AnsonJ

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...lion-vehicles/


NHTSA said the affected vehicles by manufacturer are:
Toyota: 778,177 vehicles potentially affected
2002 – 2004 Lexus SC
2003 – 2004 Toyota Corolla
2003 – 2004 Toyota Corolla Matrix
2002 – 2004 Toyota Sequoia
2003 – 2004 Toyota Tundra
2003 – 2004 Pontiac Vibe
Honda: 2,803,214 vehicles potentially affected
2001 – 2007 Honda Accord (4 cyl)
2001 – 2002 Honda Accord (6 cyl)
2001 – 2005 Honda Civic
2002 – 2006 Honda CR-V
2003 – 2011 Honda Element
2002 – 2004 Honda Odyssey
2003 – 2007 Honda Pilot
2006 – Honda Ridgeline
2003 – 2006 Acura MDX
2002 – 2003 Acura TL/CL
Nissan: 437,712 vehicles potentially affected
2001 – 2003 Nissan Maxima
2001 – 2003 Nissan Pathfinder
2002 – 2003 Nissan Sentra
2001 – 2003 Infiniti I30/I35
2002 – 2003 Infiniti QX4
2003 – Infiniti FX
Mazda: 18,050 vehicles potentially affected
2003 – 2004 Mazda6
2004 Mazda RX-8
BMW: 573,935 vehicles potentially affected
2000 – 2005 3 Series Sedan
2000 – 2006 3 Series Coupe
2000 – 2005 3 Series Sports Wagon
2000 – 2006 3 Series Convertible
2001 – 2006 M3 Coupe
2001 – 2006 M3 Convertible
General Motors: 133,221 vehicles potentially affected
2002 – 2003 Buick LeSabre
2002 – 2003 Buick Rendezvous
2002 – 2003 Cadillac DeVille
2002 – 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer
2002 – 2003 Chevrolet Impala
2002 – 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
2002 – 2003 Chevrolet Venture
2002 – 2003 GMC Envoy
2002 – 2003 GMC Envoy XL
2002 – 2003 Oldsmobile Aurora
2002 – 2003 Oldsmobile Bravada
2002 – 2003 Oldsmobile Silhouette
2002 – 2003 Pontiac Bonneville
2002 – 2003 Pontiac Montana

AJ

CiViCKiDD

Interesting, maybe 2 months ago I got a recall notice in the mail for ONLY my passenger airbag - 2002 Maxima SE. I assume BOTH airbags are considered defective?

1stTymer

My Max is due at the stealership at 930 am in the morning. I was told it would take about 2 hours to do the repairs.

george__

iTrader: (1)

This is only for the passenger side airbag

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs...4V361-2698.pdf

D.Stillwell

Yeah this is passenger only and it affects most 5th gens (2000-2003) IIRC...

I never got it done, I don't care about my passengers.

george__

iTrader: (1)

It's a quicker death with the sharps shards of metal coming at you anyhow

D.Stillwell

Scramblinman

Just what I would want plastered on the internet if I did get into an accident and a passenger was maimed or killed because of a defective airbag.

D.Stillwell

Lol not my fault. Blame Nissan or actually not even them, blame the airbag company. Its their fault.

I dont have to do anything. Its their job, if they wanna come to my house and fix their mistake at my convenience then fine. Otherwise its just gonna be their fault if something does ever happen lol...



No really tho, I still might do it some day if I have nothing to do and bunch of hours to kill one day..

Now if this was a recall I cared about, like something motor related, I would go there and do it immediately.

lightonthehill

But do keep in mind that, when the faulty cannister explodes, the shards do not all go directly toward the rear of the car. The inside of some of the cars that have had this cannister explode look like a grenade went off, as the damage is everywhere.

We don't want to lose one of our regular posters.

p.s. - I know how you feel about going to dealers. Until I found my current dealer, I tried to avoid dealers also.

lightonthehill

Keep in mind that the list of affected vehicles is a moving target. For instance, the original list never mentioned Ford, but we later found out my wife's 2004 Ford Ranger has the dangerous bags.

This has also become a political football, and millions of cars are now affected. Common sense tells us it will take years to fix millions of cars.

D.Stillwell

^^ I hear all that you guys are saying, was trying a bit of sarcasm but hard to convey it over the interwebz. I thought the was gonna be a giveaway lol

Yeah basically its just a matter of going to the dealer and wasting time. We have a good dealer I think these days, where we bought wifes 7th gen. But still a pain.

I hope my airbags never have to open in the first place, thats the best option

lightonthehill

You are doing the right thing.

I have many friends who found their passenger side bag was on the list, and simply turned the bag off (many vehicles have that option with a simple turning of the key). But the brutal truth is that they are more likely to be injured because the bag was turned off and they were in an accident than they are of having the airbag cannister explode when deploying.