Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Total List of Affected Vehicles

The automotive world and beyond is gyrating about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from almost two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them.

The issue involves defective inflator and propellent devices that may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, shooting metal fragments into vehicle occupants. Approximately forty two million vehicles are potentially affected in the United States, and at least seven million have been recalled worldwide. (UPDATE 9/28/2016: Affected-vehicle numbers, along with improper-deployment figures, proceed to grow, as detailed in the updates below.)

Originally, only six makes were involved when Takata announced the fault in April 2013, but a Toyota recall in June this year—along with fresh admissions from Takata that it had little clue as to which cars used its defective inflators, or even what the root cause was—prompted more automakers to issue identical recalls. In July, NHTSA compelled extra regional recalls in high-humidity areas including Florida, Hawaii, and the U.S. Cherry Islands to gather eliminated parts and send them to Takata for review.

Another major recall issued on October twenty expanded the affected vehicles across several brands. For its part, Toyota said it would begin to substitute defective passenger-side inflators commencing October 25; if parts are unavailable, however, it has advised its dealers to disable the airbags and affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard.

While Toyota says there have been no related injuries or deaths involving its vehicles, a Fresh York Times report in September found a total of at least one hundred thirty nine reported injuries across all automakers. In particular, there have been at least two deaths and thirty injuries in Honda vehicles (UPDATE 12/12/2016: These figures are now verified as eleven deaths and one hundred eighty four injuries in the U.S., as detailed in the updates below). According to the Times, Honda and Takata allegedly have known about the faulty inflators since two thousand four but failed to notify NHTSA in previous recall filings (which began in 2008) that the affected airbags had actually ruptured or were linked to injuries and deaths.

Takata very first said that propellant chemicals were mishandled and improperly stored during assembly, which supposedly caused the metal airbag inflators to burst open due to excessive pressure inwards. In July, the company blamed humid weather and spurred extra recalls.

According to documents reviewed by Reuters, Takata says that rust, bad welds, and even chewing gum dropped into at least one inflator are also at fault. The same documents display that in 2002, Takata’s plant in Mexico permitted a defect rate that was “six to eight times above” acceptable thresholds, or harshly sixty to eighty defective parts for every one million airbag inflators shipped. The company’s investigate has yet to reach a final conclusion and report the findings to NHTSA.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, 9:44 a.m.: The Fresh York Times has published a report suggesting that Takata knew about the airbag issues in 2004, conducting secret tests off work hours to verify the problem. The results confirmed major issues with the inflators, and engineers quickly began researching a solution. But instead of notifying federal safety regulators and moving forward with fixes, Takata executives ordered its engineers to ruin the data and dispose of the physical evidence. This occurred a total four years before Takata publicly acknowledged the problem.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, Five:29 p.m.: Two U.S. Senators have now called for the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation on this matter. Takata has stated that “the allegations contained in the [Fresh York Times] article are fundamentally inaccurate.” The company went on to state that it “takes very gravely the accusations made in this article and we are cooperating and participating fully with the government investigation now underway.”

Read more about these developments on this C/D page.

UPDATE 11/13/2014, 11:Ten a.m.: Takata has released a more formal statement telling that the allegations made in last week’s Fresh York Times article “are fundamentally inaccurate” and that it “unfairly impugned the integrity of Takata and its employees.” The company says (in this PDF) that there were no tests of “scrapyard airbag inflators” in 2004, that after-hours tests in two thousand four “were not ‘secret tests’ . . . [but] were done at the request of NHTSA to address a cushion-tearing issue unrelated to inflator rupturing,” and that it “did not suppress any test results displaying cracking or rupturing in the inflators,” whether to automakers such as Honda or to NHTSA.

For its story about Takata’s statement, the Times spoke again with one of its two sources for the November six article. That anonymous person is quoted as telling: “What Takata says is not true . . . They are attempting to switch things around.”

On November 12, we reported about a switch in Takata’s chemical makeup of its airbag propellant, which the company says is unrelated to the ongoing recall situation.

UPDATE 11/Legitimate/2014, 6:Ten p.m.: In light of a latest airbag failure in a two thousand seven Ford Mustang in North Carolina—which was not part of the original “high-humidity areas” Takata recall—the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the defective Takata driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 11/20/2014, Five:35 p.m.: Automakers, officials from Takata, and motorists injured by defective airbags met for a hearing with Congress. NHTSA was accused of not responding quickly enough to the Takata airbag situation, and automakers also took warmth for being slow with fixes. As of now, the recalls remain regional, but it seems only a matter of time before they’re blanketed nationwide.

UPDATE 11/26/2014, 1:00 p.m.: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has formally demanded that Takata thrust through a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the suspect driver’s-side airbags. Also, officials in Japan are calling for a recall expansion, after an airbag from an unspecified car not covered by previous recalls ruptured in testing.

UPDATE 12/Two/2014, Five:45 p.m.: Toyota and Honda have released similar statements urging for an “industry-wide joint initiative to independently test Takata airbag inflators.” Meantime, Takata’s chairman stated today that he’ll create a “quality assurance panel” to scrutinize the company’s production procedures. Takata and NHTSA officials today made statements before the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. NHTSA is still pushing for a nationwide expansion of the still-regional airbag recall—but for defective driver’s-side airbags only; the agency says a coast-to-coast recall on passenger-side airbags isn’t necessary. Such a large-scale recall, many say, would squeeze the limited supply of replacement parts in the most at-risk (read: humid) regions of the country.

UPDATE 12/Trio/2014, 6:50 p.m.: Takata executives, as well as those from NHTSA and several automakers, again sat before Congress, discussing how this nightmare situation went unaddressed for so long, how it can be stationary promptly and decently, and how it will be prevented from happening again. Honda is expanding its recall nationwide, and Takata’s internal testing has exposed high failure rates.

UPDATE 12/Four/2014, Ten:25 a.m.: Chrysler, Ford, and Toyota have expanded their recalls of vehicles tooled with Takata airbags.

Chrysler’s recall update adds the passenger-side airbags of toughly 149,000 two thousand three Ram pickups (1500, 2500, and 3500), which were already part of a driver’s-side airbag recall. The recall remains regional, encompassing trucks “sold or ever registered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Cherry Islands.” Chrysler says it is unaware of any accidents or injuries related to these airbag inflators and that no failures have occurred in laboratory tests. NHTSA has already stated is dissatisfaction with Chrysler’s budge: “Chrysler’s latest recall is insufficient, doesn’t meet our requests, and fails to include all inflators covered by Takata’s defect information report.”

Ford’s expanded recall is very similar to Chrysler’s, adding passenger-side airbags to the repair list of about 13,000 vehicles (2004–2005 Rangers and 2005–2006 GTs) already involved in the regional Takata recalls. Ford is even more selective with the targeted locations: it covers vehicles “originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Cherry Islands. It adds certain zip codes with high absolute humidity conditions in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Guam, Saipan, and American Samoa.”

Toyota has recalled some 190,000 vehicles in China and Japan, many of them similar to the company’s U.S.-market vehicles listed below.

UPDATE 12/Five/2014, Trio:15 p.m.: Honda has announced the addition of three million vehicles to its list of affected cars—and also that its recall is now nationwide. Read more on this development in this story.

UPDATE 12/Legal/2014, Ten:50 a.m.: Ford has expanded the breadth of its recall for Takata driver’s-side airbags, adding almost 450,000 vehicles—all Mustangs and GTs—to its list. (Rangers are part of a separate act.) Mazda also expanded its recall to be nationwide for 2004–2008 Mazda six and RX-8 vehicles, upping its total of affected cars by about 265,000. Also, Chrysler recently added harshly 139,000 vehicles from the 2003–2005 model years to its regional recall, which now includes the previously unaffected areas of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, American Samoa, Guam, and Saipan. (Also, the 2006–2007 Charger is now listed below, compensating for an oversight on NHTSA’s outdated master list.)

UPDATE 12/Nineteen/2014, 7:00 p.m.: Providing in to NHTSA’s requests, Chrysler has drastically expanded its now-nationwide recall—by more than two million vehicles. A number of 2004–2007 model-year products, included below and specifically called out in this press release, are being called back to have their driver’s-side airbag inflators substituted. The company reports only one related injury. According to The Detroit Free Press, BMW is now the last automaker (of five) holding out from NHTSA’s request for a nationwide airbag recall on affected vehicles.

UPDATE 12/30/2014, Ten:00 a.m.: BMW has added another 140,000 vehicles to its now-nationwide airbag-recall list, meaning that all five primary carmakers involved in this situation have ditched the regional recalls. Also, Takata president Stefan Stocker has stepped down from the presidency of Takata, and top company executives have agreed to take significant pay cuts.

UPDATE 1/20/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Six panelists—including one who oversaw the Cerberus ownership of Chrysler—will join an independent review board in looking into Takata’s manufacturing processes and recommending best practices for what has become one of the largest-ever auto recalls. Former U.S. transportation secretary (1989–1991) Samuel K. Skinner will lead the panel.

UPDATE Two/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: Takata—finally—is enlargening its capacity to produce replacement airbag inflators at its plants around the world. By September, according to Automotive News, Takata will be able to make 900,000 replacement units per month. Upgraded assembly lines at a factory in Mexico have already enhanced that plant’s capacity from 300,000 units per month to 450,000. Meantime, reports of people being earnestly injured by these defective airbags proceed to arise.

UPDATE Two/20/2015, Four:Ten p.m.: Takata faces civil fines of $14,000 per day for its alleged refusal to cooperate with a federal investigation over these defective airbags. The supplier has provided slew of paperwork to NHTSA, but the agency found the “deluge of documents” unsatisfactory.

UPDATE Three/12/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Honda has announced that it is instituting a voluntary advertising campaign urging owners of Honda and Acura automobiles to check for open airbag and safety recalls that may affect their vehicle. See one of the ads and read more in our story.

UPDATE Three/Nineteen/2015, Two:25 p.m.: Honda has added about 105,000 vehicles to its recall list. These include almost 90,000 Pilots from the two thousand eight model year as well as some two thousand four Civics and two thousand one Accords that previously weren’t part of the recall. Our list below has been updated.

UPDATE Trio/23/2015, 1:40 p.m.: According to a fresh survey, a surprising and unnerving number of Americans evidently haven’t bothered to get these potentially lethal airbags repaired. Just twelve percent of all cars recalled for faulty Takata airbags in the U.S. have been repaired. In Japan, conversely, a total seventy percent of the three million cars under recall have been repaired.

UPDATE Four/14/2015, Two:30 p.m.: Honda has stated that the driver of a two thousand three Civic was injured by a ruptured airbag during a crash in Florida on March 20.

UPDATE Four/21/2015, Ten:15 a.m.: Nissan has added another 45,000 Sentras from the two thousand six model year to its large-scale recall for defective Takata airbags. Owners will be notified via FedEx. Affected cars, according to Nissan, are those “that presently are or previously were registered in Florida and adjacent counties in southern Georgia; Hawaii; Guam; Puerto Rico; Saipan; American Samoa; U.S. Cherry Islands; and coastal areas of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.” This activity was partially prompted by the investigation of a March crash in Louisiana in which a woman was injured by airbag shrapnel from her two thousand six Sentra.

UPDATE Five/13/2015, Trio:15 p.m.: Toyota and Nissan announced fresh and expanded recall activity to substitute potentially deadly Takata airbags in almost 6.Five million vehicles worldwide. The recall affects almost one million vehicles in North America. The Toyota RAV4 (model years two thousand four and 2005), previously unaffected by these recalls, is now on the list; Toyota is recalling some 160,000 of the models to substitute their driver’s-side airbags. The RAV4 has been added to our comprehensive list below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2015, 6:15 p.m.: Takata has announced as defective almost thirty four million vehicles, which will lead to even more extensive recalls of vehicles with the company’s airbags (individual automakers will elaborate on the specific cars added to the recalls in the very near future). In its testing of the suspect parts, Takata also found that driver’s-side airbags in 2003–2007 Toyota Corolla and Matrix models (plus the Pontiac Vibe, a twin to the Matrix), as well as 2004–2007 Honda Accord models, are at the highest risk.

In a news conference today, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx called the expanded recall “the most elaborate consumer-safety recall in U.S. history.” He added: “Up until now Takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. That switches today.” Also, the company has agreed to pay the U.S. government significant fines for not cooperating in the investigations of numerous injuries and deaths; the exact amount will be announced at a later date.

UPDATE Five/20/2015, 1:00 p.m.: Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that Takata switched its airbag propellant in two thousand eight to reduce the risk of overly forceful deployment and to address the moisture-related degradation of the propellant.

UPDATE Five/27/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Next Tuesday, June Two, a panel from the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing to go after up on the status of this ongoing situation. “We have suffered a year of Takata ruptures and recalls, and families are still at risk. No excuses. Michiganders, and all Americans, have a right to answers,” committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said in a statement. The most latest Congressional hearing took place in December.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda has added 259,479 vehicles to its Japanese-market recall tally, according to Automotive News. Affected model years are from two thousand two through 2008, which marks the very first time that two thousand eight Hondas have been included in this big airbag recall. Honda soon will announce extra airbag recalls for the United States, which will be part of the massive recall expansion announced last week.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, 1:25 p.m.: Chrysler and Honda have added hundreds of thousands of vehicles to their U.S.-market recall lists; this goes after Takata’s announcement last week that thirty four million total vehicles were subject to act. At this point, Honda is telling only that it will add toughly 350,000 vehicles to its list, albeit “most of the vehicles deemed at risk in Takata’s defect-determination report were already subject to previous voluntary deeds taken by Honda.”

The Chrysler expansion details approximately 1.Two million of its vehicles that were part of last week’s announcement, many of which are from model years that previously hadn’t been flagged. Accordingly, the following have been added to our list below: 2009–2010 Chrysler 300, 2008–2010 Dodge Charger, 2009–2011 Dodge Dakota, 2005–2010 Dodge Magnum (no Magnums were previously recalled for this problem), two thousand nine Ram two thousand five hundred and 3500, 2009–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and 5500, and 2008–2010 Mitsubishi Raider.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Five:00 p.m.: Ford has added more than 900,000 vehicles to its list of recalls for potentially defective airbags from Takata. The 2009–2014 Mustang and the two thousand six Ranger are fresh additions to the list. The later-model Mustangs—recalled for driver’s-side airbags—are by far the newest cars to be included in this amazingly broad recall act.

UPDATE Five/29/2015, 6:25 p.m.: General Motors now has vehicles on the ever-growing list below (besides the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe): it is recalling heavy-duty examples of two thousand seven and two thousand eight Chevy Silverados and GMC Sierras. Also, Subaru has quadrupled the number of its vehicles subject to this airbag recall; that company’s additions are all 2004–2005 Imprezas.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: A Congressional hearing on this matter is scheduled for today at two p.m. We’ll cover the event across the afternoon. Meantime, yesterday a Takata executive announced that the company proposes “to substitute all” of the troublesome “ ‘batwing-shaped’ propellant wafers” installed in North America. We should know a lot more later today.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Trio:35 p.m.: Highlights so far from today’s Congressional hearing come mostly from NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind. He encourages consumers to frequently visit safercar.gov to see whether their vehicle and its VIN have been added to the list; he promises that the website will have VIN information for every single individual car affected by these expansive recalls within two weeks. Rosekind is calling for carmakers to be more diligent in tracking down vehicles that have passed through numerous owners over the years so that the current holder gets recall notices as quickly as possible. If NHTSA had the authority, Rosekind says, it would have coerced off the road vehicles affected by the Takata recalls sometime in 2014. Rosekind also points out that the suspect Takata airbag inflator has ten different configurations, which complicates discernment of the root cause.

Also, Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has pointed out that, “The messaging around these airbag recalls has been tantalized at best,” and notes that Takata is attempting “to flawless an innumerable set of manufacturing variables, which for 10-plus years have resisted perfection.”

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Four:55 p.m.: Sitting before the Congressional committee, Takata executive VP Kevin Kennedy states that he believes ammonium nitrate—a propellant that he admits is “a factor” in these rupturing airbags—is safe to use in his company’s products, including airbags installed as replacements in these recalls. He admits, however, that all of the defective airbags discovered in testing have used this type of propellant; Takata is, Kennedy says, transitioning to using guanidine nitrate, a propellant that other airbag suppliers already use. He reassures consumers that not all of the millions of recalled airbag inflators are defective and also that his company is testing components “outside the scope of the recall” to make sure that the callbacks are far-reaching enough. He also claims that his company shipped 740,000 replacement kits in May, in addition to supplying explosions of airbags for new-car production.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, 7:05 p.m.: Now posted: our total story on today’s developments and how Takata plans to treat this situation moving forward.

UPDATE 6/Four/2015, Trio:00 p.m.: Takata has informed Reuters that at least ten percent of the four million replacement airbag inflators installed as part of these recalls will have to be substituted again. The number could be much greater, as Reuters notes, “the safety of more than three million replacement parts [is also] in question.” A NHTSA official said the agency will thrust Takata and individual carmakers to “demonstrate to us that the remedy parts are safe for the life of the vehicle.”

UPDATE 6/Five/2015, Ten:Ten a.m.: Mazda has added more than 100,000 vehicles to its list of recalls, bringing the total to toughly 450,000. Fresh to the list are the two thousand three Mazda six and the two thousand six B-series pickup; extra Mazdas from previously noted model years in the rundown below, including the RX-8 and the Mazdaspeed 6, are part of this expanded recall. The cars are being recalled for driver’s-side airbag inflators, while the pickups are called back for their passenger-side airbags.

Also, former Takata president Stefan Stocker, who resigned that position in December, has now left his spot on the company’s board of directors. Takata’s senior vice president of global quality assurance, Hiroshi Shimizu, has been named to the board, along with two other fresh appointments. Last December, speaking before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Shimizu “rebuffed NHTSA’s claims that several million driver’s-side airbags now demonstrate a national safety risk.”

UPDATE 6/Ten/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: A lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana, alleges that a 22-year-old woman was killed in early April when her two thousand five Honda Civic’s driver’s-side airbag “violently exploded and sent metal shards, shrapnel and/or other foreign material into the passenger compartment,” Automotive News reports. Her car hit a telephone pole on April Five, two days before she received a recall notice for her car’s Takata-supplied airbags. She died on April 9. Her death, if it was indeed caused by the airbag, would become the seventh attributed to a failed Takata airbag. The other six fatalities have all occurred in Honda vehicles, and only one crash happened outside of the United States.

UPDATE 6/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: There are many millions of vehicles involved in these recalls, but it seems as tho’ thirty four million, a figure that Takata announced in mid-May, might be far too high. (That figure was for inflators, not vehicles, albeit few cars seem to be afflicted with numerous defective airbags.) Reuters reports that the number is most likely more like 16.Two million vehicles. Keep in mind, tho’, that Nissan and Toyota may not have yet announced their recall expansions in response to Takata’s aforementioned mid-May announcement. The figures in our chart below, as it emerges today, add up to 15.97 million vehicles, which is within two percent of Reuters’ figure.

UPDATE 6/12/2015, 11:35 a.m.: Honda has announced that its financial results for the fiscal year that ended on March thirty one will take a $363 million hit because of costs associated with repairing vehicles involved in the Takata recalls.

UPDATE 6/14/2015, 7:00 p.m.: Honda has confirmed that the death of Kylan Langlinais, whose two thousand five Civic crashed in Louisiana on April five and which we detailed above on June Ten, was indeed a result of the ruptured Takata-supplied airbag in her car. Automotive News reports that this is the 2nd of seven deaths—all in Honda vehicles—where “a driver received a [recall or safety-campaign] notification too late.” Honda has recalled harshly Five.Five million vehicles with Takata airbag inflators in the United States.

UPDATE 6/15/2015, Ten:45 p.m.: Honda has added almost 1.Four million airbag inflators to this ever-expanding recall. The fresh recall is for passenger-side airbags on 2003–2007 Accord and 2001–2005 Civic models—two vehicles with the highest defect rates uncovered in Takata tests. According to Automotive News, most of these particular vehicles have already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Daimler has recalled 40,061 Sprinter vans for their passenger-side airbags. Dodge-branded Sprinters from 2006–2008 are included, as are Freightliner-badged Sprinters from 2007–2008. Vans in both two thousand five hundred and three thousand five hundred capacities are being recalled.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, Three:15 p.m.: Toyota has announced that 1,365,000 more vehicles are subject to its airbag recalls. All of these particular vehicles are being called in for their passenger-side airbags. Specific models involved are: 2003–2007 Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2005–2007 Sequoia, 2005–2006 Tundra, and 2003–2007 Lexus SC430. Takata recalls now cover some Two.9 million vehicles in the United States. A report in Automotive News notes that twenty four incidents of “incorrect deployments” of Takata airbags have been recorded worldwide in Toyota vehicles, with at least eight reports of injuries and no deaths.

UPDATE 6/Eighteen/2015, 11:15 a.m.: NHTSA eventually knows the total scope of this massive, ongoing airbag recall. The eleven carmakers involved have identified every vehicle identification number (VIN) covered by the recall. Check your VIN by using the government agency’s search implement. Also of note: The Senate Commerce Committee will meet next week to hear testimony from NHTSA experts, the Transportation Department’s Office of the Inspector General, and representatives from Takata and automakers regarding the recall.

UPDATE 6/Nineteen/2015, Four:50 p.m.: General Motors has added some 243,000 Pontiac Vibes to its tally of the already-recalled hatchback, which was built alongside the Toyota Matrix in the mid-2000s. The Vibes in this activity, from the 2003–2007 model years, are being recalled for their passenger-side airbags. The two thousand six and two thousand seven model years previously had not been affected.

UPDATE 6/20/2015, 12:15 a.m.: Honda has confirmed that an eighth person’s death was caused by a defective airbag in one of its products. The woman who died was involved in a crash last August in Los Angeles; she was driving a rented two thousand one Civic. Bloomberg reports that this particular vehicle was part of four airbag-recall campaigns inbetween two thousand nine and 2014, each of which resulted in notifications being mailed to the car’s registered possessor, who never had the recalls addressed.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, 11:30 a.m.: Another hearing on this matter is happening in Congress today. Early points of note include:

• NHTSA’s Mark Rosekind estimates that the thirty four million defective airbag inflators are installed in thirty two million vehicles, so only a puny percentage of affected cars have more than one defective airbag. Those figures may still not be entirely accurate, however.

• For months, NHTSA has been coming under fire for how it has treated the Takata situation and other latest large-scale automotive recalls. Staffing and funding are an issue for the government agency, but Senator Claire McCaskill said this morning that “I’m not about to give you more money” until major reforms are made.

• Fiat-Chrysler has hired TRW to supply replacements for the defective Takata parts in its recalled vehicles. Takata has been supplying the industry at large with a major portion of the required replacement airbags thus far. FCA senior vice president Scott Kunselman said during the hearing that his company would only use replacement airbags from TRW and is certain that customers will not need to comeback for subsequent repairs.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, Three:45 p.m.: Takata still does not know the root cause of its airbag failures and stopped brief of assuring its replacement parts. The company’s executive vice president in North America, Kevin Kennedy, testified today during the company’s third Congressional hearing that “many of the replacement parts are alternative designs” but that it was continuing to test these replacements as it ramps up production to one million parts per month. “What we do know is that it takes a considerably long time for these problems to manifest,” Kennedy said to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

UPDATE 6/25/2015, Ten:50 a.m.: Following Takata’s annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo today, company president Shigehisa Takada publicly apologized for the deaths, injuries, and issues that have been caused by the airbags produced by the company that his grandfather founded in 1933. “I apologize for not having been able to communicate directly earlier, and also apologize for people who died or were injured,” Takada said, according to Bloomberg. “I feel sorry our products hurt customers, despite the fact that we are a supplier of safety products.” The apology came on the high-heeled slippers of Toyota and Honda adding another three million vehicles to the worldwide list of those recalled.

UPDATE 6/26/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: Reuters reports that Takata president Shigehisa Takada took a major pay cut last year, earning less than one hundred million yen (about $810,000) compared with the $1.67 million he took home the year before. His wages could have been much less than ¥100 million, since, as Reuters says, “Japanese companies are required to disclose individual executive compensation only if it exceeds one hundred million yen.” Other senior executives at Takata also earned less money last year.

Following up on news that we very first covered on June 12, Honda has restated its operating profit for last year after taking into account costs associated with repairing vehicles fitted with potentially defective Takata-supplied airbags. The effective cash loss of about $363 million remains as previously stated, bringing Honda’s operating profit for the fiscal year that ended in March to $Four.92 billion.

UPDATE 6/30/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: According to a latest audit by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General, NHTSA—the agency that has been at the forefront of the examinations of these Takata airbag recalls—is utter of incompetent, mismanaged staff who are practically set up by their superiors to fail. Read our analysis here.

UPDATE 7/8/2015, 9:55 a.m.: The airbag in a Nissan X-Trail embarked a fire after the Takata-supplied device went off with excessive force during a crash in Japan, according to Automotive News. The passenger-side airbag “exploded, smashing the passenger-side window and sending high-temperature fragments into the dashboard, causing a fire.” The driver sustained minor injuries in the crash.

UPDATE 7/9/2015, 9:35 a.m.: Honda has recalled another Four.Five million vehicles, bringing the total number of its cars and SUVs involved in Takata-airbag-related deeds to 24.Five million. None of this newest batch were sold in North America; more than one-third are in Japan. This latest recall expands upon a mid-May recall of Four.8 million non-North-American Honda vehicles.

UPDATE 7/12/2015, 9:45 p.m.: Almost 90,000 Dodge Challengers from model years two thousand eight through two thousand ten have been added to this ever-growing airbag recall. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, Chrysler will recall 88,346 of the pony cars for possibly defective driver’s-side airbags. Prior to this activity, no Challengers had been recalled for this issue.

UPDATE 8/12/2015, 11:50 a.m.: Takata soon will begin a large-scale regional advertising campaign focused on raising awareness around the installation of replacement airbag inflators in affected vehicles. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, the campaign is “a sturdy digital advertising campaign” that will include crimson “Urgent Airbag Recall Notice” banner ads on websites such as CNN and Facebook. Only high-humidity locales will be targeted with the ads: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Cherry Islands. Also, a direct-mail campaign will target eighty five percent of the U.S. market.

UPDATE 8/Eighteen/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Volkswagen is now part of NHTSA’s probe on Takata-supplied airbags, following the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Tiguan during a crash involving a deer in June, Automotive News reports. No one in the vehicle was hurt. If this problem is related to that which spurred the massive recall for Takata’s front airbags, it would be notable as the very first report of the issue affecting side airbags, Volkswagen vehicles, and a model later than the two thousand eleven model year (with the exception of the two thousand fourteen Ford Mustang). A Takata spokesman told AN, “We believe [this malfunction] is unrelated to the previous recalls, which the extensive data suggests were a result of aging and long-term exposure to warmth and high humidity.”

Automotive News points out that Volkswagen and Tesla are the only carmakers presently using Takata inflators that so far haven’t been subject to the recall deeds detailed here.

UPDATE 8/20/2015, Two:45 p.m.: Following news earlier this week about the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen VW Tiguan, two U.S. senators on the committee investigating these defective airbags are calling for the instantaneous recall of all vehicles that use Takata-supplied airbags. A statement on Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal’s website concludes: “In light of the most latest incident, which did not occur in one of the regions originally designated as ‘high humidity,’ and which involved a two thousand fifteen vehicle not presently subject to recall, we urge you to voluntarily recall all vehicles containing Takata airbags.”

UPDATE 8/21/2015, Three:45 p.m.: Toyota said it would consider using replacement airbag inflators from other suppliers, including Autoliv, Daicel, and Nippon Kayaku, as Takata faces a production backlog and scrutiny over whether its replacement parts are just as defective. From the beginning, Takata had agreed to let its competitors produce replacement parts alongside its own. Toyota has about twelve million cars affected worldwide.

UPDATE 9/Two/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA has announced that its previous totals for how many U.S.-market vehicles are affected by this Takata airbag recall were vastly overestimated. The most latest figure that the government agency is reporting is Nineteen.Two million vehicles affected, containing 23.Four million defective inflators (since the late 1990s, cars sold in the U.S. have been required to feature at least two airbags). NHTSA had been telling that thirty four million defective inflators were in some thirty million cars and trucks here in America.

NHTSA’s updated figure is much closer to the total number of vehicles represented on our list below, which presently stands at Legitimate.6 million.

UPDATE 9/28/2015, 12:30 p.m.: These recalls could soon grow to include extra carmakers. Via letter, NHTSA recently contacted seven automakers that aren’t presently included in the Takata recalls but which have used Takata-supplied airbags containing the suspect ammonium-nitrate propellant. The companies are Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Tesla, Volkswagen, Volvo (trucks), as well as specialty manufacturer Spartan Motors. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA said in the letter that the “remedy programs that are individual to each of the affected vehicle manufacturers have created a patch-work solution that NHTSA believes may not adequately address the safety risks introduced by the defective inflators within a reasonable time. . . . This process is intended to produce solutions for the prioritization, organization, and phasing of remedy programs, and to appropriately address the multitude of factors contributing to the complexity of these recall programs.”

UPDATE Ten/Nineteen/2015, Five:35 p.m.: General Motors is recalling a few hundred 2015-model-year cars and crossover vehicles for potentially faulty Takata-sourced side airbags; these vehicles aren’t yet shown on our comprehensive list below, but they’re called out in the post linked here. Unlike these GM products, all of the vehicles presently noted below are being recalled for front airbags, and almost all of them are from the two thousand eleven model year or prior. Also, NHTSA is planning to disclose more details—including extra manufacturers subject to the recalls beyond the current eleven—during a hearing on October 22.

UPDATE Ten/22/2015, 12:50 p.m.: In a public hearing today, NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind exposed more information about this massive recall situation. Nationwide, only 22.Five percent of recalled vehicles have actually been immobile. It’s only slightly better in the humid Gulf of Mexico region, where recalls have been finished in 29.Five percent of affected vehicles even however airbag inflators in those locales are more likely to explode upon deployment. Some inflators have been substituted with newer, but still at-risk, identical components. Of the 115,000 liquidated inflators that Takata has tested, four hundred fifty have ruptured.

At NHTSA’s request, the eleven affected automakers conducted a risk assessment, which found that six million total inflators in the United States “are in the highest-risk group that should take top priority for replacement parts,” according to Automotive News, while toughly eleven million are in the middle-priority group and two million are least at risk. In general, the older the vehicle and the more humid the environment, the higher the priority that the airbag inflator(s) be substituted.

UPDATE Ten/26/2015, 11:30 a.m.: The Volkswagen Group is gathering and testing Takata-supplied airbags, Automotive News reports. The company voiced to NHTSA a concern about the supply of replacement parts, if the Takata recalls are expanded to VW’s brands, which seems likely at this point. VW is presently unaffected by these extensive recalls, but as we noted in August, a two thousand fifteen Tiguan experienced a side-airbag rupture. All told, U.S.-market VW Group products are fitted with harshly Two.Four million Takata airbag inflators.

UPDATE 11/Two/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling a group of five hundred fifteen 2016 CR-Vs for driver’s-side front airbag inflators that could separate in the event of a crash.

UPDATE 11/Three/2015, 6:00 p.m.: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued Takata a record civil penalty of at least $70 million. The airbag supplier could be responsible for paying NHTSA as much as $200 million total if further violations are discovered. As part of the issuance, NHTSA has ordered that Takata “phase out the manufacture and sale of inflators that use phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant.”

UPDATE 11/Four/2015, 9:45 a.m.: Honda has announced that it will no longer use airbag components from Takata. In a statement, Honda said: “We have become aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data for certain airbag inflators.” According to Automotive News, Honda has been Takata’s fattest customer for many years.

UPDATE 11/6/2015, 9:55 a.m.: Following Honda’s lead, both Toyota and Mazda have said they will stop purchasing airbag inflators from Takata, at least those that incorporate ammonium nitrate. According to Automotive News, Mitsubishi and Subaru also are considering ripping off the airbag supplier. Almost forty percent of Takata’s sales in two thousand fourteen came from airbag parts.

UPDATE 11/9/2015, Ten:35 a.m.: Nissan has now joined Toyota, Mazda, and Honda in announcing that it will no longer use Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The Automotive News report on Nissan’s declaration also notes that Takata lost $70 million in the 2nd quarter of 2015.

UPDATE 11/23/2015, 1:45 p.m.: Ford is the latest carmaker to proclaim that it will no longer use Takata airbag inflators with ammonium-nitrate propellant in its fresh cars. Ford is the very first non-Japanese company to take this step.

UPDATE 11/25/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Internal employee communications reviewed by The Wall Street Journal demonstrate Takata withheld airbag-inflator failures in reports to Honda in 2000, four years before that automaker began its own initial investigation of a ruptured Takata airbag in a customer car. The documents display Takata’s U.S. employees were voicing concerns over their Japanese colleagues doctoring data as “the way we do business in Japan.” Takata says the “lapses were and are totally incompatible with Takata’s engineering standards and protocols.”

UPDATE 12/Four/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Japan’s transport ministry has banned Takata airbag inflators that use ammonium nitrate as the propellant (and without a moisture-absorbing desiccant) from being installed in future cars. According to Automotive News, such airbags “will be phased out from driver’s-side airbags by two thousand seventeen and passenger-side devices by 2018.” Vehicle models that are subject to Takata-related recalls have a six-month-shorter time framework for the phase-out. As noted above, NHTSA announced a similar ban for U.S.-market vehicles on November Three.

UPDATE 12/23/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA announced today that another person has died as a result of a faulty Takata airbag inflator. The fatal July two thousand fifteen crash occurred in a two thousand one Honda Accord. Albeit the crash happened in Pennsylvania, the car had spent several years in the humid Gulf region. Also, the agency has been informed of five fresh ruptures to passenger-side airbags, which is “likely” to result in expanded recalls of the 2002–2004 Honda CR-V, the 2005–2008 Mazda 6, and the 2005–2008 Subaru Legacy. (The Honda and Mazda models and model years are already reflected on the list below.)

UPDATE 1/Four/2016, Three:00 p.m.: The Fresh York Times has detailed the contents of some internal Takata emails from more than nine years ago. As far back as 2000, internal reports exposed that there were “several instances [of] ‘pressure vessel failures,’ or airbag ruptures, . . . reported to Honda as normal airbag deployments.” One airbag engineer, according to the in-depth NYT story, wrote in a two thousand five report “that he had been ‘repeatedly exposed to the Japanese practice of altering data introduced to the customer,’ adding that such conduct was described at Takata as ‘the way we do business in Japan.’ ” In the same report, the engineer “warned that while the fudging of the data had primarily not switched the fundamental conclusions of the data, the practice had ‘gone beyond all reasonable bounds and now most likely constitutes fraud.’ ” In 2006, the same engineer wrote “Happy Manipulating. ” in an email to a colleague about how to graphically deemphasize the “bimodal distribution” of some tests conducted at high temperatures. He also suggested that his co-worker use “thick and skinny lines to attempt and dress it up, or [switch] colors to divert attention.”

Takata maintains that “the emails in question are totally unrelated to the current airbag inflater recalls.” A Honda spokesman wouldn’t comment on the emails but said that his employer was “aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data.”

Meantime, Automotive News reports that some Japanese carmakers “may jointly invest in Takata” in order to soften the financial hit that the airbag supplier is facing as a result of these massive recalls.

UPDATE 1/8/2016, Four:15 p.m.: Mazda will recall 374,000 cars in the United States due to their passenger-side airbags. According to Automotive News, these airbags were found to be “prone to ruptures” in latest tests by Takata. The 2003–2008 Mazda 6, the 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6, and the two thousand four RX-8 are affected; these models had already been included on our list below, and we’ve enlargened the total accordingly.

UPDATE 1/22/2016, Three:30 p.m.: A Georgia man died last month in a Takata airbag–related crash while driving a two thousand six Ford Ranger. His death marks the very first of nine in the United States and ten worldwide that have not occurred in a Honda vehicle. In the wake of this news, U.S. safety regulators are expected to add another five million vehicles to the Takata recall list detailed below. Automotive News notes that one million of those added vehicles have inflators “similar to those installed on the Ford Ranger,” while the other four million are being recalled following results of fresh tests on Takata airbags. Audi and Mercedes-Benz products will be included on the list below for the very first time.

UPDATE 1/26/2016, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has expanded its recall of 2004–2006 Ranger pickups, following news last week of a driver who died as a result of injuries he received from airbag shrapnel. The recall is for driver’s-side airbags in 361,692 Rangers in the United States and another 29,334 in Canada. These trucks had already been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. All 2004–2006 Rangers built in North America are part of this recall.

UPDATE 1/27/2016, 12:45 p.m.: The driver of a two thousand seven Honda Civic was killed in India last year in a crash that involved at least one Takata-sourced airbag that sent shrapnel flying into the cabin. An American Honda spokesman told the Associated Press that the driver was likely killed by other injuries sustained in the high-speed crash and not those inflicted by the defective airbag(s). The two thousand seven Civic is not presently part of Honda’s recalls in the U.S., but it might be added to the list soon.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, Ten:15 a.m.: Mazda has recalled all 2004–2006 B-series pickups for potentially defective driver’s-side airbags. The B-series is a rebadged Ford Ranger, and this recall expansion mirrors the one we described on January twenty six for the Ranger. Some Nineteen,000 Mazda trucks are affected in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Saipan. These B-series models had previously been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. In total, Mazda says it has issued recalls for 442,266 driver’s-side airbag inflators and 416,475 passenger-side inflators. The up-to-date list of Mazdas is below; many have recalls outstanding for numerous airbags.

UPDATE Two/Trio/2016, 6:00 p.m.: Honda dealerships in the U.S. have received letters from the carmaker stating that a fresh recall and stop-sale order applies to a long list of used Honda products: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2011–2015 CR-Z, 2009–2013 Fit, 2013–2014 Fit EV, 2010–2014 Insight, and 2007–2014 Ridgeline. According to Automotive News, if dealers don’t abide by the stop-sale order, they could be liable for any injuries that occur as a result of defective Takata airbags in these cars, which number some 1.7 million. The aforementioned vehicles have not yet been added to our list below because the news is not yet official.

UPDATE Two/Four/2016, 8:30 a.m.: Honda has officially issued recalls for Takata-supplied “PSDI-5” driver’s-side airbags on Two.23 million vehicles. The Honda-branded vehicles are: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2007–2014 Ridgeline, 2009–2014 Fit, 2010–2014 FCX Clarity, 2010–2014 Insight, 2011–2015 CR-Z. Acura vehicles affected by this recall are: 2005–2012 RL, 2007–2016 RDX (early production MY2016 vehicles only), 2009–2014 TL, 2010–2013 ZDX, 2013–2016 ILX (early production MY2016 vehicles only). These vehicles have been added to our list below. According to Honda, “Due to the large volume of fresh inflators needed to repair vehicles, the necessary replacement parts will not become available until Summer 2016.”

Older vehicles and those in high-humidity locales will be given priority for the replacement parts. In the meantime, dealers have been issued stop-sale instructions for affected vehicles that haven’t been repaired. These recalls are in addition to the 6.28 million Hondas and Acuras that had already been recalled for their airbags.

UPDATE Two/8/2016, 11:00 a.m.: Seat-mounted side-airbag inflators with the code name “SSI-20” are now under recall. Takata says this recall is limited only to inflators manufactured inbetween December thirteen and 14, 2014. A total of one thousand one hundred twenty nine Volkswagen and General Motors vehicles from the two thousand fifteen model year are tooled with these inflators. NHTSA began investigating Takata side airbags in August after a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Volkswagen Tiguan ruptured in June.

UPDATE Two/9/2016, Two:Ten p.m.: Daimler is recalling some 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and 136,000 Daimler vans in the U.S. market because NHTSA has indicated that the vehicles could contain defective Takata-supplied airbags. The Mercedes-Benzes are all from the 2005–2014 model years: SLK, C-class, E-class, M-class, GL-class, R-class, and SLS. The freshly recalled vans are 2007–2014 Sprinters with Dodge, Freightliner, or Mercedes badges. (Some 2006–2008 Sprinters had been added to the recall in June 2015.)

The Audi recall covers 170,000 vehicles from model years two thousand six through 2013. The Audis involved are: 2006–2013 A3, 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet, 2009–2012 Q5, and 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet.

BMW is recalling 840,000 vehicles from two thousand six through 2015; these vehicles weren’t among the harshly 765,000 that BMW had previously recalled for Takata airbags. The BMWs involved are: 2006–2011 3-series sedan and M3, 2006–2012 3-series wagon, 2007–2013 3-series and M3 coupe and convertible, 2007–2010 X3, 2007–2013 X5, 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible, 2008–2014 X6, and 2013–2015 X1.

The Volkswagen-branded vehicles, numbering 680,000, are from two thousand six through 2014. The VWs involved are: 2009–2014 CC, 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf, 2012–2014 Eos and U.S.-built Passat sedan, and 2006–2010 German-built Passat sedan and wagon.

UPDATE Two/13/2016, 11:30 a.m.: NHTSA has updated its website with more specifics regarding what Mercedes-Benz models are affected by this recall. They are detailed in an update to this story that we published earlier this week. The general models are as goes after, and they’ve been updated on our list below: 2005–2011 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2009–2011 C63 AMG); 2010–2011 E-class sedan, wagon, coupe, and convertible; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2010–2012 GLK-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2011–2014 SLS AMG coupe and roadster; 2007–2014 Sprinter.

Also fresh to the list below is the 2006–2007 Chrysler Crossfire, which was based on a Mercedes-Benz. A total of five thousand two hundred eighty three Crossfires have been recalled.

UPDATE Two/16/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors has added toughly 200,000 Saab and Saturn products in the U.S. and Canada to its list of vehicles covered by this recall. The cars involved are: 2003–2011 Saab 9-3, 2010–2011 Saab 9-5, and 2008–2009 Saturn Astra. These vehicles—numbering 179,861 in the U.S.—have been added to our list below.

UPDATE Two/17/2016, 6:15 p.m.: According to a report in the Fresh York Times, Takata executives allegedly withheld test results from its defective airbag inflators and demolished evidence as early as 2000. A top Takata executive is alleged to have ordered that failed parts be “discarded” and doctored a report.

UPDATE Two/22/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Reuters is reporting that the number of Takata airbag inflators recalled in the United States could almost quadruple, with the addition of inbetween seventy and ninety million units. That could bring the total of recalled Takata airbag inflators containing ammonium nitrate to as high as one hundred twenty million. (Some cars have more than one recalled airbag, so the overall vehicle total would be lower.) Reuters says that “Takata produced inbetween two hundred sixty million and two hundred eighty five million ammonium nitrate-based inflators worldwide inbetween two thousand and 2015, of which almost half wound up in U.S. vehicles.” The news service also notes that, “Takata produced most of the inflators that regulators are now investigating at its main inflator plant in Monclova, Mexico, or at plants in Georgia and Washington state, according to company documents.”

UPDATE Two/23/2016, Two:15 p.m.: A group of ten carmakers known as the Independent Testing Coalition hired a company called Orbital ATK (which works with rocket propulsion-systems) to conduct its own tests of suspect Takata airbag inflators. The conclusions, according to Automotive News, are that “it was the combination of these three factors—the use of ammonium nitrate, the construction of Takata’s inflator assembly, and the exposure to fever and humidity—that made the inflators vulnerable to rupture.” These results are consistent with Takata’s internal testing as well as testing by the Fraunhofer Group.

UPDATE Three/Two/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another 198,000 vehicles in the U.S. for suspect Takata-supplied, passenger-side airbags. The two thousand eight Corolla and Corolla Matrix, as well as the 2008–2010 Lexus SC430, are now included in this activity. (Earlier model years of these vehicles were already included in this recall.)

UPDATE Trio/30/2016, Trio:15 p.m.: According to court documents reviewed by Reuters, Honda requested that Takata redesign its faulty airbag inflators to be “fail-safe” back in 2009. That was after the company very first recalled a petite population of cars in two thousand eight after defective Takata airbag inflators in Honda models were linked to four injuries and one death. The revised inflators, which Honda began installing in 2011, have four extra fuckholes to vent gas so that if the inflators rupture, the metal enclosure is less likely to break apart and become shrapnel. Honda did not notify NHTSA of the design switch and denied that it ever had to do so, stating that it used revised parts to prevent “future manufacturing errors.”

Takata is facing a bevy of lawsuits, some of which are being consolidated in a federal court in Miami. Much worse, however, are the recalls themselves. According to Bloomberg, a Takata insider has estimated the cost of recalling every single airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate—a number in excess of two hundred eighty million—to be $24 billion.

UPDATE Four/1/2016, Five:00 p.m.: According to NHTSA, 7.Five million defective airbag inflators have been substituted as of March 11. That’s thirty three percent out of 22.Five million. But that doesn’t include another five million inflators recalled in February. Using those numbers, Reuters pegs the repair rate at about twenty five percent, using a baseline of twenty nine million defective inflators. Check out NHTSA’s Takata website to see the recall-completion rates by manufacturer. Honda has the highest completion rate, at fifty four percent, but several carmakers have rates of less than twenty percent. Expect NHTSA to update its numbers soon.

UPDATE Four/7/2016, Three:15 p.m.: Honda has reported a death from an airbag rupture in a two thousand two Civic under recall. According to KTRK-TV in Houston, 17-year-old Huma Hanif rear-ended another car on March thirty one in Richmond, Texas. Albeit her airbag deployed, investigators determined the crash wasn’t severe enough to kill the teenager. Her mouth was lacerated by the airbag inflator and a witness described her collapsing after exiting her car. Hanif is the 11th Takata-related death worldwide, the 10th in the U.S., and the 10th in a Honda.

UPDATE Four/14/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA has stated that there are eighty five million Takata airbag inflators in the United States that haven’t been recalled at this point. Of that eighty five million, 43.Four million are passenger-side inflators, 26.9 million are for side airbags, and 14.Five million are installed in steering wheels. Takata “has until two thousand nineteen to demonstrate that all of the unrecalled airbag inflators are safe,” according to Automotive News, which counts 28.8 million airbags as being recalled at this point.

UPDATE Five/Four/2016, 11:15 a.m.: Honda has reported two extra deaths in Malaysia that may be related to defective Takata airbags. While authorities have not yet singled out the causes of either death, Honda said the driver’s-side front airbags in two City models from the two thousand six and two thousand three model years had ruptured in two separate crashes on April sixteen and May 1. Both cars, which were not sold in the U.S., were under recall.

UPDATE Five/Four/16, 1:15 p.m.: Confirming what we reported yesterday, NHTSA has announced that Takata will recall inbetween thirty five million and forty million extra front-airbag inflators as part of an amended consent order inbetween the Japanese supplier and the agency. All of the inflators in question are non-desiccated, which means they do not have a drying agent to compensate for humidity. So far, NHTSA says only the non-desiccated ammonium-nitrate inflators have been rupturing. Takata now has to prove that the desiccated inflators are safe or else it will be coerced to recall those, as well. The recall, which will be conducted in phases, is expected to last until December 2019. Exact car models have not been identified.

UPDATE Five/6/2016, 12:30 p.m.: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) have demanded that NHTSA release the entire list of car models with ammonium-nitrate propellant. “This right to know should not be limited to the owners of the seemingly randomly identified fraction of vehicles containing Takata airbags that have been leisurely recalled to date,” the senators wrote to the agency. Blumenthal and Markey have repeatedly called on NHTSA to recall every airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate, albeit the agency is permitting Takata up to three years to prove they are safe.

UPDATE Five/13/2016, 1:30 p.m.: Honda will add another twenty one million vehicles to its recalls associated with these Takata airbags, bringing the automaker’s worldwide total to fifty one million vehicles. How many of those vehicles will be in the United States is unclear at this point, according to the Fresh York Times, which attributes this information to Honda vice president Tetsuo Iwamura.

UPDATE Five/20/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Mercedes-Benz has expanded its Takata recall, adding 196,975 cars to its list, all of which require fresh passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2012–2014 C-class, 2012–2017 E-class coupe and cabriolet, 2013–2015 GLK-class, and two thousand fifteen SLS AMG coupe and cabriolet.

UPDATE Five/23/2016, Trio:45 p.m.: NHTSA has announced a recall schedule so that the Takata airbag inflators likeliest to fail very first will be repaired very first. To do that, NHTSA has separated the country into three humidity zones and is prioritizing repairs to vehicles registered in states with the highest humidity. Many car owners will have to wait more than two years before they know their airbags are defective.

UPDATE Five/24/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toyota has expanded its recall by about 1,584,000 vehicles in the United States, all for Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2009–2011 Corolla and Matrix, two thousand eleven Sienna, 2006–2011 Yaris, 2010–2011 4Runner, 2008–2011 Scion xB, 2007–2011 Lexus ES, 2010–2011 Lexus GX, 2006–2011 Lexus IS.

UPDATE Five/27/2016, 1:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling an extra Two.Two million cars in the U.S. for defective Takata passenger-side front airbags, as well as two thousand seven hundred one motorcycles for possibly defective optional handlebar airbags. The utter list of cars in this recall are: the 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2006 Acura MDX; 2003–2011 Pilot and Element; 2005–2011 CR-V and Acura RL; 2006–2011 Civic and Ridgeline; 2007–2011 Fit; 2008–2011 Accord; 2009–2011 Acura TSX; and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour, Insight, FCX Clarity, and Acura ZDX. The 2006–2010 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing motorcycle is also included.

The vehicles previously not involved in this recall are: 2006–2011 Civic, 2006–2010 Gold Wing, 2007–2008 Fit, 2008–2011 Accord, 2009–2011 Pilot, 2009–2011 TSX, and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour. They have been added to the list below.

UPDATE Five/31/2016, 11:30 a.m.: Ferrari is recalling two thousand eight hundred twenty cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This is the very first time Ferrari has been involved with this defect. The 2009–2011 California and 2010–2011 four hundred fifty eight Italia are included.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling Four,322,870 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the 2011–2012 Chrysler 300, two thousand nine Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango, 2011–2012 Dodge Charger and Challenger, two thousand ten Ram 3500, 2007–2012 Jeep Wrangler, and the 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500.

Mazda is recalling 731,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2005–2006 MPV, 2007–2011 CX-7 and CX-9, and 2009–2011 Mazda six and RX-8.

Mitsubishi is recalling 38,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand seven Lancer and Lancer Evolution.

Nissan is recalling 402,450 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2006–2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2007–2010 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007–2011 Versa.

Subaru is recalling 383,101 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand six Baja, 2006–2011 Impreza and Tribeca, and 2009–2011 Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, also is included in this total.

Our list below has been updated accordingly, but the recall totals for each brand haven’t yet been recalculated because some individual vehicles have already been accounted for in previous recalls for driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford has almost doubled the number of vehicles it is recalling for defective Takata-sourced airbags, adding 1,287,726 vehicles to its count, all for passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX, 2005–2011 Ford Mustang, 2005–2006 Ford GT, 2007–2011 Ford Ranger, and 2006–2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln MKZ and Zephyr. Of those, 608,717 Mustangs and about four hundred GTs had already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags; the other models are freshly added.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Trio:00 p.m.: A report from Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) says that four automakers are continuing to use Takata airbag inflators containing non-desiccated ammonium nitrate in current fresh cars, despite tests proving these inflators are the most prone to ruptures. Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen said they were using front-airbag inflators without the moisture-absorbing desiccant on certain two thousand sixteen and two thousand seventeen model year cars including the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Volkswagen CC, Audi TT, and Audi R8. Not all the manufacturers gave specific models to Nelson, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, who, in March, queried the original fourteen automakers involved. Another five automakers are still using Takata’s ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators, with or without desiccant, including Daimler (vans only), Ford, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru. Nelson’s office says the “majority” of all replacement inflators installed as of May 20—4.6 million out of 8.Four million—are Takata ammonium-nitrate inflators. Of those, Two.1 million are non-desiccated. All of this is legal under NHTSA’s consent order, albeit all non-desiccated inflators will need to be recalled and substituted by 2019. Eventually, all of Takata’s ammonium-nitrate inflators may need to be recalled. It’s very confusing that automakers would be permitted to install parts that are known to be defective, except NHTSA thinks they won’t become defective until years later, at which time decent replacement parts will be available.

Meantime, Toyota has expanded its Takata recall by some 490,000 vehicles outside of the U.S., in places including Japan, China, Europe, Mexico, and South America. The vehicles in question include 2005–2011 Lexus products, as well as Toyota Siennas, 4Runners, Corollas, and Yarises.

UPDATE 6/Two/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Audi is recalling 217,000 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2004–2008 Audi A4 and the 2005–2011 Audi A6. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

BMW is recalling 91,806 SUVs as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 BMW X5, the 2008–2011 BMW X6, and the 2010–2011 BMW X6 ActiveHybrid.

General Motors is recalling 1.Four million 2007–2011 trucks and large SUVs for their Takata-supplied passenger-side airbags. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Avalanche, Tahoe, and Suburban; 2007–2011 GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2011 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade EXT, and Escalade ESV; 2009–2011 Silverado two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2009–2011 Sierra two thousand five hundred and 3500. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls. GM reports that there have been no airbag ruptures in approximately 44,000 crashes of the recalled vehicles.

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 54,350 vehicles as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and the 2009–2011 Jaguar XF. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 199,705 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2008–2011 C300 sedan, C350 sedan, and C63 AMG sedan; 2010–2011 GLK350 and E350 coupe; two thousand eleven E350 convertible, E550 coupe and convertible, and the SLS AMG. Also, the brand’s parent company, Daimler, is recalling five thousand one hundred vans for the same issue: 2010–2011 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2009–2011 Freightliner Sprinter, and two thousand nine Dodge Sprinter.

