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Hey, do y'all remember the Takata airbag scandal? Where Japanese manufacturer Takata used unsafe accelerants in their airbags, then fake test results, resulting in multiple deaths when the inflation mechanism acted more like a Claymore mine than a safety device?
Remember that? It was a big deal when, on May 18, 2015, a recall notice was issued for some 32 million inflators on vehicles for many automakers, including BMW, Fiat Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, and Toyota.
I mention this because I have to take Tuesday morning off so I can drop Darby the Ford Ranger off at Capitol Expressway Ford to get the driver's side airbag* replaced. 7 years, 4 months, and 17 days after this urgent recall due to a defect that had already killed at least nine people was announced.
Aside from wishing that Takata executives be forced to serve as crash-test dummies in cars equipped with their airbags for five years, I'm pissed that the automakers didn't jump on this and say "Holy fuck, people are driving around in our product with a known killer defect! Clear the decks, we're building a solution NOW and making sure our customers are safe!"
I can even blame Ford because every single automaker affected by this has had the same lackadaisical attitude. But they better wash my damn truck, that's all I'm saying.
*The passenger side airbag was replaced a few years ago.
Remember that? It was a big deal when, on May 18, 2015, a recall notice was issued for some 32 million inflators on vehicles for many automakers, including BMW, Fiat Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, and Toyota.
I mention this because I have to take Tuesday morning off so I can drop Darby the Ford Ranger off at Capitol Expressway Ford to get the driver's side airbag* replaced. 7 years, 4 months, and 17 days after this urgent recall due to a defect that had already killed at least nine people was announced.
Aside from wishing that Takata executives be forced to serve as crash-test dummies in cars equipped with their airbags for five years, I'm pissed that the automakers didn't jump on this and say "Holy fuck, people are driving around in our product with a known killer defect! Clear the decks, we're building a solution NOW and making sure our customers are safe!"
I can even blame Ford because every single automaker affected by this has had the same lackadaisical attitude. But they better wash my damn truck, that's all I'm saying.
*The passenger side airbag was replaced a few years ago.
