No fewer than 30 million cars in traffic in various parts of the world could pose a potential danger to drivers and passengers in the event of an accident. This is the premise of a recent investigation started in the United States.
NHTSA announced earlier this week that it has begun an investigation into a record number of vehicles manufactured in the United States, but in circulation in every corner of the globe. They number about 30 million and have been built by various manufacturers. The potential disaster and the subject of the investigation stem from defective airbags produced by the Japanese group Takata, according to Reuters.
Tens of millions of potentially dangerous cars on the streets
Models made between 2001 and 2019 are the subject of analysis and, in total, we are talking about 1384 types of cars. At present, the level of risk to which drivers of cars and their passengers are subjected has not been accurately assessed. According to NHTSA, the owners of the 30 million vehicles, many of which are still in circulation, should not take any urgent action.
For context, in the last decade alone, more than 100 million Takata airbags, of which 67 million in the United States, have been replaced due to fears that they could explode. It is important to remember that this is not just a theoretical problem, a game of probabilities. Globally, there have been more than 400 accidents and 28 deaths, including 19 in the US, from faulty airbags. produced by Takata.
The latest investigation initiated by the US Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) includes vehicles assembled by Honda, Ford, Toyota, General Motors, Nissan, Subaru, Tesla, Ferrari, Mazda, Daimler AG, BMW, Chrysler (now part of the Stellantis NV group ), Porsche, Jaguar Land Rover. “Although no safety risks have been identified, further analysis is needed to assess the future risks posed by airbags that have not been recalled for service,” the NHTSA said in a statement.
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