UPDATE 6/7/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: The holder of a two thousand six Nissan X-Trail SUV has filed a suit against Takata and Nissan for wrist and head injuries she sustained in an October two thousand fifteen crash in Japan. The vehicle had been recalled for defective airbag inflators, but parts weren’t available at the time the woman’s spouse took the SUV to a dealership to get it stationary. According to Automotive News, this is the very first suit in Japan against Takata and an automaker for these airbags.

UPDATE 6/Ten/2016, Five:30 p.m.: Toyota has identified the fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. The 2015–2016 4Runner and Lexus GX460, two thousand fifteen Lexus IS250C and IS350C, and the two thousand fifteen Scion xB have these inflators and will need to be recalled by the end of two thousand eighteen even however they are still legal to sell. About 175,000 vehicles are affected in the U.S.

Meantime, Honda has recalled another 784,000 vehicles in Japan because of their Takata airbags, including Civic, Fit, and Odyssey models built inbetween two thousand three and 2009.

UPDATE 6/17/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Honda’s joint venture in China, is recalling one million vehicles for their Takata airbags, the Detroit News reports. Vehicles affected are Honda CR-V, Civic, and Civic hybrids as well as Platinum Rui sedans built inbetween two thousand seven and 2011.

UPDATE 6/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: Fiat Chrysler said it would stop using non-desiccated Takata airbag inflators with ammonium nitrate by next week. This applies to all of its cars built for the North American market. FCA will end production globally by mid-September. As of now, FCA said that only the two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler’s passenger-side front airbag used such an inflator and that it would notify potential buyers of any of these unsold vehicles. Without describing its methods, FCA also said it tested “nearly six thousand three hundred older versions” of this inflator and found no problems. The non-desiccated inflators are considered dangerous since they do not have a chemical to absorb moisture.

UPDATE 6/27/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Automotive News reports that a ruptured airbag emerges to have caused a woman’s death in an accident in Malaysia. The driver of a two thousand five Honda City was killed on Saturday, and the driver’s-side airbag was found to be ruptured. The official cause of death has yet to be proclaimed as of this writing. The car involved in the accident had been recalled in May 2015, but it hadn’t been repaired. If verified, this would be the third death related to defective Takata airbags in Malaysia this year.

UPDATE 6/28/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Shigehisa Takada, the chief executive of automotive supplier Takata, announced in a shareholder meeting that he will resign once a “fresh management regime” has been selected.

UPDATE 6/30/2016, Two:30 p.m.: Seven Honda and Acura models from 2001–2003 pose the highest failure rate among all recalled vehicles, with as much as a fifty percent chance their airbag inflators will rupture, according to NHTSA. The agency identified the 2001–2002 Honda Civic and Accord, two thousand two CR-V and Odyssey, 2002–2003 Acura Trio.2TL, and two thousand three Honda Pilot and Acura Three.2CL as the most dangerous. These cars were originally recalled for the defect inbetween two thousand eight and 2011, and while “more than seventy percent” now have fresh inflators, there are still 313,000 vehicles with the original inflators. Eight of the ten U.S. deaths involving Takata airbag inflators have involved this group of Honda and Acura models.

UPDATE 7/8/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Harshly 1.Four million vehicles have been recalled in Japan for their Takata airbags. Mitsubishi recalled 520,000 vehicles, Mazda 490,000, Subaru 290,000, and Mercedes-Benz 93,000. Of particular note for U.S. owners is that Mazda said the two (known as the Demio in Japan) will be recalled in America; the company recalled 74,310 Mazda 2s in China built inbetween two thousand seven and 2015.

UPDATE 7/Nineteen/2016, Five:00 p.m.: An internal audit conducted by Takata and Honda found the airbag supplier manipulated airbag test data that stripped out poorer results, according to Bloomberg. Examples of “selective editing,” according to former IIHS president Brian O’Neill, who conducted the audit, resulted in a report that was a “prettier shortened version” of what actually occurred. Depositions of several Takata engineers from an ongoing lawsuit found that reports to Nissan, Toyota, and General Motors were similarly doctored. Takata said the audit’s findings were “entirely inexcusable.”

UPDATE 7/20/2016, Three:30 p.m.: The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has identified extra fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. They are: two thousand sixteen Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2016–2017 Mercedes-Benz E-class coupe/convertible, two thousand sixteen Ferrari FF, 2016–2017 Ferrari California T, 2016–2017 Ferrari 488GTB/488 Spider, 2016–2017 Ferrari F12/F12tdf, and two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso. These vehicles remain legal for sale, but, per NHTSA, they must be recalled by the end of 2018. Audi, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen had previously been found to still be building fresh cars with the suspect airbags.

UPDATE 7/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: General Motors has stated that it may have to recall an extra Four.Three million vehicles in the U.S. for their defective Takata airbags, which would cost the company an estimated $550 million, according to Automotive News. GM recently added Two.Five million vehicles to its list of Takata recalls, the repair costs for which will cost as much as $320 million.

Also, Mazda has added three thousand seven hundred forty three B-series pickups from the 2007–2009 model years to its list of vehicles recalled due to potentially defective Takata airbag inflators; these trucks are being recalled for the passenger-side airbags. This is in accordance to the recall schedule we described on May 23. These Mazdas are located in what is known as Zone B, which includes Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Fresh Jersey, Fresh Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Previously, 2004–2006 B-series trucks had been recalled; our list below has been updated to reflect these extra model years.

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA is expanding its investigation of airbag supplier ARC Automotive to eight million potentially defective airbags after the driver of a two thousand nine Hyundai Elantra was killed in Canada last month. Automotive News reports that the car’s airbag inflator was manufactured in China, unlike inflators in U.S.-market Elantras from the same time period. General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, and Kia also used ARC airbags that are part of this probe. In July 2015, NHTSA began investigating ARC for airbags produced in Tennessee after airbag-related injuries were reported in crashes of a two thousand two Chrysler Town & Country and a two thousand four Kia Optima. Preliminary investigations of inflators made by ARC, which is unaffiliated with Takata, display “significant design differences inbetween the ARC inflators and the Takata inflators presently under recall.”

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 9:00 p.m.: Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its recall by another 54,000 vehicles in the United States. The recalls affects 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and 2009–2011 Jaguar XF models for potentially defective passenger-side airbag inflators. Vehicles from these models and model years were very first recalled in May 2016; this activity essentially doubles the recalled population. Jaguar Land Rover says that “affected vehicles are being prioritized for repair—split into four separate phases—based on geographic zone and vehicle age” and that customers will be notified by mail later this year when parts become available. In a statement, the company went on to say that it “is not aware of any case of an airbag module rupture on any of the 108,000 vehicles included in this recall.”

UPDATE 8/29/2016, Four:00 p.m.: General Motors pressured a Swedish airbag supplier in the 1990s to match cheaper prices from its rival Takata, despite warnings that Takata’s inflators were unsafe, according to the Fresh York Times. When Takata introduced ammonium-nitrate-based airbag inflators in the late 1990s, Autoliv scientists studying Takata’s design determined the chemical compound was too dangerous. It lost GM’s airbag contract at the time. “We tore the Takata airbags apart, analyzed all the fuel, identified all the ingredients,” former Autoliv chief chemist Robert Taylor told the Times. “The gas is generated so rapid, it blows the inflater [sic] to bits.” The Times also exposed that employees at a former Takata plant in Georgia let defective airbag inflators pass inspections by manipulating leakage tests and creating fresh bar codes so the tests couldn’t be tracked.

UPDATE 9/8/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Honda will recall another 668,000 vehicles in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. Affected cars include Accord, Civic, and Fit models built inbetween two thousand nine and 2011. According to Reuters, that brings Honda’s recall total to fifty one million Takata airbags.

UPDATE 9/9/2016, 9:00 a.m.: BMW announced it will recall some 110,000 cars in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The recall affects passenger-side airbags on forty four BMW models made inbetween two thousand four and 2012, including the 116i, 118i, and 320i. The recall is part of a massive order from Japan’s transport ministry that seven million vehicles be recalled by 2019.

UPDATE 9/Nineteen/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors will submit a petition to NHTSA for a one-year deferral of a pending recall of some 980,000 trucks and SUVs tooled with Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators, Automotive News reports. Takata is slated to proclaim on December 31, 2016, that “a large batch” of parts are defective, but GM wants a 365-day deferral to finish a long-term aging research investigate with aerospace and defense manufacturer Orbital ATK. The examine, which we outlined in February, is scheduled to end in August 2017. GM maintains that the delayed recall won’t endanger vehicle occupants, telling the inflators will “likely perform as designed until at least December 31, 2019.” Of the 44,000 passenger-side inflators that have deployed in consumer use and the one thousand fifty five that have been deployed in testing, none have ruptured, GM says. The deferral affects 2007–2012 large trucks and SUVs, namely the Chevrolet Silverado, Tahoe, and Suburban, the GMC Sierra and Yukon, and the Cadillac Escalade.

UPDATE 9/26/2016, Ten:45 a.m.: Takata exposed in a latest report that it neglected to notify NHTSA of a two thousand three rupture of one of its airbag inflators in Switzerland, according to Reuters. NHTSA began looking into problems with Takata airbags in 2010, but Takata officials did not mention the Swiss incident to the agency at the time. In the freshly released report, Takata said the Swiss incident did not relate to the NHTSA investigation and noted that Takata made production switches shortly after the two thousand three incident.

In the same report (available for download at safercar.gov), Takata said that its U.S. arm, not the Japan-based parent company, “was primarily responsible for the development, testing, and production of the inflators at issue in Recall Nos. 15E-040, 15E-041, 15E-042, and 15E-043.” Other recently released Takata documents also exposed that six hundred sixty airbag inflators ruptured during testing of 245,000 of the devices, Bloomberg reports. The company proceeds to reiterate that its airbag inflators are more at risk when they’re subjected to humid climates and as they age.

UPDATE 9/28/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda announced today that the driver’s-side airbag of a two thousand nine Honda City ruptured in a September twenty four crash in Johor, Malaysia, in which the driver was killed. This marks the fourth Malaysian death this year linked to a Takata-supplied airbag that ruptured in a Honda car. Honda said that it has ended replacements of 211,000 Takata front-airbag inflators in Malaysia, which is fifty four percent of the total number presently under recall.

UPDATE Ten/21/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Honda and NHTSA announced that a 50-year-old woman, Delia Robles of Corona, California, died of injuries that resulted from the deployment of a defective Takata airbag in her two thousand one Honda Civic. The crash occurred on September thirty in California’s Riverside County. According to an Associated Press report, the vehicle’s driver’s-side airbag inflator had been part of a recall since 2008; however, it was never repaired. Automotive News reported that more than twenty recall notices had been mailed to the vehicle’s registered owners. The deceased woman bought the car at the end of 2015, the AP report said. This is the 11th confirmed death in the United States that has been caused by a defective Takata-supplied airbag in a vehicle, all but one of which were in Honda vehicles.

UPDATE Ten/26/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another Five.8 million vehicles around the world because they might contain defective Takata airbag inflators. According to Reuters, the recall includes harshly 1.47 million vehicles in Europe, 1.16 million in Japan, and 820,000 in China, as well as vehicles in Central and South America, Africa, the Near and Middle East, and Singapore. Various Corolla, Yaris/Vitz, Hilux, and Etios models built inbetween May two thousand and November two thousand one and inbetween April two thousand six and December two thousand fourteen were recalled.

UPDATE 11/9/2016, 1:00 p.m.: In an effort to seek out recalled Takata airbag inflators that haven’t yet been immobile, Honda has partnered with CCC, a software provider for 22,000 automotive assets shops across the United States. When a Honda vehicle is entered into the CCC system for an estimate on repairing figure harm, Automotive News reports, an alert will emerge onscreen if the vehicle has an unresolved open Takata recall. Bod shops are being “encouraged to reach out to [the customer’s favored] dealership to facilitate the repair on the customer’s behalf.”

UPDATE 12/12/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: To date, at least one hundred eighty four people have been injured by Takata airbags in the United States, according to a fresh report released by NHTSA on the recall’s progress. This is the very first hard number the agency has specified since investigations began in late 2014. Repairs won’t be finished until at least September two thousand twenty (in May, NHTSA set December two thousand nineteen as the end date). Another round of cars—including Tesla products, supercars from Ferrari and McLaren, and extra model years of previously recalled models—have been added to our master list of vehicles plagued by the defective Takata inflators. By 2020, NHTSA expects there will be forty two million vehicles with at least sixty four million inflators under recall. As of today, the count stands at about twenty nine million vehicles with forty six million inflators.

UPDATE 12/29/2016, Five:30 p.m.: So far, about 12.Five million suspect Takata inflators have been stationary of the toughly sixty five million inflators (in forty two million vehicles) that will ultimately be affected by this recall, which spans nineteen automakers. Carmakers and federal officials organizing the response to this ample recall insist that the supply chain is churning out replacement parts, most of which are coming from companies other than Takata. For those who are waiting, NHTSA advises that people not disable the airbags; the exceptions are the 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models that we listed on this page on June 30, 2016—vehicles which NHTSA is telling people to drive only to a dealer to get immovable.

Meantime, a settlement stemming from a federal probe into criminal wrongdoing by Takata is expected early next year—perhaps as soon as January—and could treatment $1 billion.

UPDATE 1/11/2017, 1:00 p.m.: Honda added 772,000 more cars in a fresh round of recalls for non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. A total of 1.29 million Honda and Acura models plus eight hundred eighty two Gold Wing motorcycles are included; many were previously recalled for driver’s-side airbags. Besides the two thousand twelve Gold Wing, no fresh models or model years are included. Honda has the most U.S. vehicles of any automaker affected by the Takata recalls, now standing at 11.Four million cars and motorcycles.

UPDATE 1/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling 654,695 cars in the U.S. and 161,174 vehicles in Canada to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years are included, albeit Ford has added more of these same cars in other regions of the country that were not under previous recalls. Ford, including Mercury and Lincoln, now has recalled about three million cars in the U.S. The affected models in this particular regional expansion are the 2005–2009 and two thousand twelve Mustang; 2005–2006 GT; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln MKZ; 2006–2009 Mercury Milan; and the 2007–2009 Ranger, Edge, and Lincoln MKX.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, 11:00 a.m.: As with Honda and Ford, Toyota is recalling 543,000 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years have been added, albeit Toyota has included an unknown number of cars not previously under recall. Toyota, including Lexus and Scion and not including the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe, now has about six million cars in the U.S. under the Takata recalls. Affected models under this latest recall are the 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Lexus IS (including IS F); 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve Yaris and Lexus ES; 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve Scion xB; two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Corolla and Matrix; and the two thousand twelve 4Runner, Sienna, Lexus IS C, Lexus GX, and Lexus LFA.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, Three:00 p.m.: The U.S. government has fined Takata Corp. $1 billion as part of the Japanese supplier’s agreement to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud; the fine is violated down as a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million for victim compensation, and $850 million for compensating automakers. Also, a federal grand jury separately charged three Takata executives on six counts each of wire fraud and conspiracy.

UPDATE 1/23/2017, 7:00 p.m.: A total of sixteen brands recalled 652,541 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. Some or most of these cars may have been previously recalled to substitute other Takata airbags. Replacement parts may be available as soon as March or “Q1,” depending on the automaker. Only cars ever registered in specific states are under these recalls. Model-year two thousand eight and two thousand twelve Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG—as well as model-year two thousand nine Audi A4 and S4—were previously unaccounted for in our master list below. The cars recalled in this latest round are as goes after:

Audi is recalling 33,421 cars. They include the 2005–2009 A4, S4, and A6; 2007–2008 RS4; and the 2007–2009 S6.

BMW is recalling 48,380 cars. Included are the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve X5 and the 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve X6.

Daimler, in conjunction with Fiat Chrysler, is recalling 11,279 Sprinter vans. The two thousand nine Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter 2500/3500 and two thousand twelve Freightliner and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500/3500 are included.

Ferrari is recalling eight hundred twenty five cars from 2012. The FF, California, four hundred fifty eight Italia, and four hundred fifty eight Spider are all included.

Jaguar is recalling eight thousand one hundred ninety one XF sedans from two thousand nine and 2012.

Karma Automotive is recalling eight hundred eleven Fisker Karma models from 2012.

Land Rover is recalling eight thousand seven hundred sixty nine Range Rover models from 2007–2009 and 2012.

Mazda is recalling 93,812 vehicles. Included are the 2005–2006 MPV; 2005–2009 RX-8; 2007–2009 B-series pickup trucks; the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve CX-7 and CX-9; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Mazda 6.

McLaren is recalling three hundred fifty nine MP4-12C models from 2012.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 103,406 cars. Included are the two thousand twelve C-class sedan and coupe, E-class coupe and convertible, GLK, and SLS AMG, as well as the 2008–2009 C-class sedan and coupe, plus the 2008–2012 C63 sedan and coupe.

Mitsubishi is recalling one thousand nine hundred sixty four i-MiEV models from two thousand twelve and 2014.

Nissan is recalling 152,554 cars. Included are the 2005–2008 Infiniti FX; 2006–2010 Infiniti M; 2007–2009 Versa sedan and hatchback; and the two thousand twelve Versa hatchback.

Subaru is recalling 185,773 cars. Included models are the 2005–2006 Baja; 2006–2009 Impreza; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Tribeca, WRX, and STI; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, is also included.

Tesla is recalling two thousand nine hundred ninety seven Model S sedans from 2012.

In addition, thirteen automakers last week expanded the Takata recalls in Canada by almost 900,000 vehicles. According to Automotive News Canada, toughly Five.Two million Takata airbags have so far been recalled in Canada. A total list of affected Canada-market vehicles can be found at the Transport Canada website.

UPDATE Two/6/2017, Five:00 p.m.: BMW is recalling 230,117 cars in the U.S. that may have a Takata driver’s-side airbag. The company said it is possible that one percent of certain 2000–2003 models may have had their airbags substituted with a Takata unit during a service visit, whereas originally these models used non-ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators made by Petri AG. BMW said it shipped 14,600 Takata replacement airbag parts to U.S. dealers inbetween two thousand two and two thousand fifteen but had no way of knowing how many were actually installed. While some of the recalled vehicles are already under recall, many are fresh to our list below, which has been updated. The recalled vehicles include the 2000–2002 3-series sedan, coupe, wagon, convertible, and M3; the 2001–2002 5-series sedan, wagon, and M5; and the 2001–2003 X5. Owners will receive notification in March. Dealers will check for and substitute any Takata airbags they find.

UPDATE Two/27/2017, 6:30 p.m.: Takata has officially pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud for covering up the engineering defects that have led to at least seventeen deaths and the thickest recall in automotive history. The guilty prayer comes six weeks after a Justice Department announcement that Takata had agreed to a $1 billion settlement, including $850 million to compensate automakers for repairs, $125 million for a victim settlement fund, and a $25 million criminal fine. Three Takata executives also have been charged with fraud.

UPDATE Three/Two/2017, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has recalled almost 32,000 vehicles in North America for Takata-supplied driver’s-side front airbags that “may not entirely pack, or the airbag cushion may detach from the airbag module due to misalignment of components within the airbag module.” Ford says this concern is not related to Takata’s rupture-prone airbags that use non-desiccated ammonium nitrate as propellant. The affected models are the 2016–2017 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX and the two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental; these vehicles have not been added to the list below because they’re being recalled for a separate issue.

UPDATE Five/11/2017, Two:00 p.m.: Honda is urging owners in Hawaii to repair any affected 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models as soon as possible—or risk a fifty percent chance of the driver’s-side airbag inflator rupturing in a crash. The so-called Alpha inflators were the very first Takata inflators to be recalled, and combined with Hawaii’s constant high fever and humidity, they are the most dangerous. Eight of the ten airbag deaths within the U.S. were the result of these Alpha inflators. Honda says that Hawaii houses toughly one thousand one hundred unrepaired 2001–2003 vehicles with Alpha inflators; these are among approximately 26,000 unfixed Honda and Acura vehicles in the state that are affected by these Takata recalls. Honda also says that “0ver seventy four percent” of these cars have been repaired nationwide, all with non-Takata replacement parts. For affected models, see our Acura and Honda lists below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2017, Five:30 p.m.: Four automakers—Toyota, Subaru, BMW, and Mazda—have agreed to pay a combined $553 million for economic losses. The automakers have jointly lodged a class-action lawsuit requesting owners be compensated while their cars are undergoing repairs. Owners of approximately 15.8 million cars in the U.S. are eligible. The lawsuit does not compensate owners for any alleged lost resale value in their cars nor does it address individual injury or property harm claims. The court must approve the settlement before it is final.

UPDATE 6/16/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Takata will file for bankruptcy “as early as next week,” according to sources speaking to Reuters. The filing is no surprise. Company finances began unraveling in early two thousand sixteen as lawsuits, fines, lost sales, declining stock values, and recall costs left Takata in the crimson with billions in liabilities. Key Safety Systems, a Michigan auto supplier possessed by the Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, is the purported buyer. Takata owes automakers $850 million for recall costs it must pay by 2018. The U.S. Justice Department is expected to be a creditor in the bankruptcy filing.

UPDATE 6/26/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Takata officially filed for bankruptcy today and has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Key Safety Systems, a Michigan-based automotive supplier possessed by Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, for $1.6 billion.

UPDATE 6/28/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Key Safety Systems (KSS) said it will drop the Takata name once the bankruptcy and sale are approved, according to KSS senior vice president Ron Feldeisen. The sale does not include Takata’s liabilities or its airbag business. Automakers are still uncertain if they will be reimbursed for recall costs, and lawyers indicating victims say the bankruptcy may limit their capability to collect damages.

UPDATE 7/11/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Takata is recalling another Two.7 million airbag inflators in the United States for rupturing. Unlike all the other one hundred million inflators recalled globally to date, these inflators contain a moisture-absorbing desiccant. Until now, Takata had said that only non-desiccated inflators were at risk for exploding shrapnel during a crash. These driver’s-side front airbags were manufactured inbetween two thousand five and two thousand twelve and were installed on Ford, Mazda, and Nissan vehicles, Takata said in a NHTSA filing. Only inflators with the desiccant calcium sulfate are presently under recall; these inflators still contain the propellant ammonium nitrate. The affected automakers will release separate recalls at a later date.

UPDATE 7/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Honda has confirmed another fatality from airbag ruptures in its vehicles, according to the Associated Press. On June Legitimate, 2016, an 81-year-old man in Hialeah, Florida, allegedly was performing “unknown repairs” with a hammer while inwards a two thousand one Honda Accord. The vehicle was running, and the driver’s-side front airbag deployed and shot out shrapnel. Police and witnesses still do not know what the man was doing when he was found unconscious inwards the car. He died the next day. This is the 12th fatality from faulty Takata airbags in the U.S., all but one in Honda vehicles. Of the ems of millions of cars under recall in the U.S., 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models are the most dangerous. NHTSA estimates that these cars have a 50-50 chance of an airbag rupturing.

UPDATE 7/17/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Mazda is recalling Nineteen,000 cars in South Africa—including the Two, 6, and RX-8—for two thousand three and later models, according to Wheels24. About seventy million of the harshly one hundred million airbag inflators under recall globally are in the U.S.

UPDATE 7/21/2017, Two:30 p.m.: Ford is petitioning NHTSA to not recall Two.Five million cars proclaimed defective by Takata earlier this month, according to Reuters. The automaker wants to proceed testing but believes the particular inflators pose an “inconsequential” risk. The vehicles in question include: 2007–2011 Ranger, 2006–2012 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2006–2011 Mercury Milan, and 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. In January, GM petitioned NHTSA to exempt certain 2007–2011 pickups and SUVs (based on the GMT900 platform) from recalls until the automaker finished its evaluations by late August. NHTSA has not granted or denied either petition.

Also, Nissan has added 515,394 Versas, from model years two thousand seven through 2012, to this recall because the cars contain potentially defective inflators for their Takata-supplied driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 7/24/2017, 9:45 a.m.: Reuters reports that an Australian man died in Sydney after he crashed his two thousand seven Honda CR-V and the airbag sent shrapnel into his neck. Honda confirmed to Reuters that the car had a defective airbag. The deaths of eighteen people worldwide have now been attributed to these airbags.

Also, Mazda is requesting that NHTSA not recall extra B-series pickups; this comes in conjunction with Ford’s latest petition that claims in part that airbags in many of its Ranger pickups do not pose a risk of rupturing. The B-series is a clone of the Ford Ranger.

UPDATE 7/28/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Reuters reports that a 34-year-old woman in Holiday, Florida, was killed last week in a two thousand two Honda Accord after the airbag ruptured during a head-on collision. While officials have not determined the exact cause of death, she is likely the 19th person to die from defective Takata airbags.

UPDATE 8/9/2017, 12:30 p.m.: Nissan is the latest automaker to lodge a civil lawsuit that will compensate owners for economic losses while they go through repairs, provide rental cars to owners driving the most at-risk vehicles, and pay for advertising and outreach to encourage more owners to schedule repairs with their dealers. The $97.7 million settlement mirrors the $553 million settlement that BMW, Mazda, Toyota, and Subaru agreed to pay in May. A total of Four.Four million Nissan and Infiniti vehicles have been recalled in the U.S. Only thirty percent have been repaired.

UPDATE 8/31/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling six hundred fifty brand-new vehicles in the United States that have defective airbags, albeit there is a critical difference from the general recall population of Takata inflators. Certain two thousand seventeen Ford Mustang and F-150 models have accomplish airbag modules built by Takata, while the faulty inflators inwards the modules are made by ARC Automotive, a Tier two supplier in Knoxville, Tennessee. The passenger-side frontal airbags are affected. Takata notified Ford after it tested the airbags and found an “abnormal deployment,” Ford said. Since July 2015, NHTSA has been investigating ARC Automotive for defective airbag inflators after two ruptured in older-model Chrysler and Kia models not under the Takata recall. NHTSA presently estimates that up to eight million inflators may be defective in Chrysler, GM, Kia, and Hyundai models in the United States.

AFFECTED VEHICLES (total U.S.-market number in parentheses, if known):

Acura: 2002–2003 Three.2TL; two thousand three Trio.2CL; 2003–2006 MDX; 2005–2012 RL; 2007–2016 RDX; 2009–2014 TL and TSX; 2010–2013 ZDX; 2013–2016 ILX (including hybrid)

Audi (more than 387,000): 2004–2009 A4; 2005–2009 S4; 2003–2011 A6; 2006–2013 A3; 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet; 2007–2008 RS4; 2007–2009 S4 cabriolet; 2007–2011 S6; two thousand eight RS4 cabriolet; 2009–2012, two thousand fifteen Q5; 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet; 2010–2012 S5 cabriolet; 2016–2017 TT; two thousand seventeen R8

BMW (more than 1.97 million): 2000–2011 3-series sedan; 2000–2012 3-series wagon; 2000–2013 3-series coupe and convertible; 2000–2013 M3 coupe and convertible; 2001–2003 5-series and M5; 2001–2013 X5; 2007–2010 X3; 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible; 2008–2011 M3 sedan; 2008–2014 X6 (including hybrid); 2011–2015 X1

Cadillac: 2007–2014 Escalade, Escalade ESV; 2007–2013 Escalade EXT; two thousand fifteen XTS

Chevrolet (more than 1.91 million, including Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Saab, and Saturn): 2007–2014 Silverado HD, Suburban, and Tahoe; 2007–2013 Avalanche and Silverado 1500; two thousand fifteen Camaro, Equinox, and Malibu

Chrysler: 2005–2015 300; 2006–2008 Crossfire; 2007–2009 Aspen

Daimler: 2006–2009 Dodge Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2007–2017 Freightliner Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500

Dodge/Ram (more than Five.64 million, including Chrysler, not including Daimler-built Sprinter): 2003–2008 Ram 1500; 2003–2009 Ram 2500; 2003–2010 Ram 3500; 2004–2009 Durango; 2005–2008 Magnum; 2005–2011 Dakota; 2006–2015 Charger; 2008–2014 Challenger; 2008–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and Ram 5500

Ferrari (more than 2820): 2009–2014 California; 2010–2015 four hundred fifty eight Italia; 2012–2016 Ferrari FF; 2012–2015 four hundred fifty eight Spider; 2013–2017 Ferrari F12berlinetta; 2014–2015 four hundred fifty eight Speciale; two thousand fifteen 458 Speciale A; 2015–2017 California T; 2016–2017 Ferrari F12tdf, 488GTB, and four hundred eighty eight Spider; two thousand sixteen Ferrari F60; two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso

Ford (Trio million, including Lincoln and Mercury): 2004–2011 Ranger; 2005–2006 GT; 2005–2014, two thousand seventeen Mustang; 2006–2012 Fusion; 2007–2010 Edge; two thousand seventeen F-150

GMC: 2007–2014 Sierra HD, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2013 Sierra 1500; two thousand fifteen Terrain

Honda (11.Four million, including Acura): 2001–2012 Accord; 2001–2011 Civic (including hybrid and NGV); 2002–2011, two thousand sixteen CR-V; 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2015 Pilot; 2003–2011 Element; 2006–2014 Ridgeline; 2006–2010, two thousand twelve Gold Wing motorcycle; 2007–2013 Fit; 2010–2015 Accord Crosstour; 2010–2014 Insight and FCX Clarity; 2011–2015 CR-Z; 2013–2014 Fit EV

Infiniti: 2001–2004 I30/I35; 2002–2003 QX4; 2003–2008 FX35/FX45; 2006–2010 M35/M45; 2009–2017 QX56/QX80; 2017–2018 QX30

Land Rover (more than 68,000): 2007–2012 Range Rover

Lexus: 2002–2010 SC430; 2006–2013 IS; 2007–2012 ES; 2008–2014 IS F; 2010–2015 IS C; 2010–2017 GX; 2010–2015 IS convertible; two thousand twelve LFA

Lincoln: 2006–2012 Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ; 2007–2010 Lincoln MKX

Mazda (more than 733,000): 2003–2011 Mazda 6; 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6; 2004–2011 RX-8; 2004–2006 MPV; 2004–2009 B-series; 2007–2012 CX-7; 2007–2015 CX-9

McLaren: 2011–2015 P1; 2012–2014 MP4-12C; 2015–2016 650S; 2016–2017 570; two thousand sixteen 675LT

Mercedes-Benz (1,044,602, including Daimler): 2005–2014 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2008–2012 C63 AMG); 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2007–2017 Sprinter; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2010–2011 E-class sedan and wagon; 2010–2017 E-class coupe; 2011–2017 E-class convertible; 2010–2015 GLK-class; 2011–2015 SLS AMG coupe and roadster

Mitsubishi (more than 105,000): two thousand four Lancer Sportback; 2004–2007 Lancer; 2004–2006 Lancer Evolution; 2006–2009 Raider; 2012–2017 iMiEV

Nissan (Four.Four million, including Infiniti): 2001–2003 and 2016–2017 Maxima; 2002–2004 Pathfinder; 2002–2006 Sentra; 2007–2017 Versa sedan; 2007–2012 Versa hatchback; 2008–2018 370Z coupe/roadster; 2009–2014 Cube; 2010–2017 NV; 2012–2017 Altima, Versa Note, Armada, and Titan; 2013–2017 NV200; 2014–2017 Rogue

Pontiac (more than 300,000): 2003–2010 Vibe

Saab: 2003–2011 9-3; 2005–2006 9-2X; 2006–2009 9-5

Subaru (more than 380,000): 2003–2014 Legacy and Outback; 2003–2006 Baja; 2004–2011 Impreza; 2006–2014 Tribeca; 2009–2013 Forester; 2012–2014 WRX and WRX STI

Tesla: 2012–2016 Tesla Model S

Toyota (6 million, including Lexus and Scion): 2002–2007 Sequoia; 2003–2013 Corolla and Corolla Matrix; 2003–2006 Tundra; 2004–2005 RAV4; 2006–2012 Yaris; 2010–2016 4Runner; 2011–2014 Sienna

Volkswagen (more than 680,000): 2006–2010, 2012–2014 Passat sedan and wagon; 2009–2017 CC; 2009–2013 GTI; 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf; 2010–2014 Eos; two thousand thirteen Golf R; two thousand fifteen Tiguan

We will update this list as soon as fresh information is available, but you can access NHTSA’s own running tally of affected vehicles here. For further information about your specific vehicle, go to the manufacturer’s consumer website or use NHTSA’s VIN-lookup implement.

This story was originally published on October 21, 2014. It has subsequently been updated to reflect the latest findings and official list of affected vehicles.

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Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Total List of Affected Vehicles

The automotive world and beyond is gyrating about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from almost two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them.

The issue involves defective inflator and propellent devices that may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, shooting metal fragments into vehicle occupants. Approximately forty two million vehicles are potentially affected in the United States, and at least seven million have been recalled worldwide. (UPDATE 9/28/2016: Affected-vehicle numbers, along with improper-deployment figures, proceed to grow, as detailed in the updates below.)

Primarily, only six makes were involved when Takata announced the fault in April 2013, but a Toyota recall in June this year—along with fresh admissions from Takata that it had little clue as to which cars used its defective inflators, or even what the root cause was—prompted more automakers to issue identical recalls. In July, NHTSA coerced extra regional recalls in high-humidity areas including Florida, Hawaii, and the U.S. Cherry Islands to gather eliminated parts and send them to Takata for review.

Another major recall issued on October twenty expanded the affected vehicles across several brands. For its part, Toyota said it would begin to substitute defective passenger-side inflators commencing October 25; if parts are unavailable, however, it has advised its dealers to disable the airbags and affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard.

While Toyota says there have been no related injuries or deaths involving its vehicles, a Fresh York Times report in September found a total of at least one hundred thirty nine reported injuries across all automakers. In particular, there have been at least two deaths and thirty injuries in Honda vehicles (UPDATE 12/12/2016: These figures are now verified as eleven deaths and one hundred eighty four injuries in the U.S., as detailed in the updates below). According to the Times, Honda and Takata allegedly have known about the faulty inflators since two thousand four but failed to notify NHTSA in previous recall filings (which began in 2008) that the affected airbags had actually ruptured or were linked to injuries and deaths.

Takata very first said that propellant chemicals were mishandled and improperly stored during assembly, which supposedly caused the metal airbag inflators to burst open due to excessive pressure inwards. In July, the company blamed humid weather and spurred extra recalls.

According to documents reviewed by Reuters, Takata says that rust, bad welds, and even chewing gum dropped into at least one inflator are also at fault. The same documents display that in 2002, Takata’s plant in Mexico permitted a defect rate that was “six to eight times above” acceptable boundaries, or harshly sixty to eighty defective parts for every one million airbag inflators shipped. The company’s investigate has yet to reach a final conclusion and report the findings to NHTSA.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, 9:44 a.m.: The Fresh York Times has published a report suggesting that Takata knew about the airbag issues in 2004, conducting secret tests off work hours to verify the problem. The results confirmed major issues with the inflators, and engineers quickly began researching a solution. But instead of notifying federal safety regulators and moving forward with fixes, Takata executives ordered its engineers to demolish the data and dispose of the physical evidence. This occurred a utter four years before Takata publicly acknowledged the problem.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, Five:29 p.m.: Two U.S. Senators have now called for the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation on this matter. Takata has stated that “the allegations contained in the [Fresh York Times] article are fundamentally inaccurate.” The company went on to state that it “takes very gravely the accusations made in this article and we are cooperating and participating fully with the government investigation now underway.”

Read more about these developments on this C/D page.

UPDATE 11/13/2014, 11:Ten a.m.: Takata has released a more formal statement telling that the allegations made in last week’s Fresh York Times article “are fundamentally inaccurate” and that it “unfairly impugned the integrity of Takata and its employees.” The company says (in this PDF) that there were no tests of “scrapyard airbag inflators” in 2004, that after-hours tests in two thousand four “were not ‘secret tests’ . . . [but] were done at the request of NHTSA to address a cushion-tearing issue unrelated to inflator rupturing,” and that it “did not suppress any test results demonstrating cracking or rupturing in the inflators,” whether to automakers such as Honda or to NHTSA.

For its story about Takata’s statement, the Times spoke again with one of its two sources for the November six article. That anonymous person is quoted as telling: “What Takata says is not true . . . They are attempting to switch things around.”

On November 12, we reported about a switch in Takata’s chemical makeup of its airbag propellant, which the company says is unrelated to the ongoing recall situation.

UPDATE 11/Legitimate/2014, 6:Ten p.m.: In light of a latest airbag failure in a two thousand seven Ford Mustang in North Carolina—which was not part of the original “high-humidity areas” Takata recall—the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the defective Takata driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 11/20/2014, Five:35 p.m.: Automakers, officials from Takata, and motorists injured by defective airbags met for a hearing with Congress. NHTSA was accused of not responding quickly enough to the Takata airbag situation, and automakers also took fever for being slow with fixes. As of now, the recalls remain regional, but it seems only a matter of time before they’re blanketed nationwide.

UPDATE 11/26/2014, 1:00 p.m.: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has formally demanded that Takata shove through a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the suspect driver’s-side airbags. Also, officials in Japan are calling for a recall expansion, after an airbag from an unspecified car not covered by previous recalls ruptured in testing.

UPDATE 12/Two/2014, Five:45 p.m.: Toyota and Honda have released similar statements urging for an “industry-wide joint initiative to independently test Takata airbag inflators.” Meantime, Takata’s chairman stated today that he’ll create a “quality assurance panel” to scrutinize the company’s production procedures. Takata and NHTSA officials today made statements before the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. NHTSA is still pushing for a nationwide expansion of the still-regional airbag recall—but for defective driver’s-side airbags only; the agency says a coast-to-coast recall on passenger-side airbags isn’t necessary. Such a large-scale recall, many say, would squeeze the limited supply of replacement parts in the most at-risk (read: humid) regions of the country.

UPDATE 12/Three/2014, 6:50 p.m.: Takata executives, as well as those from NHTSA and several automakers, again sat before Congress, discussing how this nightmare situation went unaddressed for so long, how it can be immobile promptly and decently, and how it will be prevented from happening again. Honda is expanding its recall nationwide, and Takata’s internal testing has exposed high failure rates.

UPDATE 12/Four/2014, Ten:25 a.m.: Chrysler, Ford, and Toyota have expanded their recalls of vehicles tooled with Takata airbags.

Chrysler’s recall update adds the passenger-side airbags of harshly 149,000 two thousand three Ram pickups (1500, 2500, and 3500), which were already part of a driver’s-side airbag recall. The recall remains regional, encompassing trucks “sold or ever registered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Cherry Islands.” Chrysler says it is unaware of any accidents or injuries related to these airbag inflators and that no failures have occurred in laboratory tests. NHTSA has already stated is dissatisfaction with Chrysler’s budge: “Chrysler’s latest recall is insufficient, doesn’t meet our requests, and fails to include all inflators covered by Takata’s defect information report.”

Ford’s expanded recall is very similar to Chrysler’s, adding passenger-side airbags to the repair list of about 13,000 vehicles (2004–2005 Rangers and 2005–2006 GTs) already involved in the regional Takata recalls. Ford is even more selective with the targeted locations: it covers vehicles “originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Cherry Islands. It adds certain zip codes with high absolute humidity conditions in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Guam, Saipan, and American Samoa.”

Toyota has recalled some 190,000 vehicles in China and Japan, many of them similar to the company’s U.S.-market vehicles listed below.

UPDATE 12/Five/2014, Three:15 p.m.: Honda has announced the addition of three million vehicles to its list of affected cars—and also that its recall is now nationwide. Read more on this development in this story.

UPDATE 12/Legal/2014, Ten:50 a.m.: Ford has expanded the breadth of its recall for Takata driver’s-side airbags, adding almost 450,000 vehicles—all Mustangs and GTs—to its list. (Rangers are part of a separate activity.) Mazda also expanded its recall to be nationwide for 2004–2008 Mazda six and RX-8 vehicles, upping its total of affected cars by about 265,000. Also, Chrysler recently added toughly 139,000 vehicles from the 2003–2005 model years to its regional recall, which now includes the previously unaffected areas of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, American Samoa, Guam, and Saipan. (Also, the 2006–2007 Charger is now listed below, compensating for an oversight on NHTSA’s outdated master list.)

UPDATE 12/Nineteen/2014, 7:00 p.m.: Providing in to NHTSA’s requests, Chrysler has drastically expanded its now-nationwide recall—by more than two million vehicles. A number of 2004–2007 model-year products, included below and specifically called out in this press release, are being called back to have their driver’s-side airbag inflators substituted. The company reports only one related injury. According to The Detroit Free Press, BMW is now the last automaker (of five) holding out from NHTSA’s request for a nationwide airbag recall on affected vehicles.

UPDATE 12/30/2014, Ten:00 a.m.: BMW has added another 140,000 vehicles to its now-nationwide airbag-recall list, meaning that all five primary carmakers involved in this situation have ditched the regional recalls. Also, Takata president Stefan Stocker has stepped down from the presidency of Takata, and top company executives have agreed to take significant pay cuts.

UPDATE 1/20/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Six panelists—including one who oversaw the Cerberus ownership of Chrysler—will join an independent review board in looking into Takata’s manufacturing processes and recommending best practices for what has become one of the largest-ever auto recalls. Former U.S. transportation secretary (1989–1991) Samuel K. Skinner will lead the panel.

UPDATE Two/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: Takata—finally—is enhancing its capacity to produce replacement airbag inflators at its plants around the world. By September, according to Automotive News, Takata will be able to make 900,000 replacement units per month. Upgraded assembly lines at a factory in Mexico have already enhanced that plant’s capacity from 300,000 units per month to 450,000. Meantime, reports of people being earnestly injured by these defective airbags proceed to arise.

UPDATE Two/20/2015, Four:Ten p.m.: Takata faces civil fines of $14,000 per day for its alleged refusal to cooperate with a federal investigation over these defective airbags. The supplier has provided slew of paperwork to NHTSA, but the agency found the “deluge of documents” unsatisfactory.

UPDATE Three/12/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Honda has announced that it is instituting a voluntary advertising campaign urging owners of Honda and Acura automobiles to check for open airbag and safety recalls that may affect their vehicle. See one of the ads and read more in our story.

UPDATE Three/Nineteen/2015, Two:25 p.m.: Honda has added about 105,000 vehicles to its recall list. These include almost 90,000 Pilots from the two thousand eight model year as well as some two thousand four Civics and two thousand one Accords that previously weren’t part of the recall. Our list below has been updated.

UPDATE Three/23/2015, 1:40 p.m.: According to a fresh survey, a surprising and unnerving number of Americans evidently haven’t bothered to get these potentially lethal airbags repaired. Just twelve percent of all cars recalled for faulty Takata airbags in the U.S. have been repaired. In Japan, conversely, a utter seventy percent of the three million cars under recall have been repaired.

UPDATE Four/14/2015, Two:30 p.m.: Honda has stated that the driver of a two thousand three Civic was injured by a ruptured airbag during a crash in Florida on March 20.

UPDATE Four/21/2015, Ten:15 a.m.: Nissan has added another 45,000 Sentras from the two thousand six model year to its large-scale recall for defective Takata airbags. Owners will be notified via FedEx. Affected cars, according to Nissan, are those “that presently are or previously were registered in Florida and adjacent counties in southern Georgia; Hawaii; Guam; Puerto Rico; Saipan; American Samoa; U.S. Cherry Islands; and coastal areas of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.” This activity was partially prompted by the investigation of a March crash in Louisiana in which a woman was injured by airbag shrapnel from her two thousand six Sentra.

UPDATE Five/13/2015, Trio:15 p.m.: Toyota and Nissan announced fresh and expanded recall activity to substitute potentially deadly Takata airbags in almost 6.Five million vehicles worldwide. The recall affects almost one million vehicles in North America. The Toyota RAV4 (model years two thousand four and 2005), previously unaffected by these recalls, is now on the list; Toyota is recalling some 160,000 of the models to substitute their driver’s-side airbags. The RAV4 has been added to our comprehensive list below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2015, 6:15 p.m.: Takata has announced as defective almost thirty four million vehicles, which will lead to even more extensive recalls of vehicles with the company’s airbags (individual automakers will elaborate on the specific cars added to the recalls in the very near future). In its testing of the suspect parts, Takata also found that driver’s-side airbags in 2003–2007 Toyota Corolla and Matrix models (plus the Pontiac Vibe, a twin to the Matrix), as well as 2004–2007 Honda Accord models, are at the highest risk.

In a news conference today, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx called the expanded recall “the most complicated consumer-safety recall in U.S. history.” He added: “Up until now Takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. That switches today.” Also, the company has agreed to pay the U.S. government significant fines for not cooperating in the investigations of numerous injuries and deaths; the exact amount will be announced at a later date.

UPDATE Five/20/2015, 1:00 p.m.: Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that Takata switched its airbag propellant in two thousand eight to reduce the risk of overly forceful deployment and to address the moisture-related degradation of the propellant.

UPDATE Five/27/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Next Tuesday, June Two, a panel from the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing to go after up on the status of this ongoing situation. “We have suffered a year of Takata ruptures and recalls, and families are still at risk. No excuses. Michiganders, and all Americans, have a right to answers,” committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said in a statement. The most latest Congressional hearing took place in December.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda has added 259,479 vehicles to its Japanese-market recall tally, according to Automotive News. Affected model years are from two thousand two through 2008, which marks the very first time that two thousand eight Hondas have been included in this ample airbag recall. Honda soon will announce extra airbag recalls for the United States, which will be part of the massive recall expansion announced last week.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, 1:25 p.m.: Chrysler and Honda have added hundreds of thousands of vehicles to their U.S.-market recall lists; this goes after Takata’s announcement last week that thirty four million total vehicles were subject to act. At this point, Honda is telling only that it will add toughly 350,000 vehicles to its list, albeit “most of the vehicles deemed at risk in Takata’s defect-determination report were already subject to previous voluntary deeds taken by Honda.”

The Chrysler expansion details approximately 1.Two million of its vehicles that were part of last week’s announcement, many of which are from model years that previously hadn’t been flagged. Accordingly, the following have been added to our list below: 2009–2010 Chrysler 300, 2008–2010 Dodge Charger, 2009–2011 Dodge Dakota, 2005–2010 Dodge Magnum (no Magnums were previously recalled for this problem), two thousand nine Ram two thousand five hundred and 3500, 2009–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and 5500, and 2008–2010 Mitsubishi Raider.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Five:00 p.m.: Ford has added more than 900,000 vehicles to its list of recalls for potentially defective airbags from Takata. The 2009–2014 Mustang and the two thousand six Ranger are fresh additions to the list. The later-model Mustangs—recalled for driver’s-side airbags—are by far the newest cars to be included in this exceptionally broad recall act.

UPDATE Five/29/2015, 6:25 p.m.: General Motors now has vehicles on the ever-growing list below (besides the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe): it is recalling heavy-duty examples of two thousand seven and two thousand eight Chevy Silverados and GMC Sierras. Also, Subaru has quadrupled the number of its vehicles subject to this airbag recall; that company’s additions are all 2004–2005 Imprezas.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: A Congressional hearing on this matter is scheduled for today at two p.m. We’ll cover the event across the afternoon. Meantime, yesterday a Takata executive announced that the company proposes “to substitute all” of the troublesome “ ‘batwing-shaped’ propellant wafers” installed in North America. We should know a lot more later today.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Trio:35 p.m.: Highlights so far from today’s Congressional hearing come mostly from NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind. He encourages consumers to frequently visit safercar.gov to see whether their vehicle and its VIN have been added to the list; he promises that the website will have VIN information for every single individual car affected by these expansive recalls within two weeks. Rosekind is calling for carmakers to be more diligent in tracking down vehicles that have passed through numerous owners over the years so that the current proprietor gets recall notices as quickly as possible. If NHTSA had the authority, Rosekind says, it would have compelled off the road vehicles affected by the Takata recalls sometime in 2014. Rosekind also points out that the suspect Takata airbag inflator has ten different configurations, which complicates discernment of the root cause.

Also, Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has pointed out that, “The messaging around these airbag recalls has been tormented at best,” and notes that Takata is attempting “to ideal an innumerable set of manufacturing variables, which for 10-plus years have resisted perfection.”

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Four:55 p.m.: Sitting before the Congressional committee, Takata executive VP Kevin Kennedy states that he believes ammonium nitrate—a propellant that he admits is “a factor” in these rupturing airbags—is safe to use in his company’s products, including airbags installed as replacements in these recalls. He admits, tho’, that all of the defective airbags discovered in testing have used this type of propellant; Takata is, Kennedy says, transitioning to using guanidine nitrate, a propellant that other airbag suppliers already use. He reassures consumers that not all of the millions of recalled airbag inflators are defective and also that his company is testing components “outside the scope of the recall” to make sure that the callbacks are far-reaching enough. He also claims that his company shipped 740,000 replacement kits in May, in addition to supplying explosions of airbags for new-car production.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, 7:05 p.m.: Now posted: our total story on today’s developments and how Takata plans to treat this situation moving forward.

UPDATE 6/Four/2015, Three:00 p.m.: Takata has informed Reuters that at least ten percent of the four million replacement airbag inflators installed as part of these recalls will have to be substituted again. The number could be much greater, as Reuters notes, “the safety of more than three million replacement parts [is also] in question.” A NHTSA official said the agency will shove Takata and individual carmakers to “demonstrate to us that the remedy parts are safe for the life of the vehicle.”

UPDATE 6/Five/2015, Ten:Ten a.m.: Mazda has added more than 100,000 vehicles to its list of recalls, bringing the total to toughly 450,000. Fresh to the list are the two thousand three Mazda six and the two thousand six B-series pickup; extra Mazdas from previously noted model years in the rundown below, including the RX-8 and the Mazdaspeed 6, are part of this expanded recall. The cars are being recalled for driver’s-side airbag inflators, while the pickups are called back for their passenger-side airbags.

Also, former Takata president Stefan Stocker, who resigned that position in December, has now left his spot on the company’s board of directors. Takata’s senior vice president of global quality assurance, Hiroshi Shimizu, has been named to the board, along with two other fresh appointments. Last December, speaking before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Shimizu “rebuffed NHTSA’s claims that several million driver’s-side airbags now demonstrate a national safety risk.”

UPDATE 6/Ten/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: A lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana, alleges that a 22-year-old woman was killed in early April when her two thousand five Honda Civic’s driver’s-side airbag “violently exploded and sent metal shards, shrapnel and/or other foreign material into the passenger compartment,” Automotive News reports. Her car hit a telephone pole on April Five, two days before she received a recall notice for her car’s Takata-supplied airbags. She died on April 9. Her death, if it was indeed caused by the airbag, would become the seventh attributed to a failed Takata airbag. The other six fatalities have all occurred in Honda vehicles, and only one crash happened outside of the United States.

UPDATE 6/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: There are many millions of vehicles involved in these recalls, but it seems as however thirty four million, a figure that Takata announced in mid-May, might be far too high. (That figure was for inflators, not vehicles, albeit few cars seem to be afflicted with numerous defective airbags.) Reuters reports that the number is very likely more like 16.Two million vehicles. Keep in mind, tho’, that Nissan and Toyota may not have yet announced their recall expansions in response to Takata’s aforementioned mid-May announcement. The figures in our chart below, as it shows up today, add up to 15.97 million vehicles, which is within two percent of Reuters’ figure.

UPDATE 6/12/2015, 11:35 a.m.: Honda has announced that its financial results for the fiscal year that ended on March thirty one will take a $363 million hit because of costs associated with repairing vehicles involved in the Takata recalls.

UPDATE 6/14/2015, 7:00 p.m.: Honda has confirmed that the death of Kylan Langlinais, whose two thousand five Civic crashed in Louisiana on April five and which we detailed above on June Ten, was indeed a result of the ruptured Takata-supplied airbag in her car. Automotive News reports that this is the 2nd of seven deaths—all in Honda vehicles—where “a driver received a [recall or safety-campaign] notification too late.” Honda has recalled toughly Five.Five million vehicles with Takata airbag inflators in the United States.

UPDATE 6/15/2015, Ten:45 p.m.: Honda has added almost 1.Four million airbag inflators to this ever-expanding recall. The fresh recall is for passenger-side airbags on 2003–2007 Accord and 2001–2005 Civic models—two vehicles with the highest defect rates uncovered in Takata tests. According to Automotive News, most of these particular vehicles have already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Daimler has recalled 40,061 Sprinter vans for their passenger-side airbags. Dodge-branded Sprinters from 2006–2008 are included, as are Freightliner-badged Sprinters from 2007–2008. Vans in both two thousand five hundred and three thousand five hundred capacities are being recalled.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, Three:15 p.m.: Toyota has announced that 1,365,000 more vehicles are subject to its airbag recalls. All of these particular vehicles are being called in for their passenger-side airbags. Specific models involved are: 2003–2007 Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2005–2007 Sequoia, 2005–2006 Tundra, and 2003–2007 Lexus SC430. Takata recalls now cover some Two.9 million vehicles in the United States. A report in Automotive News notes that twenty four incidents of “incorrect deployments” of Takata airbags have been recorded worldwide in Toyota vehicles, with at least eight reports of injuries and no deaths.

UPDATE 6/Eighteen/2015, 11:15 a.m.: NHTSA ultimately knows the total scope of this massive, ongoing airbag recall. The eleven carmakers involved have identified every vehicle identification number (VIN) covered by the recall. Check your VIN by using the government agency’s search instrument. Also of note: The Senate Commerce Committee will meet next week to hear testimony from NHTSA experts, the Transportation Department’s Office of the Inspector General, and representatives from Takata and automakers regarding the recall.

UPDATE 6/Nineteen/2015, Four:50 p.m.: General Motors has added some 243,000 Pontiac Vibes to its tally of the already-recalled hatchback, which was built alongside the Toyota Matrix in the mid-2000s. The Vibes in this activity, from the 2003–2007 model years, are being recalled for their passenger-side airbags. The two thousand six and two thousand seven model years previously had not been affected.

