Subaru is withdrawing from the market approximately 500,000 cars as a component of the ongoing Takata airbag scandal affecting tens of millions of cars in the United States.
The company is removing 497,922 cars for faulty airbags, Subaru showed ABC News on Thursday.
Subaru states on its online page that the recall “only considers the front passenger-side airbag of some Subaru cars and not our front driver-side airbags, which were not supplied with a Takata inflator.”
“Therefore, if your vehicle requires a recall service, we suggest that occupants do not use the passenger seat before maintenance is complete,” he adds.
It also includes a special message from Morgan Freeman warning those who might be affected through the reminder to take action, as it “could save their lives.”
Subaru said it will notify car owners if their vehicle is part of the recall. Customers can also find out if their vehicle is affected by recalling the market on Subaru’s online page, their vehicle identity number or simply the year and brand of the style.
On Wednesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that another 10 million Takata airbag inflators used by more than a dozen automakers in the United States were recalled.
The latest batch of air bag inflators recalled on the market, made from ammonium nitrate, can cause a “break” according to documents shared at NHTSA on Wednesday. The explosion “can cause steel fragments to pass through the airbag and into the vehicle at full speed, which can result in injury or death to the occupants of the vehicle.”
New considerations about Takata airbags that were used to update the old Takata airbags that were also withdrawn from the market.
Takata, which filed for bankruptcy in 2017, is now in the middle of one of the largest automotive industries in history. NHTSA estimates that approximately 41.6 million cars with defective Takata airbags are being recalled, according to NHTSA.
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