Airbag

Ram is recalling more than 52,500 of its heavy-duty pickup and chassis-cab trucks over an issue with driver-side airbags and seat belt pretensioners.

Airbags cannot do their job if the sensors are not working properly, so if the SRS light on the dash illuminates, don’t ignore it.

Chrysler has issued a recall affecting more than 250,600 Pacifica and Voyager minivans over an issue with the side curtain airbags.

Mazda is recalling more than 171,400 Mazda3 and CX-30 vehicles over an issue with the airbag sensor.

IIHS hopes that, by incorporating DAMAGE into its analysis of crash tests, it will be able to inform improvements to airbag design that can reduce the risk of brain injuries.

Mazda and Fiat parent company Stellantis are recalling some of their model-year 2016-23 MX-5 Miata and model-year 2017-20 124 Spider coupes, respectively, due to airbag deployment issues affecting approximately 93,500 vehicles.

BMW is recalling some 394,000 3 Series models for Takata airbags, this time examples that may not have had anything to do with the recall initially.

The passenger occupant detection system may experience a fault in the wiring and deactivate the front passenger airbag when the seat is occupied, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.

Toyota is recalling some 145,000 examples of its Grand Highlander and Lexus TX SUVs for an issue involving the vehicles’ airbags.

More than 750,100 vehicles under the automaker and its Acura luxury brand are affected by a faulty airbag seat sensor.