UPDATE 6/20/2015, 12:15 a.m.: Honda has confirmed that an eighth person’s death was caused by a defective airbag in one of its products. The woman who died was involved in a crash last August in Los Angeles; she was driving a rented two thousand one Civic. Bloomberg reports that this particular vehicle was part of four airbag-recall campaigns inbetween two thousand nine and 2014, each of which resulted in notifications being mailed to the car’s registered proprietor, who never had the recalls addressed.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, 11:30 a.m.: Another hearing on this matter is happening in Congress today. Early points of note include:

• NHTSA’s Mark Rosekind estimates that the thirty four million defective airbag inflators are installed in thirty two million vehicles, so only a puny percentage of affected cars have more than one defective airbag. Those figures may still not be entirely accurate, however.

• For months, NHTSA has been coming under fire for how it has treated the Takata situation and other latest large-scale automotive recalls. Staffing and funding are an issue for the government agency, but Senator Claire McCaskill said this morning that “I’m not about to give you more money” until major reforms are made.

• Fiat-Chrysler has hired TRW to supply replacements for the defective Takata parts in its recalled vehicles. Takata has been supplying the industry at large with a major portion of the required replacement airbags thus far. FCA senior vice president Scott Kunselman said during the hearing that his company would only use replacement airbags from TRW and is certain that customers will not need to comeback for subsequent repairs.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, Trio:45 p.m.: Takata still does not know the root cause of its airbag failures and stopped brief of ensuring its replacement parts. The company’s executive vice president in North America, Kevin Kennedy, testified today during the company’s third Congressional hearing that “many of the replacement parts are alternative designs” but that it was continuing to test these replacements as it ramps up production to one million parts per month. “What we do know is that it takes a considerably long time for these problems to manifest,” Kennedy said to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

UPDATE 6/25/2015, Ten:50 a.m.: Following Takata’s annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo today, company president Shigehisa Takada publicly apologized for the deaths, injuries, and issues that have been caused by the airbags produced by the company that his grandfather founded in 1933. “I apologize for not having been able to communicate directly earlier, and also apologize for people who died or were injured,” Takada said, according to Bloomberg. “I feel sorry our products hurt customers, despite the fact that we are a supplier of safety products.” The apology came on the high-heeled slippers of Toyota and Honda adding another three million vehicles to the worldwide list of those recalled.

UPDATE 6/26/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: Reuters reports that Takata president Shigehisa Takada took a major pay cut last year, earning less than one hundred million yen (about $810,000) compared with the $1.67 million he took home the year before. His wages could have been much less than ¥100 million, since, as Reuters says, “Japanese companies are required to disclose individual executive compensation only if it exceeds one hundred million yen.” Other senior executives at Takata also earned less money last year.

Following up on news that we very first covered on June 12, Honda has restated its operating profit for last year after taking into account costs associated with repairing vehicles fitted with potentially defective Takata-supplied airbags. The effective cash loss of about $363 million remains as previously stated, bringing Honda’s operating profit for the fiscal year that ended in March to $Four.92 billion.

UPDATE 6/30/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: According to a latest audit by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General, NHTSA—the agency that has been at the forefront of the examinations of these Takata airbag recalls—is utter of incompetent, mismanaged staff who are practically set up by their superiors to fail. Read our analysis here.

UPDATE 7/8/2015, 9:55 a.m.: The airbag in a Nissan X-Trail began a fire after the Takata-supplied device went off with excessive force during a crash in Japan, according to Automotive News. The passenger-side airbag “exploded, smashing the passenger-side window and sending high-temperature fragments into the dashboard, causing a fire.” The driver sustained minor injuries in the crash.

UPDATE 7/9/2015, 9:35 a.m.: Honda has recalled another Four.Five million vehicles, bringing the total number of its cars and SUVs involved in Takata-airbag-related deeds to 24.Five million. None of this newest batch were sold in North America; more than one-third are in Japan. This latest recall expands upon a mid-May recall of Four.8 million non-North-American Honda vehicles.

UPDATE 7/12/2015, 9:45 p.m.: Almost 90,000 Dodge Challengers from model years two thousand eight through two thousand ten have been added to this ever-growing airbag recall. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, Chrysler will recall 88,346 of the pony cars for possibly defective driver’s-side airbags. Prior to this activity, no Challengers had been recalled for this issue.

UPDATE 8/12/2015, 11:50 a.m.: Takata soon will begin a large-scale regional advertising campaign focused on raising awareness around the installation of replacement airbag inflators in affected vehicles. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, the campaign is “a sturdy digital advertising campaign” that will include crimson “Urgent Airbag Recall Notice” banner ads on websites such as CNN and Facebook. Only high-humidity locales will be targeted with the ads: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Cherry Islands. Also, a direct-mail campaign will target eighty five percent of the U.S. market.

UPDATE 8/Eighteen/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Volkswagen is now part of NHTSA’s probe on Takata-supplied airbags, following the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Tiguan during a crash involving a deer in June, Automotive News reports. No one in the vehicle was hurt. If this problem is related to that which spurred the massive recall for Takata’s front airbags, it would be notable as the very first report of the issue affecting side airbags, Volkswagen vehicles, and a model later than the two thousand eleven model year (with the exception of the two thousand fourteen Ford Mustang). A Takata spokesman told AN, “We believe [this malfunction] is unrelated to the previous recalls, which the extensive data suggests were a result of aging and long-term exposure to fever and high humidity.”

Automotive News points out that Volkswagen and Tesla are the only carmakers presently using Takata inflators that so far haven’t been subject to the recall deeds detailed here.

UPDATE 8/20/2015, Two:45 p.m.: Following news earlier this week about the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen VW Tiguan, two U.S. senators on the committee investigating these defective airbags are calling for the instantaneous recall of all vehicles that use Takata-supplied airbags. A statement on Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal’s website concludes: “In light of the most latest incident, which did not occur in one of the regions originally designated as ‘high humidity,’ and which involved a two thousand fifteen vehicle not presently subject to recall, we urge you to voluntarily recall all vehicles containing Takata airbags.”

UPDATE 8/21/2015, Three:45 p.m.: Toyota said it would consider using replacement airbag inflators from other suppliers, including Autoliv, Daicel, and Nippon Kayaku, as Takata faces a production backlog and scrutiny over whether its replacement parts are just as defective. From the beginning, Takata had agreed to let its competitors produce replacement parts alongside its own. Toyota has about twelve million cars affected worldwide.

UPDATE 9/Two/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA has announced that its previous totals for how many U.S.-market vehicles are affected by this Takata airbag recall were vastly overestimated. The most latest figure that the government agency is reporting is Nineteen.Two million vehicles affected, containing 23.Four million defective inflators (since the late 1990s, cars sold in the U.S. have been required to feature at least two airbags). NHTSA had been telling that thirty four million defective inflators were in some thirty million cars and trucks here in America.

NHTSA’s updated figure is much closer to the total number of vehicles represented on our list below, which presently stands at Legitimate.6 million.

UPDATE 9/28/2015, 12:30 p.m.: These recalls could soon grow to include extra carmakers. Via letter, NHTSA recently contacted seven automakers that aren’t presently included in the Takata recalls but which have used Takata-supplied airbags containing the suspect ammonium-nitrate propellant. The companies are Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Tesla, Volkswagen, Volvo (trucks), as well as specialty manufacturer Spartan Motors. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA said in the letter that the “remedy programs that are individual to each of the affected vehicle manufacturers have created a patch-work solution that NHTSA believes may not adequately address the safety risks introduced by the defective inflators within a reasonable time. . . . This process is intended to produce solutions for the prioritization, organization, and phasing of remedy programs, and to appropriately address the multitude of factors contributing to the complexity of these recall programs.”

UPDATE Ten/Nineteen/2015, Five:35 p.m.: General Motors is recalling a few hundred 2015-model-year cars and crossover vehicles for potentially faulty Takata-sourced side airbags; these vehicles aren’t yet shown on our comprehensive list below, but they’re called out in the post linked here. Unlike these GM products, all of the vehicles presently noted below are being recalled for front airbags, and almost all of them are from the two thousand eleven model year or prior. Also, NHTSA is planning to disclose more details—including extra manufacturers subject to the recalls beyond the current eleven—during a hearing on October 22.

UPDATE Ten/22/2015, 12:50 p.m.: In a public hearing today, NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind exposed more information about this massive recall situation. Nationwide, only 22.Five percent of recalled vehicles have actually been immobile. It’s only slightly better in the humid Gulf of Mexico region, where recalls have been finished in 29.Five percent of affected vehicles even however airbag inflators in those locales are more likely to explode upon deployment. Some inflators have been substituted with newer, but still at-risk, identical components. Of the 115,000 eliminated inflators that Takata has tested, four hundred fifty have ruptured.

At NHTSA’s request, the eleven affected automakers conducted a risk assessment, which found that six million total inflators in the United States “are in the highest-risk group that should take top priority for replacement parts,” according to Automotive News, while toughly eleven million are in the middle-priority group and two million are least at risk. In general, the older the vehicle and the more humid the environment, the higher the priority that the airbag inflator(s) be substituted.

UPDATE Ten/26/2015, 11:30 a.m.: The Volkswagen Group is gathering and testing Takata-supplied airbags, Automotive News reports. The company voiced to NHTSA a concern about the supply of replacement parts, if the Takata recalls are expanded to VW’s brands, which seems likely at this point. VW is presently unaffected by these extensive recalls, but as we noted in August, a two thousand fifteen Tiguan experienced a side-airbag rupture. All told, U.S.-market VW Group products are fitted with toughly Two.Four million Takata airbag inflators.

UPDATE 11/Two/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling a group of five hundred fifteen 2016 CR-Vs for driver’s-side front airbag inflators that could separate in the event of a crash.

UPDATE 11/Three/2015, 6:00 p.m.: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued Takata a record civil penalty of at least $70 million. The airbag supplier could be responsible for paying NHTSA as much as $200 million total if further violations are discovered. As part of the issuance, NHTSA has ordered that Takata “phase out the manufacture and sale of inflators that use phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant.”

UPDATE 11/Four/2015, 9:45 a.m.: Honda has announced that it will no longer use airbag components from Takata. In a statement, Honda said: “We have become aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data for certain airbag inflators.” According to Automotive News, Honda has been Takata’s thickest customer for many years.

UPDATE 11/6/2015, 9:55 a.m.: Following Honda’s lead, both Toyota and Mazda have said they will stop purchasing airbag inflators from Takata, at least those that incorporate ammonium nitrate. According to Automotive News, Mitsubishi and Subaru also are considering ripping off the airbag supplier. Almost forty percent of Takata’s sales in two thousand fourteen came from airbag parts.

UPDATE 11/9/2015, Ten:35 a.m.: Nissan has now joined Toyota, Mazda, and Honda in announcing that it will no longer use Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The Automotive News report on Nissan’s declaration also notes that Takata lost $70 million in the 2nd quarter of 2015.

UPDATE 11/23/2015, 1:45 p.m.: Ford is the latest carmaker to announce that it will no longer use Takata airbag inflators with ammonium-nitrate propellant in its fresh cars. Ford is the very first non-Japanese company to take this step.

UPDATE 11/25/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Internal employee communications reviewed by The Wall Street Journal display Takata withheld airbag-inflator failures in reports to Honda in 2000, four years before that automaker began its own initial investigation of a ruptured Takata airbag in a customer car. The documents showcase Takata’s U.S. employees were voicing concerns over their Japanese colleagues doctoring data as “the way we do business in Japan.” Takata says the “lapses were and are totally incompatible with Takata’s engineering standards and protocols.”

UPDATE 12/Four/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Japan’s transport ministry has banned Takata airbag inflators that use ammonium nitrate as the propellant (and without a moisture-absorbing desiccant) from being installed in future cars. According to Automotive News, such airbags “will be phased out from driver’s-side airbags by two thousand seventeen and passenger-side devices by 2018.” Vehicle models that are subject to Takata-related recalls have a six-month-shorter time framework for the phase-out. As noted above, NHTSA announced a similar ban for U.S.-market vehicles on November Trio.

UPDATE 12/23/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA announced today that another person has died as a result of a faulty Takata airbag inflator. The fatal July two thousand fifteen crash occurred in a two thousand one Honda Accord. Albeit the crash happened in Pennsylvania, the car had spent several years in the humid Gulf region. Also, the agency has been informed of five fresh ruptures to passenger-side airbags, which is “likely” to result in expanded recalls of the 2002–2004 Honda CR-V, the 2005–2008 Mazda 6, and the 2005–2008 Subaru Legacy. (The Honda and Mazda models and model years are already reflected on the list below.)

UPDATE 1/Four/2016, Three:00 p.m.: The Fresh York Times has detailed the contents of some internal Takata emails from more than nine years ago. As far back as 2000, internal reports exposed that there were “several instances [of] ‘pressure vessel failures,’ or airbag ruptures, . . . reported to Honda as normal airbag deployments.” One airbag engineer, according to the in-depth NYT story, wrote in a two thousand five report “that he had been ‘repeatedly exposed to the Japanese practice of altering data introduced to the customer,’ adding that such conduct was described at Takata as ‘the way we do business in Japan.’ ” In the same report, the engineer “warned that while the fudging of the data had primarily not switched the fundamental conclusions of the data, the practice had ‘gone beyond all reasonable bounds and now most likely constitutes fraud.’ ” In 2006, the same engineer wrote “Happy Manipulating. ” in an email to a colleague about how to graphically deemphasize the “bimodal distribution” of some tests conducted at high temperatures. He also suggested that his co-worker use “thick and lean lines to attempt and dress it up, or [switch] colors to divert attention.”

Takata maintains that “the emails in question are fully unrelated to the current airbag inflater recalls.” A Honda spokesman wouldn’t comment on the emails but said that his employer was “aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data.”

Meantime, Automotive News reports that some Japanese carmakers “may jointly invest in Takata” in order to soften the financial hit that the airbag supplier is facing as a result of these massive recalls.

UPDATE 1/8/2016, Four:15 p.m.: Mazda will recall 374,000 cars in the United States due to their passenger-side airbags. According to Automotive News, these airbags were found to be “prone to ruptures” in latest tests by Takata. The 2003–2008 Mazda 6, the 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6, and the two thousand four RX-8 are affected; these models had already been included on our list below, and we’ve enhanced the total accordingly.

UPDATE 1/22/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: A Georgia man died last month in a Takata airbag–related crash while driving a two thousand six Ford Ranger. His death marks the very first of nine in the United States and ten worldwide that have not occurred in a Honda vehicle. In the wake of this news, U.S. safety regulators are expected to add another five million vehicles to the Takata recall list detailed below. Automotive News notes that one million of those added vehicles have inflators “similar to those installed on the Ford Ranger,” while the other four million are being recalled following results of fresh tests on Takata airbags. Audi and Mercedes-Benz products will be included on the list below for the very first time.

UPDATE 1/26/2016, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has expanded its recall of 2004–2006 Ranger pickups, following news last week of a driver who died as a result of injuries he received from airbag shrapnel. The recall is for driver’s-side airbags in 361,692 Rangers in the United States and another 29,334 in Canada. These trucks had already been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. All 2004–2006 Rangers built in North America are part of this recall.

UPDATE 1/27/2016, 12:45 p.m.: The driver of a two thousand seven Honda Civic was killed in India last year in a crash that involved at least one Takata-sourced airbag that sent shrapnel flying into the cabin. An American Honda spokesman told the Associated Press that the driver was likely killed by other injuries sustained in the high-speed crash and not those inflicted by the defective airbag(s). The two thousand seven Civic is not presently part of Honda’s recalls in the U.S., but it might be added to the list soon.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, Ten:15 a.m.: Mazda has recalled all 2004–2006 B-series pickups for potentially defective driver’s-side airbags. The B-series is a rebadged Ford Ranger, and this recall expansion mirrors the one we described on January twenty six for the Ranger. Some Nineteen,000 Mazda trucks are affected in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Saipan. These B-series models had previously been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. In total, Mazda says it has issued recalls for 442,266 driver’s-side airbag inflators and 416,475 passenger-side inflators. The up-to-date list of Mazdas is below; many have recalls outstanding for numerous airbags.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, 6:00 p.m.: Honda dealerships in the U.S. have received letters from the carmaker stating that a fresh recall and stop-sale order applies to a long list of used Honda products: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2011–2015 CR-Z, 2009–2013 Fit, 2013–2014 Fit EV, 2010–2014 Insight, and 2007–2014 Ridgeline. According to Automotive News, if dealers don’t abide by the stop-sale order, they could be liable for any injuries that occur as a result of defective Takata airbags in these cars, which number some 1.7 million. The aforementioned vehicles have not yet been added to our list below because the news is not yet official.

UPDATE Two/Four/2016, 8:30 a.m.: Honda has officially issued recalls for Takata-supplied “PSDI-5” driver’s-side airbags on Two.23 million vehicles. The Honda-branded vehicles are: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2007–2014 Ridgeline, 2009–2014 Fit, 2010–2014 FCX Clarity, 2010–2014 Insight, 2011–2015 CR-Z. Acura vehicles affected by this recall are: 2005–2012 RL, 2007–2016 RDX (early production MY2016 vehicles only), 2009–2014 TL, 2010–2013 ZDX, 2013–2016 ILX (early production MY2016 vehicles only). These vehicles have been added to our list below. According to Honda, “Due to the large volume of fresh inflators needed to repair vehicles, the necessary replacement parts will not become available until Summer 2016.”

Older vehicles and those in high-humidity locales will be given priority for the replacement parts. In the meantime, dealers have been issued stop-sale instructions for affected vehicles that haven’t been repaired. These recalls are in addition to the 6.28 million Hondas and Acuras that had already been recalled for their airbags.

UPDATE Two/8/2016, 11:00 a.m.: Seat-mounted side-airbag inflators with the code name “SSI-20” are now under recall. Takata says this recall is limited only to inflators manufactured inbetween December thirteen and 14, 2014. A total of one thousand one hundred twenty nine Volkswagen and General Motors vehicles from the two thousand fifteen model year are tooled with these inflators. NHTSA began investigating Takata side airbags in August after a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Volkswagen Tiguan ruptured in June.

UPDATE Two/9/2016, Two:Ten p.m.: Daimler is recalling some 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and 136,000 Daimler vans in the U.S. market because NHTSA has indicated that the vehicles could contain defective Takata-supplied airbags. The Mercedes-Benzes are all from the 2005–2014 model years: SLK, C-class, E-class, M-class, GL-class, R-class, and SLS. The freshly recalled vans are 2007–2014 Sprinters with Dodge, Freightliner, or Mercedes badges. (Some 2006–2008 Sprinters had been added to the recall in June 2015.)

The Audi recall covers 170,000 vehicles from model years two thousand six through 2013. The Audis involved are: 2006–2013 A3, 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet, 2009–2012 Q5, and 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet.

BMW is recalling 840,000 vehicles from two thousand six through 2015; these vehicles weren’t among the toughly 765,000 that BMW had previously recalled for Takata airbags. The BMWs involved are: 2006–2011 3-series sedan and M3, 2006–2012 3-series wagon, 2007–2013 3-series and M3 coupe and convertible, 2007–2010 X3, 2007–2013 X5, 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible, 2008–2014 X6, and 2013–2015 X1.

The Volkswagen-branded vehicles, numbering 680,000, are from two thousand six through 2014. The VWs involved are: 2009–2014 CC, 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf, 2012–2014 Eos and U.S.-built Passat sedan, and 2006–2010 German-built Passat sedan and wagon.

UPDATE Two/13/2016, 11:30 a.m.: NHTSA has updated its website with more specifics regarding what Mercedes-Benz models are affected by this recall. They are detailed in an update to this story that we published earlier this week. The general models are as goes after, and they’ve been updated on our list below: 2005–2011 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2009–2011 C63 AMG); 2010–2011 E-class sedan, wagon, coupe, and convertible; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2010–2012 GLK-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2011–2014 SLS AMG coupe and roadster; 2007–2014 Sprinter.

Also fresh to the list below is the 2006–2007 Chrysler Crossfire, which was based on a Mercedes-Benz. A total of five thousand two hundred eighty three Crossfires have been recalled.

UPDATE Two/16/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors has added harshly 200,000 Saab and Saturn products in the U.S. and Canada to its list of vehicles covered by this recall. The cars involved are: 2003–2011 Saab 9-3, 2010–2011 Saab 9-5, and 2008–2009 Saturn Astra. These vehicles—numbering 179,861 in the U.S.—have been added to our list below.

UPDATE Two/17/2016, 6:15 p.m.: According to a report in the Fresh York Times, Takata executives allegedly withheld test results from its defective airbag inflators and ruined evidence as early as 2000. A top Takata executive is alleged to have ordered that failed parts be “discarded” and doctored a report.

UPDATE Two/22/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Reuters is reporting that the number of Takata airbag inflators recalled in the United States could almost quadruple, with the addition of inbetween seventy and ninety million units. That could bring the total of recalled Takata airbag inflators containing ammonium nitrate to as high as one hundred twenty million. (Some cars have more than one recalled airbag, so the overall vehicle total would be lower.) Reuters says that “Takata produced inbetween two hundred sixty million and two hundred eighty five million ammonium nitrate-based inflators worldwide inbetween two thousand and 2015, of which almost half wound up in U.S. vehicles.” The news service also notes that, “Takata produced most of the inflators that regulators are now investigating at its main inflator plant in Monclova, Mexico, or at plants in Georgia and Washington state, according to company documents.”

UPDATE Two/23/2016, Two:15 p.m.: A group of ten carmakers known as the Independent Testing Coalition hired a company called Orbital ATK (which works with rocket propulsion-systems) to conduct its own tests of suspect Takata airbag inflators. The conclusions, according to Automotive News, are that “it was the combination of these three factors—the use of ammonium nitrate, the construction of Takata’s inflator assembly, and the exposure to warmth and humidity—that made the inflators vulnerable to rupture.” These results are consistent with Takata’s internal testing as well as testing by the Fraunhofer Group.

UPDATE Trio/Two/2016, Three:30 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another 198,000 vehicles in the U.S. for suspect Takata-supplied, passenger-side airbags. The two thousand eight Corolla and Corolla Matrix, as well as the 2008–2010 Lexus SC430, are now included in this act. (Earlier model years of these vehicles were already included in this recall.)

UPDATE Trio/30/2016, Three:15 p.m.: According to court documents reviewed by Reuters, Honda requested that Takata redesign its faulty airbag inflators to be “fail-safe” back in 2009. That was after the company very first recalled a petite population of cars in two thousand eight after defective Takata airbag inflators in Honda models were linked to four injuries and one death. The revised inflators, which Honda began installing in 2011, have four extra crevices to vent gas so that if the inflators rupture, the metal enclosure is less likely to break apart and become shrapnel. Honda did not notify NHTSA of the design switch and denied that it ever had to do so, stating that it used revised parts to prevent “future manufacturing errors.”

Takata is facing a bevy of lawsuits, some of which are being consolidated in a federal court in Miami. Much worse, however, are the recalls themselves. According to Bloomberg, a Takata insider has estimated the cost of recalling every single airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate—a number in excess of two hundred eighty million—to be $24 billion.

UPDATE Four/1/2016, Five:00 p.m.: According to NHTSA, 7.Five million defective airbag inflators have been substituted as of March 11. That’s thirty three percent out of 22.Five million. But that doesn’t include another five million inflators recalled in February. Using those numbers, Reuters pegs the repair rate at about twenty five percent, using a baseline of twenty nine million defective inflators. Check out NHTSA’s Takata website to see the recall-completion rates by manufacturer. Honda has the highest completion rate, at fifty four percent, but several carmakers have rates of less than twenty percent. Expect NHTSA to update its numbers soon.

UPDATE Four/7/2016, Three:15 p.m.: Honda has reported a death from an airbag rupture in a two thousand two Civic under recall. According to KTRK-TV in Houston, 17-year-old Huma Hanif rear-ended another car on March thirty one in Richmond, Texas. Albeit her airbag deployed, investigators determined the crash wasn’t severe enough to kill the teenager. Her mouth was lacerated by the airbag inflator and a witness described her collapsing after exiting her car. Hanif is the 11th Takata-related death worldwide, the 10th in the U.S., and the 10th in a Honda.

UPDATE Four/14/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA has stated that there are eighty five million Takata airbag inflators in the United States that haven’t been recalled at this point. Of that eighty five million, 43.Four million are passenger-side inflators, 26.9 million are for side airbags, and 14.Five million are installed in steering wheels. Takata “has until two thousand nineteen to demonstrate that all of the unrecalled airbag inflators are safe,” according to Automotive News, which counts 28.8 million airbags as being recalled at this point.

UPDATE Five/Four/2016, 11:15 a.m.: Honda has reported two extra deaths in Malaysia that may be related to defective Takata airbags. While authorities have not yet singled out the causes of either death, Honda said the driver’s-side front airbags in two City models from the two thousand six and two thousand three model years had ruptured in two separate crashes on April sixteen and May 1. Both cars, which were not sold in the U.S., were under recall.

UPDATE Five/Four/16, 1:15 p.m.: Confirming what we reported yesterday, NHTSA has announced that Takata will recall inbetween thirty five million and forty million extra front-airbag inflators as part of an amended consent order inbetween the Japanese supplier and the agency. All of the inflators in question are non-desiccated, which means they do not have a drying agent to compensate for humidity. So far, NHTSA says only the non-desiccated ammonium-nitrate inflators have been rupturing. Takata now has to prove that the desiccated inflators are safe or else it will be coerced to recall those, as well. The recall, which will be conducted in phases, is expected to last until December 2019. Exact car models have not been identified.

UPDATE Five/6/2016, 12:30 p.m.: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) have demanded that NHTSA release the entire list of car models with ammonium-nitrate propellant. “This right to know should not be limited to the owners of the seemingly randomly identified fraction of vehicles containing Takata airbags that have been leisurely recalled to date,” the senators wrote to the agency. Blumenthal and Markey have repeatedly called on NHTSA to recall every airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate, albeit the agency is permitting Takata up to three years to prove they are safe.

UPDATE Five/13/2016, 1:30 p.m.: Honda will add another twenty one million vehicles to its recalls associated with these Takata airbags, bringing the automaker’s worldwide total to fifty one million vehicles. How many of those vehicles will be in the United States is unclear at this point, according to the Fresh York Times, which attributes this information to Honda vice president Tetsuo Iwamura.

UPDATE Five/20/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Mercedes-Benz has expanded its Takata recall, adding 196,975 cars to its list, all of which require fresh passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2012–2014 C-class, 2012–2017 E-class coupe and cabriolet, 2013–2015 GLK-class, and two thousand fifteen SLS AMG coupe and cabriolet.

UPDATE Five/23/2016, Three:45 p.m.: NHTSA has announced a recall schedule so that the Takata airbag inflators likeliest to fail very first will be repaired very first. To do that, NHTSA has separated the country into three humidity zones and is prioritizing repairs to vehicles registered in states with the highest humidity. Many car owners will have to wait more than two years before they know their airbags are defective.

UPDATE Five/24/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toyota has expanded its recall by about 1,584,000 vehicles in the United States, all for Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2009–2011 Corolla and Matrix, two thousand eleven Sienna, 2006–2011 Yaris, 2010–2011 4Runner, 2008–2011 Scion xB, 2007–2011 Lexus ES, 2010–2011 Lexus GX, 2006–2011 Lexus IS.

UPDATE Five/27/2016, 1:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling an extra Two.Two million cars in the U.S. for defective Takata passenger-side front airbags, as well as two thousand seven hundred one motorcycles for possibly defective optional handlebar airbags. The total list of cars in this recall are: the 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2006 Acura MDX; 2003–2011 Pilot and Element; 2005–2011 CR-V and Acura RL; 2006–2011 Civic and Ridgeline; 2007–2011 Fit; 2008–2011 Accord; 2009–2011 Acura TSX; and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour, Insight, FCX Clarity, and Acura ZDX. The 2006–2010 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing motorcycle is also included.

The vehicles previously not involved in this recall are: 2006–2011 Civic, 2006–2010 Gold Wing, 2007–2008 Fit, 2008–2011 Accord, 2009–2011 Pilot, 2009–2011 TSX, and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour. They have been added to the list below.

UPDATE Five/31/2016, 11:30 a.m.: Ferrari is recalling two thousand eight hundred twenty cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This is the very first time Ferrari has been involved with this defect. The 2009–2011 California and 2010–2011 four hundred fifty eight Italia are included.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling Four,322,870 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the 2011–2012 Chrysler 300, two thousand nine Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango, 2011–2012 Dodge Charger and Challenger, two thousand ten Ram 3500, 2007–2012 Jeep Wrangler, and the 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500.

Mazda is recalling 731,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2005–2006 MPV, 2007–2011 CX-7 and CX-9, and 2009–2011 Mazda six and RX-8.

Mitsubishi is recalling 38,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand seven Lancer and Lancer Evolution.

Nissan is recalling 402,450 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2006–2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2007–2010 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007–2011 Versa.

Subaru is recalling 383,101 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand six Baja, 2006–2011 Impreza and Tribeca, and 2009–2011 Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, also is included in this total.

Our list below has been updated accordingly, but the recall totals for each brand haven’t yet been recalculated because some individual vehicles have already been accounted for in previous recalls for driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford has almost doubled the number of vehicles it is recalling for defective Takata-sourced airbags, adding 1,287,726 vehicles to its count, all for passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX, 2005–2011 Ford Mustang, 2005–2006 Ford GT, 2007–2011 Ford Ranger, and 2006–2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln MKZ and Zephyr. Of those, 608,717 Mustangs and about four hundred GTs had already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags; the other models are freshly added.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Three:00 p.m.: A report from Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) says that four automakers are continuing to use Takata airbag inflators containing non-desiccated ammonium nitrate in current fresh cars, despite tests proving these inflators are the most prone to ruptures. Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen said they were using front-airbag inflators without the moisture-absorbing desiccant on certain two thousand sixteen and two thousand seventeen model year cars including the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Volkswagen CC, Audi TT, and Audi R8. Not all the manufacturers gave specific models to Nelson, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, who, in March, queried the original fourteen automakers involved. Another five automakers are still using Takata’s ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators, with or without desiccant, including Daimler (vans only), Ford, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru. Nelson’s office says the “majority” of all replacement inflators installed as of May 20—4.6 million out of 8.Four million—are Takata ammonium-nitrate inflators. Of those, Two.1 million are non-desiccated. All of this is legal under NHTSA’s consent order, albeit all non-desiccated inflators will need to be recalled and substituted by 2019. Eventually, all of Takata’s ammonium-nitrate inflators may need to be recalled. It’s very confusing that automakers would be permitted to install parts that are known to be defective, except NHTSA thinks they won’t become defective until years later, at which time decent replacement parts will be available.

Meantime, Toyota has expanded its Takata recall by some 490,000 vehicles outside of the U.S., in places including Japan, China, Europe, Mexico, and South America. The vehicles in question include 2005–2011 Lexus products, as well as Toyota Siennas, 4Runners, Corollas, and Yarises.

UPDATE 6/Two/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Audi is recalling 217,000 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2004–2008 Audi A4 and the 2005–2011 Audi A6. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

BMW is recalling 91,806 SUVs as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 BMW X5, the 2008–2011 BMW X6, and the 2010–2011 BMW X6 ActiveHybrid.

General Motors is recalling 1.Four million 2007–2011 trucks and large SUVs for their Takata-supplied passenger-side airbags. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Avalanche, Tahoe, and Suburban; 2007–2011 GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2011 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade EXT, and Escalade ESV; 2009–2011 Silverado two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2009–2011 Sierra two thousand five hundred and 3500. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls. GM reports that there have been no airbag ruptures in approximately 44,000 crashes of the recalled vehicles.

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 54,350 vehicles as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and the 2009–2011 Jaguar XF. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 199,705 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2008–2011 C300 sedan, C350 sedan, and C63 AMG sedan; 2010–2011 GLK350 and E350 coupe; two thousand eleven E350 convertible, E550 coupe and convertible, and the SLS AMG. Also, the brand’s parent company, Daimler, is recalling five thousand one hundred vans for the same issue: 2010–2011 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2009–2011 Freightliner Sprinter, and two thousand nine Dodge Sprinter.

UPDATE 6/7/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: The holder of a two thousand six Nissan X-Trail SUV has filed a suit against Takata and Nissan for wrist and head injuries she sustained in an October two thousand fifteen crash in Japan. The vehicle had been recalled for defective airbag inflators, but parts weren’t available at the time the woman’s hubby took the SUV to a dealership to get it immobilized. According to Automotive News, this is the very first suit in Japan against Takata and an automaker for these airbags.

UPDATE 6/Ten/2016, Five:30 p.m.: Toyota has identified the fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. The 2015–2016 4Runner and Lexus GX460, two thousand fifteen Lexus IS250C and IS350C, and the two thousand fifteen Scion xB have these inflators and will need to be recalled by the end of two thousand eighteen even tho’ they are still legal to sell. About 175,000 vehicles are affected in the U.S.

Meantime, Honda has recalled another 784,000 vehicles in Japan because of their Takata airbags, including Civic, Fit, and Odyssey models built inbetween two thousand three and 2009.

UPDATE 6/17/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Honda’s joint venture in China, is recalling one million vehicles for their Takata airbags, the Detroit News reports. Vehicles affected are Honda CR-V, Civic, and Civic hybrids as well as Platinum Rui sedans built inbetween two thousand seven and 2011.

UPDATE 6/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: Fiat Chrysler said it would stop using non-desiccated Takata airbag inflators with ammonium nitrate by next week. This applies to all of its cars built for the North American market. FCA will end production globally by mid-September. As of now, FCA said that only the two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler’s passenger-side front airbag used such an inflator and that it would notify potential buyers of any of these unsold vehicles. Without describing its methods, FCA also said it tested “nearly six thousand three hundred older versions” of this inflator and found no problems. The non-desiccated inflators are considered dangerous since they do not have a chemical to absorb moisture.

UPDATE 6/27/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Automotive News reports that a ruptured airbag emerges to have caused a woman’s death in an accident in Malaysia. The driver of a two thousand five Honda City was killed on Saturday, and the driver’s-side airbag was found to be ruptured. The official cause of death has yet to be proclaimed as of this writing. The car involved in the accident had been recalled in May 2015, but it hadn’t been repaired. If verified, this would be the third death related to defective Takata airbags in Malaysia this year.

UPDATE 6/28/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Shigehisa Takada, the chief executive of automotive supplier Takata, announced in a shareholder meeting that he will resign once a “fresh management regime” has been selected.

UPDATE 6/30/2016, Two:30 p.m.: Seven Honda and Acura models from 2001–2003 pose the highest failure rate among all recalled vehicles, with as much as a fifty percent chance their airbag inflators will rupture, according to NHTSA. The agency identified the 2001–2002 Honda Civic and Accord, two thousand two CR-V and Odyssey, 2002–2003 Acura Trio.2TL, and two thousand three Honda Pilot and Acura Three.2CL as the most dangerous. These cars were primarily recalled for the defect inbetween two thousand eight and 2011, and while “more than seventy percent” now have fresh inflators, there are still 313,000 vehicles with the original inflators. Eight of the ten U.S. deaths involving Takata airbag inflators have involved this group of Honda and Acura models.

UPDATE 7/8/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toughly 1.Four million vehicles have been recalled in Japan for their Takata airbags. Mitsubishi recalled 520,000 vehicles, Mazda 490,000, Subaru 290,000, and Mercedes-Benz 93,000. Of particular note for U.S. owners is that Mazda said the two (known as the Demio in Japan) will be recalled in America; the company recalled 74,310 Mazda 2s in China built inbetween two thousand seven and 2015.

UPDATE 7/Nineteen/2016, Five:00 p.m.: An internal audit conducted by Takata and Honda found the airbag supplier manipulated airbag test data that stripped out poorer results, according to Bloomberg. Examples of “selective editing,” according to former IIHS president Brian O’Neill, who conducted the audit, resulted in a report that was a “prettier shortened version” of what actually occurred. Depositions of several Takata engineers from an ongoing lawsuit found that reports to Nissan, Toyota, and General Motors were similarly doctored. Takata said the audit’s findings were “entirely inexcusable.”

UPDATE 7/20/2016, Three:30 p.m.: The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has identified extra fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. They are: two thousand sixteen Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2016–2017 Mercedes-Benz E-class coupe/convertible, two thousand sixteen Ferrari FF, 2016–2017 Ferrari California T, 2016–2017 Ferrari 488GTB/488 Spider, 2016–2017 Ferrari F12/F12tdf, and two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso. These vehicles remain legal for sale, but, per NHTSA, they must be recalled by the end of 2018. Audi, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen had previously been found to still be building fresh cars with the suspect airbags.

UPDATE 7/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: General Motors has stated that it may have to recall an extra Four.Three million vehicles in the U.S. for their defective Takata airbags, which would cost the company an estimated $550 million, according to Automotive News. GM recently added Two.Five million vehicles to its list of Takata recalls, the repair costs for which will cost as much as $320 million.

Also, Mazda has added three thousand seven hundred forty three B-series pickups from the 2007–2009 model years to its list of vehicles recalled due to potentially defective Takata airbag inflators; these trucks are being recalled for the passenger-side airbags. This is in accordance to the recall schedule we described on May 23. These Mazdas are located in what is known as Zone B, which includes Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Fresh Jersey, Fresh Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Previously, 2004–2006 B-series trucks had been recalled; our list below has been updated to reflect these extra model years.

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA is expanding its investigation of airbag supplier ARC Automotive to eight million potentially defective airbags after the driver of a two thousand nine Hyundai Elantra was killed in Canada last month. Automotive News reports that the car’s airbag inflator was manufactured in China, unlike inflators in U.S.-market Elantras from the same time period. General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, and Kia also used ARC airbags that are part of this probe. In July 2015, NHTSA began investigating ARC for airbags produced in Tennessee after airbag-related injuries were reported in crashes of a two thousand two Chrysler Town & Country and a two thousand four Kia Optima. Preliminary investigations of inflators made by ARC, which is unaffiliated with Takata, showcase “significant design differences inbetween the ARC inflators and the Takata inflators presently under recall.”

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 9:00 p.m.: Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its recall by another 54,000 vehicles in the United States. The recalls affects 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and 2009–2011 Jaguar XF models for potentially defective passenger-side airbag inflators. Vehicles from these models and model years were very first recalled in May 2016; this activity essentially doubles the recalled population. Jaguar Land Rover says that “affected vehicles are being prioritized for repair—split into four separate phases—based on geographic zone and vehicle age” and that customers will be notified by mail later this year when parts become available. In a statement, the company went on to say that it “is not aware of any case of an airbag module rupture on any of the 108,000 vehicles included in this recall.”

UPDATE 8/29/2016, Four:00 p.m.: General Motors pressured a Swedish airbag supplier in the 1990s to match cheaper prices from its rival Takata, despite warnings that Takata’s inflators were unsafe, according to the Fresh York Times. When Takata introduced ammonium-nitrate-based airbag inflators in the late 1990s, Autoliv scientists studying Takata’s design determined the chemical compound was too dangerous. It lost GM’s airbag contract at the time. “We tore the Takata airbags apart, analyzed all the fuel, identified all the ingredients,” former Autoliv chief chemist Robert Taylor told the Times. “The gas is generated so prompt, it blows the inflater [sic] to bits.” The Times also exposed that employees at a former Takata plant in Georgia let defective airbag inflators pass inspections by manipulating leakage tests and creating fresh bar codes so the tests couldn’t be tracked.

UPDATE 9/8/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Honda will recall another 668,000 vehicles in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. Affected cars include Accord, Civic, and Fit models built inbetween two thousand nine and 2011. According to Reuters, that brings Honda’s recall total to fifty one million Takata airbags.

UPDATE 9/9/2016, 9:00 a.m.: BMW announced it will recall some 110,000 cars in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The recall affects passenger-side airbags on forty four BMW models made inbetween two thousand four and 2012, including the 116i, 118i, and 320i. The recall is part of a massive order from Japan’s transport ministry that seven million vehicles be recalled by 2019.

UPDATE 9/Nineteen/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors will submit a petition to NHTSA for a one-year deferral of a pending recall of some 980,000 trucks and SUVs tooled with Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators, Automotive News reports. Takata is slated to proclaim on December 31, 2016, that “a large batch” of parts are defective, but GM wants a 365-day deferral to finish a long-term aging research probe with aerospace and defense manufacturer Orbital ATK. The investigate, which we outlined in February, is scheduled to end in August 2017. GM maintains that the delayed recall won’t endanger vehicle occupants, telling the inflators will “likely perform as designed until at least December 31, 2019.” Of the 44,000 passenger-side inflators that have deployed in consumer use and the one thousand fifty five that have been deployed in testing, none have ruptured, GM says. The deferral affects 2007–2012 large trucks and SUVs, namely the Chevrolet Silverado, Tahoe, and Suburban, the GMC Sierra and Yukon, and the Cadillac Escalade.

UPDATE 9/26/2016, Ten:45 a.m.: Takata exposed in a latest report that it neglected to notify NHTSA of a two thousand three rupture of one of its airbag inflators in Switzerland, according to Reuters. NHTSA began looking into problems with Takata airbags in 2010, but Takata officials did not mention the Swiss incident to the agency at the time. In the freshly released report, Takata said the Swiss incident did not relate to the NHTSA investigation and noted that Takata made production switches shortly after the two thousand three incident.

In the same report (available for download at safercar.gov), Takata said that its U.S. arm, not the Japan-based parent company, “was primarily responsible for the development, testing, and production of the inflators at issue in Recall Nos. 15E-040, 15E-041, 15E-042, and 15E-043.” Other recently released Takata documents also exposed that six hundred sixty airbag inflators ruptured during testing of 245,000 of the devices, Bloomberg reports. The company proceeds to reiterate that its airbag inflators are more at risk when they’re subjected to humid climates and as they age.

UPDATE 9/28/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda announced today that the driver’s-side airbag of a two thousand nine Honda City ruptured in a September twenty four crash in Johor, Malaysia, in which the driver was killed. This marks the fourth Malaysian death this year linked to a Takata-supplied airbag that ruptured in a Honda car. Honda said that it has finished replacements of 211,000 Takata front-airbag inflators in Malaysia, which is fifty four percent of the total number presently under recall.

UPDATE Ten/21/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Honda and NHTSA announced that a 50-year-old woman, Delia Robles of Corona, California, died of injuries that resulted from the deployment of a defective Takata airbag in her two thousand one Honda Civic. The crash occurred on September thirty in California’s Riverside County. According to an Associated Press report, the vehicle’s driver’s-side airbag inflator had been part of a recall since 2008; however, it was never repaired. Automotive News reported that more than twenty recall notices had been mailed to the vehicle’s registered owners. The deceased woman bought the car at the end of 2015, the AP report said. This is the 11th confirmed death in the United States that has been caused by a defective Takata-supplied airbag in a vehicle, all but one of which were in Honda vehicles.

UPDATE Ten/26/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another Five.8 million vehicles around the world because they might contain defective Takata airbag inflators. According to Reuters, the recall includes toughly 1.47 million vehicles in Europe, 1.16 million in Japan, and 820,000 in China, as well as vehicles in Central and South America, Africa, the Near and Middle East, and Singapore. Various Corolla, Yaris/Vitz, Hilux, and Etios models built inbetween May two thousand and November two thousand one and inbetween April two thousand six and December two thousand fourteen were recalled.

UPDATE 11/9/2016, 1:00 p.m.: In an effort to seek out recalled Takata airbag inflators that haven’t yet been stationary, Honda has partnered with CCC, a software provider for 22,000 automotive bod shops across the United States. When a Honda vehicle is entered into the CCC system for an estimate on repairing bod harm, Automotive News reports, an alert will show up onscreen if the vehicle has an unresolved open Takata recall. Bod shops are being “encouraged to reach out to [the customer’s favored] dealership to facilitate the repair on the customer’s behalf.”

UPDATE 12/12/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: To date, at least one hundred eighty four people have been injured by Takata airbags in the United States, according to a fresh report released by NHTSA on the recall’s progress. This is the very first hard number the agency has specified since investigations began in late 2014. Repairs won’t be finished until at least September two thousand twenty (in May, NHTSA set December two thousand nineteen as the end date). Another round of cars—including Tesla products, supercars from Ferrari and McLaren, and extra model years of previously recalled models—have been added to our master list of vehicles plagued by the defective Takata inflators. By 2020, NHTSA expects there will be forty two million vehicles with at least sixty four million inflators under recall. As of today, the count stands at about twenty nine million vehicles with forty six million inflators.

UPDATE 12/29/2016, Five:30 p.m.: So far, about 12.Five million suspect Takata inflators have been immobile of the harshly sixty five million inflators (in forty two million vehicles) that will ultimately be affected by this recall, which spans nineteen automakers. Carmakers and federal officials organizing the response to this big recall insist that the supply chain is churning out replacement parts, most of which are coming from companies other than Takata. For those who are waiting, NHTSA advises that people not disable the airbags; the exceptions are the 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models that we listed on this page on June 30, 2016—vehicles which NHTSA is telling people to drive only to a dealer to get stationary.

Meantime, a settlement stemming from a federal probe into criminal wrongdoing by Takata is expected early next year—perhaps as soon as January—and could treatment $1 billion.

UPDATE 1/11/2017, 1:00 p.m.: Honda added 772,000 more cars in a fresh round of recalls for non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. A total of 1.29 million Honda and Acura models plus eight hundred eighty two Gold Wing motorcycles are included; many were previously recalled for driver’s-side airbags. Besides the two thousand twelve Gold Wing, no fresh models or model years are included. Honda has the most U.S. vehicles of any automaker affected by the Takata recalls, now standing at 11.Four million cars and motorcycles.

UPDATE 1/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling 654,695 cars in the U.S. and 161,174 vehicles in Canada to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years are included, albeit Ford has added more of these same cars in other regions of the country that were not under previous recalls. Ford, including Mercury and Lincoln, now has recalled about three million cars in the U.S. The affected models in this particular regional expansion are the 2005–2009 and two thousand twelve Mustang; 2005–2006 GT; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln MKZ; 2006–2009 Mercury Milan; and the 2007–2009 Ranger, Edge, and Lincoln MKX.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, 11:00 a.m.: As with Honda and Ford, Toyota is recalling 543,000 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years have been added, albeit Toyota has included an unknown number of cars not previously under recall. Toyota, including Lexus and Scion and not including the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe, now has about six million cars in the U.S. under the Takata recalls. Affected models under this latest recall are the 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Lexus IS (including IS F); 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve Yaris and Lexus ES; 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve Scion xB; two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Corolla and Matrix; and the two thousand twelve 4Runner, Sienna, Lexus IS C, Lexus GX, and Lexus LFA.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, Three:00 p.m.: The U.S. government has fined Takata Corp. $1 billion as part of the Japanese supplier’s agreement to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud; the fine is violated down as a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million for victim compensation, and $850 million for compensating automakers. Also, a federal grand jury separately charged three Takata executives on six counts each of wire fraud and conspiracy.

UPDATE 1/23/2017, 7:00 p.m.: A total of sixteen brands recalled 652,541 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. Some or most of these cars may have been previously recalled to substitute other Takata airbags. Replacement parts may be available as soon as March or “Q1,” depending on the automaker. Only cars ever registered in specific states are under these recalls. Model-year two thousand eight and two thousand twelve Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG—as well as model-year two thousand nine Audi A4 and S4—were previously unaccounted for in our master list below. The cars recalled in this latest round are as goes after:

Audi is recalling 33,421 cars. They include the 2005–2009 A4, S4, and A6; 2007–2008 RS4; and the 2007–2009 S6.

BMW is recalling 48,380 cars. Included are the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve X5 and the 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve X6.

Daimler, in conjunction with Fiat Chrysler, is recalling 11,279 Sprinter vans. The two thousand nine Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter 2500/3500 and two thousand twelve Freightliner and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500/3500 are included.

Ferrari is recalling eight hundred twenty five cars from 2012. The FF, California, four hundred fifty eight Italia, and four hundred fifty eight Spider are all included.

Jaguar is recalling eight thousand one hundred ninety one XF sedans from two thousand nine and 2012.

Karma Automotive is recalling eight hundred eleven Fisker Karma models from 2012.

Land Rover is recalling eight thousand seven hundred sixty nine Range Rover models from 2007–2009 and 2012.

Mazda is recalling 93,812 vehicles. Included are the 2005–2006 MPV; 2005–2009 RX-8; 2007–2009 B-series pickup trucks; the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve CX-7 and CX-9; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Mazda 6.

McLaren is recalling three hundred fifty nine MP4-12C models from 2012.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 103,406 cars. Included are the two thousand twelve C-class sedan and coupe, E-class coupe and convertible, GLK, and SLS AMG, as well as the 2008–2009 C-class sedan and coupe, plus the 2008–2012 C63 sedan and coupe.

Mitsubishi is recalling one thousand nine hundred sixty four i-MiEV models from two thousand twelve and 2014.

Nissan is recalling 152,554 cars. Included are the 2005–2008 Infiniti FX; 2006–2010 Infiniti M; 2007–2009 Versa sedan and hatchback; and the two thousand twelve Versa hatchback.

Subaru is recalling 185,773 cars. Included models are the 2005–2006 Baja; 2006–2009 Impreza; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Tribeca, WRX, and STI; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, is also included.

Tesla is recalling two thousand nine hundred ninety seven Model S sedans from 2012.

In addition, thirteen automakers last week expanded the Takata recalls in Canada by almost 900,000 vehicles. According to Automotive News Canada, harshly Five.Two million Takata airbags have so far been recalled in Canada. A utter list of affected Canada-market vehicles can be found at the Transport Canada website.

UPDATE Two/6/2017, Five:00 p.m.: BMW is recalling 230,117 cars in the U.S. that may have a Takata driver’s-side airbag. The company said it is possible that one percent of certain 2000–2003 models may have had their airbags substituted with a Takata unit during a service visit, whereas originally these models used non-ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators made by Petri AG. BMW said it shipped 14,600 Takata replacement airbag parts to U.S. dealers inbetween two thousand two and two thousand fifteen but had no way of knowing how many were actually installed. While some of the recalled vehicles are already under recall, many are fresh to our list below, which has been updated. The recalled vehicles include the 2000–2002 3-series sedan, coupe, wagon, convertible, and M3; the 2001–2002 5-series sedan, wagon, and M5; and the 2001–2003 X5. Owners will receive notification in March. Dealers will check for and substitute any Takata airbags they find.

UPDATE Two/27/2017, 6:30 p.m.: Takata has officially pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud for covering up the engineering defects that have led to at least seventeen deaths and the fattest recall in automotive history. The guilty prayer comes six weeks after a Justice Department announcement that Takata had agreed to a $1 billion settlement, including $850 million to compensate automakers for repairs, $125 million for a victim settlement fund, and a $25 million criminal fine. Three Takata executives also have been charged with fraud.

UPDATE Three/Two/2017, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has recalled almost 32,000 vehicles in North America for Takata-supplied driver’s-side front airbags that “may not entirely pack, or the airbag cushion may detach from the airbag module due to misalignment of components within the airbag module.” Ford says this concern is not related to Takata’s rupture-prone airbags that use non-desiccated ammonium nitrate as propellant. The affected models are the 2016–2017 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX and the two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental; these vehicles have not been added to the list below because they’re being recalled for a separate issue.

UPDATE Five/11/2017, Two:00 p.m.: Honda is urging owners in Hawaii to repair any affected 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models as soon as possible—or risk a fifty percent chance of the driver’s-side airbag inflator rupturing in a crash. The so-called Alpha inflators were the very first Takata inflators to be recalled, and combined with Hawaii’s constant high warmth and humidity, they are the most dangerous. Eight of the ten airbag deaths within the U.S. were the result of these Alpha inflators. Honda says that Hawaii houses toughly one thousand one hundred unrepaired 2001–2003 vehicles with Alpha inflators; these are among approximately 26,000 unfixed Honda and Acura vehicles in the state that are affected by these Takata recalls. Honda also says that “0ver seventy four percent” of these cars have been repaired nationwide, all with non-Takata replacement parts. For affected models, see our Acura and Honda lists below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2017, Five:30 p.m.: Four automakers—Toyota, Subaru, BMW, and Mazda—have agreed to pay a combined $553 million for economic losses. The automakers have jointly lodged a class-action lawsuit requesting owners be compensated while their cars are undergoing repairs. Owners of approximately 15.8 million cars in the U.S. are eligible. The lawsuit does not compensate owners for any alleged lost resale value in their cars nor does it address private injury or property harm claims. The court must approve the settlement before it is final.

UPDATE 6/16/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Takata will file for bankruptcy “as early as next week,” according to sources speaking to Reuters. The filing is no surprise. Company finances began unraveling in early two thousand sixteen as lawsuits, fines, lost sales, declining stock values, and recall costs left Takata in the crimson with billions in liabilities. Key Safety Systems, a Michigan auto supplier possessed by the Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, is the purported buyer. Takata owes automakers $850 million for recall costs it must pay by 2018. The U.S. Justice Department is expected to be a creditor in the bankruptcy filing.

UPDATE 6/26/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Takata officially filed for bankruptcy today and has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Key Safety Systems, a Michigan-based automotive supplier wielded by Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, for $1.6 billion.

UPDATE 6/28/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Key Safety Systems (KSS) said it will drop the Takata name once the bankruptcy and sale are approved, according to KSS senior vice president Ron Feldeisen. The sale does not include Takata’s liabilities or its airbag business. Automakers are still uncertain if they will be reimbursed for recall costs, and lawyers indicating victims say the bankruptcy may limit their capability to collect damages.

