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Ten years after Takata airbags were first deemed a hazard, ensuing a massive recall that’s still ongoing, motorists are facing a new threat with regard to these critical crash-protection components. TheThe agency reports three deaths and three “life altering, disfiguring” injuries reported over the last nine months can be directly attributed to inferior replacement airbags.
The bogus airbag malfunctions reportedly sent sizable metal fragments into drivers’ chests, necks, eyes and faces, which resulted in serious injuries or deaths in what would have otherwise been survivable collisions. In addition, NHTSA warns that the inflators in such knockoffs could deploy partially or too slowly, thus failing to protect an driver or front passenger’s head from striking the steering wheel or dashboard.What’s more, Carfax data indicates there are 6.
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