NHTSA Tells Chrysler to Expand Its Takata Airbag Recall
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration put Chrysler in the hot seat Tuesday, telling the automaker to expand its June recall of vehicles with defective Takata airbags and to report the problem to affected owners by Dec. 1, according to The Detroit News. This comes on top of NHTSA telling Chrysler to speed up its fix of 1.56 million Jeep SUVs that have been recalled for rear fires.
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“Chrysler’s delay in notifying consumers and taking other actions necessary to address the safety defect identified is unacceptable and exacerbates the risk to motorists’ safety,” NHTSA Deputy Chief David Friedman wrote in a letter to Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne.
Chrysler limited its initial Takata-related recall to cars sold or registered in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which are high-humidity areas, but NHTSA contends that the recall should include southern Georgia, Guam, Saipan, American Samoa and coastal areas of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
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