UPDATE 7/11/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Takata is recalling another Two.7 million airbag inflators in the United States for rupturing. Unlike all the other one hundred million inflators recalled globally to date, these inflators contain a moisture-absorbing desiccant. Until now, Takata had said that only non-desiccated inflators were at risk for exploding shrapnel during a crash. These driver’s-side front airbags were manufactured inbetween two thousand five and two thousand twelve and were installed on Ford, Mazda, and Nissan vehicles, Takata said in a NHTSA filing. Only inflators with the desiccant calcium sulfate are presently under recall; these inflators still contain the propellant ammonium nitrate. The affected automakers will release separate recalls at a later date.

UPDATE 7/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Honda has confirmed another fatality from airbag ruptures in its vehicles, according to the Associated Press. On June Legal, 2016, an 81-year-old man in Hialeah, Florida, allegedly was performing “unknown repairs” with a hammer while inwards a two thousand one Honda Accord. The vehicle was running, and the driver’s-side front airbag deployed and shot out shrapnel. Police and witnesses still do not know what the man was doing when he was found unconscious inwards the car. He died the next day. This is the 12th fatality from faulty Takata airbags in the U.S., all but one in Honda vehicles. Of the ems of millions of cars under recall in the U.S., 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models are the most dangerous. NHTSA estimates that these cars have a 50-50 chance of an airbag rupturing.

UPDATE 7/17/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Mazda is recalling Nineteen,000 cars in South Africa—including the Two, 6, and RX-8—for two thousand three and later models, according to Wheels24. About seventy million of the toughly one hundred million airbag inflators under recall globally are in the U.S.

UPDATE 7/21/2017, Two:30 p.m.: Ford is petitioning NHTSA to not recall Two.Five million cars announced defective by Takata earlier this month, according to Reuters. The automaker wants to proceed testing but believes the particular inflators pose an “inconsequential” risk. The vehicles in question include: 2007–2011 Ranger, 2006–2012 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2006–2011 Mercury Milan, and 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. In January, GM petitioned NHTSA to exempt certain 2007–2011 pickups and SUVs (based on the GMT900 platform) from recalls until the automaker finished its evaluations by late August. NHTSA has not granted or denied either petition.

Also, Nissan has added 515,394 Versas, from model years two thousand seven through 2012, to this recall because the cars contain potentially defective inflators for their Takata-supplied driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 7/24/2017, 9:45 a.m.: Reuters reports that an Australian man died in Sydney after he crashed his two thousand seven Honda CR-V and the airbag sent shrapnel into his neck. Honda confirmed to Reuters that the car had a defective airbag. The deaths of eighteen people worldwide have now been attributed to these airbags.

Also, Mazda is requesting that NHTSA not recall extra B-series pickups; this comes in conjunction with Ford’s latest petition that claims in part that airbags in many of its Ranger pickups do not pose a risk of rupturing. The B-series is a clone of the Ford Ranger.

UPDATE 7/28/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Reuters reports that a 34-year-old woman in Holiday, Florida, was killed last week in a two thousand two Honda Accord after the airbag ruptured during a head-on collision. While officials have not determined the exact cause of death, she is likely the 19th person to die from defective Takata airbags.

UPDATE 8/9/2017, 12:30 p.m.: Nissan is the latest automaker to lodge a civil lawsuit that will compensate owners for economic losses while they fall under repairs, provide rental cars to owners driving the most at-risk vehicles, and pay for advertising and outreach to encourage more owners to schedule repairs with their dealers. The $97.7 million settlement mirrors the $553 million settlement that BMW, Mazda, Toyota, and Subaru agreed to pay in May. A total of Four.Four million Nissan and Infiniti vehicles have been recalled in the U.S. Only thirty percent have been repaired.

UPDATE 8/31/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling six hundred fifty brand-new vehicles in the United States that have defective airbags, albeit there is a critical difference from the general recall population of Takata inflators. Certain two thousand seventeen Ford Mustang and F-150 models have finish airbag modules built by Takata, while the faulty inflators inwards the modules are made by ARC Automotive, a Tier two supplier in Knoxville, Tennessee. The passenger-side frontal airbags are affected. Takata notified Ford after it tested the airbags and found an “abnormal deployment,” Ford said. Since July 2015, NHTSA has been investigating ARC Automotive for defective airbag inflators after two ruptured in older-model Chrysler and Kia models not under the Takata recall. NHTSA presently estimates that up to eight million inflators may be defective in Chrysler, GM, Kia, and Hyundai models in the United States.

AFFECTED VEHICLES (total U.S.-market number in parentheses, if known):

Acura: 2002–2003 Three.2TL; two thousand three Three.2CL; 2003–2006 MDX; 2005–2012 RL; 2007–2016 RDX; 2009–2014 TL and TSX; 2010–2013 ZDX; 2013–2016 ILX (including hybrid)

Audi (more than 387,000): 2004–2009 A4; 2005–2009 S4; 2003–2011 A6; 2006–2013 A3; 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet; 2007–2008 RS4; 2007–2009 S4 cabriolet; 2007–2011 S6; two thousand eight RS4 cabriolet; 2009–2012, two thousand fifteen Q5; 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet; 2010–2012 S5 cabriolet; 2016–2017 TT; two thousand seventeen R8

BMW (more than 1.97 million): 2000–2011 3-series sedan; 2000–2012 3-series wagon; 2000–2013 3-series coupe and convertible; 2000–2013 M3 coupe and convertible; 2001–2003 5-series and M5; 2001–2013 X5; 2007–2010 X3; 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible; 2008–2011 M3 sedan; 2008–2014 X6 (including hybrid); 2011–2015 X1

Cadillac: 2007–2014 Escalade, Escalade ESV; 2007–2013 Escalade EXT; two thousand fifteen XTS

Chevrolet (more than 1.91 million, including Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Saab, and Saturn): 2007–2014 Silverado HD, Suburban, and Tahoe; 2007–2013 Avalanche and Silverado 1500; two thousand fifteen Camaro, Equinox, and Malibu

Chrysler: 2005–2015 300; 2006–2008 Crossfire; 2007–2009 Aspen

Daimler: 2006–2009 Dodge Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2007–2017 Freightliner Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500

Dodge/Ram (more than Five.64 million, including Chrysler, not including Daimler-built Sprinter): 2003–2008 Ram 1500; 2003–2009 Ram 2500; 2003–2010 Ram 3500; 2004–2009 Durango; 2005–2008 Magnum; 2005–2011 Dakota; 2006–2015 Charger; 2008–2014 Challenger; 2008–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and Ram 5500

Ferrari (more than 2820): 2009–2014 California; 2010–2015 four hundred fifty eight Italia; 2012–2016 Ferrari FF; 2012–2015 four hundred fifty eight Spider; 2013–2017 Ferrari F12berlinetta; 2014–2015 four hundred fifty eight Speciale; two thousand fifteen 458 Speciale A; 2015–2017 California T; 2016–2017 Ferrari F12tdf, 488GTB, and four hundred eighty eight Spider; two thousand sixteen Ferrari F60; two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso

Ford (Three million, including Lincoln and Mercury): 2004–2011 Ranger; 2005–2006 GT; 2005–2014, two thousand seventeen Mustang; 2006–2012 Fusion; 2007–2010 Edge; two thousand seventeen F-150

GMC: 2007–2014 Sierra HD, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2013 Sierra 1500; two thousand fifteen Terrain

Honda (11.Four million, including Acura): 2001–2012 Accord; 2001–2011 Civic (including hybrid and NGV); 2002–2011, two thousand sixteen CR-V; 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2015 Pilot; 2003–2011 Element; 2006–2014 Ridgeline; 2006–2010, two thousand twelve Gold Wing motorcycle; 2007–2013 Fit; 2010–2015 Accord Crosstour; 2010–2014 Insight and FCX Clarity; 2011–2015 CR-Z; 2013–2014 Fit EV

Infiniti: 2001–2004 I30/I35; 2002–2003 QX4; 2003–2008 FX35/FX45; 2006–2010 M35/M45; 2009–2017 QX56/QX80; 2017–2018 QX30

Land Rover (more than 68,000): 2007–2012 Range Rover

Lexus: 2002–2010 SC430; 2006–2013 IS; 2007–2012 ES; 2008–2014 IS F; 2010–2015 IS C; 2010–2017 GX; 2010–2015 IS convertible; two thousand twelve LFA

Lincoln: 2006–2012 Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ; 2007–2010 Lincoln MKX

Mazda (more than 733,000): 2003–2011 Mazda 6; 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6; 2004–2011 RX-8; 2004–2006 MPV; 2004–2009 B-series; 2007–2012 CX-7; 2007–2015 CX-9

McLaren: 2011–2015 P1; 2012–2014 MP4-12C; 2015–2016 650S; 2016–2017 570; two thousand sixteen 675LT

Mercedes-Benz (1,044,602, including Daimler): 2005–2014 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2008–2012 C63 AMG); 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2007–2017 Sprinter; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2010–2011 E-class sedan and wagon; 2010–2017 E-class coupe; 2011–2017 E-class convertible; 2010–2015 GLK-class; 2011–2015 SLS AMG coupe and roadster

Mitsubishi (more than 105,000): two thousand four Lancer Sportback; 2004–2007 Lancer; 2004–2006 Lancer Evolution; 2006–2009 Raider; 2012–2017 iMiEV

Nissan (Four.Four million, including Infiniti): 2001–2003 and 2016–2017 Maxima; 2002–2004 Pathfinder; 2002–2006 Sentra; 2007–2017 Versa sedan; 2007–2012 Versa hatchback; 2008–2018 370Z coupe/roadster; 2009–2014 Cube; 2010–2017 NV; 2012–2017 Altima, Versa Note, Armada, and Titan; 2013–2017 NV200; 2014–2017 Rogue

Pontiac (more than 300,000): 2003–2010 Vibe

Saab: 2003–2011 9-3; 2005–2006 9-2X; 2006–2009 9-5

Subaru (more than 380,000): 2003–2014 Legacy and Outback; 2003–2006 Baja; 2004–2011 Impreza; 2006–2014 Tribeca; 2009–2013 Forester; 2012–2014 WRX and WRX STI

Tesla: 2012–2016 Tesla Model S

Toyota (6 million, including Lexus and Scion): 2002–2007 Sequoia; 2003–2013 Corolla and Corolla Matrix; 2003–2006 Tundra; 2004–2005 RAV4; 2006–2012 Yaris; 2010–2016 4Runner; 2011–2014 Sienna

Volkswagen (more than 680,000): 2006–2010, 2012–2014 Passat sedan and wagon; 2009–2017 CC; 2009–2013 GTI; 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf; 2010–2014 Eos; two thousand thirteen Golf R; two thousand fifteen Tiguan

We will update this list as soon as fresh information is available, but you can access NHTSA’s own running tally of affected vehicles here. For further information about your specific vehicle, go to the manufacturer’s consumer website or use NHTSA’s VIN-lookup contraption.

This story was originally published on October 21, 2014. It has subsequently been updated to reflect the latest findings and official list of affected vehicles.

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Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Utter List of Affected Vehicles

The automotive world and beyond is gyrating about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from almost two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them.

The issue involves defective inflator and propellent devices that may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, shooting metal fragments into vehicle occupants. Approximately forty two million vehicles are potentially affected in the United States, and at least seven million have been recalled worldwide. (UPDATE 9/28/2016: Affected-vehicle numbers, along with improper-deployment figures, proceed to grow, as detailed in the updates below.)

Primarily, only six makes were involved when Takata announced the fault in April 2013, but a Toyota recall in June this year—along with fresh admissions from Takata that it had little clue as to which cars used its defective inflators, or even what the root cause was—prompted more automakers to issue identical recalls. In July, NHTSA compelled extra regional recalls in high-humidity areas including Florida, Hawaii, and the U.S. Cherry Islands to gather eliminated parts and send them to Takata for review.

Another major recall issued on October twenty expanded the affected vehicles across several brands. For its part, Toyota said it would begin to substitute defective passenger-side inflators beginning October 25; if parts are unavailable, however, it has advised its dealers to disable the airbags and affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard.

While Toyota says there have been no related injuries or deaths involving its vehicles, a Fresh York Times report in September found a total of at least one hundred thirty nine reported injuries across all automakers. In particular, there have been at least two deaths and thirty injuries in Honda vehicles (UPDATE 12/12/2016: These figures are now verified as eleven deaths and one hundred eighty four injuries in the U.S., as detailed in the updates below). According to the Times, Honda and Takata allegedly have known about the faulty inflators since two thousand four but failed to notify NHTSA in previous recall filings (which began in 2008) that the affected airbags had actually ruptured or were linked to injuries and deaths.

Takata very first said that propellant chemicals were mishandled and improperly stored during assembly, which supposedly caused the metal airbag inflators to burst open due to excessive pressure inwards. In July, the company blamed humid weather and spurred extra recalls.

According to documents reviewed by Reuters, Takata says that rust, bad welds, and even chewing gum dropped into at least one inflator are also at fault. The same documents demonstrate that in 2002, Takata’s plant in Mexico permitted a defect rate that was “six to eight times above” acceptable thresholds, or harshly sixty to eighty defective parts for every one million airbag inflators shipped. The company’s probe has yet to reach a final conclusion and report the findings to NHTSA.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, 9:44 a.m.: The Fresh York Times has published a report suggesting that Takata knew about the airbag issues in 2004, conducting secret tests off work hours to verify the problem. The results confirmed major issues with the inflators, and engineers quickly began researching a solution. But instead of notifying federal safety regulators and moving forward with fixes, Takata executives ordered its engineers to demolish the data and dispose of the physical evidence. This occurred a total four years before Takata publicly acknowledged the problem.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, Five:29 p.m.: Two U.S. Senators have now called for the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation on this matter. Takata has stated that “the allegations contained in the [Fresh York Times] article are fundamentally inaccurate.” The company went on to state that it “takes very earnestly the accusations made in this article and we are cooperating and participating fully with the government investigation now underway.”

Read more about these developments on this C/D page.

UPDATE 11/13/2014, 11:Ten a.m.: Takata has released a more formal statement telling that the allegations made in last week’s Fresh York Times article “are fundamentally inaccurate” and that it “unfairly impugned the integrity of Takata and its employees.” The company says (in this PDF) that there were no tests of “scrapyard airbag inflators” in 2004, that after-hours tests in two thousand four “were not ‘secret tests’ . . . [but] were done at the request of NHTSA to address a cushion-tearing issue unrelated to inflator rupturing,” and that it “did not suppress any test results displaying cracking or rupturing in the inflators,” whether to automakers such as Honda or to NHTSA.

For its story about Takata’s statement, the Times spoke again with one of its two sources for the November six article. That anonymous person is quoted as telling: “What Takata says is not true . . . They are attempting to switch things around.”

On November 12, we reported about a switch in Takata’s chemical makeup of its airbag propellant, which the company says is unrelated to the ongoing recall situation.

UPDATE 11/Legal/2014, 6:Ten p.m.: In light of a latest airbag failure in a two thousand seven Ford Mustang in North Carolina—which was not part of the original “high-humidity areas” Takata recall—the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the defective Takata driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 11/20/2014, Five:35 p.m.: Automakers, officials from Takata, and motorists injured by defective airbags met for a hearing with Congress. NHTSA was accused of not responding quickly enough to the Takata airbag situation, and automakers also took warmth for being slow with fixes. As of now, the recalls remain regional, but it seems only a matter of time before they’re blanketed nationwide.

UPDATE 11/26/2014, 1:00 p.m.: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has formally demanded that Takata thrust through a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the suspect driver’s-side airbags. Also, officials in Japan are calling for a recall expansion, after an airbag from an unspecified car not covered by previous recalls ruptured in testing.

UPDATE 12/Two/2014, Five:45 p.m.: Toyota and Honda have released similar statements urging for an “industry-wide joint initiative to independently test Takata airbag inflators.” Meantime, Takata’s chairman stated today that he’ll create a “quality assurance panel” to scrutinize the company’s production procedures. Takata and NHTSA officials today made statements before the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. NHTSA is still pushing for a nationwide expansion of the still-regional airbag recall—but for defective driver’s-side airbags only; the agency says a coast-to-coast recall on passenger-side airbags isn’t necessary. Such a large-scale recall, many say, would squeeze the limited supply of replacement parts in the most at-risk (read: humid) regions of the country.

UPDATE 12/Three/2014, 6:50 p.m.: Takata executives, as well as those from NHTSA and several automakers, again sat before Congress, discussing how this nightmare situation went unaddressed for so long, how it can be immovable promptly and decently, and how it will be prevented from happening again. Honda is expanding its recall nationwide, and Takata’s internal testing has exposed high failure rates.

UPDATE 12/Four/2014, Ten:25 a.m.: Chrysler, Ford, and Toyota have expanded their recalls of vehicles tooled with Takata airbags.

Chrysler’s recall update adds the passenger-side airbags of toughly 149,000 two thousand three Ram pickups (1500, 2500, and 3500), which were already part of a driver’s-side airbag recall. The recall remains regional, encompassing trucks “sold or ever registered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Cherry Islands.” Chrysler says it is unaware of any accidents or injuries related to these airbag inflators and that no failures have occurred in laboratory tests. NHTSA has already stated is dissatisfaction with Chrysler’s budge: “Chrysler’s latest recall is insufficient, doesn’t meet our requests, and fails to include all inflators covered by Takata’s defect information report.”

Ford’s expanded recall is very similar to Chrysler’s, adding passenger-side airbags to the repair list of about 13,000 vehicles (2004–2005 Rangers and 2005–2006 GTs) already involved in the regional Takata recalls. Ford is even more selective with the targeted locations: it covers vehicles “originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Cherry Islands. It adds certain zip codes with high absolute humidity conditions in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Guam, Saipan, and American Samoa.”

Toyota has recalled some 190,000 vehicles in China and Japan, many of them similar to the company’s U.S.-market vehicles listed below.

UPDATE 12/Five/2014, Three:15 p.m.: Honda has announced the addition of three million vehicles to its list of affected cars—and also that its recall is now nationwide. Read more on this development in this story.

UPDATE 12/Legitimate/2014, Ten:50 a.m.: Ford has expanded the breadth of its recall for Takata driver’s-side airbags, adding almost 450,000 vehicles—all Mustangs and GTs—to its list. (Rangers are part of a separate act.) Mazda also expanded its recall to be nationwide for 2004–2008 Mazda six and RX-8 vehicles, upping its total of affected cars by about 265,000. Also, Chrysler recently added harshly 139,000 vehicles from the 2003–2005 model years to its regional recall, which now includes the previously unaffected areas of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, American Samoa, Guam, and Saipan. (Also, the 2006–2007 Charger is now listed below, compensating for an oversight on NHTSA’s outdated master list.)

UPDATE 12/Nineteen/2014, 7:00 p.m.: Providing in to NHTSA’s requests, Chrysler has drastically expanded its now-nationwide recall—by more than two million vehicles. A number of 2004–2007 model-year products, included below and specifically called out in this press release, are being called back to have their driver’s-side airbag inflators substituted. The company reports only one related injury. According to The Detroit Free Press, BMW is now the last automaker (of five) holding out from NHTSA’s request for a nationwide airbag recall on affected vehicles.

UPDATE 12/30/2014, Ten:00 a.m.: BMW has added another 140,000 vehicles to its now-nationwide airbag-recall list, meaning that all five primary carmakers involved in this situation have ditched the regional recalls. Also, Takata president Stefan Stocker has stepped down from the presidency of Takata, and top company executives have agreed to take significant pay cuts.

UPDATE 1/20/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Six panelists—including one who oversaw the Cerberus ownership of Chrysler—will join an independent review board in looking into Takata’s manufacturing processes and recommending best practices for what has become one of the largest-ever auto recalls. Former U.S. transportation secretary (1989–1991) Samuel K. Skinner will lead the panel.

UPDATE Two/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: Takata—finally—is enhancing its capacity to produce replacement airbag inflators at its plants around the world. By September, according to Automotive News, Takata will be able to make 900,000 replacement units per month. Upgraded assembly lines at a factory in Mexico have already enhanced that plant’s capacity from 300,000 units per month to 450,000. Meantime, reports of people being earnestly injured by these defective airbags proceed to arise.

UPDATE Two/20/2015, Four:Ten p.m.: Takata faces civil fines of $14,000 per day for its alleged refusal to cooperate with a federal investigation over these defective airbags. The supplier has provided slew of paperwork to NHTSA, but the agency found the “deluge of documents” unsatisfactory.

UPDATE Three/12/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Honda has announced that it is instituting a voluntary advertising campaign urging owners of Honda and Acura automobiles to check for open airbag and safety recalls that may affect their vehicle. See one of the ads and read more in our story.

UPDATE Trio/Nineteen/2015, Two:25 p.m.: Honda has added about 105,000 vehicles to its recall list. These include almost 90,000 Pilots from the two thousand eight model year as well as some two thousand four Civics and two thousand one Accords that previously weren’t part of the recall. Our list below has been updated.

UPDATE Three/23/2015, 1:40 p.m.: According to a fresh survey, a surprising and unnerving number of Americans evidently haven’t bothered to get these potentially lethal airbags repaired. Just twelve percent of all cars recalled for faulty Takata airbags in the U.S. have been repaired. In Japan, conversely, a total seventy percent of the three million cars under recall have been repaired.

UPDATE Four/14/2015, Two:30 p.m.: Honda has stated that the driver of a two thousand three Civic was injured by a ruptured airbag during a crash in Florida on March 20.

UPDATE Four/21/2015, Ten:15 a.m.: Nissan has added another 45,000 Sentras from the two thousand six model year to its large-scale recall for defective Takata airbags. Owners will be notified via FedEx. Affected cars, according to Nissan, are those “that presently are or previously were registered in Florida and adjacent counties in southern Georgia; Hawaii; Guam; Puerto Rico; Saipan; American Samoa; U.S. Cherry Islands; and coastal areas of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.” This act was partially prompted by the investigation of a March crash in Louisiana in which a woman was injured by airbag shrapnel from her two thousand six Sentra.

UPDATE Five/13/2015, Trio:15 p.m.: Toyota and Nissan announced fresh and expanded recall activity to substitute potentially deadly Takata airbags in almost 6.Five million vehicles worldwide. The recall affects almost one million vehicles in North America. The Toyota RAV4 (model years two thousand four and 2005), previously unaffected by these recalls, is now on the list; Toyota is recalling some 160,000 of the models to substitute their driver’s-side airbags. The RAV4 has been added to our comprehensive list below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2015, 6:15 p.m.: Takata has announced as defective almost thirty four million vehicles, which will lead to even more extensive recalls of vehicles with the company’s airbags (individual automakers will elaborate on the specific cars added to the recalls in the very near future). In its testing of the suspect parts, Takata also found that driver’s-side airbags in 2003–2007 Toyota Corolla and Matrix models (plus the Pontiac Vibe, a twin to the Matrix), as well as 2004–2007 Honda Accord models, are at the highest risk.

In a news conference today, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx called the expanded recall “the most complicated consumer-safety recall in U.S. history.” He added: “Up until now Takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. That switches today.” Also, the company has agreed to pay the U.S. government significant fines for not cooperating in the investigations of numerous injuries and deaths; the exact amount will be announced at a later date.

UPDATE Five/20/2015, 1:00 p.m.: Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that Takata switched its airbag propellant in two thousand eight to reduce the risk of overly forceful deployment and to address the moisture-related degradation of the propellant.

UPDATE Five/27/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Next Tuesday, June Two, a panel from the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing to go after up on the status of this ongoing situation. “We have suffered a year of Takata ruptures and recalls, and families are still at risk. No excuses. Michiganders, and all Americans, have a right to answers,” committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said in a statement. The most latest Congressional hearing took place in December.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda has added 259,479 vehicles to its Japanese-market recall tally, according to Automotive News. Affected model years are from two thousand two through 2008, which marks the very first time that two thousand eight Hondas have been included in this big airbag recall. Honda soon will announce extra airbag recalls for the United States, which will be part of the massive recall expansion announced last week.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, 1:25 p.m.: Chrysler and Honda have added hundreds of thousands of vehicles to their U.S.-market recall lists; this goes after Takata’s announcement last week that thirty four million total vehicles were subject to act. At this point, Honda is telling only that it will add harshly 350,000 vehicles to its list, albeit “most of the vehicles deemed at risk in Takata’s defect-determination report were already subject to previous voluntary deeds taken by Honda.”

The Chrysler expansion details approximately 1.Two million of its vehicles that were part of last week’s announcement, many of which are from model years that previously hadn’t been flagged. Accordingly, the following have been added to our list below: 2009–2010 Chrysler 300, 2008–2010 Dodge Charger, 2009–2011 Dodge Dakota, 2005–2010 Dodge Magnum (no Magnums were previously recalled for this problem), two thousand nine Ram two thousand five hundred and 3500, 2009–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and 5500, and 2008–2010 Mitsubishi Raider.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Five:00 p.m.: Ford has added more than 900,000 vehicles to its list of recalls for potentially defective airbags from Takata. The 2009–2014 Mustang and the two thousand six Ranger are fresh additions to the list. The later-model Mustangs—recalled for driver’s-side airbags—are by far the newest cars to be included in this exceptionally broad recall act.

UPDATE Five/29/2015, 6:25 p.m.: General Motors now has vehicles on the ever-growing list below (besides the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe): it is recalling heavy-duty examples of two thousand seven and two thousand eight Chevy Silverados and GMC Sierras. Also, Subaru has quadrupled the number of its vehicles subject to this airbag recall; that company’s additions are all 2004–2005 Imprezas.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: A Congressional hearing on this matter is scheduled for today at two p.m. We’ll cover the event via the afternoon. Meantime, yesterday a Takata executive announced that the company proposes “to substitute all” of the troublesome “ ‘batwing-shaped’ propellant wafers” installed in North America. We should know a lot more later today.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Three:35 p.m.: Highlights so far from today’s Congressional hearing come mostly from NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind. He encourages consumers to frequently visit safercar.gov to see whether their vehicle and its VIN have been added to the list; he promises that the website will have VIN information for every single individual car affected by these expansive recalls within two weeks. Rosekind is calling for carmakers to be more diligent in tracking down vehicles that have passed through numerous owners over the years so that the current proprietor gets recall notices as quickly as possible. If NHTSA had the authority, Rosekind says, it would have coerced off the road vehicles affected by the Takata recalls sometime in 2014. Rosekind also points out that the suspect Takata airbag inflator has ten different configurations, which complicates discernment of the root cause.

Also, Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has pointed out that, “The messaging around these airbag recalls has been tantalized at best,” and notes that Takata is attempting “to ideal an innumerable set of manufacturing variables, which for 10-plus years have resisted perfection.”

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Four:55 p.m.: Sitting before the Congressional committee, Takata executive VP Kevin Kennedy states that he believes ammonium nitrate—a propellant that he admits is “a factor” in these rupturing airbags—is safe to use in his company’s products, including airbags installed as replacements in these recalls. He admits, however, that all of the defective airbags discovered in testing have used this type of propellant; Takata is, Kennedy says, transitioning to using guanidine nitrate, a propellant that other airbag suppliers already use. He reassures consumers that not all of the millions of recalled airbag inflators are defective and also that his company is testing components “outside the scope of the recall” to make sure that the callbacks are far-reaching enough. He also claims that his company shipped 740,000 replacement kits in May, in addition to supplying explosions of airbags for new-car production.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, 7:05 p.m.: Now posted: our utter story on today’s developments and how Takata plans to treat this situation moving forward.

UPDATE 6/Four/2015, Trio:00 p.m.: Takata has informed Reuters that at least ten percent of the four million replacement airbag inflators installed as part of these recalls will have to be substituted again. The number could be much greater, as Reuters notes, “the safety of more than three million replacement parts [is also] in question.” A NHTSA official said the agency will thrust Takata and individual carmakers to “demonstrate to us that the remedy parts are safe for the life of the vehicle.”

UPDATE 6/Five/2015, Ten:Ten a.m.: Mazda has added more than 100,000 vehicles to its list of recalls, bringing the total to toughly 450,000. Fresh to the list are the two thousand three Mazda six and the two thousand six B-series pickup; extra Mazdas from previously noted model years in the rundown below, including the RX-8 and the Mazdaspeed 6, are part of this expanded recall. The cars are being recalled for driver’s-side airbag inflators, while the pickups are called back for their passenger-side airbags.

Also, former Takata president Stefan Stocker, who resigned that position in December, has now left his spot on the company’s board of directors. Takata’s senior vice president of global quality assurance, Hiroshi Shimizu, has been named to the board, along with two other fresh appointments. Last December, speaking before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Shimizu “rebuffed NHTSA’s claims that several million driver’s-side airbags now demonstrate a national safety risk.”

UPDATE 6/Ten/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: A lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana, alleges that a 22-year-old woman was killed in early April when her two thousand five Honda Civic’s driver’s-side airbag “violently exploded and sent metal shards, shrapnel and/or other foreign material into the passenger compartment,” Automotive News reports. Her car hit a telephone pole on April Five, two days before she received a recall notice for her car’s Takata-supplied airbags. She died on April 9. Her death, if it was indeed caused by the airbag, would become the seventh attributed to a failed Takata airbag. The other six fatalities have all occurred in Honda vehicles, and only one crash happened outside of the United States.

UPDATE 6/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: There are many millions of vehicles involved in these recalls, but it seems as tho’ thirty four million, a figure that Takata announced in mid-May, might be far too high. (That figure was for inflators, not vehicles, albeit few cars seem to be afflicted with numerous defective airbags.) Reuters reports that the number is most likely more like 16.Two million vehicles. Keep in mind, however, that Nissan and Toyota may not have yet announced their recall expansions in response to Takata’s aforementioned mid-May announcement. The figures in our chart below, as it emerges today, add up to 15.97 million vehicles, which is within two percent of Reuters’ figure.

UPDATE 6/12/2015, 11:35 a.m.: Honda has announced that its financial results for the fiscal year that ended on March thirty one will take a $363 million hit because of costs associated with repairing vehicles involved in the Takata recalls.

UPDATE 6/14/2015, 7:00 p.m.: Honda has confirmed that the death of Kylan Langlinais, whose two thousand five Civic crashed in Louisiana on April five and which we detailed above on June Ten, was indeed a result of the ruptured Takata-supplied airbag in her car. Automotive News reports that this is the 2nd of seven deaths—all in Honda vehicles—where “a driver received a [recall or safety-campaign] notification too late.” Honda has recalled toughly Five.Five million vehicles with Takata airbag inflators in the United States.

UPDATE 6/15/2015, Ten:45 p.m.: Honda has added almost 1.Four million airbag inflators to this ever-expanding recall. The fresh recall is for passenger-side airbags on 2003–2007 Accord and 2001–2005 Civic models—two vehicles with the highest defect rates uncovered in Takata tests. According to Automotive News, most of these particular vehicles have already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Daimler has recalled 40,061 Sprinter vans for their passenger-side airbags. Dodge-branded Sprinters from 2006–2008 are included, as are Freightliner-badged Sprinters from 2007–2008. Vans in both two thousand five hundred and three thousand five hundred capacities are being recalled.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, Three:15 p.m.: Toyota has announced that 1,365,000 more vehicles are subject to its airbag recalls. All of these particular vehicles are being called in for their passenger-side airbags. Specific models involved are: 2003–2007 Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2005–2007 Sequoia, 2005–2006 Tundra, and 2003–2007 Lexus SC430. Takata recalls now cover some Two.9 million vehicles in the United States. A report in Automotive News notes that twenty four incidents of “incorrect deployments” of Takata airbags have been recorded worldwide in Toyota vehicles, with at least eight reports of injuries and no deaths.

UPDATE 6/Legal/2015, 11:15 a.m.: NHTSA ultimately knows the total scope of this massive, ongoing airbag recall. The eleven carmakers involved have identified every vehicle identification number (VIN) covered by the recall. Check your VIN by using the government agency’s search contraption. Also of note: The Senate Commerce Committee will meet next week to hear testimony from NHTSA experts, the Transportation Department’s Office of the Inspector General, and representatives from Takata and automakers regarding the recall.

UPDATE 6/Nineteen/2015, Four:50 p.m.: General Motors has added some 243,000 Pontiac Vibes to its tally of the already-recalled hatchback, which was built alongside the Toyota Matrix in the mid-2000s. The Vibes in this act, from the 2003–2007 model years, are being recalled for their passenger-side airbags. The two thousand six and two thousand seven model years previously had not been affected.

UPDATE 6/20/2015, 12:15 a.m.: Honda has confirmed that an eighth person’s death was caused by a defective airbag in one of its products. The woman who died was involved in a crash last August in Los Angeles; she was driving a rented two thousand one Civic. Bloomberg reports that this particular vehicle was part of four airbag-recall campaigns inbetween two thousand nine and 2014, each of which resulted in notifications being mailed to the car’s registered holder, who never had the recalls addressed.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, 11:30 a.m.: Another hearing on this matter is happening in Congress today. Early points of note include:

• NHTSA’s Mark Rosekind estimates that the thirty four million defective airbag inflators are installed in thirty two million vehicles, so only a puny percentage of affected cars have more than one defective airbag. Those figures may still not be entirely accurate, however.

• For months, NHTSA has been coming under fire for how it has treated the Takata situation and other latest large-scale automotive recalls. Staffing and funding are an issue for the government agency, but Senator Claire McCaskill said this morning that “I’m not about to give you more money” until major reforms are made.

• Fiat-Chrysler has hired TRW to supply replacements for the defective Takata parts in its recalled vehicles. Takata has been supplying the industry at large with a major portion of the required replacement airbags thus far. FCA senior vice president Scott Kunselman said during the hearing that his company would only use replacement airbags from TRW and is certain that customers will not need to comeback for subsequent repairs.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, Trio:45 p.m.: Takata still does not know the root cause of its airbag failures and stopped brief of assuring its replacement parts. The company’s executive vice president in North America, Kevin Kennedy, testified today during the company’s third Congressional hearing that “many of the replacement parts are alternative designs” but that it was continuing to test these replacements as it ramps up production to one million parts per month. “What we do know is that it takes a considerably long time for these problems to manifest,” Kennedy said to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

UPDATE 6/25/2015, Ten:50 a.m.: Following Takata’s annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo today, company president Shigehisa Takada publicly apologized for the deaths, injuries, and issues that have been caused by the airbags produced by the company that his grandfather founded in 1933. “I apologize for not having been able to communicate directly earlier, and also apologize for people who died or were injured,” Takada said, according to Bloomberg. “I feel sorry our products hurt customers, despite the fact that we are a supplier of safety products.” The apology came on the high-heeled shoes of Toyota and Honda adding another three million vehicles to the worldwide list of those recalled.

UPDATE 6/26/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: Reuters reports that Takata president Shigehisa Takada took a major pay cut last year, earning less than one hundred million yen (about $810,000) compared with the $1.67 million he took home the year before. His wages could have been much less than ¥100 million, since, as Reuters says, “Japanese companies are required to disclose individual executive compensation only if it exceeds one hundred million yen.” Other senior executives at Takata also earned less money last year.

Following up on news that we very first covered on June 12, Honda has restated its operating profit for last year after taking into account costs associated with repairing vehicles fitted with potentially defective Takata-supplied airbags. The effective cash loss of about $363 million remains as previously stated, bringing Honda’s operating profit for the fiscal year that ended in March to $Four.92 billion.

UPDATE 6/30/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: According to a latest audit by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General, NHTSA—the agency that has been at the forefront of the examinations of these Takata airbag recalls—is total of incompetent, mismanaged staff who are practically set up by their superiors to fail. Read our analysis here.

UPDATE 7/8/2015, 9:55 a.m.: The airbag in a Nissan X-Trail commenced a fire after the Takata-supplied device went off with excessive force during a crash in Japan, according to Automotive News. The passenger-side airbag “exploded, smashing the passenger-side window and sending high-temperature fragments into the dashboard, causing a fire.” The driver sustained minor injuries in the crash.

UPDATE 7/9/2015, 9:35 a.m.: Honda has recalled another Four.Five million vehicles, bringing the total number of its cars and SUVs involved in Takata-airbag-related deeds to 24.Five million. None of this newest batch were sold in North America; more than one-third are in Japan. This latest recall expands upon a mid-May recall of Four.8 million non-North-American Honda vehicles.

UPDATE 7/12/2015, 9:45 p.m.: Almost 90,000 Dodge Challengers from model years two thousand eight through two thousand ten have been added to this ever-growing airbag recall. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, Chrysler will recall 88,346 of the pony cars for possibly defective driver’s-side airbags. Prior to this activity, no Challengers had been recalled for this issue.

UPDATE 8/12/2015, 11:50 a.m.: Takata soon will begin a large-scale regional advertising campaign focused on raising awareness around the installation of replacement airbag inflators in affected vehicles. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, the campaign is “a sturdy digital advertising campaign” that will include crimson “Urgent Airbag Recall Notice” banner ads on websites such as CNN and Facebook. Only high-humidity locales will be targeted with the ads: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Cherry Islands. Also, a direct-mail campaign will target eighty five percent of the U.S. market.

UPDATE 8/Legal/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Volkswagen is now part of NHTSA’s probe on Takata-supplied airbags, following the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Tiguan during a crash involving a deer in June, Automotive News reports. No one in the vehicle was hurt. If this problem is related to that which spurred the massive recall for Takata’s front airbags, it would be notable as the very first report of the issue affecting side airbags, Volkswagen vehicles, and a model later than the two thousand eleven model year (with the exception of the two thousand fourteen Ford Mustang). A Takata spokesman told AN, “We believe [this malfunction] is unrelated to the previous recalls, which the extensive data suggests were a result of aging and long-term exposure to fever and high humidity.”

Automotive News points out that Volkswagen and Tesla are the only carmakers presently using Takata inflators that so far haven’t been subject to the recall deeds detailed here.

UPDATE 8/20/2015, Two:45 p.m.: Following news earlier this week about the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen VW Tiguan, two U.S. senators on the committee investigating these defective airbags are calling for the instant recall of all vehicles that use Takata-supplied airbags. A statement on Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal’s website concludes: “In light of the most latest incident, which did not occur in one of the regions originally designated as ‘high humidity,’ and which involved a two thousand fifteen vehicle not presently subject to recall, we urge you to voluntarily recall all vehicles containing Takata airbags.”

UPDATE 8/21/2015, Three:45 p.m.: Toyota said it would consider using replacement airbag inflators from other suppliers, including Autoliv, Daicel, and Nippon Kayaku, as Takata faces a production backlog and scrutiny over whether its replacement parts are just as defective. From the beginning, Takata had agreed to let its competitors produce replacement parts alongside its own. Toyota has about twelve million cars affected worldwide.

UPDATE 9/Two/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA has announced that its previous totals for how many U.S.-market vehicles are affected by this Takata airbag recall were vastly overestimated. The most latest figure that the government agency is reporting is Nineteen.Two million vehicles affected, containing 23.Four million defective inflators (since the late 1990s, cars sold in the U.S. have been required to feature at least two airbags). NHTSA had been telling that thirty four million defective inflators were in some thirty million cars and trucks here in America.

NHTSA’s updated figure is much closer to the total number of vehicles represented on our list below, which presently stands at Legitimate.6 million.

UPDATE 9/28/2015, 12:30 p.m.: These recalls could soon grow to include extra carmakers. Via letter, NHTSA recently contacted seven automakers that aren’t presently included in the Takata recalls but which have used Takata-supplied airbags containing the suspect ammonium-nitrate propellant. The companies are Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Tesla, Volkswagen, Volvo (trucks), as well as specialty manufacturer Spartan Motors. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA said in the letter that the “remedy programs that are individual to each of the affected vehicle manufacturers have created a patch-work solution that NHTSA believes may not adequately address the safety risks introduced by the defective inflators within a reasonable time. . . . This process is intended to produce solutions for the prioritization, organization, and phasing of remedy programs, and to appropriately address the multitude of factors contributing to the complexity of these recall programs.”

UPDATE Ten/Nineteen/2015, Five:35 p.m.: General Motors is recalling a few hundred 2015-model-year cars and crossover vehicles for potentially faulty Takata-sourced side airbags; these vehicles aren’t yet shown on our comprehensive list below, but they’re called out in the post linked here. Unlike these GM products, all of the vehicles presently noted below are being recalled for front airbags, and almost all of them are from the two thousand eleven model year or prior. Also, NHTSA is planning to disclose more details—including extra manufacturers subject to the recalls beyond the current eleven—during a hearing on October 22.

UPDATE Ten/22/2015, 12:50 p.m.: In a public hearing today, NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind exposed more information about this massive recall situation. Nationwide, only 22.Five percent of recalled vehicles have actually been immobile. It’s only slightly better in the humid Gulf of Mexico region, where recalls have been ended in 29.Five percent of affected vehicles even however airbag inflators in those locales are more likely to explode upon deployment. Some inflators have been substituted with newer, but still at-risk, identical components. Of the 115,000 eliminated inflators that Takata has tested, four hundred fifty have ruptured.

At NHTSA’s request, the eleven affected automakers conducted a risk assessment, which found that six million total inflators in the United States “are in the highest-risk group that should take top priority for replacement parts,” according to Automotive News, while harshly eleven million are in the middle-priority group and two million are least at risk. In general, the older the vehicle and the more humid the environment, the higher the priority that the airbag inflator(s) be substituted.

UPDATE Ten/26/2015, 11:30 a.m.: The Volkswagen Group is gathering and testing Takata-supplied airbags, Automotive News reports. The company voiced to NHTSA a concern about the supply of replacement parts, if the Takata recalls are expanded to VW’s brands, which seems likely at this point. VW is presently unaffected by these extensive recalls, but as we noted in August, a two thousand fifteen Tiguan experienced a side-airbag rupture. All told, U.S.-market VW Group products are fitted with harshly Two.Four million Takata airbag inflators.

UPDATE 11/Two/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling a group of five hundred fifteen 2016 CR-Vs for driver’s-side front airbag inflators that could separate in the event of a crash.

UPDATE 11/Three/2015, 6:00 p.m.: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued Takata a record civil penalty of at least $70 million. The airbag supplier could be responsible for paying NHTSA as much as $200 million total if further violations are discovered. As part of the issuance, NHTSA has ordered that Takata “phase out the manufacture and sale of inflators that use phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant.”

UPDATE 11/Four/2015, 9:45 a.m.: Honda has announced that it will no longer use airbag components from Takata. In a statement, Honda said: “We have become aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data for certain airbag inflators.” According to Automotive News, Honda has been Takata’s thickest customer for many years.

UPDATE 11/6/2015, 9:55 a.m.: Following Honda’s lead, both Toyota and Mazda have said they will stop purchasing airbag inflators from Takata, at least those that incorporate ammonium nitrate. According to Automotive News, Mitsubishi and Subaru also are considering ripping off the airbag supplier. Almost forty percent of Takata’s sales in two thousand fourteen came from airbag parts.

UPDATE 11/9/2015, Ten:35 a.m.: Nissan has now joined Toyota, Mazda, and Honda in announcing that it will no longer use Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The Automotive News report on Nissan’s declaration also notes that Takata lost $70 million in the 2nd quarter of 2015.

UPDATE 11/23/2015, 1:45 p.m.: Ford is the latest carmaker to proclaim that it will no longer use Takata airbag inflators with ammonium-nitrate propellant in its fresh cars. Ford is the very first non-Japanese company to take this step.

UPDATE 11/25/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Internal employee communications reviewed by The Wall Street Journal showcase Takata withheld airbag-inflator failures in reports to Honda in 2000, four years before that automaker began its own initial investigation of a ruptured Takata airbag in a customer car. The documents display Takata’s U.S. employees were voicing concerns over their Japanese colleagues doctoring data as “the way we do business in Japan.” Takata says the “lapses were and are totally incompatible with Takata’s engineering standards and protocols.”

UPDATE 12/Four/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Japan’s transport ministry has banned Takata airbag inflators that use ammonium nitrate as the propellant (and without a moisture-absorbing desiccant) from being installed in future cars. According to Automotive News, such airbags “will be phased out from driver’s-side airbags by two thousand seventeen and passenger-side devices by 2018.” Vehicle models that are subject to Takata-related recalls have a six-month-shorter time framework for the phase-out. As noted above, NHTSA announced a similar ban for U.S.-market vehicles on November Three.

UPDATE 12/23/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA announced today that another person has died as a result of a faulty Takata airbag inflator. The fatal July two thousand fifteen crash occurred in a two thousand one Honda Accord. Albeit the crash happened in Pennsylvania, the car had spent several years in the humid Gulf region. Also, the agency has been informed of five fresh ruptures to passenger-side airbags, which is “likely” to result in expanded recalls of the 2002–2004 Honda CR-V, the 2005–2008 Mazda 6, and the 2005–2008 Subaru Legacy. (The Honda and Mazda models and model years are already reflected on the list below.)

UPDATE 1/Four/2016, Trio:00 p.m.: The Fresh York Times has detailed the contents of some internal Takata emails from more than nine years ago. As far back as 2000, internal reports exposed that there were “several instances [of] ‘pressure vessel failures,’ or airbag ruptures, . . . reported to Honda as normal airbag deployments.” One airbag engineer, according to the in-depth NYT story, wrote in a two thousand five report “that he had been ‘repeatedly exposed to the Japanese practice of altering data introduced to the customer,’ adding that such conduct was described at Takata as ‘the way we do business in Japan.’ ” In the same report, the engineer “warned that while the fudging of the data had originally not switched the fundamental conclusions of the data, the practice had ‘gone beyond all reasonable bounds and now most likely constitutes fraud.’ ” In 2006, the same engineer wrote “Happy Manipulating. ” in an email to a colleague about how to graphically deemphasize the “bimodal distribution” of some tests conducted at high temperatures. He also suggested that his co-worker use “thick and lean lines to attempt and dress it up, or [switch] colors to divert attention.”

Takata maintains that “the emails in question are downright unrelated to the current airbag inflater recalls.” A Honda spokesman wouldn’t comment on the emails but said that his employer was “aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data.”

Meantime, Automotive News reports that some Japanese carmakers “may jointly invest in Takata” in order to soften the financial hit that the airbag supplier is facing as a result of these massive recalls.

UPDATE 1/8/2016, Four:15 p.m.: Mazda will recall 374,000 cars in the United States due to their passenger-side airbags. According to Automotive News, these airbags were found to be “prone to ruptures” in latest tests by Takata. The 2003–2008 Mazda 6, the 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6, and the two thousand four RX-8 are affected; these models had already been included on our list below, and we’ve enhanced the total accordingly.

UPDATE 1/22/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: A Georgia man died last month in a Takata airbag–related crash while driving a two thousand six Ford Ranger. His death marks the very first of nine in the United States and ten worldwide that have not occurred in a Honda vehicle. In the wake of this news, U.S. safety regulators are expected to add another five million vehicles to the Takata recall list detailed below. Automotive News notes that one million of those added vehicles have inflators “similar to those installed on the Ford Ranger,” while the other four million are being recalled following results of fresh tests on Takata airbags. Audi and Mercedes-Benz products will be included on the list below for the very first time.

UPDATE 1/26/2016, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has expanded its recall of 2004–2006 Ranger pickups, following news last week of a driver who died as a result of injuries he received from airbag shrapnel. The recall is for driver’s-side airbags in 361,692 Rangers in the United States and another 29,334 in Canada. These trucks had already been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. All 2004–2006 Rangers built in North America are part of this recall.

UPDATE 1/27/2016, 12:45 p.m.: The driver of a two thousand seven Honda Civic was killed in India last year in a crash that involved at least one Takata-sourced airbag that sent shrapnel flying into the cabin. An American Honda spokesman told the Associated Press that the driver was likely killed by other injuries sustained in the high-speed crash and not those inflicted by the defective airbag(s). The two thousand seven Civic is not presently part of Honda’s recalls in the U.S., but it might be added to the list soon.

UPDATE Two/Trio/2016, Ten:15 a.m.: Mazda has recalled all 2004–2006 B-series pickups for potentially defective driver’s-side airbags. The B-series is a rebadged Ford Ranger, and this recall expansion mirrors the one we described on January twenty six for the Ranger. Some Nineteen,000 Mazda trucks are affected in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Saipan. These B-series models had previously been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. In total, Mazda says it has issued recalls for 442,266 driver’s-side airbag inflators and 416,475 passenger-side inflators. The up-to-date list of Mazdas is below; many have recalls outstanding for numerous airbags.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, 6:00 p.m.: Honda dealerships in the U.S. have received letters from the carmaker stating that a fresh recall and stop-sale order applies to a long list of used Honda products: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2011–2015 CR-Z, 2009–2013 Fit, 2013–2014 Fit EV, 2010–2014 Insight, and 2007–2014 Ridgeline. According to Automotive News, if dealers don’t abide by the stop-sale order, they could be liable for any injuries that occur as a result of defective Takata airbags in these cars, which number some 1.7 million. The aforementioned vehicles have not yet been added to our list below because the news is not yet official.

UPDATE Two/Four/2016, 8:30 a.m.: Honda has officially issued recalls for Takata-supplied “PSDI-5” driver’s-side airbags on Two.23 million vehicles. The Honda-branded vehicles are: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2007–2014 Ridgeline, 2009–2014 Fit, 2010–2014 FCX Clarity, 2010–2014 Insight, 2011–2015 CR-Z. Acura vehicles affected by this recall are: 2005–2012 RL, 2007–2016 RDX (early production MY2016 vehicles only), 2009–2014 TL, 2010–2013 ZDX, 2013–2016 ILX (early production MY2016 vehicles only). These vehicles have been added to our list below. According to Honda, “Due to the large volume of fresh inflators needed to repair vehicles, the necessary replacement parts will not become available until Summer 2016.”

Older vehicles and those in high-humidity locales will be given priority for the replacement parts. In the meantime, dealers have been issued stop-sale instructions for affected vehicles that haven’t been repaired. These recalls are in addition to the 6.28 million Hondas and Acuras that had already been recalled for their airbags.

UPDATE Two/8/2016, 11:00 a.m.: Seat-mounted side-airbag inflators with the code name “SSI-20” are now under recall. Takata says this recall is limited only to inflators manufactured inbetween December thirteen and 14, 2014. A total of one thousand one hundred twenty nine Volkswagen and General Motors vehicles from the two thousand fifteen model year are tooled with these inflators. NHTSA began investigating Takata side airbags in August after a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Volkswagen Tiguan ruptured in June.

UPDATE Two/9/2016, Two:Ten p.m.: Daimler is recalling some 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and 136,000 Daimler vans in the U.S. market because NHTSA has indicated that the vehicles could contain defective Takata-supplied airbags. The Mercedes-Benzes are all from the 2005–2014 model years: SLK, C-class, E-class, M-class, GL-class, R-class, and SLS. The freshly recalled vans are 2007–2014 Sprinters with Dodge, Freightliner, or Mercedes badges. (Some 2006–2008 Sprinters had been added to the recall in June 2015.)

The Audi recall covers 170,000 vehicles from model years two thousand six through 2013. The Audis involved are: 2006–2013 A3, 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet, 2009–2012 Q5, and 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet.

BMW is recalling 840,000 vehicles from two thousand six through 2015; these vehicles weren’t among the toughly 765,000 that BMW had previously recalled for Takata airbags. The BMWs involved are: 2006–2011 3-series sedan and M3, 2006–2012 3-series wagon, 2007–2013 3-series and M3 coupe and convertible, 2007–2010 X3, 2007–2013 X5, 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible, 2008–2014 X6, and 2013–2015 X1.

The Volkswagen-branded vehicles, numbering 680,000, are from two thousand six through 2014. The VWs involved are: 2009–2014 CC, 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf, 2012–2014 Eos and U.S.-built Passat sedan, and 2006–2010 German-built Passat sedan and wagon.

UPDATE Two/13/2016, 11:30 a.m.: NHTSA has updated its website with more specifics regarding what Mercedes-Benz models are affected by this recall. They are detailed in an update to this story that we published earlier this week. The general models are as goes after, and they’ve been updated on our list below: 2005–2011 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2009–2011 C63 AMG); 2010–2011 E-class sedan, wagon, coupe, and convertible; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2010–2012 GLK-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2011–2014 SLS AMG coupe and roadster; 2007–2014 Sprinter.

Also fresh to the list below is the 2006–2007 Chrysler Crossfire, which was based on a Mercedes-Benz. A total of five thousand two hundred eighty three Crossfires have been recalled.

UPDATE Two/16/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors has added toughly 200,000 Saab and Saturn products in the U.S. and Canada to its list of vehicles covered by this recall. The cars involved are: 2003–2011 Saab 9-3, 2010–2011 Saab 9-5, and 2008–2009 Saturn Astra. These vehicles—numbering 179,861 in the U.S.—have been added to our list below.

UPDATE Two/17/2016, 6:15 p.m.: According to a report in the Fresh York Times, Takata executives allegedly withheld test results from its defective airbag inflators and ruined evidence as early as 2000. A top Takata executive is alleged to have ordered that failed parts be “discarded” and doctored a report.

UPDATE Two/22/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Reuters is reporting that the number of Takata airbag inflators recalled in the United States could almost quadruple, with the addition of inbetween seventy and ninety million units. That could bring the total of recalled Takata airbag inflators containing ammonium nitrate to as high as one hundred twenty million. (Some cars have more than one recalled airbag, so the overall vehicle total would be lower.) Reuters says that “Takata produced inbetween two hundred sixty million and two hundred eighty five million ammonium nitrate-based inflators worldwide inbetween two thousand and 2015, of which almost half wound up in U.S. vehicles.” The news service also notes that, “Takata produced most of the inflators that regulators are now investigating at its main inflator plant in Monclova, Mexico, or at plants in Georgia and Washington state, according to company documents.”

