004
HONDA ODYSSEY 2002
HONDA ODYSSEY 2003
HONDA ODYSSEY 2004
HONDA ELEMENT 2003
HONDA ELEMENT 2004
HONDA CR-V 2002
HONDA CR-V 2003
HONDA CR-V 2004
HONDA CIVIC 2001
HONDA CIVIC 2002
HONDA CIVIC 2003
HONDA CIVIC 2004
HONDA RIDGELINE 2006
HONDA ACCORD 2002
HONDA ACCORD 2003
HONDA ACCORD 2004
HONDA ACCORD 2005
HONDA PILOT 2005
HONDA CR-V 2005
HONDA CIVIC 2005
HONDA ELEMENT 2005
HONDA ODYSSEY 2005
HONDA PILOT 2003
HONDA PILOT 2004
HONDA ODYSSEY 2003
HONDA ODYSSEY 2004
HONDA ELEMENT 2003
HONDA ELEMENT 2004
HONDA CR-V 2003
HONDA CR-V 2004
HONDA CIVIC 2003
HONDA CIVIC 2004
HONDA ACCORD 2003
HONDA ACCORD 2004
HONDA ACCORD 2005
INFINITI FX45 2005
INFINITI FX35 2005
INFINITI I35 2004
INFINITI I35 2003
INFINITI FX45 2003
INFINITI FX35 2003
INFINITI FX45 2004
INFINITI FX35 2004
LEXUS SC430 2005
LEXUS SC430 2004
LEXUS SC430 2003
MITSUBISHI LANCER 2005
MITSUBISHI LANCER 2004
NISSAN MAXIMA 2004
NISSAN MAXIMA 2003
NISSAN MAXIMA 2002
NISSAN MAXIMA 2001
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2001
NISSAN SENTRA 2004
NISSAN SENTRA 2003
NISSAN SENTRA 2002
NISSAN SENTRA 2001
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2004
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2003
NISSAN PATHFINDER 2002
PONTIAC VIBE 2005
PONTIAC VIBE 2004
PONTIAC VIBE 2003
SAAB 9-2X 2005
SUBARU OUTBACK 2004
SUBARU BAJA 2004
SUBARU BAJA 2003
SUBARU LEGACY 2004
SUBARU LEGACY 2003
SUBARU IMPREZA 2004
SUBARU OUTBACK 2003
SUBARU IMPREZA 2005
SUBARU BAJA 2005
SUBARU OUTBACK 2004
SUBARU OUTBACK 2005
SUBARU BAJA 2004
SUBARU BAJA 2003
SUBARU LEGACY 2005
SUBARU LEGACY 2004
SUBARU LEGACY 2003
SUBARU IMPREZA 2004
SUBARU OUTBACK 2003
TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX 2005
TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX 2004
TOYOTA COROLLA MATRIX 2003
TOYOTA TUNDRA 2005
TOYOTA TUNDRA 2004
TOYOTA TUNDRA 2003
TOYOTA COROLLA 2005
TOYOTA COROLLA 2004
TOYOTA COROLLA 2003
TOYOTA SEQUOIA 2005
TOYOTA SEQUOIA 2004
TOYOTA SEQUOIA 2003
http://www.ibtimes.com/takata-airba...e-dangerous-shrapnel-spitting-airbags-1652302
Government site:
http://www.safercar.gov/