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BMW is the latest automaker to take action in resolving its part of the long-running Takata airbag crisis, issuing a “do not drive” warning for older 3 Series, 5 Series and X5 vehicles.
More than 143,000 Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport SUVs are being recalled over a wiring fault that may prevent the front passenger airbag from deploying.
The recall of nearly 189,000 model-year 2021-23 K5s involves the car’s side curtain airbags.
A new recall for nearly 99,000 trucks addresses a population of the pickup trucks that was previously recalled in 2017 and 2018.
Included in the warning are Honda’s model-year 2001-02 Accord and Civic, 2002 CR-V and Odyssey, 2003 Pilot, and Acura’s 2002-03 Acura 3.2 TL and 2003 3.2 CL.
Faulty second-row side airbags affect nearly 32,000 Telluride three-row SUVs.
The NHTSA has now confirmed a fifth Takata related fatality for 2022 — the third this year for Stellantis — after a driver-side airbag inflator was ruptured in a 2010 Chrysler 300.
NHTSA says the latest death, involving the rupture of a 2002 Honda Accord, is the 23rd fatality confirmed as related to the faulty airbag inflators.
Two separate recalls address the taillights of some 321,600 Model 3s and Model Ys and the airbags of more than 29,000 Model Xs.
Side curtain airbags may not deploy properly on model-year 2022 Maverick pickup trucks.