UPDATE Two/23/2016, Two:15 p.m.: A group of ten carmakers known as the Independent Testing Coalition hired a company called Orbital ATK (which works with rocket propulsion-systems) to conduct its own tests of suspect Takata airbag inflators. The conclusions, according to Automotive News, are that “it was the combination of these three factors—the use of ammonium nitrate, the construction of Takata’s inflator assembly, and the exposure to fever and humidity—that made the inflators vulnerable to rupture.” These results are consistent with Takata’s internal testing as well as testing by the Fraunhofer Group.

UPDATE Three/Two/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another 198,000 vehicles in the U.S. for suspect Takata-supplied, passenger-side airbags. The two thousand eight Corolla and Corolla Matrix, as well as the 2008–2010 Lexus SC430, are now included in this act. (Earlier model years of these vehicles were already included in this recall.)

UPDATE Trio/30/2016, Three:15 p.m.: According to court documents reviewed by Reuters, Honda requested that Takata redesign its faulty airbag inflators to be “fail-safe” back in 2009. That was after the company very first recalled a puny population of cars in two thousand eight after defective Takata airbag inflators in Honda models were linked to four injuries and one death. The revised inflators, which Honda began installing in 2011, have four extra fuckholes to vent gas so that if the inflators rupture, the metal enclosure is less likely to break apart and become shrapnel. Honda did not notify NHTSA of the design switch and denied that it ever had to do so, stating that it used revised parts to prevent “future manufacturing errors.”

Takata is facing a bevy of lawsuits, some of which are being consolidated in a federal court in Miami. Much worse, however, are the recalls themselves. According to Bloomberg, a Takata insider has estimated the cost of recalling every single airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate—a number in excess of two hundred eighty million—to be $24 billion.

UPDATE Four/1/2016, Five:00 p.m.: According to NHTSA, 7.Five million defective airbag inflators have been substituted as of March 11. That’s thirty three percent out of 22.Five million. But that doesn’t include another five million inflators recalled in February. Using those numbers, Reuters pegs the repair rate at about twenty five percent, using a baseline of twenty nine million defective inflators. Check out NHTSA’s Takata website to see the recall-completion rates by manufacturer. Honda has the highest completion rate, at fifty four percent, but several carmakers have rates of less than twenty percent. Expect NHTSA to update its numbers soon.

UPDATE Four/7/2016, Trio:15 p.m.: Honda has reported a death from an airbag rupture in a two thousand two Civic under recall. According to KTRK-TV in Houston, 17-year-old Huma Hanif rear-ended another car on March thirty one in Richmond, Texas. Albeit her airbag deployed, investigators determined the crash wasn’t severe enough to kill the teenager. Her mouth was lacerated by the airbag inflator and a witness described her collapsing after exiting her car. Hanif is the 11th Takata-related death worldwide, the 10th in the U.S., and the 10th in a Honda.

UPDATE Four/14/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA has stated that there are eighty five million Takata airbag inflators in the United States that haven’t been recalled at this point. Of that eighty five million, 43.Four million are passenger-side inflators, 26.9 million are for side airbags, and 14.Five million are installed in steering wheels. Takata “has until two thousand nineteen to demonstrate that all of the unrecalled airbag inflators are safe,” according to Automotive News, which counts 28.8 million airbags as being recalled at this point.

UPDATE Five/Four/2016, 11:15 a.m.: Honda has reported two extra deaths in Malaysia that may be related to defective Takata airbags. While authorities have not yet singled out the causes of either death, Honda said the driver’s-side front airbags in two City models from the two thousand six and two thousand three model years had ruptured in two separate crashes on April sixteen and May 1. Both cars, which were not sold in the U.S., were under recall.

UPDATE Five/Four/16, 1:15 p.m.: Confirming what we reported yesterday, NHTSA has announced that Takata will recall inbetween thirty five million and forty million extra front-airbag inflators as part of an amended consent order inbetween the Japanese supplier and the agency. All of the inflators in question are non-desiccated, which means they do not have a drying agent to compensate for humidity. So far, NHTSA says only the non-desiccated ammonium-nitrate inflators have been rupturing. Takata now has to prove that the desiccated inflators are safe or else it will be compelled to recall those, as well. The recall, which will be conducted in phases, is expected to last until December 2019. Exact car models have not been identified.

UPDATE Five/6/2016, 12:30 p.m.: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) have demanded that NHTSA release the entire list of car models with ammonium-nitrate propellant. “This right to know should not be limited to the owners of the seemingly randomly identified fraction of vehicles containing Takata airbags that have been leisurely recalled to date,” the senators wrote to the agency. Blumenthal and Markey have repeatedly called on NHTSA to recall every airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate, albeit the agency is permitting Takata up to three years to prove they are safe.

UPDATE Five/13/2016, 1:30 p.m.: Honda will add another twenty one million vehicles to its recalls associated with these Takata airbags, bringing the automaker’s worldwide total to fifty one million vehicles. How many of those vehicles will be in the United States is unclear at this point, according to the Fresh York Times, which attributes this information to Honda vice president Tetsuo Iwamura.

UPDATE Five/20/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Mercedes-Benz has expanded its Takata recall, adding 196,975 cars to its list, all of which require fresh passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2012–2014 C-class, 2012–2017 E-class coupe and cabriolet, 2013–2015 GLK-class, and two thousand fifteen SLS AMG coupe and cabriolet.

UPDATE Five/23/2016, Three:45 p.m.: NHTSA has announced a recall schedule so that the Takata airbag inflators likeliest to fail very first will be repaired very first. To do that, NHTSA has separated the country into three humidity zones and is prioritizing repairs to vehicles registered in states with the highest humidity. Many car owners will have to wait more than two years before they know their airbags are defective.

UPDATE Five/24/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toyota has expanded its recall by about 1,584,000 vehicles in the United States, all for Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2009–2011 Corolla and Matrix, two thousand eleven Sienna, 2006–2011 Yaris, 2010–2011 4Runner, 2008–2011 Scion xB, 2007–2011 Lexus ES, 2010–2011 Lexus GX, 2006–2011 Lexus IS.

UPDATE Five/27/2016, 1:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling an extra Two.Two million cars in the U.S. for defective Takata passenger-side front airbags, as well as two thousand seven hundred one motorcycles for possibly defective optional handlebar airbags. The total list of cars in this recall are: the 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2006 Acura MDX; 2003–2011 Pilot and Element; 2005–2011 CR-V and Acura RL; 2006–2011 Civic and Ridgeline; 2007–2011 Fit; 2008–2011 Accord; 2009–2011 Acura TSX; and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour, Insight, FCX Clarity, and Acura ZDX. The 2006–2010 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing motorcycle is also included.

The vehicles previously not involved in this recall are: 2006–2011 Civic, 2006–2010 Gold Wing, 2007–2008 Fit, 2008–2011 Accord, 2009–2011 Pilot, 2009–2011 TSX, and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour. They have been added to the list below.

UPDATE Five/31/2016, 11:30 a.m.: Ferrari is recalling two thousand eight hundred twenty cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This is the very first time Ferrari has been involved with this defect. The 2009–2011 California and 2010–2011 four hundred fifty eight Italia are included.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling Four,322,870 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the 2011–2012 Chrysler 300, two thousand nine Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango, 2011–2012 Dodge Charger and Challenger, two thousand ten Ram 3500, 2007–2012 Jeep Wrangler, and the 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500.

Mazda is recalling 731,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2005–2006 MPV, 2007–2011 CX-7 and CX-9, and 2009–2011 Mazda six and RX-8.

Mitsubishi is recalling 38,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand seven Lancer and Lancer Evolution.

Nissan is recalling 402,450 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2006–2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2007–2010 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007–2011 Versa.

Subaru is recalling 383,101 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand six Baja, 2006–2011 Impreza and Tribeca, and 2009–2011 Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, also is included in this total.

Our list below has been updated accordingly, but the recall totals for each brand haven’t yet been recalculated because some individual vehicles have already been accounted for in previous recalls for driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford has almost doubled the number of vehicles it is recalling for defective Takata-sourced airbags, adding 1,287,726 vehicles to its count, all for passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX, 2005–2011 Ford Mustang, 2005–2006 Ford GT, 2007–2011 Ford Ranger, and 2006–2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln MKZ and Zephyr. Of those, 608,717 Mustangs and about four hundred GTs had already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags; the other models are freshly added.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Trio:00 p.m.: A report from Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) says that four automakers are continuing to use Takata airbag inflators containing non-desiccated ammonium nitrate in current fresh cars, despite tests proving these inflators are the most prone to ruptures. Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen said they were using front-airbag inflators without the moisture-absorbing desiccant on certain two thousand sixteen and two thousand seventeen model year cars including the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Volkswagen CC, Audi TT, and Audi R8. Not all the manufacturers gave specific models to Nelson, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, who, in March, queried the original fourteen automakers involved. Another five automakers are still using Takata’s ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators, with or without desiccant, including Daimler (vans only), Ford, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru. Nelson’s office says the “majority” of all replacement inflators installed as of May 20—4.6 million out of 8.Four million—are Takata ammonium-nitrate inflators. Of those, Two.1 million are non-desiccated. All of this is legal under NHTSA’s consent order, albeit all non-desiccated inflators will need to be recalled and substituted by 2019. Eventually, all of Takata’s ammonium-nitrate inflators may need to be recalled. It’s very confusing that automakers would be permitted to install parts that are known to be defective, except NHTSA thinks they won’t become defective until years later, at which time decent replacement parts will be available.

Meantime, Toyota has expanded its Takata recall by some 490,000 vehicles outside of the U.S., in places including Japan, China, Europe, Mexico, and South America. The vehicles in question include 2005–2011 Lexus products, as well as Toyota Siennas, 4Runners, Corollas, and Yarises.

UPDATE 6/Two/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Audi is recalling 217,000 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2004–2008 Audi A4 and the 2005–2011 Audi A6. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

BMW is recalling 91,806 SUVs as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 BMW X5, the 2008–2011 BMW X6, and the 2010–2011 BMW X6 ActiveHybrid.

General Motors is recalling 1.Four million 2007–2011 trucks and large SUVs for their Takata-supplied passenger-side airbags. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Avalanche, Tahoe, and Suburban; 2007–2011 GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2011 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade EXT, and Escalade ESV; 2009–2011 Silverado two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2009–2011 Sierra two thousand five hundred and 3500. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls. GM reports that there have been no airbag ruptures in approximately 44,000 crashes of the recalled vehicles.

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 54,350 vehicles as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and the 2009–2011 Jaguar XF. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 199,705 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2008–2011 C300 sedan, C350 sedan, and C63 AMG sedan; 2010–2011 GLK350 and E350 coupe; two thousand eleven E350 convertible, E550 coupe and convertible, and the SLS AMG. Also, the brand’s parent company, Daimler, is recalling five thousand one hundred vans for the same issue: 2010–2011 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2009–2011 Freightliner Sprinter, and two thousand nine Dodge Sprinter.

UPDATE 6/7/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: The proprietor of a two thousand six Nissan X-Trail SUV has filed a suit against Takata and Nissan for wrist and head injuries she sustained in an October two thousand fifteen crash in Japan. The vehicle had been recalled for defective airbag inflators, but parts weren’t available at the time the woman’s spouse took the SUV to a dealership to get it immobilized. According to Automotive News, this is the very first suit in Japan against Takata and an automaker for these airbags.

UPDATE 6/Ten/2016, Five:30 p.m.: Toyota has identified the fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. The 2015–2016 4Runner and Lexus GX460, two thousand fifteen Lexus IS250C and IS350C, and the two thousand fifteen Scion xB have these inflators and will need to be recalled by the end of two thousand eighteen even however they are still legal to sell. About 175,000 vehicles are affected in the U.S.

Meantime, Honda has recalled another 784,000 vehicles in Japan because of their Takata airbags, including Civic, Fit, and Odyssey models built inbetween two thousand three and 2009.

UPDATE 6/17/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Honda’s joint venture in China, is recalling one million vehicles for their Takata airbags, the Detroit News reports. Vehicles affected are Honda CR-V, Civic, and Civic hybrids as well as Platinum Rui sedans built inbetween two thousand seven and 2011.

UPDATE 6/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: Fiat Chrysler said it would stop using non-desiccated Takata airbag inflators with ammonium nitrate by next week. This applies to all of its cars built for the North American market. FCA will end production globally by mid-September. As of now, FCA said that only the two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler’s passenger-side front airbag used such an inflator and that it would notify potential buyers of any of these unsold vehicles. Without describing its methods, FCA also said it tested “nearly six thousand three hundred older versions” of this inflator and found no problems. The non-desiccated inflators are considered dangerous since they do not have a chemical to absorb moisture.

UPDATE 6/27/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Automotive News reports that a ruptured airbag shows up to have caused a woman’s death in an accident in Malaysia. The driver of a two thousand five Honda City was killed on Saturday, and the driver’s-side airbag was found to be ruptured. The official cause of death has yet to be announced as of this writing. The car involved in the accident had been recalled in May 2015, but it hadn’t been repaired. If verified, this would be the third death related to defective Takata airbags in Malaysia this year.

UPDATE 6/28/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Shigehisa Takada, the chief executive of automotive supplier Takata, announced in a shareholder meeting that he will resign once a “fresh management regime” has been selected.

UPDATE 6/30/2016, Two:30 p.m.: Seven Honda and Acura models from 2001–2003 pose the highest failure rate among all recalled vehicles, with as much as a fifty percent chance their airbag inflators will rupture, according to NHTSA. The agency identified the 2001–2002 Honda Civic and Accord, two thousand two CR-V and Odyssey, 2002–2003 Acura Trio.2TL, and two thousand three Honda Pilot and Acura Trio.2CL as the most dangerous. These cars were primarily recalled for the defect inbetween two thousand eight and 2011, and while “more than seventy percent” now have fresh inflators, there are still 313,000 vehicles with the original inflators. Eight of the ten U.S. deaths involving Takata airbag inflators have involved this group of Honda and Acura models.

UPDATE 7/8/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Harshly 1.Four million vehicles have been recalled in Japan for their Takata airbags. Mitsubishi recalled 520,000 vehicles, Mazda 490,000, Subaru 290,000, and Mercedes-Benz 93,000. Of particular note for U.S. owners is that Mazda said the two (known as the Demio in Japan) will be recalled in America; the company recalled 74,310 Mazda 2s in China built inbetween two thousand seven and 2015.

UPDATE 7/Nineteen/2016, Five:00 p.m.: An internal audit conducted by Takata and Honda found the airbag supplier manipulated airbag test data that stripped out poorer results, according to Bloomberg. Examples of “selective editing,” according to former IIHS president Brian O’Neill, who conducted the audit, resulted in a report that was a “prettier shortened version” of what actually occurred. Depositions of several Takata engineers from an ongoing lawsuit found that reports to Nissan, Toyota, and General Motors were similarly doctored. Takata said the audit’s findings were “entirely inexcusable.”

UPDATE 7/20/2016, Three:30 p.m.: The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has identified extra fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. They are: two thousand sixteen Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2016–2017 Mercedes-Benz E-class coupe/convertible, two thousand sixteen Ferrari FF, 2016–2017 Ferrari California T, 2016–2017 Ferrari 488GTB/488 Spider, 2016–2017 Ferrari F12/F12tdf, and two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso. These vehicles remain legal for sale, but, per NHTSA, they must be recalled by the end of 2018. Audi, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen had previously been found to still be building fresh cars with the suspect airbags.

UPDATE 7/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: General Motors has stated that it may have to recall an extra Four.Trio million vehicles in the U.S. for their defective Takata airbags, which would cost the company an estimated $550 million, according to Automotive News. GM recently added Two.Five million vehicles to its list of Takata recalls, the repair costs for which will cost as much as $320 million.

Also, Mazda has added three thousand seven hundred forty three B-series pickups from the 2007–2009 model years to its list of vehicles recalled due to potentially defective Takata airbag inflators; these trucks are being recalled for the passenger-side airbags. This is in accordance to the recall schedule we described on May 23. These Mazdas are located in what is known as Zone B, which includes Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Fresh Jersey, Fresh Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Previously, 2004–2006 B-series trucks had been recalled; our list below has been updated to reflect these extra model years.

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA is expanding its investigation of airbag supplier ARC Automotive to eight million potentially defective airbags after the driver of a two thousand nine Hyundai Elantra was killed in Canada last month. Automotive News reports that the car’s airbag inflator was manufactured in China, unlike inflators in U.S.-market Elantras from the same time period. General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, and Kia also used ARC airbags that are part of this probe. In July 2015, NHTSA began investigating ARC for airbags produced in Tennessee after airbag-related injuries were reported in crashes of a two thousand two Chrysler Town & Country and a two thousand four Kia Optima. Preliminary investigations of inflators made by ARC, which is unaffiliated with Takata, display “significant design differences inbetween the ARC inflators and the Takata inflators presently under recall.”

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 9:00 p.m.: Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its recall by another 54,000 vehicles in the United States. The recalls affects 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and 2009–2011 Jaguar XF models for potentially defective passenger-side airbag inflators. Vehicles from these models and model years were very first recalled in May 2016; this activity essentially doubles the recalled population. Jaguar Land Rover says that “affected vehicles are being prioritized for repair—split into four separate phases—based on geographic zone and vehicle age” and that customers will be notified by mail later this year when parts become available. In a statement, the company went on to say that it “is not aware of any case of an airbag module rupture on any of the 108,000 vehicles included in this recall.”

UPDATE 8/29/2016, Four:00 p.m.: General Motors pressured a Swedish airbag supplier in the 1990s to match cheaper prices from its rival Takata, despite warnings that Takata’s inflators were unsafe, according to the Fresh York Times. When Takata introduced ammonium-nitrate-based airbag inflators in the late 1990s, Autoliv scientists studying Takata’s design determined the chemical compound was too dangerous. It lost GM’s airbag contract at the time. “We tore the Takata airbags apart, analyzed all the fuel, identified all the ingredients,” former Autoliv chief chemist Robert Taylor told the Times. “The gas is generated so swift, it blows the inflater [sic] to bits.” The Times also exposed that employees at a former Takata plant in Georgia let defective airbag inflators pass inspections by manipulating leakage tests and creating fresh bar codes so the tests couldn’t be tracked.

UPDATE 9/8/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Honda will recall another 668,000 vehicles in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. Affected cars include Accord, Civic, and Fit models built inbetween two thousand nine and 2011. According to Reuters, that brings Honda’s recall total to fifty one million Takata airbags.

UPDATE 9/9/2016, 9:00 a.m.: BMW announced it will recall some 110,000 cars in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The recall affects passenger-side airbags on forty four BMW models made inbetween two thousand four and 2012, including the 116i, 118i, and 320i. The recall is part of a massive order from Japan’s transport ministry that seven million vehicles be recalled by 2019.

UPDATE 9/Nineteen/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors will submit a petition to NHTSA for a one-year deferral of a pending recall of some 980,000 trucks and SUVs tooled with Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators, Automotive News reports. Takata is slated to announce on December 31, 2016, that “a large batch” of parts are defective, but GM wants a 365-day deferral to finish a long-term aging research investigate with aerospace and defense manufacturer Orbital ATK. The probe, which we outlined in February, is scheduled to end in August 2017. GM maintains that the delayed recall won’t endanger vehicle occupants, telling the inflators will “likely perform as designed until at least December 31, 2019.” Of the 44,000 passenger-side inflators that have deployed in consumer use and the one thousand fifty five that have been deployed in testing, none have ruptured, GM says. The deferral affects 2007–2012 large trucks and SUVs, namely the Chevrolet Silverado, Tahoe, and Suburban, the GMC Sierra and Yukon, and the Cadillac Escalade.

UPDATE 9/26/2016, Ten:45 a.m.: Takata exposed in a latest report that it neglected to notify NHTSA of a two thousand three rupture of one of its airbag inflators in Switzerland, according to Reuters. NHTSA began looking into problems with Takata airbags in 2010, but Takata officials did not mention the Swiss incident to the agency at the time. In the freshly released report, Takata said the Swiss incident did not relate to the NHTSA investigation and noted that Takata made production switches shortly after the two thousand three incident.

In the same report (available for download at safercar.gov), Takata said that its U.S. arm, not the Japan-based parent company, “was primarily responsible for the development, testing, and production of the inflators at issue in Recall Nos. 15E-040, 15E-041, 15E-042, and 15E-043.” Other recently released Takata documents also exposed that six hundred sixty airbag inflators ruptured during testing of 245,000 of the devices, Bloomberg reports. The company proceeds to reiterate that its airbag inflators are more at risk when they’re subjected to humid climates and as they age.

UPDATE 9/28/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda announced today that the driver’s-side airbag of a two thousand nine Honda City ruptured in a September twenty four crash in Johor, Malaysia, in which the driver was killed. This marks the fourth Malaysian death this year linked to a Takata-supplied airbag that ruptured in a Honda car. Honda said that it has finished replacements of 211,000 Takata front-airbag inflators in Malaysia, which is fifty four percent of the total number presently under recall.

UPDATE Ten/21/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Honda and NHTSA announced that a 50-year-old woman, Delia Robles of Corona, California, died of injuries that resulted from the deployment of a defective Takata airbag in her two thousand one Honda Civic. The crash occurred on September thirty in California’s Riverside County. According to an Associated Press report, the vehicle’s driver’s-side airbag inflator had been part of a recall since 2008; however, it was never repaired. Automotive News reported that more than twenty recall notices had been mailed to the vehicle’s registered owners. The deceased woman bought the car at the end of 2015, the AP report said. This is the 11th confirmed death in the United States that has been caused by a defective Takata-supplied airbag in a vehicle, all but one of which were in Honda vehicles.

UPDATE Ten/26/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another Five.8 million vehicles around the world because they might contain defective Takata airbag inflators. According to Reuters, the recall includes toughly 1.47 million vehicles in Europe, 1.16 million in Japan, and 820,000 in China, as well as vehicles in Central and South America, Africa, the Near and Middle East, and Singapore. Various Corolla, Yaris/Vitz, Hilux, and Etios models built inbetween May two thousand and November two thousand one and inbetween April two thousand six and December two thousand fourteen were recalled.

UPDATE 11/9/2016, 1:00 p.m.: In an effort to seek out recalled Takata airbag inflators that haven’t yet been motionless, Honda has partnered with CCC, a software provider for 22,000 automotive figure shops across the United States. When a Honda vehicle is entered into the CCC system for an estimate on repairing assets harm, Automotive News reports, an alert will show up onscreen if the vehicle has an unresolved open Takata recall. Bod shops are being “encouraged to reach out to [the customer’s favored] dealership to facilitate the repair on the customer’s behalf.”

UPDATE 12/12/2016, Three:30 p.m.: To date, at least one hundred eighty four people have been injured by Takata airbags in the United States, according to a fresh report released by NHTSA on the recall’s progress. This is the very first hard number the agency has specified since investigations began in late 2014. Repairs won’t be finished until at least September two thousand twenty (in May, NHTSA set December two thousand nineteen as the end date). Another round of cars—including Tesla products, supercars from Ferrari and McLaren, and extra model years of previously recalled models—have been added to our master list of vehicles plagued by the defective Takata inflators. By 2020, NHTSA expects there will be forty two million vehicles with at least sixty four million inflators under recall. As of today, the count stands at about twenty nine million vehicles with forty six million inflators.

UPDATE 12/29/2016, Five:30 p.m.: So far, about 12.Five million suspect Takata inflators have been motionless of the harshly sixty five million inflators (in forty two million vehicles) that will ultimately be affected by this recall, which spans nineteen automakers. Carmakers and federal officials organizing the response to this enormous recall insist that the supply chain is churning out replacement parts, most of which are coming from companies other than Takata. For those who are waiting, NHTSA advises that people not disable the airbags; the exceptions are the 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models that we listed on this page on June 30, 2016—vehicles which NHTSA is telling people to drive only to a dealer to get immobilized.

Meantime, a settlement stemming from a federal probe into criminal wrongdoing by Takata is expected early next year—perhaps as soon as January—and could treatment $1 billion.

UPDATE 1/11/2017, 1:00 p.m.: Honda added 772,000 more cars in a fresh round of recalls for non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. A total of 1.29 million Honda and Acura models plus eight hundred eighty two Gold Wing motorcycles are included; many were previously recalled for driver’s-side airbags. Besides the two thousand twelve Gold Wing, no fresh models or model years are included. Honda has the most U.S. vehicles of any automaker affected by the Takata recalls, now standing at 11.Four million cars and motorcycles.

UPDATE 1/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling 654,695 cars in the U.S. and 161,174 vehicles in Canada to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years are included, albeit Ford has added more of these same cars in other regions of the country that were not under previous recalls. Ford, including Mercury and Lincoln, now has recalled about three million cars in the U.S. The affected models in this particular regional expansion are the 2005–2009 and two thousand twelve Mustang; 2005–2006 GT; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln MKZ; 2006–2009 Mercury Milan; and the 2007–2009 Ranger, Edge, and Lincoln MKX.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, 11:00 a.m.: As with Honda and Ford, Toyota is recalling 543,000 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years have been added, albeit Toyota has included an unknown number of cars not previously under recall. Toyota, including Lexus and Scion and not including the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe, now has about six million cars in the U.S. under the Takata recalls. Affected models under this latest recall are the 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Lexus IS (including IS F); 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve Yaris and Lexus ES; 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve Scion xB; two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Corolla and Matrix; and the two thousand twelve 4Runner, Sienna, Lexus IS C, Lexus GX, and Lexus LFA.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, Trio:00 p.m.: The U.S. government has fined Takata Corp. $1 billion as part of the Japanese supplier’s agreement to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud; the fine is cracked down as a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million for victim compensation, and $850 million for compensating automakers. Also, a federal grand jury separately charged three Takata executives on six counts each of wire fraud and conspiracy.

UPDATE 1/23/2017, 7:00 p.m.: A total of sixteen brands recalled 652,541 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. Some or most of these cars may have been previously recalled to substitute other Takata airbags. Replacement parts may be available as soon as March or “Q1,” depending on the automaker. Only cars ever registered in specific states are under these recalls. Model-year two thousand eight and two thousand twelve Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG—as well as model-year two thousand nine Audi A4 and S4—were previously unaccounted for in our master list below. The cars recalled in this latest round are as goes after:

Audi is recalling 33,421 cars. They include the 2005–2009 A4, S4, and A6; 2007–2008 RS4; and the 2007–2009 S6.

BMW is recalling 48,380 cars. Included are the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve X5 and the 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve X6.

Daimler, in conjunction with Fiat Chrysler, is recalling 11,279 Sprinter vans. The two thousand nine Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter 2500/3500 and two thousand twelve Freightliner and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500/3500 are included.

Ferrari is recalling eight hundred twenty five cars from 2012. The FF, California, four hundred fifty eight Italia, and four hundred fifty eight Spider are all included.

Jaguar is recalling eight thousand one hundred ninety one XF sedans from two thousand nine and 2012.

Karma Automotive is recalling eight hundred eleven Fisker Karma models from 2012.

Land Rover is recalling eight thousand seven hundred sixty nine Range Rover models from 2007–2009 and 2012.

Mazda is recalling 93,812 vehicles. Included are the 2005–2006 MPV; 2005–2009 RX-8; 2007–2009 B-series pickup trucks; the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve CX-7 and CX-9; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Mazda 6.

McLaren is recalling three hundred fifty nine MP4-12C models from 2012.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 103,406 cars. Included are the two thousand twelve C-class sedan and coupe, E-class coupe and convertible, GLK, and SLS AMG, as well as the 2008–2009 C-class sedan and coupe, plus the 2008–2012 C63 sedan and coupe.

Mitsubishi is recalling one thousand nine hundred sixty four i-MiEV models from two thousand twelve and 2014.

Nissan is recalling 152,554 cars. Included are the 2005–2008 Infiniti FX; 2006–2010 Infiniti M; 2007–2009 Versa sedan and hatchback; and the two thousand twelve Versa hatchback.

Subaru is recalling 185,773 cars. Included models are the 2005–2006 Baja; 2006–2009 Impreza; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Tribeca, WRX, and STI; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, is also included.

Tesla is recalling two thousand nine hundred ninety seven Model S sedans from 2012.

In addition, thirteen automakers last week expanded the Takata recalls in Canada by almost 900,000 vehicles. According to Automotive News Canada, harshly Five.Two million Takata airbags have so far been recalled in Canada. A utter list of affected Canada-market vehicles can be found at the Transport Canada website.

UPDATE Two/6/2017, Five:00 p.m.: BMW is recalling 230,117 cars in the U.S. that may have a Takata driver’s-side airbag. The company said it is possible that one percent of certain 2000–2003 models may have had their airbags substituted with a Takata unit during a service visit, whereas originally these models used non-ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators made by Petri AG. BMW said it shipped 14,600 Takata replacement airbag parts to U.S. dealers inbetween two thousand two and two thousand fifteen but had no way of knowing how many were actually installed. While some of the recalled vehicles are already under recall, many are fresh to our list below, which has been updated. The recalled vehicles include the 2000–2002 3-series sedan, coupe, wagon, convertible, and M3; the 2001–2002 5-series sedan, wagon, and M5; and the 2001–2003 X5. Owners will receive notification in March. Dealers will check for and substitute any Takata airbags they find.

UPDATE Two/27/2017, 6:30 p.m.: Takata has officially pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud for covering up the engineering defects that have led to at least seventeen deaths and the fattest recall in automotive history. The guilty prayer comes six weeks after a Justice Department announcement that Takata had agreed to a $1 billion settlement, including $850 million to compensate automakers for repairs, $125 million for a victim settlement fund, and a $25 million criminal fine. Three Takata executives also have been charged with fraud.

UPDATE Trio/Two/2017, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has recalled almost 32,000 vehicles in North America for Takata-supplied driver’s-side front airbags that “may not downright pack, or the airbag cushion may detach from the airbag module due to misalignment of components within the airbag module.” Ford says this concern is not related to Takata’s rupture-prone airbags that use non-desiccated ammonium nitrate as propellant. The affected models are the 2016–2017 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX and the two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental; these vehicles have not been added to the list below because they’re being recalled for a separate issue.

UPDATE Five/11/2017, Two:00 p.m.: Honda is urging owners in Hawaii to repair any affected 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models as soon as possible—or risk a fifty percent chance of the driver’s-side airbag inflator rupturing in a crash. The so-called Alpha inflators were the very first Takata inflators to be recalled, and combined with Hawaii’s constant high fever and humidity, they are the most dangerous. Eight of the ten airbag deaths within the U.S. were the result of these Alpha inflators. Honda says that Hawaii houses harshly one thousand one hundred unrepaired 2001–2003 vehicles with Alpha inflators; these are among approximately 26,000 unfixed Honda and Acura vehicles in the state that are affected by these Takata recalls. Honda also says that “0ver seventy four percent” of these cars have been repaired nationwide, all with non-Takata replacement parts. For affected models, see our Acura and Honda lists below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2017, Five:30 p.m.: Four automakers—Toyota, Subaru, BMW, and Mazda—have agreed to pay a combined $553 million for economic losses. The automakers have jointly lodged a class-action lawsuit requesting owners be compensated while their cars are undergoing repairs. Owners of approximately 15.8 million cars in the U.S. are eligible. The lawsuit does not compensate owners for any alleged lost resale value in their cars nor does it address private injury or property harm claims. The court must approve the settlement before it is final.

UPDATE 6/16/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Takata will file for bankruptcy “as early as next week,” according to sources speaking to Reuters. The filing is no surprise. Company finances began unraveling in early two thousand sixteen as lawsuits, fines, lost sales, declining stock values, and recall costs left Takata in the crimson with billions in liabilities. Key Safety Systems, a Michigan auto supplier possessed by the Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, is the purported buyer. Takata owes automakers $850 million for recall costs it must pay by 2018. The U.S. Justice Department is expected to be a creditor in the bankruptcy filing.

UPDATE 6/26/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Takata officially filed for bankruptcy today and has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Key Safety Systems, a Michigan-based automotive supplier wielded by Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, for $1.6 billion.

UPDATE 6/28/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Key Safety Systems (KSS) said it will drop the Takata name once the bankruptcy and sale are approved, according to KSS senior vice president Ron Feldeisen. The sale does not include Takata’s liabilities or its airbag business. Automakers are still unassured if they will be reimbursed for recall costs, and lawyers signifying victims say the bankruptcy may limit their capability to collect damages.

UPDATE 7/11/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Takata is recalling another Two.7 million airbag inflators in the United States for rupturing. Unlike all the other one hundred million inflators recalled globally to date, these inflators contain a moisture-absorbing desiccant. Until now, Takata had said that only non-desiccated inflators were at risk for exploding shrapnel during a crash. These driver’s-side front airbags were manufactured inbetween two thousand five and two thousand twelve and were installed on Ford, Mazda, and Nissan vehicles, Takata said in a NHTSA filing. Only inflators with the desiccant calcium sulfate are presently under recall; these inflators still contain the propellant ammonium nitrate. The affected automakers will release separate recalls at a later date.

UPDATE 7/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Honda has confirmed another fatality from airbag ruptures in its vehicles, according to the Associated Press. On June Eighteen, 2016, an 81-year-old man in Hialeah, Florida, allegedly was performing “unknown repairs” with a hammer while inwards a two thousand one Honda Accord. The vehicle was running, and the driver’s-side front airbag deployed and shot out shrapnel. Police and witnesses still do not know what the man was doing when he was found unconscious inwards the car. He died the next day. This is the 12th fatality from faulty Takata airbags in the U.S., all but one in Honda vehicles. Of the ems of millions of cars under recall in the U.S., 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models are the most dangerous. NHTSA estimates that these cars have a 50-50 chance of an airbag rupturing.

UPDATE 7/17/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Mazda is recalling Nineteen,000 cars in South Africa—including the Two, 6, and RX-8—for two thousand three and later models, according to Wheels24. About seventy million of the harshly one hundred million airbag inflators under recall globally are in the U.S.

UPDATE 7/21/2017, Two:30 p.m.: Ford is petitioning NHTSA to not recall Two.Five million cars proclaimed defective by Takata earlier this month, according to Reuters. The automaker wants to proceed testing but believes the particular inflators pose an “inconsequential” risk. The vehicles in question include: 2007–2011 Ranger, 2006–2012 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2006–2011 Mercury Milan, and 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. In January, GM petitioned NHTSA to exempt certain 2007–2011 pickups and SUVs (based on the GMT900 platform) from recalls until the automaker finished its evaluations by late August. NHTSA has not granted or denied either petition.

Also, Nissan has added 515,394 Versas, from model years two thousand seven through 2012, to this recall because the cars contain potentially defective inflators for their Takata-supplied driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 7/24/2017, 9:45 a.m.: Reuters reports that an Australian man died in Sydney after he crashed his two thousand seven Honda CR-V and the airbag sent shrapnel into his neck. Honda confirmed to Reuters that the car had a defective airbag. The deaths of eighteen people worldwide have now been attributed to these airbags.

Also, Mazda is requesting that NHTSA not recall extra B-series pickups; this comes in conjunction with Ford’s latest petition that claims in part that airbags in many of its Ranger pickups do not pose a risk of rupturing. The B-series is a clone of the Ford Ranger.

UPDATE 7/28/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Reuters reports that a 34-year-old woman in Holiday, Florida, was killed last week in a two thousand two Honda Accord after the airbag ruptured during a head-on collision. While officials have not determined the exact cause of death, she is likely the 19th person to die from defective Takata airbags.

UPDATE 8/9/2017, 12:30 p.m.: Nissan is the latest automaker to lodge a civil lawsuit that will compensate owners for economic losses while they fall under repairs, provide rental cars to owners driving the most at-risk vehicles, and pay for advertising and outreach to encourage more owners to schedule repairs with their dealers. The $97.7 million settlement mirrors the $553 million settlement that BMW, Mazda, Toyota, and Subaru agreed to pay in May. A total of Four.Four million Nissan and Infiniti vehicles have been recalled in the U.S. Only thirty percent have been repaired.

UPDATE 8/31/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling six hundred fifty brand-new vehicles in the United States that have defective airbags, albeit there is a critical difference from the general recall population of Takata inflators. Certain two thousand seventeen Ford Mustang and F-150 models have accomplish airbag modules built by Takata, while the faulty inflators inwards the modules are made by ARC Automotive, a Tier two supplier in Knoxville, Tennessee. The passenger-side frontal airbags are affected. Takata notified Ford after it tested the airbags and found an “abnormal deployment,” Ford said. Since July 2015, NHTSA has been investigating ARC Automotive for defective airbag inflators after two ruptured in older-model Chrysler and Kia models not under the Takata recall. NHTSA presently estimates that up to eight million inflators may be defective in Chrysler, GM, Kia, and Hyundai models in the United States.

AFFECTED VEHICLES (total U.S.-market number in parentheses, if known):

Acura: 2002–2003 Three.2TL; two thousand three Three.2CL; 2003–2006 MDX; 2005–2012 RL; 2007–2016 RDX; 2009–2014 TL and TSX; 2010–2013 ZDX; 2013–2016 ILX (including hybrid)

Audi (more than 387,000): 2004–2009 A4; 2005–2009 S4; 2003–2011 A6; 2006–2013 A3; 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet; 2007–2008 RS4; 2007–2009 S4 cabriolet; 2007–2011 S6; two thousand eight RS4 cabriolet; 2009–2012, two thousand fifteen Q5; 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet; 2010–2012 S5 cabriolet; 2016–2017 TT; two thousand seventeen R8

BMW (more than 1.97 million): 2000–2011 3-series sedan; 2000–2012 3-series wagon; 2000–2013 3-series coupe and convertible; 2000–2013 M3 coupe and convertible; 2001–2003 5-series and M5; 2001–2013 X5; 2007–2010 X3; 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible; 2008–2011 M3 sedan; 2008–2014 X6 (including hybrid); 2011–2015 X1

Cadillac: 2007–2014 Escalade, Escalade ESV; 2007–2013 Escalade EXT; two thousand fifteen XTS

Chevrolet (more than 1.91 million, including Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Saab, and Saturn): 2007–2014 Silverado HD, Suburban, and Tahoe; 2007–2013 Avalanche and Silverado 1500; two thousand fifteen Camaro, Equinox, and Malibu

Chrysler: 2005–2015 300; 2006–2008 Crossfire; 2007–2009 Aspen

Daimler: 2006–2009 Dodge Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2007–2017 Freightliner Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500

Dodge/Ram (more than Five.64 million, including Chrysler, not including Daimler-built Sprinter): 2003–2008 Ram 1500; 2003–2009 Ram 2500; 2003–2010 Ram 3500; 2004–2009 Durango; 2005–2008 Magnum; 2005–2011 Dakota; 2006–2015 Charger; 2008–2014 Challenger; 2008–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and Ram 5500

Ferrari (more than 2820): 2009–2014 California; 2010–2015 four hundred fifty eight Italia; 2012–2016 Ferrari FF; 2012–2015 four hundred fifty eight Spider; 2013–2017 Ferrari F12berlinetta; 2014–2015 four hundred fifty eight Speciale; two thousand fifteen 458 Speciale A; 2015–2017 California T; 2016–2017 Ferrari F12tdf, 488GTB, and four hundred eighty eight Spider; two thousand sixteen Ferrari F60; two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso

Ford (Three million, including Lincoln and Mercury): 2004–2011 Ranger; 2005–2006 GT; 2005–2014, two thousand seventeen Mustang; 2006–2012 Fusion; 2007–2010 Edge; two thousand seventeen F-150

GMC: 2007–2014 Sierra HD, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2013 Sierra 1500; two thousand fifteen Terrain

Honda (11.Four million, including Acura): 2001–2012 Accord; 2001–2011 Civic (including hybrid and NGV); 2002–2011, two thousand sixteen CR-V; 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2015 Pilot; 2003–2011 Element; 2006–2014 Ridgeline; 2006–2010, two thousand twelve Gold Wing motorcycle; 2007–2013 Fit; 2010–2015 Accord Crosstour; 2010–2014 Insight and FCX Clarity; 2011–2015 CR-Z; 2013–2014 Fit EV

Infiniti: 2001–2004 I30/I35; 2002–2003 QX4; 2003–2008 FX35/FX45; 2006–2010 M35/M45; 2009–2017 QX56/QX80; 2017–2018 QX30

Land Rover (more than 68,000): 2007–2012 Range Rover

Lexus: 2002–2010 SC430; 2006–2013 IS; 2007–2012 ES; 2008–2014 IS F; 2010–2015 IS C; 2010–2017 GX; 2010–2015 IS convertible; two thousand twelve LFA

Lincoln: 2006–2012 Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ; 2007–2010 Lincoln MKX

Mazda (more than 733,000): 2003–2011 Mazda 6; 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6; 2004–2011 RX-8; 2004–2006 MPV; 2004–2009 B-series; 2007–2012 CX-7; 2007–2015 CX-9

McLaren: 2011–2015 P1; 2012–2014 MP4-12C; 2015–2016 650S; 2016–2017 570; two thousand sixteen 675LT

Mercedes-Benz (1,044,602, including Daimler): 2005–2014 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2008–2012 C63 AMG); 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2007–2017 Sprinter; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2010–2011 E-class sedan and wagon; 2010–2017 E-class coupe; 2011–2017 E-class convertible; 2010–2015 GLK-class; 2011–2015 SLS AMG coupe and roadster

Mitsubishi (more than 105,000): two thousand four Lancer Sportback; 2004–2007 Lancer; 2004–2006 Lancer Evolution; 2006–2009 Raider; 2012–2017 iMiEV

Nissan (Four.Four million, including Infiniti): 2001–2003 and 2016–2017 Maxima; 2002–2004 Pathfinder; 2002–2006 Sentra; 2007–2017 Versa sedan; 2007–2012 Versa hatchback; 2008–2018 370Z coupe/roadster; 2009–2014 Cube; 2010–2017 NV; 2012–2017 Altima, Versa Note, Armada, and Titan; 2013–2017 NV200; 2014–2017 Rogue

Pontiac (more than 300,000): 2003–2010 Vibe

Saab: 2003–2011 9-3; 2005–2006 9-2X; 2006–2009 9-5

Subaru (more than 380,000): 2003–2014 Legacy and Outback; 2003–2006 Baja; 2004–2011 Impreza; 2006–2014 Tribeca; 2009–2013 Forester; 2012–2014 WRX and WRX STI

Tesla: 2012–2016 Tesla Model S

Toyota (6 million, including Lexus and Scion): 2002–2007 Sequoia; 2003–2013 Corolla and Corolla Matrix; 2003–2006 Tundra; 2004–2005 RAV4; 2006–2012 Yaris; 2010–2016 4Runner; 2011–2014 Sienna

Volkswagen (more than 680,000): 2006–2010, 2012–2014 Passat sedan and wagon; 2009–2017 CC; 2009–2013 GTI; 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf; 2010–2014 Eos; two thousand thirteen Golf R; two thousand fifteen Tiguan

We will update this list as soon as fresh information is available, but you can access NHTSA’s own running tally of affected vehicles here. For further information about your specific vehicle, go to the manufacturer’s consumer website or use NHTSA’s VIN-lookup contraption.

This story was originally published on October 21, 2014. It has subsequently been updated to reflect the latest findings and official list of affected vehicles.

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Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Utter List of Affected Vehicles

The automotive world and beyond is zizzing about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from almost two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them.

The issue involves defective inflator and propellent devices that may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, shooting metal fragments into vehicle occupants. Approximately forty two million vehicles are potentially affected in the United States, and at least seven million have been recalled worldwide. (UPDATE 9/28/2016: Affected-vehicle numbers, along with improper-deployment figures, proceed to grow, as detailed in the updates below.)

Primarily, only six makes were involved when Takata announced the fault in April 2013, but a Toyota recall in June this year—along with fresh admissions from Takata that it had little clue as to which cars used its defective inflators, or even what the root cause was—prompted more automakers to issue identical recalls. In July, NHTSA coerced extra regional recalls in high-humidity areas including Florida, Hawaii, and the U.S. Cherry Islands to gather eliminated parts and send them to Takata for review.

Another major recall issued on October twenty expanded the affected vehicles across several brands. For its part, Toyota said it would begin to substitute defective passenger-side inflators kicking off October 25; if parts are unavailable, however, it has advised its dealers to disable the airbags and affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard.

While Toyota says there have been no related injuries or deaths involving its vehicles, a Fresh York Times report in September found a total of at least one hundred thirty nine reported injuries across all automakers. In particular, there have been at least two deaths and thirty injuries in Honda vehicles (UPDATE 12/12/2016: These figures are now verified as eleven deaths and one hundred eighty four injuries in the U.S., as detailed in the updates below). According to the Times, Honda and Takata allegedly have known about the faulty inflators since two thousand four but failed to notify NHTSA in previous recall filings (which began in 2008) that the affected airbags had actually ruptured or were linked to injuries and deaths.

Takata very first said that propellant chemicals were mishandled and improperly stored during assembly, which supposedly caused the metal airbag inflators to burst open due to excessive pressure inwards. In July, the company blamed humid weather and spurred extra recalls.

According to documents reviewed by Reuters, Takata says that rust, bad welds, and even chewing gum dropped into at least one inflator are also at fault. The same documents display that in 2002, Takata’s plant in Mexico permitted a defect rate that was “six to eight times above” acceptable thresholds, or toughly sixty to eighty defective parts for every one million airbag inflators shipped. The company’s explore has yet to reach a final conclusion and report the findings to NHTSA.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, 9:44 a.m.: The Fresh York Times has published a report suggesting that Takata knew about the airbag issues in 2004, conducting secret tests off work hours to verify the problem. The results confirmed major issues with the inflators, and engineers quickly began researching a solution. But instead of notifying federal safety regulators and moving forward with fixes, Takata executives ordered its engineers to ruin the data and dispose of the physical evidence. This occurred a utter four years before Takata publicly acknowledged the problem.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, Five:29 p.m.: Two U.S. Senators have now called for the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation on this matter. Takata has stated that “the allegations contained in the [Fresh York Times] article are fundamentally inaccurate.” The company went on to state that it “takes very gravely the accusations made in this article and we are cooperating and participating fully with the government investigation now underway.”

Read more about these developments on this C/D page.

UPDATE 11/13/2014, 11:Ten a.m.: Takata has released a more formal statement telling that the allegations made in last week’s Fresh York Times article “are fundamentally inaccurate” and that it “unfairly impugned the integrity of Takata and its employees.” The company says (in this PDF) that there were no tests of “scrapyard airbag inflators” in 2004, that after-hours tests in two thousand four “were not ‘secret tests’ . . . [but] were done at the request of NHTSA to address a cushion-tearing issue unrelated to inflator rupturing,” and that it “did not suppress any test results demonstrating cracking or rupturing in the inflators,” whether to automakers such as Honda or to NHTSA.

For its story about Takata’s statement, the Times spoke again with one of its two sources for the November six article. That anonymous person is quoted as telling: “What Takata says is not true . . . They are attempting to switch things around.”

On November 12, we reported about a switch in Takata’s chemical makeup of its airbag propellant, which the company says is unrelated to the ongoing recall situation.

UPDATE 11/Eighteen/2014, 6:Ten p.m.: In light of a latest airbag failure in a two thousand seven Ford Mustang in North Carolina—which was not part of the original “high-humidity areas” Takata recall—the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the defective Takata driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 11/20/2014, Five:35 p.m.: Automakers, officials from Takata, and motorists injured by defective airbags met for a hearing with Congress. NHTSA was accused of not responding quickly enough to the Takata airbag situation, and automakers also took warmth for being slow with fixes. As of now, the recalls remain regional, but it seems only a matter of time before they’re blanketed nationwide.

UPDATE 11/26/2014, 1:00 p.m.: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has formally demanded that Takata thrust through a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the suspect driver’s-side airbags. Also, officials in Japan are calling for a recall expansion, after an airbag from an unspecified car not covered by previous recalls ruptured in testing.

UPDATE 12/Two/2014, Five:45 p.m.: Toyota and Honda have released similar statements urging for an “industry-wide joint initiative to independently test Takata airbag inflators.” Meantime, Takata’s chairman stated today that he’ll create a “quality assurance panel” to scrutinize the company’s production procedures. Takata and NHTSA officials today made statements before the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. NHTSA is still pushing for a nationwide expansion of the still-regional airbag recall—but for defective driver’s-side airbags only; the agency says a coast-to-coast recall on passenger-side airbags isn’t necessary. Such a large-scale recall, many say, would squeeze the limited supply of replacement parts in the most at-risk (read: humid) regions of the country.

UPDATE 12/Three/2014, 6:50 p.m.: Takata executives, as well as those from NHTSA and several automakers, again sat before Congress, discussing how this nightmare situation went unaddressed for so long, how it can be motionless promptly and decently, and how it will be prevented from happening again. Honda is expanding its recall nationwide, and Takata’s internal testing has exposed high failure rates.

UPDATE 12/Four/2014, Ten:25 a.m.: Chrysler, Ford, and Toyota have expanded their recalls of vehicles tooled with Takata airbags.

Chrysler’s recall update adds the passenger-side airbags of toughly 149,000 two thousand three Ram pickups (1500, 2500, and 3500), which were already part of a driver’s-side airbag recall. The recall remains regional, encompassing trucks “sold or ever registered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Cherry Islands.” Chrysler says it is unaware of any accidents or injuries related to these airbag inflators and that no failures have occurred in laboratory tests. NHTSA has already stated is dissatisfaction with Chrysler’s budge: “Chrysler’s latest recall is insufficient, doesn’t meet our requests, and fails to include all inflators covered by Takata’s defect information report.”

Ford’s expanded recall is very similar to Chrysler’s, adding passenger-side airbags to the repair list of about 13,000 vehicles (2004–2005 Rangers and 2005–2006 GTs) already involved in the regional Takata recalls. Ford is even more selective with the targeted locations: it covers vehicles “originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Cherry Islands. It adds certain zip codes with high absolute humidity conditions in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Guam, Saipan, and American Samoa.”

Toyota has recalled some 190,000 vehicles in China and Japan, many of them similar to the company’s U.S.-market vehicles listed below.

UPDATE 12/Five/2014, Three:15 p.m.: Honda has announced the addition of three million vehicles to its list of affected cars—and also that its recall is now nationwide. Read more on this development in this story.

UPDATE 12/Legitimate/2014, Ten:50 a.m.: Ford has expanded the breadth of its recall for Takata driver’s-side airbags, adding almost 450,000 vehicles—all Mustangs and GTs—to its list. (Rangers are part of a separate activity.) Mazda also expanded its recall to be nationwide for 2004–2008 Mazda six and RX-8 vehicles, upping its total of affected cars by about 265,000. Also, Chrysler recently added toughly 139,000 vehicles from the 2003–2005 model years to its regional recall, which now includes the previously unaffected areas of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, American Samoa, Guam, and Saipan. (Also, the 2006–2007 Charger is now listed below, compensating for an oversight on NHTSA’s outdated master list.)

UPDATE 12/Nineteen/2014, 7:00 p.m.: Providing in to NHTSA’s requests, Chrysler has drastically expanded its now-nationwide recall—by more than two million vehicles. A number of 2004–2007 model-year products, included below and specifically called out in this press release, are being called back to have their driver’s-side airbag inflators substituted. The company reports only one related injury. According to The Detroit Free Press, BMW is now the last automaker (of five) holding out from NHTSA’s request for a nationwide airbag recall on affected vehicles.

UPDATE 12/30/2014, Ten:00 a.m.: BMW has added another 140,000 vehicles to its now-nationwide airbag-recall list, meaning that all five primary carmakers involved in this situation have ditched the regional recalls. Also, Takata president Stefan Stocker has stepped down from the presidency of Takata, and top company executives have agreed to take significant pay cuts.

UPDATE 1/20/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Six panelists—including one who oversaw the Cerberus ownership of Chrysler—will join an independent review board in looking into Takata’s manufacturing processes and recommending best practices for what has become one of the largest-ever auto recalls. Former U.S. transportation secretary (1989–1991) Samuel K. Skinner will lead the panel.

UPDATE Two/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: Takata—finally—is enhancing its capacity to produce replacement airbag inflators at its plants around the world. By September, according to Automotive News, Takata will be able to make 900,000 replacement units per month. Upgraded assembly lines at a factory in Mexico have already enlargened that plant’s capacity from 300,000 units per month to 450,000. Meantime, reports of people being earnestly injured by these defective airbags proceed to arise.

UPDATE Two/20/2015, Four:Ten p.m.: Takata faces civil fines of $14,000 per day for its alleged refusal to cooperate with a federal investigation over these defective airbags. The supplier has provided slew of paperwork to NHTSA, but the agency found the “deluge of documents” unsatisfactory.

UPDATE Trio/12/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Honda has announced that it is instituting a voluntary advertising campaign urging owners of Honda and Acura automobiles to check for open airbag and safety recalls that may affect their vehicle. See one of the ads and read more in our story.

UPDATE Three/Nineteen/2015, Two:25 p.m.: Honda has added about 105,000 vehicles to its recall list. These include almost 90,000 Pilots from the two thousand eight model year as well as some two thousand four Civics and two thousand one Accords that previously weren’t part of the recall. Our list below has been updated.

UPDATE Three/23/2015, 1:40 p.m.: According to a fresh survey, a surprising and unnerving number of Americans evidently haven’t bothered to get these potentially lethal airbags repaired. Just twelve percent of all cars recalled for faulty Takata airbags in the U.S. have been repaired. In Japan, conversely, a utter seventy percent of the three million cars under recall have been repaired.

UPDATE Four/14/2015, Two:30 p.m.: Honda has stated that the driver of a two thousand three Civic was injured by a ruptured airbag during a crash in Florida on March 20.

UPDATE Four/21/2015, Ten:15 a.m.: Nissan has added another 45,000 Sentras from the two thousand six model year to its large-scale recall for defective Takata airbags. Owners will be notified via FedEx. Affected cars, according to Nissan, are those “that presently are or previously were registered in Florida and adjacent counties in southern Georgia; Hawaii; Guam; Puerto Rico; Saipan; American Samoa; U.S. Cherry Islands; and coastal areas of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.” This activity was partially prompted by the investigation of a March crash in Louisiana in which a woman was injured by airbag shrapnel from her two thousand six Sentra.

