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Audi and Volkswagen expands recall list by Takata airbags in Brazil

05/04/2016

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Airbags can cast housing fragments on passengers.

In total, 8 brands have called the recall problem in Brazil.

8 brands have called for airbag recalls of Takata in Brazil (Photo: REUTERS / Joe Skipper)

Audi and Volkswagen swelled the list of brands that called recall in Brazil because of defective airbags Japanese manufacturer Takata, who has led the call for more than 30 million cars worldwide. Now, the total marks 8 is involved in Brazil.

The two automakers, which are part of the same group, recently announced campaigns for models Audi Q5 and VW Tiguan, by airbags that can shed housing the fragments toward the passengers.

They did not identify the manufacturer of the equipment immediately, although a recall for the same reason and with the same production date has been announced in the United States, identifying the supplier of parts as Takata.

Volkswagen Brazil chose not to relate the problem in 33 Tiguan units with the Japanese supplier, which does not appear in the recall release. Questioned by G1, the company said it can not tell who is the defective device manufacturer.

now side

Failure is exactly the same identified in the frontal devices Takata, which are related to 10 deaths worldwide. The difference is that these new cases the failure occurs first in side airbags.

The expansion of the recall was caused because of an accident recorded in June 2015 in the United States, in which a driver was hit by shrapnel side airbag of a Tiguan.

The wounds were superficial, but enough to open an investigation into US agency road safety.

Then the two brands of the Volkswagen group called Q5 and Tiguan to shop in the US in February. The batch of defective parts is restricted to a short period of production, for now, unlike the problem with the front airbags, which affects vehicles produced since 2004.

The same failure of side airbags was notified in March in Brazil, for Audi and Volkswagen, including the same dates of manufacture of the US campaign. Initially, Audi also not related to campaign in Brazil with Takata, but later admitted to the G1 it is the same case reported in the United States.

According to the Consumer Protection Code, the recall should inform consumers which presented default risk and its implications, but does not require the manufacturers to disclose the name of the company that produced the defective part.

Volkswagen Tiguan 2012 (Reuters)

Volkswagen Tiguan called 33 units on 23 February. Audi already called on February 28, 13 owners of the Q5 in Brazil. .

CHASSIS INVOLVED:

(Non-sequential numbering)

Audi Q5 2.0 TFSI (2015) - of the 8R_A087146 8R_A089233

Audi SQ5 3.0 TFSI (2015) - 8R_A087924

Volkswagen Tiguan - of FW569910 to FW572560

According to the announcements, which do not mention the Takata, front side airbags can cast housing fragments of the gas generator towards the passengers in case of accident.

The free replacement of the side airbag of the Audi models and Volkswagenx should be scheduled at a dealership and should take 3 hours and 30 minutes (Audi) and 4 hours (Volkswagen).

Audi Q5 (Reuters)

Largest recall in history

The case of Takata came in 2013, when the manufacturer of airbags reported that some devices, when opened, could explode and release pieces of metal, with risk of injury or death.

As the company provides equipment for several automakers, the defect resulted in the largest recall in history. More than 30 million vehicles around the world have been called for inspection and replacement airbag since then, including Brazil.

Only in 2015, recalls airbags involved 1.3 million cars in Brazil, contributing to the record of calls. No accident has been reported in the country.

According to officials, the majority of deaths and injuries caused by defective bags occurred in accidents at low speeds, where the victims probably survive.

Even after years of research it is not known exactly what causes the strongest explosion of Takata airbags. Last month, a group of scientists hired by the automakers said that the defect is caused by a combination of three factors.

The 10th death linked to Takata airbags was confirmed in January this year in the United States. The injuries from shrapnel are compared to stab wounds, according to reports.

All recalls

Chrysler, Honda, Nissan, Subaru, Toyota and Mitusbishi already called units sold in Brazil to check the airbag of Takata.

The models were called:

- Honda Accord, Civic, CR-V and Fit;

- Toyota Corolla, Fielder, Hilux SW4 and RAV4;

- Nissan March, Versa, Frontier and Pathfinder;

- Subaru Impreza WRX;

- Chrysler 300C and RAM 2500;

- Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII and Evo IX.

See called Honda:

(April / 2013) Honda is recalling 23,352 Civic and CR-V units in Brazil

(June / 2014) Honda is recalling 20,908 Civic and CR-V for failure to airbag

(September / 2014) Honda calls recall 5,573 Civic units, CR-V and Accord

(December / 2014) Honda expands recall Accord, Civic, CR-V and Fit includes a fault in the airbag

(May / 2015) Honda calls almost 300,000 vehicles to recall for airbag

(July / 2015) Honda is recalling 477,580 Fit units, City, Civic and CR-V in Brazil

(February / 2016) Honda calls over 164,000 Fit and City in the case of 'deadly airbags'

See called Toyota:

(May / 2013) Toyota recall starts second phase of the Corolla in Brazil airbag

(June / 2014) Toyota announces recall of 28,148 Corollas for failure to airbag

(December / 2014) Toyota Corolla recall calls for the passenger airbag problem

(May / 2015) Airbag defective causes recall of over 128,000 cars in Brazil

(October / 2015) Toyota is recalling 424,641 vehicles in Brazil by deadly airbags

See called Nissan:

(April / 2013) Nissan announces recall of 148 Frontier and Pathfinder in Brazil

(July / 2014) Nissan Pathfinder expands recall for airbag problem

(December / 2014) Nissan expands recall in Brazil airbag problem, including March

(July / 2015) Nissan expands recall of deadly airbags in Brazil

See called the Subaru:

(July / 2015) Subaru is 1 recall in Brazil because of deadly airbags

See called the Fiat Chrysler:

(August / 2015) Chrysler 300C and RAM 2500 are called for recall

See called Mitsubishi:

(November / 2015) Mitsubishi thickens recall list in Brazil by deadly airbag

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