UPDATE Five/13/2015, Three:15 p.m.: Toyota and Nissan announced fresh and expanded recall activity to substitute potentially deadly Takata airbags in almost 6.Five million vehicles worldwide. The recall affects almost one million vehicles in North America. The Toyota RAV4 (model years two thousand four and 2005), previously unaffected by these recalls, is now on the list; Toyota is recalling some 160,000 of the models to substitute their driver’s-side airbags. The RAV4 has been added to our comprehensive list below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2015, 6:15 p.m.: Takata has proclaimed as defective almost thirty four million vehicles, which will lead to even more extensive recalls of vehicles with the company’s airbags (individual automakers will elaborate on the specific cars added to the recalls in the very near future). In its testing of the suspect parts, Takata also found that driver’s-side airbags in 2003–2007 Toyota Corolla and Matrix models (plus the Pontiac Vibe, a twin to the Matrix), as well as 2004–2007 Honda Accord models, are at the highest risk.

In a news conference today, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx called the expanded recall “the most elaborate consumer-safety recall in U.S. history.” He added: “Up until now Takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. That switches today.” Also, the company has agreed to pay the U.S. government significant fines for not cooperating in the investigations of numerous injuries and deaths; the exact amount will be announced at a later date.

UPDATE Five/20/2015, 1:00 p.m.: Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that Takata switched its airbag propellant in two thousand eight to reduce the risk of overly forceful deployment and to address the moisture-related degradation of the propellant.

UPDATE Five/27/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Next Tuesday, June Two, a panel from the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing to go after up on the status of this ongoing situation. “We have suffered a year of Takata ruptures and recalls, and families are still at risk. No excuses. Michiganders, and all Americans, have a right to answers,” committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said in a statement. The most latest Congressional hearing took place in December.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda has added 259,479 vehicles to its Japanese-market recall tally, according to Automotive News. Affected model years are from two thousand two through 2008, which marks the very first time that two thousand eight Hondas have been included in this giant airbag recall. Honda soon will announce extra airbag recalls for the United States, which will be part of the massive recall expansion announced last week.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, 1:25 p.m.: Chrysler and Honda have added hundreds of thousands of vehicles to their U.S.-market recall lists; this goes after Takata’s announcement last week that thirty four million total vehicles were subject to activity. At this point, Honda is telling only that it will add toughly 350,000 vehicles to its list, albeit “most of the vehicles deemed at risk in Takata’s defect-determination report were already subject to previous voluntary deeds taken by Honda.”

The Chrysler expansion details approximately 1.Two million of its vehicles that were part of last week’s announcement, many of which are from model years that previously hadn’t been flagged. Accordingly, the following have been added to our list below: 2009–2010 Chrysler 300, 2008–2010 Dodge Charger, 2009–2011 Dodge Dakota, 2005–2010 Dodge Magnum (no Magnums were previously recalled for this problem), two thousand nine Ram two thousand five hundred and 3500, 2009–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and 5500, and 2008–2010 Mitsubishi Raider.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Five:00 p.m.: Ford has added more than 900,000 vehicles to its list of recalls for potentially defective airbags from Takata. The 2009–2014 Mustang and the two thousand six Ranger are fresh additions to the list. The later-model Mustangs—recalled for driver’s-side airbags—are by far the newest cars to be included in this amazingly broad recall activity.

UPDATE Five/29/2015, 6:25 p.m.: General Motors now has vehicles on the ever-growing list below (besides the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe): it is recalling heavy-duty examples of two thousand seven and two thousand eight Chevy Silverados and GMC Sierras. Also, Subaru has quadrupled the number of its vehicles subject to this airbag recall; that company’s additions are all 2004–2005 Imprezas.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: A Congressional hearing on this matter is scheduled for today at two p.m. We’ll cover the event via the afternoon. Meantime, yesterday a Takata executive announced that the company proposes “to substitute all” of the troublesome “ ‘batwing-shaped’ propellant wafers” installed in North America. We should know a lot more later today.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Three:35 p.m.: Highlights so far from today’s Congressional hearing come mostly from NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind. He encourages consumers to frequently visit safercar.gov to see whether their vehicle and its VIN have been added to the list; he promises that the website will have VIN information for every single individual car affected by these expansive recalls within two weeks. Rosekind is calling for carmakers to be more diligent in tracking down vehicles that have passed through numerous owners over the years so that the current proprietor gets recall notices as quickly as possible. If NHTSA had the authority, Rosekind says, it would have compelled off the road vehicles affected by the Takata recalls sometime in 2014. Rosekind also points out that the suspect Takata airbag inflator has ten different configurations, which complicates discernment of the root cause.

Also, Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has pointed out that, “The messaging around these airbag recalls has been tormented at best,” and notes that Takata is attempting “to flawless an innumerable set of manufacturing variables, which for 10-plus years have resisted perfection.”

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Four:55 p.m.: Sitting before the Congressional committee, Takata executive VP Kevin Kennedy states that he believes ammonium nitrate—a propellant that he admits is “a factor” in these rupturing airbags—is safe to use in his company’s products, including airbags installed as replacements in these recalls. He admits, however, that all of the defective airbags discovered in testing have used this type of propellant; Takata is, Kennedy says, transitioning to using guanidine nitrate, a propellant that other airbag suppliers already use. He reassures consumers that not all of the millions of recalled airbag inflators are defective and also that his company is testing components “outside the scope of the recall” to make sure that the callbacks are far-reaching enough. He also claims that his company shipped 740,000 replacement kits in May, in addition to supplying fountains of airbags for new-car production.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, 7:05 p.m.: Now posted: our total story on today’s developments and how Takata plans to treat this situation moving forward.

UPDATE 6/Four/2015, Trio:00 p.m.: Takata has informed Reuters that at least ten percent of the four million replacement airbag inflators installed as part of these recalls will have to be substituted again. The number could be much greater, as Reuters notes, “the safety of more than three million replacement parts [is also] in question.” A NHTSA official said the agency will shove Takata and individual carmakers to “demonstrate to us that the remedy parts are safe for the life of the vehicle.”

UPDATE 6/Five/2015, Ten:Ten a.m.: Mazda has added more than 100,000 vehicles to its list of recalls, bringing the total to toughly 450,000. Fresh to the list are the two thousand three Mazda six and the two thousand six B-series pickup; extra Mazdas from previously noted model years in the rundown below, including the RX-8 and the Mazdaspeed 6, are part of this expanded recall. The cars are being recalled for driver’s-side airbag inflators, while the pickups are called back for their passenger-side airbags.

Also, former Takata president Stefan Stocker, who resigned that position in December, has now left his spot on the company’s board of directors. Takata’s senior vice president of global quality assurance, Hiroshi Shimizu, has been named to the board, along with two other fresh appointments. Last December, speaking before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Shimizu “rebuffed NHTSA’s claims that several million driver’s-side airbags now demonstrate a national safety risk.”

UPDATE 6/Ten/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: A lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana, alleges that a 22-year-old woman was killed in early April when her two thousand five Honda Civic’s driver’s-side airbag “violently exploded and sent metal shards, shrapnel and/or other foreign material into the passenger compartment,” Automotive News reports. Her car hit a telephone pole on April Five, two days before she received a recall notice for her car’s Takata-supplied airbags. She died on April 9. Her death, if it was indeed caused by the airbag, would become the seventh attributed to a failed Takata airbag. The other six fatalities have all occurred in Honda vehicles, and only one crash happened outside of the United States.

UPDATE 6/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: There are many millions of vehicles involved in these recalls, but it seems as tho’ thirty four million, a figure that Takata announced in mid-May, might be far too high. (That figure was for inflators, not vehicles, albeit few cars seem to be afflicted with numerous defective airbags.) Reuters reports that the number is most likely more like 16.Two million vehicles. Keep in mind, tho’, that Nissan and Toyota may not have yet announced their recall expansions in response to Takata’s aforementioned mid-May announcement. The figures in our chart below, as it emerges today, add up to 15.97 million vehicles, which is within two percent of Reuters’ figure.

UPDATE 6/12/2015, 11:35 a.m.: Honda has announced that its financial results for the fiscal year that ended on March thirty one will take a $363 million hit because of costs associated with repairing vehicles involved in the Takata recalls.

UPDATE 6/14/2015, 7:00 p.m.: Honda has confirmed that the death of Kylan Langlinais, whose two thousand five Civic crashed in Louisiana on April five and which we detailed above on June Ten, was indeed a result of the ruptured Takata-supplied airbag in her car. Automotive News reports that this is the 2nd of seven deaths—all in Honda vehicles—where “a driver received a [recall or safety-campaign] notification too late.” Honda has recalled toughly Five.Five million vehicles with Takata airbag inflators in the United States.

UPDATE 6/15/2015, Ten:45 p.m.: Honda has added almost 1.Four million airbag inflators to this ever-expanding recall. The fresh recall is for passenger-side airbags on 2003–2007 Accord and 2001–2005 Civic models—two vehicles with the highest defect rates uncovered in Takata tests. According to Automotive News, most of these particular vehicles have already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Daimler has recalled 40,061 Sprinter vans for their passenger-side airbags. Dodge-branded Sprinters from 2006–2008 are included, as are Freightliner-badged Sprinters from 2007–2008. Vans in both two thousand five hundred and three thousand five hundred capacities are being recalled.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, Three:15 p.m.: Toyota has announced that 1,365,000 more vehicles are subject to its airbag recalls. All of these particular vehicles are being called in for their passenger-side airbags. Specific models involved are: 2003–2007 Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2005–2007 Sequoia, 2005–2006 Tundra, and 2003–2007 Lexus SC430. Takata recalls now cover some Two.9 million vehicles in the United States. A report in Automotive News notes that twenty four incidents of “incorrect deployments” of Takata airbags have been recorded worldwide in Toyota vehicles, with at least eight reports of injuries and no deaths.

UPDATE 6/Legal/2015, 11:15 a.m.: NHTSA eventually knows the utter scope of this massive, ongoing airbag recall. The eleven carmakers involved have identified every vehicle identification number (VIN) covered by the recall. Check your VIN by using the government agency’s search implement. Also of note: The Senate Commerce Committee will meet next week to hear testimony from NHTSA experts, the Transportation Department’s Office of the Inspector General, and representatives from Takata and automakers regarding the recall.

UPDATE 6/Nineteen/2015, Four:50 p.m.: General Motors has added some 243,000 Pontiac Vibes to its tally of the already-recalled hatchback, which was built alongside the Toyota Matrix in the mid-2000s. The Vibes in this activity, from the 2003–2007 model years, are being recalled for their passenger-side airbags. The two thousand six and two thousand seven model years previously had not been affected.

UPDATE 6/20/2015, 12:15 a.m.: Honda has confirmed that an eighth person’s death was caused by a defective airbag in one of its products. The woman who died was involved in a crash last August in Los Angeles; she was driving a rented two thousand one Civic. Bloomberg reports that this particular vehicle was part of four airbag-recall campaigns inbetween two thousand nine and 2014, each of which resulted in notifications being mailed to the car’s registered possessor, who never had the recalls addressed.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, 11:30 a.m.: Another hearing on this matter is happening in Congress today. Early points of note include:

• NHTSA’s Mark Rosekind estimates that the thirty four million defective airbag inflators are installed in thirty two million vehicles, so only a puny percentage of affected cars have more than one defective airbag. Those figures may still not be entirely accurate, however.

• For months, NHTSA has been coming under fire for how it has treated the Takata situation and other latest large-scale automotive recalls. Staffing and funding are an issue for the government agency, but Senator Claire McCaskill said this morning that “I’m not about to give you more money” until major reforms are made.

• Fiat-Chrysler has hired TRW to supply replacements for the defective Takata parts in its recalled vehicles. Takata has been supplying the industry at large with a major portion of the required replacement airbags thus far. FCA senior vice president Scott Kunselman said during the hearing that his company would only use replacement airbags from TRW and is certain that customers will not need to come back for subsequent repairs.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, Trio:45 p.m.: Takata still does not know the root cause of its airbag failures and stopped brief of assuring its replacement parts. The company’s executive vice president in North America, Kevin Kennedy, testified today during the company’s third Congressional hearing that “many of the replacement parts are alternative designs” but that it was continuing to test these replacements as it ramps up production to one million parts per month. “What we do know is that it takes a considerably long time for these problems to manifest,” Kennedy said to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

UPDATE 6/25/2015, Ten:50 a.m.: Following Takata’s annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo today, company president Shigehisa Takada publicly apologized for the deaths, injuries, and issues that have been caused by the airbags produced by the company that his grandfather founded in 1933. “I apologize for not having been able to communicate directly earlier, and also apologize for people who died or were injured,” Takada said, according to Bloomberg. “I feel sorry our products hurt customers, despite the fact that we are a supplier of safety products.” The apology came on the high-heeled shoes of Toyota and Honda adding another three million vehicles to the worldwide list of those recalled.

UPDATE 6/26/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: Reuters reports that Takata president Shigehisa Takada took a major pay cut last year, earning less than one hundred million yen (about $810,000) compared with the $1.67 million he took home the year before. His wages could have been much less than ¥100 million, since, as Reuters says, “Japanese companies are required to disclose individual executive compensation only if it exceeds one hundred million yen.” Other senior executives at Takata also earned less money last year.

Following up on news that we very first covered on June 12, Honda has restated its operating profit for last year after taking into account costs associated with repairing vehicles fitted with potentially defective Takata-supplied airbags. The effective cash loss of about $363 million remains as previously stated, bringing Honda’s operating profit for the fiscal year that ended in March to $Four.92 billion.

UPDATE 6/30/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: According to a latest audit by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General, NHTSA—the agency that has been at the forefront of the examinations of these Takata airbag recalls—is total of incompetent, mismanaged staff who are practically set up by their superiors to fail. Read our analysis here.

UPDATE 7/8/2015, 9:55 a.m.: The airbag in a Nissan X-Trail began a fire after the Takata-supplied device went off with excessive force during a crash in Japan, according to Automotive News. The passenger-side airbag “exploded, smashing the passenger-side window and sending high-temperature fragments into the dashboard, causing a fire.” The driver sustained minor injuries in the crash.

UPDATE 7/9/2015, 9:35 a.m.: Honda has recalled another Four.Five million vehicles, bringing the total number of its cars and SUVs involved in Takata-airbag-related deeds to 24.Five million. None of this newest batch were sold in North America; more than one-third are in Japan. This latest recall expands upon a mid-May recall of Four.8 million non-North-American Honda vehicles.

UPDATE 7/12/2015, 9:45 p.m.: Almost 90,000 Dodge Challengers from model years two thousand eight through two thousand ten have been added to this ever-growing airbag recall. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, Chrysler will recall 88,346 of the pony cars for possibly defective driver’s-side airbags. Prior to this activity, no Challengers had been recalled for this issue.

UPDATE 8/12/2015, 11:50 a.m.: Takata soon will begin a large-scale regional advertising campaign focused on raising awareness around the installation of replacement airbag inflators in affected vehicles. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, the campaign is “a sturdy digital advertising campaign” that will include crimson “Urgent Airbag Recall Notice” banner ads on websites such as CNN and Facebook. Only high-humidity locales will be targeted with the ads: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Cherry Islands. Also, a direct-mail campaign will target eighty five percent of the U.S. market.

UPDATE 8/Legitimate/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Volkswagen is now part of NHTSA’s probe on Takata-supplied airbags, following the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Tiguan during a crash involving a deer in June, Automotive News reports. No one in the vehicle was hurt. If this problem is related to that which spurred the massive recall for Takata’s front airbags, it would be notable as the very first report of the issue affecting side airbags, Volkswagen vehicles, and a model later than the two thousand eleven model year (with the exception of the two thousand fourteen Ford Mustang). A Takata spokesman told AN, “We believe [this malfunction] is unrelated to the previous recalls, which the extensive data suggests were a result of aging and long-term exposure to fever and high humidity.”

Automotive News points out that Volkswagen and Tesla are the only carmakers presently using Takata inflators that so far haven’t been subject to the recall deeds detailed here.

UPDATE 8/20/2015, Two:45 p.m.: Following news earlier this week about the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen VW Tiguan, two U.S. senators on the committee investigating these defective airbags are calling for the instant recall of all vehicles that use Takata-supplied airbags. A statement on Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal’s website concludes: “In light of the most latest incident, which did not occur in one of the regions originally designated as ‘high humidity,’ and which involved a two thousand fifteen vehicle not presently subject to recall, we urge you to voluntarily recall all vehicles containing Takata airbags.”

UPDATE 8/21/2015, Three:45 p.m.: Toyota said it would consider using replacement airbag inflators from other suppliers, including Autoliv, Daicel, and Nippon Kayaku, as Takata faces a production backlog and scrutiny over whether its replacement parts are just as defective. From the beginning, Takata had agreed to let its competitors produce replacement parts alongside its own. Toyota has about twelve million cars affected worldwide.

UPDATE 9/Two/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA has announced that its previous totals for how many U.S.-market vehicles are affected by this Takata airbag recall were vastly overestimated. The most latest figure that the government agency is reporting is Nineteen.Two million vehicles affected, containing 23.Four million defective inflators (since the late 1990s, cars sold in the U.S. have been required to feature at least two airbags). NHTSA had been telling that thirty four million defective inflators were in some thirty million cars and trucks here in America.

NHTSA’s updated figure is much closer to the total number of vehicles represented on our list below, which presently stands at Eighteen.6 million.

UPDATE 9/28/2015, 12:30 p.m.: These recalls could soon grow to include extra carmakers. Via letter, NHTSA recently contacted seven automakers that aren’t presently included in the Takata recalls but which have used Takata-supplied airbags containing the suspect ammonium-nitrate propellant. The companies are Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Tesla, Volkswagen, Volvo (trucks), as well as specialty manufacturer Spartan Motors. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA said in the letter that the “remedy programs that are individual to each of the affected vehicle manufacturers have created a patch-work solution that NHTSA believes may not adequately address the safety risks introduced by the defective inflators within a reasonable time. . . . This process is intended to produce solutions for the prioritization, organization, and phasing of remedy programs, and to appropriately address the multitude of factors contributing to the complexity of these recall programs.”

UPDATE Ten/Nineteen/2015, Five:35 p.m.: General Motors is recalling a few hundred 2015-model-year cars and crossover vehicles for potentially faulty Takata-sourced side airbags; these vehicles aren’t yet shown on our comprehensive list below, but they’re called out in the post linked here. Unlike these GM products, all of the vehicles presently noted below are being recalled for front airbags, and almost all of them are from the two thousand eleven model year or prior. Also, NHTSA is planning to disclose more details—including extra manufacturers subject to the recalls beyond the current eleven—during a hearing on October 22.

UPDATE Ten/22/2015, 12:50 p.m.: In a public hearing today, NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind exposed more information about this massive recall situation. Nationwide, only 22.Five percent of recalled vehicles have actually been motionless. It’s only slightly better in the humid Gulf of Mexico region, where recalls have been ended in 29.Five percent of affected vehicles even however airbag inflators in those locales are more likely to explode upon deployment. Some inflators have been substituted with newer, but still at-risk, identical components. Of the 115,000 eliminated inflators that Takata has tested, four hundred fifty have ruptured.

At NHTSA’s request, the eleven affected automakers conducted a risk assessment, which found that six million total inflators in the United States “are in the highest-risk group that should take top priority for replacement parts,” according to Automotive News, while toughly eleven million are in the middle-priority group and two million are least at risk. In general, the older the vehicle and the more humid the environment, the higher the priority that the airbag inflator(s) be substituted.

UPDATE Ten/26/2015, 11:30 a.m.: The Volkswagen Group is gathering and testing Takata-supplied airbags, Automotive News reports. The company voiced to NHTSA a concern about the supply of replacement parts, if the Takata recalls are expanded to VW’s brands, which seems likely at this point. VW is presently unaffected by these extensive recalls, but as we noted in August, a two thousand fifteen Tiguan experienced a side-airbag rupture. All told, U.S.-market VW Group products are fitted with harshly Two.Four million Takata airbag inflators.

UPDATE 11/Two/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling a group of five hundred fifteen 2016 CR-Vs for driver’s-side front airbag inflators that could separate in the event of a crash.

UPDATE 11/Three/2015, 6:00 p.m.: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued Takata a record civil penalty of at least $70 million. The airbag supplier could be responsible for paying NHTSA as much as $200 million total if further violations are discovered. As part of the issuance, NHTSA has ordered that Takata “phase out the manufacture and sale of inflators that use phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant.”

UPDATE 11/Four/2015, 9:45 a.m.: Honda has announced that it will no longer use airbag components from Takata. In a statement, Honda said: “We have become aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data for certain airbag inflators.” According to Automotive News, Honda has been Takata’s largest customer for many years.

UPDATE 11/6/2015, 9:55 a.m.: Following Honda’s lead, both Toyota and Mazda have said they will stop purchasing airbag inflators from Takata, at least those that incorporate ammonium nitrate. According to Automotive News, Mitsubishi and Subaru also are considering ripping off the airbag supplier. Almost forty percent of Takata’s sales in two thousand fourteen came from airbag parts.

UPDATE 11/9/2015, Ten:35 a.m.: Nissan has now joined Toyota, Mazda, and Honda in announcing that it will no longer use Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The Automotive News report on Nissan’s declaration also notes that Takata lost $70 million in the 2nd quarter of 2015.

UPDATE 11/23/2015, 1:45 p.m.: Ford is the latest carmaker to proclaim that it will no longer use Takata airbag inflators with ammonium-nitrate propellant in its fresh cars. Ford is the very first non-Japanese company to take this step.

UPDATE 11/25/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Internal employee communications reviewed by The Wall Street Journal demonstrate Takata withheld airbag-inflator failures in reports to Honda in 2000, four years before that automaker began its own initial investigation of a ruptured Takata airbag in a customer car. The documents demonstrate Takata’s U.S. employees were voicing concerns over their Japanese colleagues doctoring data as “the way we do business in Japan.” Takata says the “lapses were and are totally incompatible with Takata’s engineering standards and protocols.”

UPDATE 12/Four/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Japan’s transport ministry has banned Takata airbag inflators that use ammonium nitrate as the propellant (and without a moisture-absorbing desiccant) from being installed in future cars. According to Automotive News, such airbags “will be phased out from driver’s-side airbags by two thousand seventeen and passenger-side devices by 2018.” Vehicle models that are subject to Takata-related recalls have a six-month-shorter time framework for the phase-out. As noted above, NHTSA announced a similar ban for U.S.-market vehicles on November Trio.

UPDATE 12/23/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA announced today that another person has died as a result of a faulty Takata airbag inflator. The fatal July two thousand fifteen crash occurred in a two thousand one Honda Accord. Albeit the crash happened in Pennsylvania, the car had spent several years in the humid Gulf region. Also, the agency has been informed of five fresh ruptures to passenger-side airbags, which is “likely” to result in expanded recalls of the 2002–2004 Honda CR-V, the 2005–2008 Mazda 6, and the 2005–2008 Subaru Legacy. (The Honda and Mazda models and model years are already reflected on the list below.)

UPDATE 1/Four/2016, Trio:00 p.m.: The Fresh York Times has detailed the contents of some internal Takata emails from more than nine years ago. As far back as 2000, internal reports exposed that there were “several instances [of] ‘pressure vessel failures,’ or airbag ruptures, . . . reported to Honda as normal airbag deployments.” One airbag engineer, according to the in-depth NYT story, wrote in a two thousand five report “that he had been ‘repeatedly exposed to the Japanese practice of altering data introduced to the customer,’ adding that such conduct was described at Takata as ‘the way we do business in Japan.’ ” In the same report, the engineer “warned that while the fudging of the data had originally not switched the fundamental conclusions of the data, the practice had ‘gone beyond all reasonable bounds and now most likely constitutes fraud.’ ” In 2006, the same engineer wrote “Happy Manipulating. ” in an email to a colleague about how to graphically deemphasize the “bimodal distribution” of some tests conducted at high temperatures. He also suggested that his co-worker use “thick and skinny lines to attempt and dress it up, or [switch] colors to divert attention.”

Takata maintains that “the emails in question are totally unrelated to the current airbag inflater recalls.” A Honda spokesman wouldn’t comment on the emails but said that his employer was “aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data.”

Meantime, Automotive News reports that some Japanese carmakers “may jointly invest in Takata” in order to soften the financial hit that the airbag supplier is facing as a result of these massive recalls.

UPDATE 1/8/2016, Four:15 p.m.: Mazda will recall 374,000 cars in the United States due to their passenger-side airbags. According to Automotive News, these airbags were found to be “prone to ruptures” in latest tests by Takata. The 2003–2008 Mazda 6, the 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6, and the two thousand four RX-8 are affected; these models had already been included on our list below, and we’ve enlargened the total accordingly.

UPDATE 1/22/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: A Georgia man died last month in a Takata airbag–related crash while driving a two thousand six Ford Ranger. His death marks the very first of nine in the United States and ten worldwide that have not occurred in a Honda vehicle. In the wake of this news, U.S. safety regulators are expected to add another five million vehicles to the Takata recall list detailed below. Automotive News notes that one million of those added vehicles have inflators “similar to those installed on the Ford Ranger,” while the other four million are being recalled following results of fresh tests on Takata airbags. Audi and Mercedes-Benz products will be included on the list below for the very first time.

UPDATE 1/26/2016, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has expanded its recall of 2004–2006 Ranger pickups, following news last week of a driver who died as a result of injuries he received from airbag shrapnel. The recall is for driver’s-side airbags in 361,692 Rangers in the United States and another 29,334 in Canada. These trucks had already been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. All 2004–2006 Rangers built in North America are part of this recall.

UPDATE 1/27/2016, 12:45 p.m.: The driver of a two thousand seven Honda Civic was killed in India last year in a crash that involved at least one Takata-sourced airbag that sent shrapnel flying into the cabin. An American Honda spokesman told the Associated Press that the driver was likely killed by other injuries sustained in the high-speed crash and not those inflicted by the defective airbag(s). The two thousand seven Civic is not presently part of Honda’s recalls in the U.S., but it might be added to the list soon.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, Ten:15 a.m.: Mazda has recalled all 2004–2006 B-series pickups for potentially defective driver’s-side airbags. The B-series is a rebadged Ford Ranger, and this recall expansion mirrors the one we described on January twenty six for the Ranger. Some Nineteen,000 Mazda trucks are affected in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Saipan. These B-series models had previously been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. In total, Mazda says it has issued recalls for 442,266 driver’s-side airbag inflators and 416,475 passenger-side inflators. The up-to-date list of Mazdas is below; many have recalls outstanding for numerous airbags.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, 6:00 p.m.: Honda dealerships in the U.S. have received letters from the carmaker stating that a fresh recall and stop-sale order applies to a long list of used Honda products: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2011–2015 CR-Z, 2009–2013 Fit, 2013–2014 Fit EV, 2010–2014 Insight, and 2007–2014 Ridgeline. According to Automotive News, if dealers don’t abide by the stop-sale order, they could be liable for any injuries that occur as a result of defective Takata airbags in these cars, which number some 1.7 million. The aforementioned vehicles have not yet been added to our list below because the news is not yet official.

UPDATE Two/Four/2016, 8:30 a.m.: Honda has officially issued recalls for Takata-supplied “PSDI-5” driver’s-side airbags on Two.23 million vehicles. The Honda-branded vehicles are: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2007–2014 Ridgeline, 2009–2014 Fit, 2010–2014 FCX Clarity, 2010–2014 Insight, 2011–2015 CR-Z. Acura vehicles affected by this recall are: 2005–2012 RL, 2007–2016 RDX (early production MY2016 vehicles only), 2009–2014 TL, 2010–2013 ZDX, 2013–2016 ILX (early production MY2016 vehicles only). These vehicles have been added to our list below. According to Honda, “Due to the large volume of fresh inflators needed to repair vehicles, the necessary replacement parts will not become available until Summer 2016.”

Older vehicles and those in high-humidity locales will be given priority for the replacement parts. In the meantime, dealers have been issued stop-sale instructions for affected vehicles that haven’t been repaired. These recalls are in addition to the 6.28 million Hondas and Acuras that had already been recalled for their airbags.

UPDATE Two/8/2016, 11:00 a.m.: Seat-mounted side-airbag inflators with the code name “SSI-20” are now under recall. Takata says this recall is limited only to inflators manufactured inbetween December thirteen and 14, 2014. A total of one thousand one hundred twenty nine Volkswagen and General Motors vehicles from the two thousand fifteen model year are tooled with these inflators. NHTSA began investigating Takata side airbags in August after a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Volkswagen Tiguan ruptured in June.

UPDATE Two/9/2016, Two:Ten p.m.: Daimler is recalling some 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and 136,000 Daimler vans in the U.S. market because NHTSA has indicated that the vehicles could contain defective Takata-supplied airbags. The Mercedes-Benzes are all from the 2005–2014 model years: SLK, C-class, E-class, M-class, GL-class, R-class, and SLS. The freshly recalled vans are 2007–2014 Sprinters with Dodge, Freightliner, or Mercedes badges. (Some 2006–2008 Sprinters had been added to the recall in June 2015.)

The Audi recall covers 170,000 vehicles from model years two thousand six through 2013. The Audis involved are: 2006–2013 A3, 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet, 2009–2012 Q5, and 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet.

BMW is recalling 840,000 vehicles from two thousand six through 2015; these vehicles weren’t among the harshly 765,000 that BMW had previously recalled for Takata airbags. The BMWs involved are: 2006–2011 3-series sedan and M3, 2006–2012 3-series wagon, 2007–2013 3-series and M3 coupe and convertible, 2007–2010 X3, 2007–2013 X5, 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible, 2008–2014 X6, and 2013–2015 X1.

The Volkswagen-branded vehicles, numbering 680,000, are from two thousand six through 2014. The VWs involved are: 2009–2014 CC, 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf, 2012–2014 Eos and U.S.-built Passat sedan, and 2006–2010 German-built Passat sedan and wagon.

UPDATE Two/13/2016, 11:30 a.m.: NHTSA has updated its website with more specifics regarding what Mercedes-Benz models are affected by this recall. They are detailed in an update to this story that we published earlier this week. The general models are as goes after, and they’ve been updated on our list below: 2005–2011 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2009–2011 C63 AMG); 2010–2011 E-class sedan, wagon, coupe, and convertible; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2010–2012 GLK-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2011–2014 SLS AMG coupe and roadster; 2007–2014 Sprinter.

Also fresh to the list below is the 2006–2007 Chrysler Crossfire, which was based on a Mercedes-Benz. A total of five thousand two hundred eighty three Crossfires have been recalled.

UPDATE Two/16/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors has added toughly 200,000 Saab and Saturn products in the U.S. and Canada to its list of vehicles covered by this recall. The cars involved are: 2003–2011 Saab 9-3, 2010–2011 Saab 9-5, and 2008–2009 Saturn Astra. These vehicles—numbering 179,861 in the U.S.—have been added to our list below.

UPDATE Two/17/2016, 6:15 p.m.: According to a report in the Fresh York Times, Takata executives allegedly withheld test results from its defective airbag inflators and demolished evidence as early as 2000. A top Takata executive is alleged to have ordered that failed parts be “discarded” and doctored a report.

UPDATE Two/22/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Reuters is reporting that the number of Takata airbag inflators recalled in the United States could almost quadruple, with the addition of inbetween seventy and ninety million units. That could bring the total of recalled Takata airbag inflators containing ammonium nitrate to as high as one hundred twenty million. (Some cars have more than one recalled airbag, so the overall vehicle total would be lower.) Reuters says that “Takata produced inbetween two hundred sixty million and two hundred eighty five million ammonium nitrate-based inflators worldwide inbetween two thousand and 2015, of which almost half wound up in U.S. vehicles.” The news service also notes that, “Takata produced most of the inflators that regulators are now investigating at its main inflator plant in Monclova, Mexico, or at plants in Georgia and Washington state, according to company documents.”

UPDATE Two/23/2016, Two:15 p.m.: A group of ten carmakers known as the Independent Testing Coalition hired a company called Orbital ATK (which works with rocket propulsion-systems) to conduct its own tests of suspect Takata airbag inflators. The conclusions, according to Automotive News, are that “it was the combination of these three factors—the use of ammonium nitrate, the construction of Takata’s inflator assembly, and the exposure to fever and humidity—that made the inflators vulnerable to rupture.” These results are consistent with Takata’s internal testing as well as testing by the Fraunhofer Group.

UPDATE Three/Two/2016, Three:30 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another 198,000 vehicles in the U.S. for suspect Takata-supplied, passenger-side airbags. The two thousand eight Corolla and Corolla Matrix, as well as the 2008–2010 Lexus SC430, are now included in this activity. (Earlier model years of these vehicles were already included in this recall.)

UPDATE Three/30/2016, Three:15 p.m.: According to court documents reviewed by Reuters, Honda requested that Takata redesign its faulty airbag inflators to be “fail-safe” back in 2009. That was after the company very first recalled a petite population of cars in two thousand eight after defective Takata airbag inflators in Honda models were linked to four injuries and one death. The revised inflators, which Honda began installing in 2011, have four extra fuckholes to vent gas so that if the inflators rupture, the metal enclosure is less likely to break apart and become shrapnel. Honda did not notify NHTSA of the design switch and denied that it ever had to do so, stating that it used revised parts to prevent “future manufacturing errors.”

Takata is facing a bevy of lawsuits, some of which are being consolidated in a federal court in Miami. Much worse, however, are the recalls themselves. According to Bloomberg, a Takata insider has estimated the cost of recalling every single airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate—a number in excess of two hundred eighty million—to be $24 billion.

UPDATE Four/1/2016, Five:00 p.m.: According to NHTSA, 7.Five million defective airbag inflators have been substituted as of March 11. That’s thirty three percent out of 22.Five million. But that doesn’t include another five million inflators recalled in February. Using those numbers, Reuters pegs the repair rate at about twenty five percent, using a baseline of twenty nine million defective inflators. Check out NHTSA’s Takata website to see the recall-completion rates by manufacturer. Honda has the highest completion rate, at fifty four percent, but several carmakers have rates of less than twenty percent. Expect NHTSA to update its numbers soon.

UPDATE Four/7/2016, Three:15 p.m.: Honda has reported a death from an airbag rupture in a two thousand two Civic under recall. According to KTRK-TV in Houston, 17-year-old Huma Hanif rear-ended another car on March thirty one in Richmond, Texas. Albeit her airbag deployed, investigators determined the crash wasn’t severe enough to kill the teenager. Her mouth was lacerated by the airbag inflator and a witness described her collapsing after exiting her car. Hanif is the 11th Takata-related death worldwide, the 10th in the U.S., and the 10th in a Honda.

UPDATE Four/14/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA has stated that there are eighty five million Takata airbag inflators in the United States that haven’t been recalled at this point. Of that eighty five million, 43.Four million are passenger-side inflators, 26.9 million are for side airbags, and 14.Five million are installed in steering wheels. Takata “has until two thousand nineteen to demonstrate that all of the unrecalled airbag inflators are safe,” according to Automotive News, which counts 28.8 million airbags as being recalled at this point.

UPDATE Five/Four/2016, 11:15 a.m.: Honda has reported two extra deaths in Malaysia that may be related to defective Takata airbags. While authorities have not yet singled out the causes of either death, Honda said the driver’s-side front airbags in two City models from the two thousand six and two thousand three model years had ruptured in two separate crashes on April sixteen and May 1. Both cars, which were not sold in the U.S., were under recall.

UPDATE Five/Four/16, 1:15 p.m.: Confirming what we reported yesterday, NHTSA has announced that Takata will recall inbetween thirty five million and forty million extra front-airbag inflators as part of an amended consent order inbetween the Japanese supplier and the agency. All of the inflators in question are non-desiccated, which means they do not have a drying agent to compensate for humidity. So far, NHTSA says only the non-desiccated ammonium-nitrate inflators have been rupturing. Takata now has to prove that the desiccated inflators are safe or else it will be coerced to recall those, as well. The recall, which will be conducted in phases, is expected to last until December 2019. Exact car models have not been identified.

UPDATE Five/6/2016, 12:30 p.m.: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) have demanded that NHTSA release the entire list of car models with ammonium-nitrate propellant. “This right to know should not be limited to the owners of the seemingly randomly identified fraction of vehicles containing Takata airbags that have been leisurely recalled to date,” the senators wrote to the agency. Blumenthal and Markey have repeatedly called on NHTSA to recall every airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate, albeit the agency is permitting Takata up to three years to prove they are safe.

UPDATE Five/13/2016, 1:30 p.m.: Honda will add another twenty one million vehicles to its recalls associated with these Takata airbags, bringing the automaker’s worldwide total to fifty one million vehicles. How many of those vehicles will be in the United States is unclear at this point, according to the Fresh York Times, which attributes this information to Honda vice president Tetsuo Iwamura.

UPDATE Five/20/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Mercedes-Benz has expanded its Takata recall, adding 196,975 cars to its list, all of which require fresh passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2012–2014 C-class, 2012–2017 E-class coupe and cabriolet, 2013–2015 GLK-class, and two thousand fifteen SLS AMG coupe and cabriolet.

UPDATE Five/23/2016, Three:45 p.m.: NHTSA has announced a recall schedule so that the Takata airbag inflators likeliest to fail very first will be repaired very first. To do that, NHTSA has separated the country into three humidity zones and is prioritizing repairs to vehicles registered in states with the highest humidity. Many car owners will have to wait more than two years before they know their airbags are defective.

UPDATE Five/24/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toyota has expanded its recall by about 1,584,000 vehicles in the United States, all for Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2009–2011 Corolla and Matrix, two thousand eleven Sienna, 2006–2011 Yaris, 2010–2011 4Runner, 2008–2011 Scion xB, 2007–2011 Lexus ES, 2010–2011 Lexus GX, 2006–2011 Lexus IS.

UPDATE Five/27/2016, 1:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling an extra Two.Two million cars in the U.S. for defective Takata passenger-side front airbags, as well as two thousand seven hundred one motorcycles for possibly defective optional handlebar airbags. The utter list of cars in this recall are: the 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2006 Acura MDX; 2003–2011 Pilot and Element; 2005–2011 CR-V and Acura RL; 2006–2011 Civic and Ridgeline; 2007–2011 Fit; 2008–2011 Accord; 2009–2011 Acura TSX; and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour, Insight, FCX Clarity, and Acura ZDX. The 2006–2010 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing motorcycle is also included.

The vehicles previously not involved in this recall are: 2006–2011 Civic, 2006–2010 Gold Wing, 2007–2008 Fit, 2008–2011 Accord, 2009–2011 Pilot, 2009–2011 TSX, and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour. They have been added to the list below.

UPDATE Five/31/2016, 11:30 a.m.: Ferrari is recalling two thousand eight hundred twenty cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This is the very first time Ferrari has been involved with this defect. The 2009–2011 California and 2010–2011 four hundred fifty eight Italia are included.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling Four,322,870 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the 2011–2012 Chrysler 300, two thousand nine Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango, 2011–2012 Dodge Charger and Challenger, two thousand ten Ram 3500, 2007–2012 Jeep Wrangler, and the 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500.

Mazda is recalling 731,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2005–2006 MPV, 2007–2011 CX-7 and CX-9, and 2009–2011 Mazda six and RX-8.

Mitsubishi is recalling 38,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand seven Lancer and Lancer Evolution.

Nissan is recalling 402,450 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2006–2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2007–2010 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007–2011 Versa.

Subaru is recalling 383,101 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand six Baja, 2006–2011 Impreza and Tribeca, and 2009–2011 Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, also is included in this total.

Our list below has been updated accordingly, but the recall totals for each brand haven’t yet been recalculated because some individual vehicles have already been accounted for in previous recalls for driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford has almost doubled the number of vehicles it is recalling for defective Takata-sourced airbags, adding 1,287,726 vehicles to its count, all for passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX, 2005–2011 Ford Mustang, 2005–2006 Ford GT, 2007–2011 Ford Ranger, and 2006–2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln MKZ and Zephyr. Of those, 608,717 Mustangs and about four hundred GTs had already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags; the other models are freshly added.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Trio:00 p.m.: A report from Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) says that four automakers are continuing to use Takata airbag inflators containing non-desiccated ammonium nitrate in current fresh cars, despite tests proving these inflators are the most prone to ruptures. Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen said they were using front-airbag inflators without the moisture-absorbing desiccant on certain two thousand sixteen and two thousand seventeen model year cars including the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Volkswagen CC, Audi TT, and Audi R8. Not all the manufacturers gave specific models to Nelson, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, who, in March, queried the original fourteen automakers involved. Another five automakers are still using Takata’s ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators, with or without desiccant, including Daimler (vans only), Ford, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru. Nelson’s office says the “majority” of all replacement inflators installed as of May 20—4.6 million out of 8.Four million—are Takata ammonium-nitrate inflators. Of those, Two.1 million are non-desiccated. All of this is legal under NHTSA’s consent order, albeit all non-desiccated inflators will need to be recalled and substituted by 2019. Eventually, all of Takata’s ammonium-nitrate inflators may need to be recalled. It’s very confusing that automakers would be permitted to install parts that are known to be defective, except NHTSA thinks they won’t become defective until years later, at which time decent replacement parts will be available.

Meantime, Toyota has expanded its Takata recall by some 490,000 vehicles outside of the U.S., in places including Japan, China, Europe, Mexico, and South America. The vehicles in question include 2005–2011 Lexus products, as well as Toyota Siennas, 4Runners, Corollas, and Yarises.

UPDATE 6/Two/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Audi is recalling 217,000 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2004–2008 Audi A4 and the 2005–2011 Audi A6. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

BMW is recalling 91,806 SUVs as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 BMW X5, the 2008–2011 BMW X6, and the 2010–2011 BMW X6 ActiveHybrid.

General Motors is recalling 1.Four million 2007–2011 trucks and large SUVs for their Takata-supplied passenger-side airbags. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Avalanche, Tahoe, and Suburban; 2007–2011 GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2011 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade EXT, and Escalade ESV; 2009–2011 Silverado two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2009–2011 Sierra two thousand five hundred and 3500. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls. GM reports that there have been no airbag ruptures in approximately 44,000 crashes of the recalled vehicles.

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 54,350 vehicles as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and the 2009–2011 Jaguar XF. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 199,705 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2008–2011 C300 sedan, C350 sedan, and C63 AMG sedan; 2010–2011 GLK350 and E350 coupe; two thousand eleven E350 convertible, E550 coupe and convertible, and the SLS AMG. Also, the brand’s parent company, Daimler, is recalling five thousand one hundred vans for the same issue: 2010–2011 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2009–2011 Freightliner Sprinter, and two thousand nine Dodge Sprinter.

UPDATE 6/7/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: The proprietor of a two thousand six Nissan X-Trail SUV has filed a suit against Takata and Nissan for wrist and head injuries she sustained in an October two thousand fifteen crash in Japan. The vehicle had been recalled for defective airbag inflators, but parts weren’t available at the time the woman’s spouse took the SUV to a dealership to get it immobilized. According to Automotive News, this is the very first suit in Japan against Takata and an automaker for these airbags.

UPDATE 6/Ten/2016, Five:30 p.m.: Toyota has identified the fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. The 2015–2016 4Runner and Lexus GX460, two thousand fifteen Lexus IS250C and IS350C, and the two thousand fifteen Scion xB have these inflators and will need to be recalled by the end of two thousand eighteen even however they are still legal to sell. About 175,000 vehicles are affected in the U.S.

Meantime, Honda has recalled another 784,000 vehicles in Japan because of their Takata airbags, including Civic, Fit, and Odyssey models built inbetween two thousand three and 2009.

UPDATE 6/17/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Honda’s joint venture in China, is recalling one million vehicles for their Takata airbags, the Detroit News reports. Vehicles affected are Honda CR-V, Civic, and Civic hybrids as well as Platinum Rui sedans built inbetween two thousand seven and 2011.

UPDATE 6/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: Fiat Chrysler said it would stop using non-desiccated Takata airbag inflators with ammonium nitrate by next week. This applies to all of its cars built for the North American market. FCA will end production globally by mid-September. As of now, FCA said that only the two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler’s passenger-side front airbag used such an inflator and that it would notify potential buyers of any of these unsold vehicles. Without describing its methods, FCA also said it tested “nearly six thousand three hundred older versions” of this inflator and found no problems. The non-desiccated inflators are considered dangerous since they do not have a chemical to absorb moisture.

UPDATE 6/27/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Automotive News reports that a ruptured airbag shows up to have caused a woman’s death in an accident in Malaysia. The driver of a two thousand five Honda City was killed on Saturday, and the driver’s-side airbag was found to be ruptured. The official cause of death has yet to be proclaimed as of this writing. The car involved in the accident had been recalled in May 2015, but it hadn’t been repaired. If verified, this would be the third death related to defective Takata airbags in Malaysia this year.

UPDATE 6/28/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Shigehisa Takada, the chief executive of automotive supplier Takata, announced in a shareholder meeting that he will resign once a “fresh management regime” has been selected.

UPDATE 6/30/2016, Two:30 p.m.: Seven Honda and Acura models from 2001–2003 pose the highest failure rate among all recalled vehicles, with as much as a fifty percent chance their airbag inflators will rupture, according to NHTSA. The agency identified the 2001–2002 Honda Civic and Accord, two thousand two CR-V and Odyssey, 2002–2003 Acura Three.2TL, and two thousand three Honda Pilot and Acura Three.2CL as the most dangerous. These cars were primarily recalled for the defect inbetween two thousand eight and 2011, and while “more than seventy percent” now have fresh inflators, there are still 313,000 vehicles with the original inflators. Eight of the ten U.S. deaths involving Takata airbag inflators have involved this group of Honda and Acura models.

UPDATE 7/8/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Harshly 1.Four million vehicles have been recalled in Japan for their Takata airbags. Mitsubishi recalled 520,000 vehicles, Mazda 490,000, Subaru 290,000, and Mercedes-Benz 93,000. Of particular note for U.S. owners is that Mazda said the two (known as the Demio in Japan) will be recalled in America; the company recalled 74,310 Mazda 2s in China built inbetween two thousand seven and 2015.

UPDATE 7/Nineteen/2016, Five:00 p.m.: An internal audit conducted by Takata and Honda found the airbag supplier manipulated airbag test data that stripped out poorer results, according to Bloomberg. Examples of “selective editing,” according to former IIHS president Brian O’Neill, who conducted the audit, resulted in a report that was a “prettier shortened version” of what actually occurred. Depositions of several Takata engineers from an ongoing lawsuit found that reports to Nissan, Toyota, and General Motors were similarly doctored. Takata said the audit’s findings were “entirely inexcusable.”

UPDATE 7/20/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has identified extra fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. They are: two thousand sixteen Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2016–2017 Mercedes-Benz E-class coupe/convertible, two thousand sixteen Ferrari FF, 2016–2017 Ferrari California T, 2016–2017 Ferrari 488GTB/488 Spider, 2016–2017 Ferrari F12/F12tdf, and two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso. These vehicles remain legal for sale, but, per NHTSA, they must be recalled by the end of 2018. Audi, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen had previously been found to still be building fresh cars with the suspect airbags.

UPDATE 7/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: General Motors has stated that it may have to recall an extra Four.Trio million vehicles in the U.S. for their defective Takata airbags, which would cost the company an estimated $550 million, according to Automotive News. GM recently added Two.Five million vehicles to its list of Takata recalls, the repair costs for which will cost as much as $320 million.

Also, Mazda has added three thousand seven hundred forty three B-series pickups from the 2007–2009 model years to its list of vehicles recalled due to potentially defective Takata airbag inflators; these trucks are being recalled for the passenger-side airbags. This is in accordance to the recall schedule we described on May 23. These Mazdas are located in what is known as Zone B, which includes Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Fresh Jersey, Fresh Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Previously, 2004–2006 B-series trucks had been recalled; our list below has been updated to reflect these extra model years.

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA is expanding its investigation of airbag supplier ARC Automotive to eight million potentially defective airbags after the driver of a two thousand nine Hyundai Elantra was killed in Canada last month. Automotive News reports that the car’s airbag inflator was manufactured in China, unlike inflators in U.S.-market Elantras from the same time period. General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, and Kia also used ARC airbags that are part of this probe. In July 2015, NHTSA began investigating ARC for airbags produced in Tennessee after airbag-related injuries were reported in crashes of a two thousand two Chrysler Town & Country and a two thousand four Kia Optima. Preliminary investigations of inflators made by ARC, which is unaffiliated with Takata, demonstrate “significant design differences inbetween the ARC inflators and the Takata inflators presently under recall.”

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 9:00 p.m.: Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its recall by another 54,000 vehicles in the United States. The recalls affects 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and 2009–2011 Jaguar XF models for potentially defective passenger-side airbag inflators. Vehicles from these models and model years were very first recalled in May 2016; this act essentially doubles the recalled population. Jaguar Land Rover says that “affected vehicles are being prioritized for repair—split into four separate phases—based on geographic zone and vehicle age” and that customers will be notified by mail later this year when parts become available. In a statement, the company went on to say that it “is not aware of any case of an airbag module rupture on any of the 108,000 vehicles included in this recall.”

UPDATE 8/29/2016, Four:00 p.m.: General Motors pressured a Swedish airbag supplier in the 1990s to match cheaper prices from its rival Takata, despite warnings that Takata’s inflators were unsafe, according to the Fresh York Times. When Takata introduced ammonium-nitrate-based airbag inflators in the late 1990s, Autoliv scientists studying Takata’s design determined the chemical compound was too dangerous. It lost GM’s airbag contract at the time. “We tore the Takata airbags apart, analyzed all the fuel, identified all the ingredients,” former Autoliv chief chemist Robert Taylor told the Times. “The gas is generated so quick, it blows the inflater [sic] to bits.” The Times also exposed that employees at a former Takata plant in Georgia let defective airbag inflators pass inspections by manipulating leakage tests and creating fresh bar codes so the tests couldn’t be tracked.

UPDATE 9/8/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Honda will recall another 668,000 vehicles in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. Affected cars include Accord, Civic, and Fit models built inbetween two thousand nine and 2011. According to Reuters, that brings Honda’s recall total to fifty one million Takata airbags.

UPDATE 9/9/2016, 9:00 a.m.: BMW announced it will recall some 110,000 cars in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The recall affects passenger-side airbags on forty four BMW models made inbetween two thousand four and 2012, including the 116i, 118i, and 320i. The recall is part of a massive order from Japan’s transport ministry that seven million vehicles be recalled by 2019.

UPDATE 9/Nineteen/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors will submit a petition to NHTSA for a one-year deferral of a pending recall of some 980,000 trucks and SUVs tooled with Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators, Automotive News reports. Takata is slated to announce on December 31, 2016, that “a large batch” of parts are defective, but GM wants a 365-day deferral to accomplish a long-term aging research examine with aerospace and defense manufacturer Orbital ATK. The examine, which we outlined in February, is scheduled to end in August 2017. GM maintains that the delayed recall won’t endanger vehicle occupants, telling the inflators will “likely perform as designed until at least December 31, 2019.” Of the 44,000 passenger-side inflators that have deployed in consumer use and the one thousand fifty five that have been deployed in testing, none have ruptured, GM says. The deferral affects 2007–2012 large trucks and SUVs, namely the Chevrolet Silverado, Tahoe, and Suburban, the GMC Sierra and Yukon, and the Cadillac Escalade.

UPDATE 9/26/2016, Ten:45 a.m.: Takata exposed in a latest report that it neglected to notify NHTSA of a two thousand three rupture of one of its airbag inflators in Switzerland, according to Reuters. NHTSA began looking into problems with Takata airbags in 2010, but Takata officials did not mention the Swiss incident to the agency at the time. In the freshly released report, Takata said the Swiss incident did not relate to the NHTSA investigation and noted that Takata made production switches shortly after the two thousand three incident.

In the same report (available for download at safercar.gov), Takata said that its U.S. arm, not the Japan-based parent company, “was primarily responsible for the development, testing, and production of the inflators at issue in Recall Nos. 15E-040, 15E-041, 15E-042, and 15E-043.” Other recently released Takata documents also exposed that six hundred sixty airbag inflators ruptured during testing of 245,000 of the devices, Bloomberg reports. The company resumes to reiterate that its airbag inflators are more at risk when they’re subjected to humid climates and as they age.

UPDATE 9/28/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda announced today that the driver’s-side airbag of a two thousand nine Honda City ruptured in a September twenty four crash in Johor, Malaysia, in which the driver was killed. This marks the fourth Malaysian death this year linked to a Takata-supplied airbag that ruptured in a Honda car. Honda said that it has ended replacements of 211,000 Takata front-airbag inflators in Malaysia, which is fifty four percent of the total number presently under recall.

UPDATE Ten/21/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Honda and NHTSA announced that a 50-year-old woman, Delia Robles of Corona, California, died of injuries that resulted from the deployment of a defective Takata airbag in her two thousand one Honda Civic. The crash occurred on September thirty in California’s Riverside County. According to an Associated Press report, the vehicle’s driver’s-side airbag inflator had been part of a recall since 2008; however, it was never repaired. Automotive News reported that more than twenty recall notices had been mailed to the vehicle’s registered owners. The deceased woman bought the car at the end of 2015, the AP report said. This is the 11th confirmed death in the United States that has been caused by a defective Takata-supplied airbag in a vehicle, all but one of which were in Honda vehicles.

UPDATE Ten/26/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another Five.8 million vehicles around the world because they might contain defective Takata airbag inflators. According to Reuters, the recall includes harshly 1.47 million vehicles in Europe, 1.16 million in Japan, and 820,000 in China, as well as vehicles in Central and South America, Africa, the Near and Middle East, and Singapore. Various Corolla, Yaris/Vitz, Hilux, and Etios models built inbetween May two thousand and November two thousand one and inbetween April two thousand six and December two thousand fourteen were recalled.

UPDATE 11/9/2016, 1:00 p.m.: In an effort to seek out recalled Takata airbag inflators that haven’t yet been immovable, Honda has partnered with CCC, a software provider for 22,000 automotive bod shops across the United States. When a Honda vehicle is entered into the CCC system for an estimate on repairing figure harm, Automotive News reports, an alert will emerge onscreen if the vehicle has an unresolved open Takata recall. Figure shops are being “encouraged to reach out to [the customer’s favored] dealership to facilitate the repair on the customer’s behalf.”

UPDATE 12/12/2016, Three:30 p.m.: To date, at least one hundred eighty four people have been injured by Takata airbags in the United States, according to a fresh report released by NHTSA on the recall’s progress. This is the very first hard number the agency has specified since investigations began in late 2014. Repairs won’t be finished until at least September two thousand twenty (in May, NHTSA set December two thousand nineteen as the end date). Another round of cars—including Tesla products, supercars from Ferrari and McLaren, and extra model years of previously recalled models—have been added to our master list of vehicles plagued by the defective Takata inflators. By 2020, NHTSA expects there will be forty two million vehicles with at least sixty four million inflators under recall. As of today, the count stands at about twenty nine million vehicles with forty six million inflators.

UPDATE 12/29/2016, Five:30 p.m.: So far, about 12.Five million suspect Takata inflators have been immobilized of the harshly sixty five million inflators (in forty two million vehicles) that will ultimately be affected by this recall, which spans nineteen automakers. Carmakers and federal officials organizing the response to this phat recall insist that the supply chain is churning out replacement parts, most of which are coming from companies other than Takata. For those who are waiting, NHTSA advises that people not disable the airbags; the exceptions are the 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models that we listed on this page on June 30, 2016—vehicles which NHTSA is telling people to drive only to a dealer to get immovable.

Meantime, a settlement stemming from a federal probe into criminal wrongdoing by Takata is expected early next year—perhaps as soon as January—and could treatment $1 billion.

UPDATE 1/11/2017, 1:00 p.m.: Honda added 772,000 more cars in a fresh round of recalls for non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. A total of 1.29 million Honda and Acura models plus eight hundred eighty two Gold Wing motorcycles are included; many were previously recalled for driver’s-side airbags. Besides the two thousand twelve Gold Wing, no fresh models or model years are included. Honda has the most U.S. vehicles of any automaker affected by the Takata recalls, now standing at 11.Four million cars and motorcycles.

UPDATE 1/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling 654,695 cars in the U.S. and 161,174 vehicles in Canada to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years are included, albeit Ford has added more of these same cars in other regions of the country that were not under previous recalls. Ford, including Mercury and Lincoln, now has recalled about three million cars in the U.S. The affected models in this particular regional expansion are the 2005–2009 and two thousand twelve Mustang; 2005–2006 GT; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln MKZ; 2006–2009 Mercury Milan; and the 2007–2009 Ranger, Edge, and Lincoln MKX.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, 11:00 a.m.: As with Honda and Ford, Toyota is recalling 543,000 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years have been added, albeit Toyota has included an unknown number of cars not previously under recall. Toyota, including Lexus and Scion and not including the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe, now has about six million cars in the U.S. under the Takata recalls. Affected models under this latest recall are the 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Lexus IS (including IS F); 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve Yaris and Lexus ES; 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve Scion xB; two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Corolla and Matrix; and the two thousand twelve 4Runner, Sienna, Lexus IS C, Lexus GX, and Lexus LFA.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, Trio:00 p.m.: The U.S. government has fined Takata Corp. $1 billion as part of the Japanese supplier’s agreement to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud; the fine is cracked down as a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million for victim compensation, and $850 million for compensating automakers. Also, a federal grand jury separately charged three Takata executives on six counts each of wire fraud and conspiracy.

UPDATE 1/23/2017, 7:00 p.m.: A total of sixteen brands recalled 652,541 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. Some or most of these cars may have been previously recalled to substitute other Takata airbags. Replacement parts may be available as soon as March or “Q1,” depending on the automaker. Only cars ever registered in specific states are under these recalls. Model-year two thousand eight and two thousand twelve Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG—as well as model-year two thousand nine Audi A4 and S4—were previously unaccounted for in our master list below. The cars recalled in this latest round are as goes after:

Audi is recalling 33,421 cars. They include the 2005–2009 A4, S4, and A6; 2007–2008 RS4; and the 2007–2009 S6.

BMW is recalling 48,380 cars. Included are the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve X5 and the 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve X6.

Daimler, in conjunction with Fiat Chrysler, is recalling 11,279 Sprinter vans. The two thousand nine Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter 2500/3500 and two thousand twelve Freightliner and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500/3500 are included.

Ferrari is recalling eight hundred twenty five cars from 2012. The FF, California, four hundred fifty eight Italia, and four hundred fifty eight Spider are all included.

Jaguar is recalling eight thousand one hundred ninety one XF sedans from two thousand nine and 2012.

Karma Automotive is recalling eight hundred eleven Fisker Karma models from 2012.

Land Rover is recalling eight thousand seven hundred sixty nine Range Rover models from 2007–2009 and 2012.

Mazda is recalling 93,812 vehicles. Included are the 2005–2006 MPV; 2005–2009 RX-8; 2007–2009 B-series pickup trucks; the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve CX-7 and CX-9; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Mazda 6.

McLaren is recalling three hundred fifty nine MP4-12C models from 2012.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 103,406 cars. Included are the two thousand twelve C-class sedan and coupe, E-class coupe and convertible, GLK, and SLS AMG, as well as the 2008–2009 C-class sedan and coupe, plus the 2008–2012 C63 sedan and coupe.

Mitsubishi is recalling one thousand nine hundred sixty four i-MiEV models from two thousand twelve and 2014.

Nissan is recalling 152,554 cars. Included are the 2005–2008 Infiniti FX; 2006–2010 Infiniti M; 2007–2009 Versa sedan and hatchback; and the two thousand twelve Versa hatchback.

Subaru is recalling 185,773 cars. Included models are the 2005–2006 Baja; 2006–2009 Impreza; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Tribeca, WRX, and STI; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, is also included.

Tesla is recalling two thousand nine hundred ninety seven Model S sedans from 2012.

In addition, thirteen automakers last week expanded the Takata recalls in Canada by almost 900,000 vehicles. According to Automotive News Canada, toughly Five.Two million Takata airbags have so far been recalled in Canada. A utter list of affected Canada-market vehicles can be found at the Transport Canada website.

UPDATE Two/6/2017, Five:00 p.m.: BMW is recalling 230,117 cars in the U.S. that may have a Takata driver’s-side airbag. The company said it is possible that one percent of certain 2000–2003 models may have had their airbags substituted with a Takata unit during a service visit, whereas originally these models used non-ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators made by Petri AG. BMW said it shipped 14,600 Takata replacement airbag parts to U.S. dealers inbetween two thousand two and two thousand fifteen but had no way of knowing how many were actually installed. While some of the recalled vehicles are already under recall, many are fresh to our list below, which has been updated. The recalled vehicles include the 2000–2002 3-series sedan, coupe, wagon, convertible, and M3; the 2001–2002 5-series sedan, wagon, and M5; and the 2001–2003 X5. Owners will receive notification in March. Dealers will check for and substitute any Takata airbags they find.

UPDATE Two/27/2017, 6:30 p.m.: Takata has officially pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud for covering up the engineering defects that have led to at least seventeen deaths and the thickest recall in automotive history. The guilty prayer comes six weeks after a Justice Department announcement that Takata had agreed to a $1 billion settlement, including $850 million to compensate automakers for repairs, $125 million for a victim settlement fund, and a $25 million criminal fine. Three Takata executives also have been charged with fraud.

UPDATE Trio/Two/2017, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has recalled almost 32,000 vehicles in North America for Takata-supplied driver’s-side front airbags that “may not entirely pack, or the airbag cushion may detach from the airbag module due to misalignment of components within the airbag module.” Ford says this concern is not related to Takata’s rupture-prone airbags that use non-desiccated ammonium nitrate as propellant. The affected models are the 2016–2017 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX and the two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental; these vehicles have not been added to the list below because they’re being recalled for a separate issue.

UPDATE Five/11/2017, Two:00 p.m.: Honda is urging owners in Hawaii to repair any affected 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models as soon as possible—or risk a fifty percent chance of the driver’s-side airbag inflator rupturing in a crash. The so-called Alpha inflators were the very first Takata inflators to be recalled, and combined with Hawaii’s constant high fever and humidity, they are the most dangerous. Eight of the ten airbag deaths within the U.S. were the result of these Alpha inflators. Honda says that Hawaii houses harshly one thousand one hundred unrepaired 2001–2003 vehicles with Alpha inflators; these are among approximately 26,000 unfixed Honda and Acura vehicles in the state that are affected by these Takata recalls. Honda also says that “0ver seventy four percent” of these cars have been repaired nationwide, all with non-Takata replacement parts. For affected models, see our Acura and Honda lists below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2017, Five:30 p.m.: Four automakers—Toyota, Subaru, BMW, and Mazda—have agreed to pay a combined $553 million for economic losses. The automakers have jointly lodged a class-action lawsuit requesting owners be compensated while their cars are undergoing repairs. Owners of approximately 15.8 million cars in the U.S. are eligible. The lawsuit does not compensate owners for any alleged lost resale value in their cars nor does it address individual injury or property harm claims. The court must approve the settlement before it is final.

UPDATE 6/16/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Takata will file for bankruptcy “as early as next week,” according to sources speaking to Reuters. The filing is no surprise. Company finances began unraveling in early two thousand sixteen as lawsuits, fines, lost sales, declining stock values, and recall costs left Takata in the crimson with billions in liabilities. Key Safety Systems, a Michigan auto supplier possessed by the Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, is the purported buyer. Takata owes automakers $850 million for recall costs it must pay by 2018. The U.S. Justice Department is expected to be a creditor in the bankruptcy filing.

UPDATE 6/26/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Takata officially filed for bankruptcy today and has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Key Safety Systems, a Michigan-based automotive supplier possessed by Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, for $1.6 billion.

UPDATE 6/28/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Key Safety Systems (KSS) said it will drop the Takata name once the bankruptcy and sale are approved, according to KSS senior vice president Ron Feldeisen. The sale does not include Takata’s liabilities or its airbag business. Automakers are still hesitant if they will be reimbursed for recall costs, and lawyers indicating victims say the bankruptcy may limit their capability to collect damages.

UPDATE 7/11/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Takata is recalling another Two.7 million airbag inflators in the United States for rupturing. Unlike all the other one hundred million inflators recalled globally to date, these inflators contain a moisture-absorbing desiccant. Until now, Takata had said that only non-desiccated inflators were at risk for exploding shrapnel during a crash. These driver’s-side front airbags were manufactured inbetween two thousand five and two thousand twelve and were installed on Ford, Mazda, and Nissan vehicles, Takata said in a NHTSA filing. Only inflators with the desiccant calcium sulfate are presently under recall; these inflators still contain the propellant ammonium nitrate. The affected automakers will release separate recalls at a later date.

UPDATE 7/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Honda has confirmed another fatality from airbag ruptures in its vehicles, according to the Associated Press. On June Legal, 2016, an 81-year-old man in Hialeah, Florida, allegedly was performing “unknown repairs” with a hammer while inwards a two thousand one Honda Accord. The vehicle was running, and the driver’s-side front airbag deployed and shot out shrapnel. Police and witnesses still do not know what the man was doing when he was found unconscious inwards the car. He died the next day. This is the 12th fatality from faulty Takata airbags in the U.S., all but one in Honda vehicles. Of the ems of millions of cars under recall in the U.S., 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models are the most dangerous. NHTSA estimates that these cars have a 50-50 chance of an airbag rupturing.

UPDATE 7/17/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Mazda is recalling Nineteen,000 cars in South Africa—including the Two, 6, and RX-8—for two thousand three and later models, according to Wheels24. About seventy million of the harshly one hundred million airbag inflators under recall globally are in the U.S.

UPDATE 7/21/2017, Two:30 p.m.: Ford is petitioning NHTSA to not recall Two.Five million cars announced defective by Takata earlier this month, according to Reuters. The automaker wants to proceed testing but believes the particular inflators pose an “inconsequential” risk. The vehicles in question include: 2007–2011 Ranger, 2006–2012 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2006–2011 Mercury Milan, and 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. In January, GM petitioned NHTSA to exempt certain 2007–2011 pickups and SUVs (based on the GMT900 platform) from recalls until the automaker finished its evaluations by late August. NHTSA has not granted or denied either petition.

Also, Nissan has added 515,394 Versas, from model years two thousand seven through 2012, to this recall because the cars contain potentially defective inflators for their Takata-supplied driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 7/24/2017, 9:45 a.m.: Reuters reports that an Australian man died in Sydney after he crashed his two thousand seven Honda CR-V and the airbag sent shrapnel into his neck. Honda confirmed to Reuters that the car had a defective airbag. The deaths of eighteen people worldwide have now been attributed to these airbags.

Also, Mazda is requesting that NHTSA not recall extra B-series pickups; this comes in conjunction with Ford’s latest petition that claims in part that airbags in many of its Ranger pickups do not pose a risk of rupturing. The B-series is a clone of the Ford Ranger.

UPDATE 7/28/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Reuters reports that a 34-year-old woman in Holiday, Florida, was killed last week in a two thousand two Honda Accord after the airbag ruptured during a head-on collision. While officials have not determined the exact cause of death, she is likely the 19th person to die from defective Takata airbags.

UPDATE 8/9/2017, 12:30 p.m.: Nissan is the latest automaker to lodge a civil lawsuit that will compensate owners for economic losses while they fall under repairs, provide rental cars to owners driving the most at-risk vehicles, and pay for advertising and outreach to encourage more owners to schedule repairs with their dealers. The $97.7 million settlement mirrors the $553 million settlement that BMW, Mazda, Toyota, and Subaru agreed to pay in May. A total of Four.Four million Nissan and Infiniti vehicles have been recalled in the U.S. Only thirty percent have been repaired.

UPDATE 8/31/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling six hundred fifty brand-new vehicles in the United States that have defective airbags, albeit there is a critical difference from the general recall population of Takata inflators. Certain two thousand seventeen Ford Mustang and F-150 models have accomplish airbag modules built by Takata, while the faulty inflators inwards the modules are made by ARC Automotive, a Tier two supplier in Knoxville, Tennessee. The passenger-side frontal airbags are affected. Takata notified Ford after it tested the airbags and found an “abnormal deployment,” Ford said. Since July 2015, NHTSA has been investigating ARC Automotive for defective airbag inflators after two ruptured in older-model Chrysler and Kia models not under the Takata recall. NHTSA presently estimates that up to eight million inflators may be defective in Chrysler, GM, Kia, and Hyundai models in the United States.

AFFECTED VEHICLES (total U.S.-market number in parentheses, if known):

Acura: 2002–2003 Trio.2TL; two thousand three Trio.2CL; 2003–2006 MDX; 2005–2012 RL; 2007–2016 RDX; 2009–2014 TL and TSX; 2010–2013 ZDX; 2013–2016 ILX (including hybrid)

Audi (more than 387,000): 2004–2009 A4; 2005–2009 S4; 2003–2011 A6; 2006–2013 A3; 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet; 2007–2008 RS4; 2007–2009 S4 cabriolet; 2007–2011 S6; two thousand eight RS4 cabriolet; 2009–2012, two thousand fifteen Q5; 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet; 2010–2012 S5 cabriolet; 2016–2017 TT; two thousand seventeen R8

BMW (more than 1.97 million): 2000–2011 3-series sedan; 2000–2012 3-series wagon; 2000–2013 3-series coupe and convertible; 2000–2013 M3 coupe and convertible; 2001–2003 5-series and M5; 2001–2013 X5; 2007–2010 X3; 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible; 2008–2011 M3 sedan; 2008–2014 X6 (including hybrid); 2011–2015 X1

Cadillac: 2007–2014 Escalade, Escalade ESV; 2007–2013 Escalade EXT; two thousand fifteen XTS

Chevrolet (more than 1.91 million, including Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Saab, and Saturn): 2007–2014 Silverado HD, Suburban, and Tahoe; 2007–2013 Avalanche and Silverado 1500; two thousand fifteen Camaro, Equinox, and Malibu

Chrysler: 2005–2015 300; 2006–2008 Crossfire; 2007–2009 Aspen

Daimler: 2006–2009 Dodge Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2007–2017 Freightliner Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500

Dodge/Ram (more than Five.64 million, including Chrysler, not including Daimler-built Sprinter): 2003–2008 Ram 1500; 2003–2009 Ram 2500; 2003–2010 Ram 3500; 2004–2009 Durango; 2005–2008 Magnum; 2005–2011 Dakota; 2006–2015 Charger; 2008–2014 Challenger; 2008–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and Ram 5500

Ferrari (more than 2820): 2009–2014 California; 2010–2015 four hundred fifty eight Italia; 2012–2016 Ferrari FF; 2012–2015 four hundred fifty eight Spider; 2013–2017 Ferrari F12berlinetta; 2014–2015 four hundred fifty eight Speciale; two thousand fifteen 458 Speciale A; 2015–2017 California T; 2016–2017 Ferrari F12tdf, 488GTB, and four hundred eighty eight Spider; two thousand sixteen Ferrari F60; two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso

Ford (Trio million, including Lincoln and Mercury): 2004–2011 Ranger; 2005–2006 GT; 2005–2014, two thousand seventeen Mustang; 2006–2012 Fusion; 2007–2010 Edge; two thousand seventeen F-150

GMC: 2007–2014 Sierra HD, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2013 Sierra 1500; two thousand fifteen Terrain

Honda (11.Four million, including Acura): 2001–2012 Accord; 2001–2011 Civic (including hybrid and NGV); 2002–2011, two thousand sixteen CR-V; 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2015 Pilot; 2003–2011 Element; 2006–2014 Ridgeline; 2006–2010, two thousand twelve Gold Wing motorcycle; 2007–2013 Fit; 2010–2015 Accord Crosstour; 2010–2014 Insight and FCX Clarity; 2011–2015 CR-Z; 2013–2014 Fit EV

Infiniti: 2001–2004 I30/I35; 2002–2003 QX4; 2003–2008 FX35/FX45; 2006–2010 M35/M45; 2009–2017 QX56/QX80; 2017–2018 QX30

Land Rover (more than 68,000): 2007–2012 Range Rover

Lexus: 2002–2010 SC430; 2006–2013 IS; 2007–2012 ES; 2008–2014 IS F; 2010–2015 IS C; 2010–2017 GX; 2010–2015 IS convertible; two thousand twelve LFA

Lincoln: 2006–2012 Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ; 2007–2010 Lincoln MKX

Mazda (more than 733,000): 2003–2011 Mazda 6; 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6; 2004–2011 RX-8; 2004–2006 MPV; 2004–2009 B-series; 2007–2012 CX-7; 2007–2015 CX-9

McLaren: 2011–2015 P1; 2012–2014 MP4-12C; 2015–2016 650S; 2016–2017 570; two thousand sixteen 675LT

Mercedes-Benz (1,044,602, including Daimler): 2005–2014 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2008–2012 C63 AMG); 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2007–2017 Sprinter; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2010–2011 E-class sedan and wagon; 2010–2017 E-class coupe; 2011–2017 E-class convertible; 2010–2015 GLK-class; 2011–2015 SLS AMG coupe and roadster

Mitsubishi (more than 105,000): two thousand four Lancer Sportback; 2004–2007 Lancer; 2004–2006 Lancer Evolution; 2006–2009 Raider; 2012–2017 iMiEV

Nissan (Four.Four million, including Infiniti): 2001–2003 and 2016–2017 Maxima; 2002–2004 Pathfinder; 2002–2006 Sentra; 2007–2017 Versa sedan; 2007–2012 Versa hatchback; 2008–2018 370Z coupe/roadster; 2009–2014 Cube; 2010–2017 NV; 2012–2017 Altima, Versa Note, Armada, and Titan; 2013–2017 NV200; 2014–2017 Rogue

Pontiac (more than 300,000): 2003–2010 Vibe

Saab: 2003–2011 9-3; 2005–2006 9-2X; 2006–2009 9-5

Subaru (more than 380,000): 2003–2014 Legacy and Outback; 2003–2006 Baja; 2004–2011 Impreza; 2006–2014 Tribeca; 2009–2013 Forester; 2012–2014 WRX and WRX STI

Tesla: 2012–2016 Tesla Model S

Toyota (6 million, including Lexus and Scion): 2002–2007 Sequoia; 2003–2013 Corolla and Corolla Matrix; 2003–2006 Tundra; 2004–2005 RAV4; 2006–2012 Yaris; 2010–2016 4Runner; 2011–2014 Sienna

Volkswagen (more than 680,000): 2006–2010, 2012–2014 Passat sedan and wagon; 2009–2017 CC; 2009–2013 GTI; 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf; 2010–2014 Eos; two thousand thirteen Golf R; two thousand fifteen Tiguan

We will update this list as soon as fresh information is available, but you can access NHTSA’s own running tally of affected vehicles here. For further information about your specific vehicle, go to the manufacturer’s consumer website or use NHTSA’s VIN-lookup contraption.

This story was originally published on October 21, 2014. It has subsequently been updated to reflect the latest findings and official list of affected vehicles.

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Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Total List of Affected Vehicles

The automotive world and beyond is gyrating about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from almost two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them.

The issue involves defective inflator and propellent devices that may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, shooting metal fragments into vehicle occupants. Approximately forty two million vehicles are potentially affected in the United States, and at least seven million have been recalled worldwide. (UPDATE 9/28/2016: Affected-vehicle numbers, along with improper-deployment figures, proceed to grow, as detailed in the updates below.)

Primarily, only six makes were involved when Takata announced the fault in April 2013, but a Toyota recall in June this year—along with fresh admissions from Takata that it had little clue as to which cars used its defective inflators, or even what the root cause was—prompted more automakers to issue identical recalls. In July, NHTSA compelled extra regional recalls in high-humidity areas including Florida, Hawaii, and the U.S. Cherry Islands to gather eliminated parts and send them to Takata for review.

Another major recall issued on October twenty expanded the affected vehicles across several brands. For its part, Toyota said it would begin to substitute defective passenger-side inflators embarking October 25; if parts are unavailable, however, it has advised its dealers to disable the airbags and affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard.

While Toyota says there have been no related injuries or deaths involving its vehicles, a Fresh York Times report in September found a total of at least one hundred thirty nine reported injuries across all automakers. In particular, there have been at least two deaths and thirty injuries in Honda vehicles (UPDATE 12/12/2016: These figures are now verified as eleven deaths and one hundred eighty four injuries in the U.S., as detailed in the updates below). According to the Times, Honda and Takata allegedly have known about the faulty inflators since two thousand four but failed to notify NHTSA in previous recall filings (which began in 2008) that the affected airbags had actually ruptured or were linked to injuries and deaths.

Takata very first said that propellant chemicals were mishandled and improperly stored during assembly, which supposedly caused the metal airbag inflators to burst open due to excessive pressure inwards. In July, the company blamed humid weather and spurred extra recalls.

According to documents reviewed by Reuters, Takata says that rust, bad welds, and even chewing gum dropped into at least one inflator are also at fault. The same documents showcase that in 2002, Takata’s plant in Mexico permitted a defect rate that was “six to eight times above” acceptable boundaries, or toughly sixty to eighty defective parts for every one million airbag inflators shipped. The company’s examine has yet to reach a final conclusion and report the findings to NHTSA.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, 9:44 a.m.: The Fresh York Times has published a report suggesting that Takata knew about the airbag issues in 2004, conducting secret tests off work hours to verify the problem. The results confirmed major issues with the inflators, and engineers quickly began researching a solution. But instead of notifying federal safety regulators and moving forward with fixes, Takata executives ordered its engineers to ruin the data and dispose of the physical evidence. This occurred a utter four years before Takata publicly acknowledged the problem.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, Five:29 p.m.: Two U.S. Senators have now called for the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation on this matter. Takata has stated that “the allegations contained in the [Fresh York Times] article are fundamentally inaccurate.” The company went on to state that it “takes very earnestly the accusations made in this article and we are cooperating and participating fully with the government investigation now underway.”

Read more about these developments on this C/D page.

UPDATE 11/13/2014, 11:Ten a.m.: Takata has released a more formal statement telling that the allegations made in last week’s Fresh York Times article “are fundamentally inaccurate” and that it “unfairly impugned the integrity of Takata and its employees.” The company says (in this PDF) that there were no tests of “scrapyard airbag inflators” in 2004, that after-hours tests in two thousand four “were not ‘secret tests’ . . . [but] were done at the request of NHTSA to address a cushion-tearing issue unrelated to inflator rupturing,” and that it “did not suppress any test results showcasing cracking or rupturing in the inflators,” whether to automakers such as Honda or to NHTSA.

For its story about Takata’s statement, the Times spoke again with one of its two sources for the November six article. That anonymous person is quoted as telling: “What Takata says is not true . . . They are attempting to switch things around.”

On November 12, we reported about a switch in Takata’s chemical makeup of its airbag propellant, which the company says is unrelated to the ongoing recall situation.

UPDATE 11/Legitimate/2014, 6:Ten p.m.: In light of a latest airbag failure in a two thousand seven Ford Mustang in North Carolina—which was not part of the original “high-humidity areas” Takata recall—the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the defective Takata driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 11/20/2014, Five:35 p.m.: Automakers, officials from Takata, and motorists injured by defective airbags met for a hearing with Congress. NHTSA was accused of not responding quickly enough to the Takata airbag situation, and automakers also took warmth for being slow with fixes. As of now, the recalls remain regional, but it seems only a matter of time before they’re blanketed nationwide.

UPDATE 11/26/2014, 1:00 p.m.: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has formally demanded that Takata thrust through a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the suspect driver’s-side airbags. Also, officials in Japan are calling for a recall expansion, after an airbag from an unspecified car not covered by previous recalls ruptured in testing.

UPDATE 12/Two/2014, Five:45 p.m.: Toyota and Honda have released similar statements urging for an “industry-wide joint initiative to independently test Takata airbag inflators.” Meantime, Takata’s chairman stated today that he’ll create a “quality assurance panel” to scrutinize the company’s production procedures. Takata and NHTSA officials today made statements before the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. NHTSA is still pushing for a nationwide expansion of the still-regional airbag recall—but for defective driver’s-side airbags only; the agency says a coast-to-coast recall on passenger-side airbags isn’t necessary. Such a large-scale recall, many say, would squeeze the limited supply of replacement parts in the most at-risk (read: humid) regions of the country.

UPDATE 12/Three/2014, 6:50 p.m.: Takata executives, as well as those from NHTSA and several automakers, again sat before Congress, discussing how this nightmare situation went unaddressed for so long, how it can be stationary promptly and decently, and how it will be prevented from happening again. Honda is expanding its recall nationwide, and Takata’s internal testing has exposed high failure rates.

UPDATE 12/Four/2014, Ten:25 a.m.: Chrysler, Ford, and Toyota have expanded their recalls of vehicles tooled with Takata airbags.

Chrysler’s recall update adds the passenger-side airbags of toughly 149,000 two thousand three Ram pickups (1500, 2500, and 3500), which were already part of a driver’s-side airbag recall. The recall remains regional, encompassing trucks “sold or ever registered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Cherry Islands.” Chrysler says it is unaware of any accidents or injuries related to these airbag inflators and that no failures have occurred in laboratory tests. NHTSA has already stated is dissatisfaction with Chrysler’s budge: “Chrysler’s latest recall is insufficient, doesn’t meet our requests, and fails to include all inflators covered by Takata’s defect information report.”

Ford’s expanded recall is very similar to Chrysler’s, adding passenger-side airbags to the repair list of about 13,000 vehicles (2004–2005 Rangers and 2005–2006 GTs) already involved in the regional Takata recalls. Ford is even more selective with the targeted locations: it covers vehicles “originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Cherry Islands. It adds certain zip codes with high absolute humidity conditions in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Guam, Saipan, and American Samoa.”

Toyota has recalled some 190,000 vehicles in China and Japan, many of them similar to the company’s U.S.-market vehicles listed below.

UPDATE 12/Five/2014, Trio:15 p.m.: Honda has announced the addition of three million vehicles to its list of affected cars—and also that its recall is now nationwide. Read more on this development in this story.

UPDATE 12/Legal/2014, Ten:50 a.m.: Ford has expanded the breadth of its recall for Takata driver’s-side airbags, adding almost 450,000 vehicles—all Mustangs and GTs—to its list. (Rangers are part of a separate activity.) Mazda also expanded its recall to be nationwide for 2004–2008 Mazda six and RX-8 vehicles, upping its total of affected cars by about 265,000. Also, Chrysler recently added harshly 139,000 vehicles from the 2003–2005 model years to its regional recall, which now includes the previously unaffected areas of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, American Samoa, Guam, and Saipan. (Also, the 2006–2007 Charger is now listed below, compensating for an oversight on NHTSA’s outdated master list.)

UPDATE 12/Nineteen/2014, 7:00 p.m.: Providing in to NHTSA’s requests, Chrysler has drastically expanded its now-nationwide recall—by more than two million vehicles. A number of 2004–2007 model-year products, included below and specifically called out in this press release, are being called back to have their driver’s-side airbag inflators substituted. The company reports only one related injury. According to The Detroit Free Press, BMW is now the last automaker (of five) holding out from NHTSA’s request for a nationwide airbag recall on affected vehicles.

UPDATE 12/30/2014, Ten:00 a.m.: BMW has added another 140,000 vehicles to its now-nationwide airbag-recall list, meaning that all five primary carmakers involved in this situation have ditched the regional recalls. Also, Takata president Stefan Stocker has stepped down from the presidency of Takata, and top company executives have agreed to take significant pay cuts.

UPDATE 1/20/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Six panelists—including one who oversaw the Cerberus ownership of Chrysler—will join an independent review board in looking into Takata’s manufacturing processes and recommending best practices for what has become one of the largest-ever auto recalls. Former U.S. transportation secretary (1989–1991) Samuel K. Skinner will lead the panel.

UPDATE Two/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: Takata—finally—is enhancing its capacity to produce replacement airbag inflators at its plants around the world. By September, according to Automotive News, Takata will be able to make 900,000 replacement units per month. Upgraded assembly lines at a factory in Mexico have already enlargened that plant’s capacity from 300,000 units per month to 450,000. Meantime, reports of people being earnestly injured by these defective airbags proceed to arise.

UPDATE Two/20/2015, Four:Ten p.m.: Takata faces civil fines of $14,000 per day for its alleged refusal to cooperate with a federal investigation over these defective airbags. The supplier has provided slew of paperwork to NHTSA, but the agency found the “deluge of documents” unsatisfactory.

UPDATE Three/12/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Honda has announced that it is instituting a voluntary advertising campaign urging owners of Honda and Acura automobiles to check for open airbag and safety recalls that may affect their vehicle. See one of the ads and read more in our story.

UPDATE Trio/Nineteen/2015, Two:25 p.m.: Honda has added about 105,000 vehicles to its recall list. These include almost 90,000 Pilots from the two thousand eight model year as well as some two thousand four Civics and two thousand one Accords that previously weren’t part of the recall. Our list below has been updated.

UPDATE Trio/23/2015, 1:40 p.m.: According to a fresh survey, a surprising and unnerving number of Americans evidently haven’t bothered to get these potentially lethal airbags repaired. Just twelve percent of all cars recalled for faulty Takata airbags in the U.S. have been repaired. In Japan, conversely, a total seventy percent of the three million cars under recall have been repaired.

UPDATE Four/14/2015, Two:30 p.m.: Honda has stated that the driver of a two thousand three Civic was injured by a ruptured airbag during a crash in Florida on March 20.

UPDATE Four/21/2015, Ten:15 a.m.: Nissan has added another 45,000 Sentras from the two thousand six model year to its large-scale recall for defective Takata airbags. Owners will be notified via FedEx. Affected cars, according to Nissan, are those “that presently are or previously were registered in Florida and adjacent counties in southern Georgia; Hawaii; Guam; Puerto Rico; Saipan; American Samoa; U.S. Cherry Islands; and coastal areas of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.” This act was partially prompted by the investigation of a March crash in Louisiana in which a woman was injured by airbag shrapnel from her two thousand six Sentra.

UPDATE Five/13/2015, Trio:15 p.m.: Toyota and Nissan announced fresh and expanded recall activity to substitute potentially deadly Takata airbags in almost 6.Five million vehicles worldwide. The recall affects almost one million vehicles in North America. The Toyota RAV4 (model years two thousand four and 2005), previously unaffected by these recalls, is now on the list; Toyota is recalling some 160,000 of the models to substitute their driver’s-side airbags. The RAV4 has been added to our comprehensive list below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2015, 6:15 p.m.: Takata has announced as defective almost thirty four million vehicles, which will lead to even more extensive recalls of vehicles with the company’s airbags (individual automakers will elaborate on the specific cars added to the recalls in the very near future). In its testing of the suspect parts, Takata also found that driver’s-side airbags in 2003–2007 Toyota Corolla and Matrix models (plus the Pontiac Vibe, a twin to the Matrix), as well as 2004–2007 Honda Accord models, are at the highest risk.

In a news conference today, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx called the expanded recall “the most complicated consumer-safety recall in U.S. history.” He added: “Up until now Takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. That switches today.” Also, the company has agreed to pay the U.S. government significant fines for not cooperating in the investigations of numerous injuries and deaths; the exact amount will be announced at a later date.

UPDATE Five/20/2015, 1:00 p.m.: Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that Takata switched its airbag propellant in two thousand eight to reduce the risk of overly forceful deployment and to address the moisture-related degradation of the propellant.

UPDATE Five/27/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Next Tuesday, June Two, a panel from the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing to go after up on the status of this ongoing situation. “We have suffered a year of Takata ruptures and recalls, and families are still at risk. No excuses. Michiganders, and all Americans, have a right to answers,” committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said in a statement. The most latest Congressional hearing took place in December.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda has added 259,479 vehicles to its Japanese-market recall tally, according to Automotive News. Affected model years are from two thousand two through 2008, which marks the very first time that two thousand eight Hondas have been included in this meaty airbag recall. Honda soon will announce extra airbag recalls for the United States, which will be part of the massive recall expansion announced last week.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, 1:25 p.m.: Chrysler and Honda have added hundreds of thousands of vehicles to their U.S.-market recall lists; this goes after Takata’s announcement last week that thirty four million total vehicles were subject to activity. At this point, Honda is telling only that it will add toughly 350,000 vehicles to its list, albeit “most of the vehicles deemed at risk in Takata’s defect-determination report were already subject to previous voluntary deeds taken by Honda.”

The Chrysler expansion details approximately 1.Two million of its vehicles that were part of last week’s announcement, many of which are from model years that previously hadn’t been flagged. Accordingly, the following have been added to our list below: 2009–2010 Chrysler 300, 2008–2010 Dodge Charger, 2009–2011 Dodge Dakota, 2005–2010 Dodge Magnum (no Magnums were previously recalled for this problem), two thousand nine Ram two thousand five hundred and 3500, 2009–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and 5500, and 2008–2010 Mitsubishi Raider.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Five:00 p.m.: Ford has added more than 900,000 vehicles to its list of recalls for potentially defective airbags from Takata. The 2009–2014 Mustang and the two thousand six Ranger are fresh additions to the list. The later-model Mustangs—recalled for driver’s-side airbags—are by far the newest cars to be included in this exceptionally broad recall act.

UPDATE Five/29/2015, 6:25 p.m.: General Motors now has vehicles on the ever-growing list below (besides the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe): it is recalling heavy-duty examples of two thousand seven and two thousand eight Chevy Silverados and GMC Sierras. Also, Subaru has quadrupled the number of its vehicles subject to this airbag recall; that company’s additions are all 2004–2005 Imprezas.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: A Congressional hearing on this matter is scheduled for today at two p.m. We’ll cover the event across the afternoon. Meantime, yesterday a Takata executive announced that the company proposes “to substitute all” of the troublesome “ ‘batwing-shaped’ propellant wafers” installed in North America. We should know a lot more later today.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Trio:35 p.m.: Highlights so far from today’s Congressional hearing come mostly from NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind. He encourages consumers to frequently visit safercar.gov to see whether their vehicle and its VIN have been added to the list; he promises that the website will have VIN information for every single individual car affected by these expansive recalls within two weeks. Rosekind is calling for carmakers to be more diligent in tracking down vehicles that have passed through numerous owners over the years so that the current proprietor gets recall notices as quickly as possible. If NHTSA had the authority, Rosekind says, it would have coerced off the road vehicles affected by the Takata recalls sometime in 2014. Rosekind also points out that the suspect Takata airbag inflator has ten different configurations, which complicates discernment of the root cause.

Also, Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has pointed out that, “The messaging around these airbag recalls has been tantalized at best,” and notes that Takata is attempting “to ideal an innumerable set of manufacturing variables, which for 10-plus years have resisted perfection.”

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Four:55 p.m.: Sitting before the Congressional committee, Takata executive VP Kevin Kennedy states that he believes ammonium nitrate—a propellant that he admits is “a factor” in these rupturing airbags—is safe to use in his company’s products, including airbags installed as replacements in these recalls. He admits, tho’, that all of the defective airbags discovered in testing have used this type of propellant; Takata is, Kennedy says, transitioning to using guanidine nitrate, a propellant that other airbag suppliers already use. He reassures consumers that not all of the millions of recalled airbag inflators are defective and also that his company is testing components “outside the scope of the recall” to make sure that the callbacks are far-reaching enough. He also claims that his company shipped 740,000 replacement kits in May, in addition to supplying fountains of airbags for new-car production.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, 7:05 p.m.: Now posted: our utter story on today’s developments and how Takata plans to treat this situation moving forward.

UPDATE 6/Four/2015, Three:00 p.m.: Takata has informed Reuters that at least ten percent of the four million replacement airbag inflators installed as part of these recalls will have to be substituted again. The number could be much greater, as Reuters notes, “the safety of more than three million replacement parts [is also] in question.” A NHTSA official said the agency will thrust Takata and individual carmakers to “demonstrate to us that the remedy parts are safe for the life of the vehicle.”

UPDATE 6/Five/2015, Ten:Ten a.m.: Mazda has added more than 100,000 vehicles to its list of recalls, bringing the total to toughly 450,000. Fresh to the list are the two thousand three Mazda six and the two thousand six B-series pickup; extra Mazdas from previously noted model years in the rundown below, including the RX-8 and the Mazdaspeed 6, are part of this expanded recall. The cars are being recalled for driver’s-side airbag inflators, while the pickups are called back for their passenger-side airbags.

Also, former Takata president Stefan Stocker, who resigned that position in December, has now left his spot on the company’s board of directors. Takata’s senior vice president of global quality assurance, Hiroshi Shimizu, has been named to the board, along with two other fresh appointments. Last December, speaking before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Shimizu “rebuffed NHTSA’s claims that several million driver’s-side airbags now demonstrate a national safety risk.”

UPDATE 6/Ten/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: A lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana, alleges that a 22-year-old woman was killed in early April when her two thousand five Honda Civic’s driver’s-side airbag “violently exploded and sent metal shards, shrapnel and/or other foreign material into the passenger compartment,” Automotive News reports. Her car hit a telephone pole on April Five, two days before she received a recall notice for her car’s Takata-supplied airbags. She died on April 9. Her death, if it was indeed caused by the airbag, would become the seventh attributed to a failed Takata airbag. The other six fatalities have all occurred in Honda vehicles, and only one crash happened outside of the United States.

UPDATE 6/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: There are many millions of vehicles involved in these recalls, but it seems as however thirty four million, a figure that Takata announced in mid-May, might be far too high. (That figure was for inflators, not vehicles, albeit few cars seem to be afflicted with numerous defective airbags.) Reuters reports that the number is very likely more like 16.Two million vehicles. Keep in mind, however, that Nissan and Toyota may not have yet announced their recall expansions in response to Takata’s aforementioned mid-May announcement. The figures in our chart below, as it emerges today, add up to 15.97 million vehicles, which is within two percent of Reuters’ figure.

UPDATE 6/12/2015, 11:35 a.m.: Honda has announced that its financial results for the fiscal year that ended on March thirty one will take a $363 million hit because of costs associated with repairing vehicles involved in the Takata recalls.

UPDATE 6/14/2015, 7:00 p.m.: Honda has confirmed that the death of Kylan Langlinais, whose two thousand five Civic crashed in Louisiana on April five and which we detailed above on June Ten, was indeed a result of the ruptured Takata-supplied airbag in her car. Automotive News reports that this is the 2nd of seven deaths—all in Honda vehicles—where “a driver received a [recall or safety-campaign] notification too late.” Honda has recalled harshly Five.Five million vehicles with Takata airbag inflators in the United States.

UPDATE 6/15/2015, Ten:45 p.m.: Honda has added almost 1.Four million airbag inflators to this ever-expanding recall. The fresh recall is for passenger-side airbags on 2003–2007 Accord and 2001–2005 Civic models—two vehicles with the highest defect rates uncovered in Takata tests. According to Automotive News, most of these particular vehicles have already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Daimler has recalled 40,061 Sprinter vans for their passenger-side airbags. Dodge-branded Sprinters from 2006–2008 are included, as are Freightliner-badged Sprinters from 2007–2008. Vans in both two thousand five hundred and three thousand five hundred capacities are being recalled.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, Three:15 p.m.: Toyota has announced that 1,365,000 more vehicles are subject to its airbag recalls. All of these particular vehicles are being called in for their passenger-side airbags. Specific models involved are: 2003–2007 Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2005–2007 Sequoia, 2005–2006 Tundra, and 2003–2007 Lexus SC430. Takata recalls now cover some Two.9 million vehicles in the United States. A report in Automotive News notes that twenty four incidents of “incorrect deployments” of Takata airbags have been recorded worldwide in Toyota vehicles, with at least eight reports of injuries and no deaths.

UPDATE 6/Legal/2015, 11:15 a.m.: NHTSA eventually knows the utter scope of this massive, ongoing airbag recall. The eleven carmakers involved have identified every vehicle identification number (VIN) covered by the recall. Check your VIN by using the government agency’s search instrument. Also of note: The Senate Commerce Committee will meet next week to hear testimony from NHTSA experts, the Transportation Department’s Office of the Inspector General, and representatives from Takata and automakers regarding the recall.

UPDATE 6/Nineteen/2015, Four:50 p.m.: General Motors has added some 243,000 Pontiac Vibes to its tally of the already-recalled hatchback, which was built alongside the Toyota Matrix in the mid-2000s. The Vibes in this act, from the 2003–2007 model years, are being recalled for their passenger-side airbags. The two thousand six and two thousand seven model years previously had not been affected.

UPDATE 6/20/2015, 12:15 a.m.: Honda has confirmed that an eighth person’s death was caused by a defective airbag in one of its products. The woman who died was involved in a crash last August in Los Angeles; she was driving a rented two thousand one Civic. Bloomberg reports that this particular vehicle was part of four airbag-recall campaigns inbetween two thousand nine and 2014, each of which resulted in notifications being mailed to the car’s registered possessor, who never had the recalls addressed.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, 11:30 a.m.: Another hearing on this matter is happening in Congress today. Early points of note include:

• NHTSA’s Mark Rosekind estimates that the thirty four million defective airbag inflators are installed in thirty two million vehicles, so only a petite percentage of affected cars have more than one defective airbag. Those figures may still not be entirely accurate, however.

• For months, NHTSA has been coming under fire for how it has treated the Takata situation and other latest large-scale automotive recalls. Staffing and funding are an issue for the government agency, but Senator Claire McCaskill said this morning that “I’m not about to give you more money” until major reforms are made.

• Fiat-Chrysler has hired TRW to supply replacements for the defective Takata parts in its recalled vehicles. Takata has been supplying the industry at large with a major portion of the required replacement airbags thus far. FCA senior vice president Scott Kunselman said during the hearing that his company would only use replacement airbags from TRW and is certain that customers will not need to come back for subsequent repairs.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, Three:45 p.m.: Takata still does not know the root cause of its airbag failures and stopped brief of ensuring its replacement parts. The company’s executive vice president in North America, Kevin Kennedy, testified today during the company’s third Congressional hearing that “many of the replacement parts are alternative designs” but that it was continuing to test these replacements as it ramps up production to one million parts per month. “What we do know is that it takes a considerably long time for these problems to manifest,” Kennedy said to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

UPDATE 6/25/2015, Ten:50 a.m.: Following Takata’s annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo today, company president Shigehisa Takada publicly apologized for the deaths, injuries, and issues that have been caused by the airbags produced by the company that his grandfather founded in 1933. “I apologize for not having been able to communicate directly earlier, and also apologize for people who died or were injured,” Takada said, according to Bloomberg. “I feel sorry our products hurt customers, despite the fact that we are a supplier of safety products.” The apology came on the high-heeled shoes of Toyota and Honda adding another three million vehicles to the worldwide list of those recalled.

UPDATE 6/26/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: Reuters reports that Takata president Shigehisa Takada took a major pay cut last year, earning less than one hundred million yen (about $810,000) compared with the $1.67 million he took home the year before. His wages could have been much less than ¥100 million, since, as Reuters says, “Japanese companies are required to disclose individual executive compensation only if it exceeds one hundred million yen.” Other senior executives at Takata also earned less money last year.

Following up on news that we very first covered on June 12, Honda has restated its operating profit for last year after taking into account costs associated with repairing vehicles fitted with potentially defective Takata-supplied airbags. The effective cash loss of about $363 million remains as previously stated, bringing Honda’s operating profit for the fiscal year that ended in March to $Four.92 billion.

UPDATE 6/30/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: According to a latest audit by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General, NHTSA—the agency that has been at the forefront of the examinations of these Takata airbag recalls—is total of incompetent, mismanaged staff who are practically set up by their superiors to fail. Read our analysis here.

UPDATE 7/8/2015, 9:55 a.m.: The airbag in a Nissan X-Trail commenced a fire after the Takata-supplied device went off with excessive force during a crash in Japan, according to Automotive News. The passenger-side airbag “exploded, smashing the passenger-side window and sending high-temperature fragments into the dashboard, causing a fire.” The driver sustained minor injuries in the crash.

UPDATE 7/9/2015, 9:35 a.m.: Honda has recalled another Four.Five million vehicles, bringing the total number of its cars and SUVs involved in Takata-airbag-related deeds to 24.Five million. None of this newest batch were sold in North America; more than one-third are in Japan. This latest recall expands upon a mid-May recall of Four.8 million non-North-American Honda vehicles.

UPDATE 7/12/2015, 9:45 p.m.: Almost 90,000 Dodge Challengers from model years two thousand eight through two thousand ten have been added to this ever-growing airbag recall. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, Chrysler will recall 88,346 of the pony cars for possibly defective driver’s-side airbags. Prior to this activity, no Challengers had been recalled for this issue.

UPDATE 8/12/2015, 11:50 a.m.: Takata soon will begin a large-scale regional advertising campaign focused on raising awareness around the installation of replacement airbag inflators in affected vehicles. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, the campaign is “a sturdy digital advertising campaign” that will include crimson “Urgent Airbag Recall Notice” banner ads on websites such as CNN and Facebook. Only high-humidity locales will be targeted with the ads: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Cherry Islands. Also, a direct-mail campaign will target eighty five percent of the U.S. market.

UPDATE 8/Legitimate/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Volkswagen is now part of NHTSA’s probe on Takata-supplied airbags, following the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Tiguan during a crash involving a deer in June, Automotive News reports. No one in the vehicle was hurt. If this problem is related to that which spurred the massive recall for Takata’s front airbags, it would be notable as the very first report of the issue affecting side airbags, Volkswagen vehicles, and a model later than the two thousand eleven model year (with the exception of the two thousand fourteen Ford Mustang). A Takata spokesman told AN, “We believe [this malfunction] is unrelated to the previous recalls, which the extensive data suggests were a result of aging and long-term exposure to fever and high humidity.”

Automotive News points out that Volkswagen and Tesla are the only carmakers presently using Takata inflators that so far haven’t been subject to the recall deeds detailed here.

UPDATE 8/20/2015, Two:45 p.m.: Following news earlier this week about the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen VW Tiguan, two U.S. senators on the committee investigating these defective airbags are calling for the instant recall of all vehicles that use Takata-supplied airbags. A statement on Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal’s website concludes: “In light of the most latest incident, which did not occur in one of the regions originally designated as ‘high humidity,’ and which involved a two thousand fifteen vehicle not presently subject to recall, we urge you to voluntarily recall all vehicles containing Takata airbags.”

UPDATE 8/21/2015, Trio:45 p.m.: Toyota said it would consider using replacement airbag inflators from other suppliers, including Autoliv, Daicel, and Nippon Kayaku, as Takata faces a production backlog and scrutiny over whether its replacement parts are just as defective. From the beginning, Takata had agreed to let its competitors produce replacement parts alongside its own. Toyota has about twelve million cars affected worldwide.

UPDATE 9/Two/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA has announced that its previous totals for how many U.S.-market vehicles are affected by this Takata airbag recall were vastly overestimated. The most latest figure that the government agency is reporting is Nineteen.Two million vehicles affected, containing 23.Four million defective inflators (since the late 1990s, cars sold in the U.S. have been required to feature at least two airbags). NHTSA had been telling that thirty four million defective inflators were in some thirty million cars and trucks here in America.

NHTSA’s updated figure is much closer to the total number of vehicles represented on our list below, which presently stands at Legitimate.6 million.

UPDATE 9/28/2015, 12:30 p.m.: These recalls could soon grow to include extra carmakers. Via letter, NHTSA recently contacted seven automakers that aren’t presently included in the Takata recalls but which have used Takata-supplied airbags containing the suspect ammonium-nitrate propellant. The companies are Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Tesla, Volkswagen, Volvo (trucks), as well as specialty manufacturer Spartan Motors. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA said in the letter that the “remedy programs that are individual to each of the affected vehicle manufacturers have created a patch-work solution that NHTSA believes may not adequately address the safety risks introduced by the defective inflators within a reasonable time. . . . This process is intended to produce solutions for the prioritization, organization, and phasing of remedy programs, and to appropriately address the multitude of factors contributing to the complexity of these recall programs.”

UPDATE Ten/Nineteen/2015, Five:35 p.m.: General Motors is recalling a few hundred 2015-model-year cars and crossover vehicles for potentially faulty Takata-sourced side airbags; these vehicles aren’t yet shown on our comprehensive list below, but they’re called out in the post linked here. Unlike these GM products, all of the vehicles presently noted below are being recalled for front airbags, and almost all of them are from the two thousand eleven model year or prior. Also, NHTSA is planning to disclose more details—including extra manufacturers subject to the recalls beyond the current eleven—during a hearing on October 22.

UPDATE Ten/22/2015, 12:50 p.m.: In a public hearing today, NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind exposed more information about this massive recall situation. Nationwide, only 22.Five percent of recalled vehicles have actually been immobile. It’s only slightly better in the humid Gulf of Mexico region, where recalls have been finished in 29.Five percent of affected vehicles even tho’ airbag inflators in those locales are more likely to explode upon deployment. Some inflators have been substituted with newer, but still at-risk, identical components. Of the 115,000 liquidated inflators that Takata has tested, four hundred fifty have ruptured.

At NHTSA’s request, the eleven affected automakers conducted a risk assessment, which found that six million total inflators in the United States “are in the highest-risk group that should take top priority for replacement parts,” according to Automotive News, while harshly eleven million are in the middle-priority group and two million are least at risk. In general, the older the vehicle and the more humid the environment, the higher the priority that the airbag inflator(s) be substituted.

UPDATE Ten/26/2015, 11:30 a.m.: The Volkswagen Group is gathering and testing Takata-supplied airbags, Automotive News reports. The company voiced to NHTSA a concern about the supply of replacement parts, if the Takata recalls are expanded to VW’s brands, which seems likely at this point. VW is presently unaffected by these extensive recalls, but as we noted in August, a two thousand fifteen Tiguan experienced a side-airbag rupture. All told, U.S.-market VW Group products are fitted with harshly Two.Four million Takata airbag inflators.

UPDATE 11/Two/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling a group of five hundred fifteen 2016 CR-Vs for driver’s-side front airbag inflators that could separate in the event of a crash.

UPDATE 11/Three/2015, 6:00 p.m.: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued Takata a record civil penalty of at least $70 million. The airbag supplier could be responsible for paying NHTSA as much as $200 million total if further violations are discovered. As part of the issuance, NHTSA has ordered that Takata “phase out the manufacture and sale of inflators that use phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant.”

UPDATE 11/Four/2015, 9:45 a.m.: Honda has announced that it will no longer use airbag components from Takata. In a statement, Honda said: “We have become aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data for certain airbag inflators.” According to Automotive News, Honda has been Takata’s thickest customer for many years.

UPDATE 11/6/2015, 9:55 a.m.: Following Honda’s lead, both Toyota and Mazda have said they will stop purchasing airbag inflators from Takata, at least those that incorporate ammonium nitrate. According to Automotive News, Mitsubishi and Subaru also are considering pulling down the airbag supplier. Almost forty percent of Takata’s sales in two thousand fourteen came from airbag parts.

UPDATE 11/9/2015, Ten:35 a.m.: Nissan has now joined Toyota, Mazda, and Honda in announcing that it will no longer use Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The Automotive News report on Nissan’s declaration also notes that Takata lost $70 million in the 2nd quarter of 2015.

UPDATE 11/23/2015, 1:45 p.m.: Ford is the latest carmaker to proclaim that it will no longer use Takata airbag inflators with ammonium-nitrate propellant in its fresh cars. Ford is the very first non-Japanese company to take this step.

UPDATE 11/25/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Internal employee communications reviewed by The Wall Street Journal display Takata withheld airbag-inflator failures in reports to Honda in 2000, four years before that automaker began its own initial investigation of a ruptured Takata airbag in a customer car. The documents demonstrate Takata’s U.S. employees were voicing concerns over their Japanese colleagues doctoring data as “the way we do business in Japan.” Takata says the “lapses were and are totally incompatible with Takata’s engineering standards and protocols.”

UPDATE 12/Four/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Japan’s transport ministry has banned Takata airbag inflators that use ammonium nitrate as the propellant (and without a moisture-absorbing desiccant) from being installed in future cars. According to Automotive News, such airbags “will be phased out from driver’s-side airbags by two thousand seventeen and passenger-side devices by 2018.” Vehicle models that are subject to Takata-related recalls have a six-month-shorter time framework for the phase-out. As noted above, NHTSA announced a similar ban for U.S.-market vehicles on November Trio.

UPDATE 12/23/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA announced today that another person has died as a result of a faulty Takata airbag inflator. The fatal July two thousand fifteen crash occurred in a two thousand one Honda Accord. Albeit the crash happened in Pennsylvania, the car had spent several years in the humid Gulf region. Also, the agency has been informed of five fresh ruptures to passenger-side airbags, which is “likely” to result in expanded recalls of the 2002–2004 Honda CR-V, the 2005–2008 Mazda 6, and the 2005–2008 Subaru Legacy. (The Honda and Mazda models and model years are already reflected on the list below.)

UPDATE 1/Four/2016, Trio:00 p.m.: The Fresh York Times has detailed the contents of some internal Takata emails from more than nine years ago. As far back as 2000, internal reports exposed that there were “several instances [of] ‘pressure vessel failures,’ or airbag ruptures, . . . reported to Honda as normal airbag deployments.” One airbag engineer, according to the in-depth NYT story, wrote in a two thousand five report “that he had been ‘repeatedly exposed to the Japanese practice of altering data introduced to the customer,’ adding that such conduct was described at Takata as ‘the way we do business in Japan.’ ” In the same report, the engineer “warned that while the fudging of the data had originally not switched the fundamental conclusions of the data, the practice had ‘gone beyond all reasonable bounds and now most likely constitutes fraud.’ ” In 2006, the same engineer wrote “Happy Manipulating. ” in an email to a colleague about how to graphically deemphasize the “bimodal distribution” of some tests conducted at high temperatures. He also suggested that his co-worker use “thick and skinny lines to attempt and dress it up, or [switch] colors to divert attention.”

Takata maintains that “the emails in question are totally unrelated to the current airbag inflater recalls.” A Honda spokesman wouldn’t comment on the emails but said that his employer was “aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data.”

Meantime, Automotive News reports that some Japanese carmakers “may jointly invest in Takata” in order to soften the financial hit that the airbag supplier is facing as a result of these massive recalls.

UPDATE 1/8/2016, Four:15 p.m.: Mazda will recall 374,000 cars in the United States due to their passenger-side airbags. According to Automotive News, these airbags were found to be “prone to ruptures” in latest tests by Takata. The 2003–2008 Mazda 6, the 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6, and the two thousand four RX-8 are affected; these models had already been included on our list below, and we’ve enhanced the total accordingly.

UPDATE 1/22/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: A Georgia man died last month in a Takata airbag–related crash while driving a two thousand six Ford Ranger. His death marks the very first of nine in the United States and ten worldwide that have not occurred in a Honda vehicle. In the wake of this news, U.S. safety regulators are expected to add another five million vehicles to the Takata recall list detailed below. Automotive News notes that one million of those added vehicles have inflators “similar to those installed on the Ford Ranger,” while the other four million are being recalled following results of fresh tests on Takata airbags. Audi and Mercedes-Benz products will be included on the list below for the very first time.

UPDATE 1/26/2016, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has expanded its recall of 2004–2006 Ranger pickups, following news last week of a driver who died as a result of injuries he received from airbag shrapnel. The recall is for driver’s-side airbags in 361,692 Rangers in the United States and another 29,334 in Canada. These trucks had already been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. All 2004–2006 Rangers built in North America are part of this recall.

UPDATE 1/27/2016, 12:45 p.m.: The driver of a two thousand seven Honda Civic was killed in India last year in a crash that involved at least one Takata-sourced airbag that sent shrapnel flying into the cabin. An American Honda spokesman told the Associated Press that the driver was likely killed by other injuries sustained in the high-speed crash and not those inflicted by the defective airbag(s). The two thousand seven Civic is not presently part of Honda’s recalls in the U.S., but it might be added to the list soon.

UPDATE Two/Trio/2016, Ten:15 a.m.: Mazda has recalled all 2004–2006 B-series pickups for potentially defective driver’s-side airbags. The B-series is a rebadged Ford Ranger, and this recall expansion mirrors the one we described on January twenty six for the Ranger. Some Nineteen,000 Mazda trucks are affected in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Saipan. These B-series models had previously been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. In total, Mazda says it has issued recalls for 442,266 driver’s-side airbag inflators and 416,475 passenger-side inflators. The up-to-date list of Mazdas is below; many have recalls outstanding for numerous airbags.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, 6:00 p.m.: Honda dealerships in the U.S. have received letters from the carmaker stating that a fresh recall and stop-sale order applies to a long list of used Honda products: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2011–2015 CR-Z, 2009–2013 Fit, 2013–2014 Fit EV, 2010–2014 Insight, and 2007–2014 Ridgeline. According to Automotive News, if dealers don’t abide by the stop-sale order, they could be liable for any injuries that occur as a result of defective Takata airbags in these cars, which number some 1.7 million. The aforementioned vehicles have not yet been added to our list below because the news is not yet official.

UPDATE Two/Four/2016, 8:30 a.m.: Honda has officially issued recalls for Takata-supplied “PSDI-5” driver’s-side airbags on Two.23 million vehicles. The Honda-branded vehicles are: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2007–2014 Ridgeline, 2009–2014 Fit, 2010–2014 FCX Clarity, 2010–2014 Insight, 2011–2015 CR-Z. Acura vehicles affected by this recall are: 2005–2012 RL, 2007–2016 RDX (early production MY2016 vehicles only), 2009–2014 TL, 2010–2013 ZDX, 2013–2016 ILX (early production MY2016 vehicles only). These vehicles have been added to our list below. According to Honda, “Due to the large volume of fresh inflators needed to repair vehicles, the necessary replacement parts will not become available until Summer 2016.”

Older vehicles and those in high-humidity locales will be given priority for the replacement parts. In the meantime, dealers have been issued stop-sale instructions for affected vehicles that haven’t been repaired. These recalls are in addition to the 6.28 million Hondas and Acuras that had already been recalled for their airbags.

UPDATE Two/8/2016, 11:00 a.m.: Seat-mounted side-airbag inflators with the code name “SSI-20” are now under recall. Takata says this recall is limited only to inflators manufactured inbetween December thirteen and 14, 2014. A total of one thousand one hundred twenty nine Volkswagen and General Motors vehicles from the two thousand fifteen model year are tooled with these inflators. NHTSA began investigating Takata side airbags in August after a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Volkswagen Tiguan ruptured in June.

UPDATE Two/9/2016, Two:Ten p.m.: Daimler is recalling some 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and 136,000 Daimler vans in the U.S. market because NHTSA has indicated that the vehicles could contain defective Takata-supplied airbags. The Mercedes-Benzes are all from the 2005–2014 model years: SLK, C-class, E-class, M-class, GL-class, R-class, and SLS. The freshly recalled vans are 2007–2014 Sprinters with Dodge, Freightliner, or Mercedes badges. (Some 2006–2008 Sprinters had been added to the recall in June 2015.)

The Audi recall covers 170,000 vehicles from model years two thousand six through 2013. The Audis involved are: 2006–2013 A3, 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet, 2009–2012 Q5, and 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet.

BMW is recalling 840,000 vehicles from two thousand six through 2015; these vehicles weren’t among the toughly 765,000 that BMW had previously recalled for Takata airbags. The BMWs involved are: 2006–2011 3-series sedan and M3, 2006–2012 3-series wagon, 2007–2013 3-series and M3 coupe and convertible, 2007–2010 X3, 2007–2013 X5, 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible, 2008–2014 X6, and 2013–2015 X1.

The Volkswagen-branded vehicles, numbering 680,000, are from two thousand six through 2014. The VWs involved are: 2009–2014 CC, 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf, 2012–2014 Eos and U.S.-built Passat sedan, and 2006–2010 German-built Passat sedan and wagon.

UPDATE Two/13/2016, 11:30 a.m.: NHTSA has updated its website with more specifics regarding what Mercedes-Benz models are affected by this recall. They are detailed in an update to this story that we published earlier this week. The general models are as goes after, and they’ve been updated on our list below: 2005–2011 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2009–2011 C63 AMG); 2010–2011 E-class sedan, wagon, coupe, and convertible; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2010–2012 GLK-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2011–2014 SLS AMG coupe and roadster; 2007–2014 Sprinter.

Also fresh to the list below is the 2006–2007 Chrysler Crossfire, which was based on a Mercedes-Benz. A total of five thousand two hundred eighty three Crossfires have been recalled.

UPDATE Two/16/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors has added toughly 200,000 Saab and Saturn products in the U.S. and Canada to its list of vehicles covered by this recall. The cars involved are: 2003–2011 Saab 9-3, 2010–2011 Saab 9-5, and 2008–2009 Saturn Astra. These vehicles—numbering 179,861 in the U.S.—have been added to our list below.

UPDATE Two/17/2016, 6:15 p.m.: According to a report in the Fresh York Times, Takata executives allegedly withheld test results from its defective airbag inflators and demolished evidence as early as 2000. A top Takata executive is alleged to have ordered that failed parts be “discarded” and doctored a report.

UPDATE Two/22/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Reuters is reporting that the number of Takata airbag inflators recalled in the United States could almost quadruple, with the addition of inbetween seventy and ninety million units. That could bring the total of recalled Takata airbag inflators containing ammonium nitrate to as high as one hundred twenty million. (Some cars have more than one recalled airbag, so the overall vehicle total would be lower.) Reuters says that “Takata produced inbetween two hundred sixty million and two hundred eighty five million ammonium nitrate-based inflators worldwide inbetween two thousand and 2015, of which almost half wound up in U.S. vehicles.” The news service also notes that, “Takata produced most of the inflators that regulators are now investigating at its main inflator plant in Monclova, Mexico, or at plants in Georgia and Washington state, according to company documents.”

UPDATE Two/23/2016, Two:15 p.m.: A group of ten carmakers known as the Independent Testing Coalition hired a company called Orbital ATK (which works with rocket propulsion-systems) to conduct its own tests of suspect Takata airbag inflators. The conclusions, according to Automotive News, are that “it was the combination of these three factors—the use of ammonium nitrate, the construction of Takata’s inflator assembly, and the exposure to warmth and humidity—that made the inflators vulnerable to rupture.” These results are consistent with Takata’s internal testing as well as testing by the Fraunhofer Group.

UPDATE Three/Two/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another 198,000 vehicles in the U.S. for suspect Takata-supplied, passenger-side airbags. The two thousand eight Corolla and Corolla Matrix, as well as the 2008–2010 Lexus SC430, are now included in this activity. (Earlier model years of these vehicles were already included in this recall.)

UPDATE Three/30/2016, Three:15 p.m.: According to court documents reviewed by Reuters, Honda requested that Takata redesign its faulty airbag inflators to be “fail-safe” back in 2009. That was after the company very first recalled a petite population of cars in two thousand eight after defective Takata airbag inflators in Honda models were linked to four injuries and one death. The revised inflators, which Honda began installing in 2011, have four extra crevices to vent gas so that if the inflators rupture, the metal enclosure is less likely to break apart and become shrapnel. Honda did not notify NHTSA of the design switch and denied that it ever had to do so, stating that it used revised parts to prevent “future manufacturing errors.”

Takata is facing a bevy of lawsuits, some of which are being consolidated in a federal court in Miami. Much worse, however, are the recalls themselves. According to Bloomberg, a Takata insider has estimated the cost of recalling every single airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate—a number in excess of two hundred eighty million—to be $24 billion.

UPDATE Four/1/2016, Five:00 p.m.: According to NHTSA, 7.Five million defective airbag inflators have been substituted as of March 11. That’s thirty three percent out of 22.Five million. But that doesn’t include another five million inflators recalled in February. Using those numbers, Reuters pegs the repair rate at about twenty five percent, using a baseline of twenty nine million defective inflators. Check out NHTSA’s Takata website to see the recall-completion rates by manufacturer. Honda has the highest completion rate, at fifty four percent, but several carmakers have rates of less than twenty percent. Expect NHTSA to update its numbers soon.

UPDATE Four/7/2016, Three:15 p.m.: Honda has reported a death from an airbag rupture in a two thousand two Civic under recall. According to KTRK-TV in Houston, 17-year-old Huma Hanif rear-ended another car on March thirty one in Richmond, Texas. Albeit her airbag deployed, investigators determined the crash wasn’t severe enough to kill the teenager. Her mouth was lacerated by the airbag inflator and a witness described her collapsing after exiting her car. Hanif is the 11th Takata-related death worldwide, the 10th in the U.S., and the 10th in a Honda.

UPDATE Four/14/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA has stated that there are eighty five million Takata airbag inflators in the United States that haven’t been recalled at this point. Of that eighty five million, 43.Four million are passenger-side inflators, 26.9 million are for side airbags, and 14.Five million are installed in steering wheels. Takata “has until two thousand nineteen to demonstrate that all of the unrecalled airbag inflators are safe,” according to Automotive News, which counts 28.8 million airbags as being recalled at this point.

UPDATE Five/Four/2016, 11:15 a.m.: Honda has reported two extra deaths in Malaysia that may be related to defective Takata airbags. While authorities have not yet singled out the causes of either death, Honda said the driver’s-side front airbags in two City models from the two thousand six and two thousand three model years had ruptured in two separate crashes on April sixteen and May 1. Both cars, which were not sold in the U.S., were under recall.

UPDATE Five/Four/16, 1:15 p.m.: Confirming what we reported yesterday, NHTSA has announced that Takata will recall inbetween thirty five million and forty million extra front-airbag inflators as part of an amended consent order inbetween the Japanese supplier and the agency. All of the inflators in question are non-desiccated, which means they do not have a drying agent to compensate for humidity. So far, NHTSA says only the non-desiccated ammonium-nitrate inflators have been rupturing. Takata now has to prove that the desiccated inflators are safe or else it will be coerced to recall those, as well. The recall, which will be conducted in phases, is expected to last until December 2019. Exact car models have not been identified.

UPDATE Five/6/2016, 12:30 p.m.: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) have demanded that NHTSA release the entire list of car models with ammonium-nitrate propellant. “This right to know should not be limited to the owners of the seemingly randomly identified fraction of vehicles containing Takata airbags that have been leisurely recalled to date,” the senators wrote to the agency. Blumenthal and Markey have repeatedly called on NHTSA to recall every airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate, albeit the agency is permitting Takata up to three years to prove they are safe.

UPDATE Five/13/2016, 1:30 p.m.: Honda will add another twenty one million vehicles to its recalls associated with these Takata airbags, bringing the automaker’s worldwide total to fifty one million vehicles. How many of those vehicles will be in the United States is unclear at this point, according to the Fresh York Times, which attributes this information to Honda vice president Tetsuo Iwamura.

UPDATE Five/20/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Mercedes-Benz has expanded its Takata recall, adding 196,975 cars to its list, all of which require fresh passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2012–2014 C-class, 2012–2017 E-class coupe and cabriolet, 2013–2015 GLK-class, and two thousand fifteen SLS AMG coupe and cabriolet.

UPDATE Five/23/2016, Three:45 p.m.: NHTSA has announced a recall schedule so that the Takata airbag inflators likeliest to fail very first will be repaired very first. To do that, NHTSA has separated the country into three humidity zones and is prioritizing repairs to vehicles registered in states with the highest humidity. Many car owners will have to wait more than two years before they know their airbags are defective.

UPDATE Five/24/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toyota has expanded its recall by about 1,584,000 vehicles in the United States, all for Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2009–2011 Corolla and Matrix, two thousand eleven Sienna, 2006–2011 Yaris, 2010–2011 4Runner, 2008–2011 Scion xB, 2007–2011 Lexus ES, 2010–2011 Lexus GX, 2006–2011 Lexus IS.

UPDATE Five/27/2016, 1:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling an extra Two.Two million cars in the U.S. for defective Takata passenger-side front airbags, as well as two thousand seven hundred one motorcycles for possibly defective optional handlebar airbags. The total list of cars in this recall are: the 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2006 Acura MDX; 2003–2011 Pilot and Element; 2005–2011 CR-V and Acura RL; 2006–2011 Civic and Ridgeline; 2007–2011 Fit; 2008–2011 Accord; 2009–2011 Acura TSX; and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour, Insight, FCX Clarity, and Acura ZDX. The 2006–2010 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing motorcycle is also included.

The vehicles previously not involved in this recall are: 2006–2011 Civic, 2006–2010 Gold Wing, 2007–2008 Fit, 2008–2011 Accord, 2009–2011 Pilot, 2009–2011 TSX, and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour. They have been added to the list below.

UPDATE Five/31/2016, 11:30 a.m.: Ferrari is recalling two thousand eight hundred twenty cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This is the very first time Ferrari has been involved with this defect. The 2009–2011 California and 2010–2011 four hundred fifty eight Italia are included.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling Four,322,870 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the 2011–2012 Chrysler 300, two thousand nine Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango, 2011–2012 Dodge Charger and Challenger, two thousand ten Ram 3500, 2007–2012 Jeep Wrangler, and the 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500.

Mazda is recalling 731,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2005–2006 MPV, 2007–2011 CX-7 and CX-9, and 2009–2011 Mazda six and RX-8.

Mitsubishi is recalling 38,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand seven Lancer and Lancer Evolution.

Nissan is recalling 402,450 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2006–2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2007–2010 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007–2011 Versa.

Subaru is recalling 383,101 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand six Baja, 2006–2011 Impreza and Tribeca, and 2009–2011 Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, also is included in this total.

Our list below has been updated accordingly, but the recall totals for each brand haven’t yet been recalculated because some individual vehicles have already been accounted for in previous recalls for driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford has almost doubled the number of vehicles it is recalling for defective Takata-sourced airbags, adding 1,287,726 vehicles to its count, all for passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX, 2005–2011 Ford Mustang, 2005–2006 Ford GT, 2007–2011 Ford Ranger, and 2006–2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln MKZ and Zephyr. Of those, 608,717 Mustangs and about four hundred GTs had already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags; the other models are freshly added.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Trio:00 p.m.: A report from Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) says that four automakers are continuing to use Takata airbag inflators containing non-desiccated ammonium nitrate in current fresh cars, despite tests proving these inflators are the most prone to ruptures. Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen said they were using front-airbag inflators without the moisture-absorbing desiccant on certain two thousand sixteen and two thousand seventeen model year cars including the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Volkswagen CC, Audi TT, and Audi R8. Not all the manufacturers gave specific models to Nelson, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, who, in March, queried the original fourteen automakers involved. Another five automakers are still using Takata’s ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators, with or without desiccant, including Daimler (vans only), Ford, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru. Nelson’s office says the “majority” of all replacement inflators installed as of May 20—4.6 million out of 8.Four million—are Takata ammonium-nitrate inflators. Of those, Two.1 million are non-desiccated. All of this is legal under NHTSA’s consent order, albeit all non-desiccated inflators will need to be recalled and substituted by 2019. Eventually, all of Takata’s ammonium-nitrate inflators may need to be recalled. It’s very confusing that automakers would be permitted to install parts that are known to be defective, except NHTSA thinks they won’t become defective until years later, at which time decent replacement parts will be available.

Meantime, Toyota has expanded its Takata recall by some 490,000 vehicles outside of the U.S., in places including Japan, China, Europe, Mexico, and South America. The vehicles in question include 2005–2011 Lexus products, as well as Toyota Siennas, 4Runners, Corollas, and Yarises.

UPDATE 6/Two/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Audi is recalling 217,000 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2004–2008 Audi A4 and the 2005–2011 Audi A6. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

BMW is recalling 91,806 SUVs as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 BMW X5, the 2008–2011 BMW X6, and the 2010–2011 BMW X6 ActiveHybrid.

General Motors is recalling 1.Four million 2007–2011 trucks and large SUVs for their Takata-supplied passenger-side airbags. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Avalanche, Tahoe, and Suburban; 2007–2011 GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2011 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade EXT, and Escalade ESV; 2009–2011 Silverado two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2009–2011 Sierra two thousand five hundred and 3500. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls. GM reports that there have been no airbag ruptures in approximately 44,000 crashes of the recalled vehicles.

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 54,350 vehicles as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and the 2009–2011 Jaguar XF. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 199,705 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2008–2011 C300 sedan, C350 sedan, and C63 AMG sedan; 2010–2011 GLK350 and E350 coupe; two thousand eleven E350 convertible, E550 coupe and convertible, and the SLS AMG. Also, the brand’s parent company, Daimler, is recalling five thousand one hundred vans for the same issue: 2010–2011 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2009–2011 Freightliner Sprinter, and two thousand nine Dodge Sprinter.

UPDATE 6/7/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: The holder of a two thousand six Nissan X-Trail SUV has filed a suit against Takata and Nissan for wrist and head injuries she sustained in an October two thousand fifteen crash in Japan. The vehicle had been recalled for defective airbag inflators, but parts weren’t available at the time the woman’s hubby took the SUV to a dealership to get it immobile. According to Automotive News, this is the very first suit in Japan against Takata and an automaker for these airbags.

UPDATE 6/Ten/2016, Five:30 p.m.: Toyota has identified the fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. The 2015–2016 4Runner and Lexus GX460, two thousand fifteen Lexus IS250C and IS350C, and the two thousand fifteen Scion xB have these inflators and will need to be recalled by the end of two thousand eighteen even tho’ they are still legal to sell. About 175,000 vehicles are affected in the U.S.

Meantime, Honda has recalled another 784,000 vehicles in Japan because of their Takata airbags, including Civic, Fit, and Odyssey models built inbetween two thousand three and 2009.

UPDATE 6/17/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Honda’s joint venture in China, is recalling one million vehicles for their Takata airbags, the Detroit News reports. Vehicles affected are Honda CR-V, Civic, and Civic hybrids as well as Platinum Rui sedans built inbetween two thousand seven and 2011.

UPDATE 6/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: Fiat Chrysler said it would stop using non-desiccated Takata airbag inflators with ammonium nitrate by next week. This applies to all of its cars built for the North American market. FCA will end production globally by mid-September. As of now, FCA said that only the two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler’s passenger-side front airbag used such an inflator and that it would notify potential buyers of any of these unsold vehicles. Without describing its methods, FCA also said it tested “nearly six thousand three hundred older versions” of this inflator and found no problems. The non-desiccated inflators are considered dangerous since they do not have a chemical to absorb moisture.

UPDATE 6/27/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Automotive News reports that a ruptured airbag shows up to have caused a woman’s death in an accident in Malaysia. The driver of a two thousand five Honda City was killed on Saturday, and the driver’s-side airbag was found to be ruptured. The official cause of death has yet to be announced as of this writing. The car involved in the accident had been recalled in May 2015, but it hadn’t been repaired. If verified, this would be the third death related to defective Takata airbags in Malaysia this year.

UPDATE 6/28/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Shigehisa Takada, the chief executive of automotive supplier Takata, announced in a shareholder meeting that he will resign once a “fresh management regime” has been selected.

UPDATE 6/30/2016, Two:30 p.m.: Seven Honda and Acura models from 2001–2003 pose the highest failure rate among all recalled vehicles, with as much as a fifty percent chance their airbag inflators will rupture, according to NHTSA. The agency identified the 2001–2002 Honda Civic and Accord, two thousand two CR-V and Odyssey, 2002–2003 Acura Three.2TL, and two thousand three Honda Pilot and Acura Trio.2CL as the most dangerous. These cars were originally recalled for the defect inbetween two thousand eight and 2011, and while “more than seventy percent” now have fresh inflators, there are still 313,000 vehicles with the original inflators. Eight of the ten U.S. deaths involving Takata airbag inflators have involved this group of Honda and Acura models.

UPDATE 7/8/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toughly 1.Four million vehicles have been recalled in Japan for their Takata airbags. Mitsubishi recalled 520,000 vehicles, Mazda 490,000, Subaru 290,000, and Mercedes-Benz 93,000. Of particular note for U.S. owners is that Mazda said the two (known as the Demio in Japan) will be recalled in America; the company recalled 74,310 Mazda 2s in China built inbetween two thousand seven and 2015.

UPDATE 7/Nineteen/2016, Five:00 p.m.: An internal audit conducted by Takata and Honda found the airbag supplier manipulated airbag test data that stripped out poorer results, according to Bloomberg. Examples of “selective editing,” according to former IIHS president Brian O’Neill, who conducted the audit, resulted in a report that was a “prettier shortened version” of what actually occurred. Depositions of several Takata engineers from an ongoing lawsuit found that reports to Nissan, Toyota, and General Motors were similarly doctored. Takata said the audit’s findings were “entirely inexcusable.”

UPDATE 7/20/2016, Three:30 p.m.: The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has identified extra fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. They are: two thousand sixteen Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2016–2017 Mercedes-Benz E-class coupe/convertible, two thousand sixteen Ferrari FF, 2016–2017 Ferrari California T, 2016–2017 Ferrari 488GTB/488 Spider, 2016–2017 Ferrari F12/F12tdf, and two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso. These vehicles remain legal for sale, but, per NHTSA, they must be recalled by the end of 2018. Audi, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen had previously been found to still be building fresh cars with the suspect airbags.

UPDATE 7/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: General Motors has stated that it may have to recall an extra Four.Three million vehicles in the U.S. for their defective Takata airbags, which would cost the company an estimated $550 million, according to Automotive News. GM recently added Two.Five million vehicles to its list of Takata recalls, the repair costs for which will cost as much as $320 million.

Also, Mazda has added three thousand seven hundred forty three B-series pickups from the 2007–2009 model years to its list of vehicles recalled due to potentially defective Takata airbag inflators; these trucks are being recalled for the passenger-side airbags. This is in accordance to the recall schedule we described on May 23. These Mazdas are located in what is known as Zone B, which includes Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Fresh Jersey, Fresh Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Previously, 2004–2006 B-series trucks had been recalled; our list below has been updated to reflect these extra model years.

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA is expanding its investigation of airbag supplier ARC Automotive to eight million potentially defective airbags after the driver of a two thousand nine Hyundai Elantra was killed in Canada last month. Automotive News reports that the car’s airbag inflator was manufactured in China, unlike inflators in U.S.-market Elantras from the same time period. General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, and Kia also used ARC airbags that are part of this probe. In July 2015, NHTSA began investigating ARC for airbags produced in Tennessee after airbag-related injuries were reported in crashes of a two thousand two Chrysler Town & Country and a two thousand four Kia Optima. Preliminary investigations of inflators made by ARC, which is unaffiliated with Takata, display “significant design differences inbetween the ARC inflators and the Takata inflators presently under recall.”

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 9:00 p.m.: Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its recall by another 54,000 vehicles in the United States. The recalls affects 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and 2009–2011 Jaguar XF models for potentially defective passenger-side airbag inflators. Vehicles from these models and model years were very first recalled in May 2016; this act essentially doubles the recalled population. Jaguar Land Rover says that “affected vehicles are being prioritized for repair—split into four separate phases—based on geographic zone and vehicle age” and that customers will be notified by mail later this year when parts become available. In a statement, the company went on to say that it “is not aware of any case of an airbag module rupture on any of the 108,000 vehicles included in this recall.”

UPDATE 8/29/2016, Four:00 p.m.: General Motors pressured a Swedish airbag supplier in the 1990s to match cheaper prices from its rival Takata, despite warnings that Takata’s inflators were unsafe, according to the Fresh York Times. When Takata introduced ammonium-nitrate-based airbag inflators in the late 1990s, Autoliv scientists studying Takata’s design determined the chemical compound was too dangerous. It lost GM’s airbag contract at the time. “We tore the Takata airbags apart, analyzed all the fuel, identified all the ingredients,” former Autoliv chief chemist Robert Taylor told the Times. “The gas is generated so rapid, it blows the inflater [sic] to bits.” The Times also exposed that employees at a former Takata plant in Georgia let defective airbag inflators pass inspections by manipulating leakage tests and creating fresh bar codes so the tests couldn’t be tracked.

UPDATE 9/8/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Honda will recall another 668,000 vehicles in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. Affected cars include Accord, Civic, and Fit models built inbetween two thousand nine and 2011. According to Reuters, that brings Honda’s recall total to fifty one million Takata airbags.

UPDATE 9/9/2016, 9:00 a.m.: BMW announced it will recall some 110,000 cars in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The recall affects passenger-side airbags on forty four BMW models made inbetween two thousand four and 2012, including the 116i, 118i, and 320i. The recall is part of a massive order from Japan’s transport ministry that seven million vehicles be recalled by 2019.

UPDATE 9/Nineteen/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors will submit a petition to NHTSA for a one-year deferral of a pending recall of some 980,000 trucks and SUVs tooled with Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators, Automotive News reports. Takata is slated to proclaim on December 31, 2016, that “a large batch” of parts are defective, but GM wants a 365-day deferral to finish a long-term aging research explore with aerospace and defense manufacturer Orbital ATK. The investigate, which we outlined in February, is scheduled to end in August 2017. GM maintains that the delayed recall won’t endanger vehicle occupants, telling the inflators will “likely perform as designed until at least December 31, 2019.” Of the 44,000 passenger-side inflators that have deployed in consumer use and the one thousand fifty five that have been deployed in testing, none have ruptured, GM says. The deferral affects 2007–2012 large trucks and SUVs, namely the Chevrolet Silverado, Tahoe, and Suburban, the GMC Sierra and Yukon, and the Cadillac Escalade.

UPDATE 9/26/2016, Ten:45 a.m.: Takata exposed in a latest report that it neglected to notify NHTSA of a two thousand three rupture of one of its airbag inflators in Switzerland, according to Reuters. NHTSA began looking into problems with Takata airbags in 2010, but Takata officials did not mention the Swiss incident to the agency at the time. In the freshly released report, Takata said the Swiss incident did not relate to the NHTSA investigation and noted that Takata made production switches shortly after the two thousand three incident.

In the same report (available for download at safercar.gov), Takata said that its U.S. arm, not the Japan-based parent company, “was primarily responsible for the development, testing, and production of the inflators at issue in Recall Nos. 15E-040, 15E-041, 15E-042, and 15E-043.” Other recently released Takata documents also exposed that six hundred sixty airbag inflators ruptured during testing of 245,000 of the devices, Bloomberg reports. The company resumes to reiterate that its airbag inflators are more at risk when they’re subjected to humid climates and as they age.

UPDATE 9/28/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda announced today that the driver’s-side airbag of a two thousand nine Honda City ruptured in a September twenty four crash in Johor, Malaysia, in which the driver was killed. This marks the fourth Malaysian death this year linked to a Takata-supplied airbag that ruptured in a Honda car. Honda said that it has finished replacements of 211,000 Takata front-airbag inflators in Malaysia, which is fifty four percent of the total number presently under recall.

UPDATE Ten/21/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Honda and NHTSA announced that a 50-year-old woman, Delia Robles of Corona, California, died of injuries that resulted from the deployment of a defective Takata airbag in her two thousand one Honda Civic. The crash occurred on September thirty in California’s Riverside County. According to an Associated Press report, the vehicle’s driver’s-side airbag inflator had been part of a recall since 2008; however, it was never repaired. Automotive News reported that more than twenty recall notices had been mailed to the vehicle’s registered owners. The deceased woman bought the car at the end of 2015, the AP report said. This is the 11th confirmed death in the United States that has been caused by a defective Takata-supplied airbag in a vehicle, all but one of which were in Honda vehicles.

UPDATE Ten/26/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another Five.8 million vehicles around the world because they might contain defective Takata airbag inflators. According to Reuters, the recall includes toughly 1.47 million vehicles in Europe, 1.16 million in Japan, and 820,000 in China, as well as vehicles in Central and South America, Africa, the Near and Middle East, and Singapore. Various Corolla, Yaris/Vitz, Hilux, and Etios models built inbetween May two thousand and November two thousand one and inbetween April two thousand six and December two thousand fourteen were recalled.

UPDATE 11/9/2016, 1:00 p.m.: In an effort to seek out recalled Takata airbag inflators that haven’t yet been motionless, Honda has partnered with CCC, a software provider for 22,000 automotive figure shops across the United States. When a Honda vehicle is entered into the CCC system for an estimate on repairing figure harm, Automotive News reports, an alert will show up onscreen if the vehicle has an unresolved open Takata recall. Bod shops are being “encouraged to reach out to [the customer’s favored] dealership to facilitate the repair on the customer’s behalf.”

UPDATE 12/12/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: To date, at least one hundred eighty four people have been injured by Takata airbags in the United States, according to a fresh report released by NHTSA on the recall’s progress. This is the very first hard number the agency has specified since investigations began in late 2014. Repairs won’t be finished until at least September two thousand twenty (in May, NHTSA set December two thousand nineteen as the end date). Another round of cars—including Tesla products, supercars from Ferrari and McLaren, and extra model years of previously recalled models—have been added to our master list of vehicles plagued by the defective Takata inflators. By 2020, NHTSA expects there will be forty two million vehicles with at least sixty four million inflators under recall. As of today, the count stands at about twenty nine million vehicles with forty six million inflators.

UPDATE 12/29/2016, Five:30 p.m.: So far, about 12.Five million suspect Takata inflators have been immovable of the harshly sixty five million inflators (in forty two million vehicles) that will ultimately be affected by this recall, which spans nineteen automakers. Carmakers and federal officials organizing the response to this giant recall insist that the supply chain is churning out replacement parts, most of which are coming from companies other than Takata. For those who are waiting, NHTSA advises that people not disable the airbags; the exceptions are the 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models that we listed on this page on June 30, 2016—vehicles which NHTSA is telling people to drive only to a dealer to get immovable.

Meantime, a settlement stemming from a federal probe into criminal wrongdoing by Takata is expected early next year—perhaps as soon as January—and could treatment $1 billion.

UPDATE 1/11/2017, 1:00 p.m.: Honda added 772,000 more cars in a fresh round of recalls for non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. A total of 1.29 million Honda and Acura models plus eight hundred eighty two Gold Wing motorcycles are included; many were previously recalled for driver’s-side airbags. Besides the two thousand twelve Gold Wing, no fresh models or model years are included. Honda has the most U.S. vehicles of any automaker affected by the Takata recalls, now standing at 11.Four million cars and motorcycles.

UPDATE 1/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling 654,695 cars in the U.S. and 161,174 vehicles in Canada to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years are included, albeit Ford has added more of these same cars in other regions of the country that were not under previous recalls. Ford, including Mercury and Lincoln, now has recalled about three million cars in the U.S. The affected models in this particular regional expansion are the 2005–2009 and two thousand twelve Mustang; 2005–2006 GT; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln MKZ; 2006–2009 Mercury Milan; and the 2007–2009 Ranger, Edge, and Lincoln MKX.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, 11:00 a.m.: As with Honda and Ford, Toyota is recalling 543,000 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years have been added, albeit Toyota has included an unknown number of cars not previously under recall. Toyota, including Lexus and Scion and not including the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe, now has about six million cars in the U.S. under the Takata recalls. Affected models under this latest recall are the 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Lexus IS (including IS F); 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve Yaris and Lexus ES; 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve Scion xB; two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Corolla and Matrix; and the two thousand twelve 4Runner, Sienna, Lexus IS C, Lexus GX, and Lexus LFA.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, Three:00 p.m.: The U.S. government has fined Takata Corp. $1 billion as part of the Japanese supplier’s agreement to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud; the fine is violated down as a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million for victim compensation, and $850 million for compensating automakers. Also, a federal grand jury separately charged three Takata executives on six counts each of wire fraud and conspiracy.

UPDATE 1/23/2017, 7:00 p.m.: A total of sixteen brands recalled 652,541 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. Some or most of these cars may have been previously recalled to substitute other Takata airbags. Replacement parts may be available as soon as March or “Q1,” depending on the automaker. Only cars ever registered in specific states are under these recalls. Model-year two thousand eight and two thousand twelve Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG—as well as model-year two thousand nine Audi A4 and S4—were previously unaccounted for in our master list below. The cars recalled in this latest round are as goes after:

Audi is recalling 33,421 cars. They include the 2005–2009 A4, S4, and A6; 2007–2008 RS4; and the 2007–2009 S6.

BMW is recalling 48,380 cars. Included are the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve X5 and the 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve X6.

Daimler, in conjunction with Fiat Chrysler, is recalling 11,279 Sprinter vans. The two thousand nine Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter 2500/3500 and two thousand twelve Freightliner and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500/3500 are included.

Ferrari is recalling eight hundred twenty five cars from 2012. The FF, California, four hundred fifty eight Italia, and four hundred fifty eight Spider are all included.

Jaguar is recalling eight thousand one hundred ninety one XF sedans from two thousand nine and 2012.

Karma Automotive is recalling eight hundred eleven Fisker Karma models from 2012.

Land Rover is recalling eight thousand seven hundred sixty nine Range Rover models from 2007–2009 and 2012.

Mazda is recalling 93,812 vehicles. Included are the 2005–2006 MPV; 2005–2009 RX-8; 2007–2009 B-series pickup trucks; the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve CX-7 and CX-9; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Mazda 6.

McLaren is recalling three hundred fifty nine MP4-12C models from 2012.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 103,406 cars. Included are the two thousand twelve C-class sedan and coupe, E-class coupe and convertible, GLK, and SLS AMG, as well as the 2008–2009 C-class sedan and coupe, plus the 2008–2012 C63 sedan and coupe.

Mitsubishi is recalling one thousand nine hundred sixty four i-MiEV models from two thousand twelve and 2014.

Nissan is recalling 152,554 cars. Included are the 2005–2008 Infiniti FX; 2006–2010 Infiniti M; 2007–2009 Versa sedan and hatchback; and the two thousand twelve Versa hatchback.

Subaru is recalling 185,773 cars. Included models are the 2005–2006 Baja; 2006–2009 Impreza; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Tribeca, WRX, and STI; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, is also included.

Tesla is recalling two thousand nine hundred ninety seven Model S sedans from 2012.

In addition, thirteen automakers last week expanded the Takata recalls in Canada by almost 900,000 vehicles. According to Automotive News Canada, toughly Five.Two million Takata airbags have so far been recalled in Canada. A utter list of affected Canada-market vehicles can be found at the Transport Canada website.

UPDATE Two/6/2017, Five:00 p.m.: BMW is recalling 230,117 cars in the U.S. that may have a Takata driver’s-side airbag. The company said it is possible that one percent of certain 2000–2003 models may have had their airbags substituted with a Takata unit during a service visit, whereas originally these models used non-ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators made by Petri AG. BMW said it shipped 14,600 Takata replacement airbag parts to U.S. dealers inbetween two thousand two and two thousand fifteen but had no way of knowing how many were actually installed. While some of the recalled vehicles are already under recall, many are fresh to our list below, which has been updated. The recalled vehicles include the 2000–2002 3-series sedan, coupe, wagon, convertible, and M3; the 2001–2002 5-series sedan, wagon, and M5; and the 2001–2003 X5. Owners will receive notification in March. Dealers will check for and substitute any Takata airbags they find.

UPDATE Two/27/2017, 6:30 p.m.: Takata has officially pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud for covering up the engineering defects that have led to at least seventeen deaths and the largest recall in automotive history. The guilty prayer comes six weeks after a Justice Department announcement that Takata had agreed to a $1 billion settlement, including $850 million to compensate automakers for repairs, $125 million for a victim settlement fund, and a $25 million criminal fine. Three Takata executives also have been charged with fraud.

UPDATE Three/Two/2017, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has recalled almost 32,000 vehicles in North America for Takata-supplied driver’s-side front airbags that “may not entirely pack, or the airbag cushion may detach from the airbag module due to misalignment of components within the airbag module.” Ford says this concern is not related to Takata’s rupture-prone airbags that use non-desiccated ammonium nitrate as propellant. The affected models are the 2016–2017 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX and the two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental; these vehicles have not been added to the list below because they’re being recalled for a separate issue.

UPDATE Five/11/2017, Two:00 p.m.: Honda is urging owners in Hawaii to repair any affected 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models as soon as possible—or risk a fifty percent chance of the driver’s-side airbag inflator rupturing in a crash. The so-called Alpha inflators were the very first Takata inflators to be recalled, and combined with Hawaii’s constant high warmth and humidity, they are the most dangerous. Eight of the ten airbag deaths within the U.S. were the result of these Alpha inflators. Honda says that Hawaii houses harshly one thousand one hundred unrepaired 2001–2003 vehicles with Alpha inflators; these are among approximately 26,000 unfixed Honda and Acura vehicles in the state that are affected by these Takata recalls. Honda also says that “0ver seventy four percent” of these cars have been repaired nationwide, all with non-Takata replacement parts. For affected models, see our Acura and Honda lists below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2017, Five:30 p.m.: Four automakers—Toyota, Subaru, BMW, and Mazda—have agreed to pay a combined $553 million for economic losses. The automakers have jointly lodged a class-action lawsuit requesting owners be compensated while their cars are undergoing repairs. Owners of approximately 15.8 million cars in the U.S. are eligible. The lawsuit does not compensate owners for any alleged lost resale value in their cars nor does it address private injury or property harm claims. The court must approve the settlement before it is final.

UPDATE 6/16/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Takata will file for bankruptcy “as early as next week,” according to sources speaking to Reuters. The filing is no surprise. Company finances began unraveling in early two thousand sixteen as lawsuits, fines, lost sales, declining stock values, and recall costs left Takata in the crimson with billions in liabilities. Key Safety Systems, a Michigan auto supplier wielded by the Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, is the purported buyer. Takata owes automakers $850 million for recall costs it must pay by 2018. The U.S. Justice Department is expected to be a creditor in the bankruptcy filing.

UPDATE 6/26/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Takata officially filed for bankruptcy today and has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Key Safety Systems, a Michigan-based automotive supplier wielded by Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, for $1.6 billion.

UPDATE 6/28/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Key Safety Systems (KSS) said it will drop the Takata name once the bankruptcy and sale are approved, according to KSS senior vice president Ron Feldeisen. The sale does not include Takata’s liabilities or its airbag business. Automakers are still uncertain if they will be reimbursed for recall costs, and lawyers signifying victims say the bankruptcy may limit their capability to collect damages.

UPDATE 7/11/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Takata is recalling another Two.7 million airbag inflators in the United States for rupturing. Unlike all the other one hundred million inflators recalled globally to date, these inflators contain a moisture-absorbing desiccant. Until now, Takata had said that only non-desiccated inflators were at risk for exploding shrapnel during a crash. These driver’s-side front airbags were manufactured inbetween two thousand five and two thousand twelve and were installed on Ford, Mazda, and Nissan vehicles, Takata said in a NHTSA filing. Only inflators with the desiccant calcium sulfate are presently under recall; these inflators still contain the propellant ammonium nitrate. The affected automakers will release separate recalls at a later date.

UPDATE 7/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Honda has confirmed another fatality from airbag ruptures in its vehicles, according to the Associated Press. On June Legal, 2016, an 81-year-old man in Hialeah, Florida, allegedly was performing “unknown repairs” with a hammer while inwards a two thousand one Honda Accord. The vehicle was running, and the driver’s-side front airbag deployed and shot out shrapnel. Police and witnesses still do not know what the man was doing when he was found unconscious inwards the car. He died the next day. This is the 12th fatality from faulty Takata airbags in the U.S., all but one in Honda vehicles. Of the ems of millions of cars under recall in the U.S., 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models are the most dangerous. NHTSA estimates that these cars have a 50-50 chance of an airbag rupturing.

UPDATE 7/17/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Mazda is recalling Nineteen,000 cars in South Africa—including the Two, 6, and RX-8—for two thousand three and later models, according to Wheels24. About seventy million of the toughly one hundred million airbag inflators under recall globally are in the U.S.

UPDATE 7/21/2017, Two:30 p.m.: Ford is petitioning NHTSA to not recall Two.Five million cars proclaimed defective by Takata earlier this month, according to Reuters. The automaker wants to proceed testing but believes the particular inflators pose an “inconsequential” risk. The vehicles in question include: 2007–2011 Ranger, 2006–2012 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2006–2011 Mercury Milan, and 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. In January, GM petitioned NHTSA to exempt certain 2007–2011 pickups and SUVs (based on the GMT900 platform) from recalls until the automaker finished its evaluations by late August. NHTSA has not granted or denied either petition.

Also, Nissan has added 515,394 Versas, from model years two thousand seven through 2012, to this recall because the cars contain potentially defective inflators for their Takata-supplied driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 7/24/2017, 9:45 a.m.: Reuters reports that an Australian man died in Sydney after he crashed his two thousand seven Honda CR-V and the airbag sent shrapnel into his neck. Honda confirmed to Reuters that the car had a defective airbag. The deaths of eighteen people worldwide have now been attributed to these airbags.

Also, Mazda is requesting that NHTSA not recall extra B-series pickups; this comes in conjunction with Ford’s latest petition that claims in part that airbags in many of its Ranger pickups do not pose a risk of rupturing. The B-series is a clone of the Ford Ranger.

UPDATE 7/28/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Reuters reports that a 34-year-old woman in Holiday, Florida, was killed last week in a two thousand two Honda Accord after the airbag ruptured during a head-on collision. While officials have not determined the exact cause of death, she is likely the 19th person to die from defective Takata airbags.

UPDATE 8/9/2017, 12:30 p.m.: Nissan is the latest automaker to lodge a civil lawsuit that will compensate owners for economic losses while they go through repairs, provide rental cars to owners driving the most at-risk vehicles, and pay for advertising and outreach to encourage more owners to schedule repairs with their dealers. The $97.7 million settlement mirrors the $553 million settlement that BMW, Mazda, Toyota, and Subaru agreed to pay in May. A total of Four.Four million Nissan and Infiniti vehicles have been recalled in the U.S. Only thirty percent have been repaired.

UPDATE 8/31/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling six hundred fifty brand-new vehicles in the United States that have defective airbags, albeit there is a critical difference from the general recall population of Takata inflators. Certain two thousand seventeen Ford Mustang and F-150 models have finish airbag modules built by Takata, while the faulty inflators inwards the modules are made by ARC Automotive, a Tier two supplier in Knoxville, Tennessee. The passenger-side frontal airbags are affected. Takata notified Ford after it tested the airbags and found an “abnormal deployment,” Ford said. Since July 2015, NHTSA has been investigating ARC Automotive for defective airbag inflators after two ruptured in older-model Chrysler and Kia models not under the Takata recall. NHTSA presently estimates that up to eight million inflators may be defective in Chrysler, GM, Kia, and Hyundai models in the United States.

AFFECTED VEHICLES (total U.S.-market number in parentheses, if known):

Acura: 2002–2003 Trio.2TL; two thousand three Three.2CL; 2003–2006 MDX; 2005–2012 RL; 2007–2016 RDX; 2009–2014 TL and TSX; 2010–2013 ZDX; 2013–2016 ILX (including hybrid)

Audi (more than 387,000): 2004–2009 A4; 2005–2009 S4; 2003–2011 A6; 2006–2013 A3; 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet; 2007–2008 RS4; 2007–2009 S4 cabriolet; 2007–2011 S6; two thousand eight RS4 cabriolet; 2009–2012, two thousand fifteen Q5; 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet; 2010–2012 S5 cabriolet; 2016–2017 TT; two thousand seventeen R8

BMW (more than 1.97 million): 2000–2011 3-series sedan; 2000–2012 3-series wagon; 2000–2013 3-series coupe and convertible; 2000–2013 M3 coupe and convertible; 2001–2003 5-series and M5; 2001–2013 X5; 2007–2010 X3; 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible; 2008–2011 M3 sedan; 2008–2014 X6 (including hybrid); 2011–2015 X1

Cadillac: 2007–2014 Escalade, Escalade ESV; 2007–2013 Escalade EXT; two thousand fifteen XTS

Chevrolet (more than 1.91 million, including Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Saab, and Saturn): 2007–2014 Silverado HD, Suburban, and Tahoe; 2007–2013 Avalanche and Silverado 1500; two thousand fifteen Camaro, Equinox, and Malibu

Chrysler: 2005–2015 300; 2006–2008 Crossfire; 2007–2009 Aspen

Daimler: 2006–2009 Dodge Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2007–2017 Freightliner Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500

Dodge/Ram (more than Five.64 million, including Chrysler, not including Daimler-built Sprinter): 2003–2008 Ram 1500; 2003–2009 Ram 2500; 2003–2010 Ram 3500; 2004–2009 Durango; 2005–2008 Magnum; 2005–2011 Dakota; 2006–2015 Charger; 2008–2014 Challenger; 2008–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and Ram 5500

Ferrari (more than 2820): 2009–2014 California; 2010–2015 four hundred fifty eight Italia; 2012–2016 Ferrari FF; 2012–2015 four hundred fifty eight Spider; 2013–2017 Ferrari F12berlinetta; 2014–2015 four hundred fifty eight Speciale; two thousand fifteen 458 Speciale A; 2015–2017 California T; 2016–2017 Ferrari F12tdf, 488GTB, and four hundred eighty eight Spider; two thousand sixteen Ferrari F60; two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso

Ford (Three million, including Lincoln and Mercury): 2004–2011 Ranger; 2005–2006 GT; 2005–2014, two thousand seventeen Mustang; 2006–2012 Fusion; 2007–2010 Edge; two thousand seventeen F-150

GMC: 2007–2014 Sierra HD, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2013 Sierra 1500; two thousand fifteen Terrain

Honda (11.Four million, including Acura): 2001–2012 Accord; 2001–2011 Civic (including hybrid and NGV); 2002–2011, two thousand sixteen CR-V; 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2015 Pilot; 2003–2011 Element; 2006–2014 Ridgeline; 2006–2010, two thousand twelve Gold Wing motorcycle; 2007–2013 Fit; 2010–2015 Accord Crosstour; 2010–2014 Insight and FCX Clarity; 2011–2015 CR-Z; 2013–2014 Fit EV

Infiniti: 2001–2004 I30/I35; 2002–2003 QX4; 2003–2008 FX35/FX45; 2006–2010 M35/M45; 2009–2017 QX56/QX80; 2017–2018 QX30

Land Rover (more than 68,000): 2007–2012 Range Rover

Lexus: 2002–2010 SC430; 2006–2013 IS; 2007–2012 ES; 2008–2014 IS F; 2010–2015 IS C; 2010–2017 GX; 2010–2015 IS convertible; two thousand twelve LFA

Lincoln: 2006–2012 Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ; 2007–2010 Lincoln MKX

Mazda (more than 733,000): 2003–2011 Mazda 6; 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6; 2004–2011 RX-8; 2004–2006 MPV; 2004–2009 B-series; 2007–2012 CX-7; 2007–2015 CX-9

McLaren: 2011–2015 P1; 2012–2014 MP4-12C; 2015–2016 650S; 2016–2017 570; two thousand sixteen 675LT

Mercedes-Benz (1,044,602, including Daimler): 2005–2014 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2008–2012 C63 AMG); 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2007–2017 Sprinter; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2010–2011 E-class sedan and wagon; 2010–2017 E-class coupe; 2011–2017 E-class convertible; 2010–2015 GLK-class; 2011–2015 SLS AMG coupe and roadster

Mitsubishi (more than 105,000): two thousand four Lancer Sportback; 2004–2007 Lancer; 2004–2006 Lancer Evolution; 2006–2009 Raider; 2012–2017 iMiEV

Nissan (Four.Four million, including Infiniti): 2001–2003 and 2016–2017 Maxima; 2002–2004 Pathfinder; 2002–2006 Sentra; 2007–2017 Versa sedan; 2007–2012 Versa hatchback; 2008–2018 370Z coupe/roadster; 2009–2014 Cube; 2010–2017 NV; 2012–2017 Altima, Versa Note, Armada, and Titan; 2013–2017 NV200; 2014–2017 Rogue

Pontiac (more than 300,000): 2003–2010 Vibe

Saab: 2003–2011 9-3; 2005–2006 9-2X; 2006–2009 9-5

Subaru (more than 380,000): 2003–2014 Legacy and Outback; 2003–2006 Baja; 2004–2011 Impreza; 2006–2014 Tribeca; 2009–2013 Forester; 2012–2014 WRX and WRX STI

Tesla: 2012–2016 Tesla Model S

Toyota (6 million, including Lexus and Scion): 2002–2007 Sequoia; 2003–2013 Corolla and Corolla Matrix; 2003–2006 Tundra; 2004–2005 RAV4; 2006–2012 Yaris; 2010–2016 4Runner; 2011–2014 Sienna

Volkswagen (more than 680,000): 2006–2010, 2012–2014 Passat sedan and wagon; 2009–2017 CC; 2009–2013 GTI; 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf; 2010–2014 Eos; two thousand thirteen Golf R; two thousand fifteen Tiguan

We will update this list as soon as fresh information is available, but you can access NHTSA’s own running tally of affected vehicles here. For further information about your specific vehicle, go to the manufacturer’s consumer website or use NHTSA’s VIN-lookup implement.

This story was originally published on October 21, 2014. It has subsequently been updated to reflect the latest findings and official list of affected vehicles.

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Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Total List of Affected Vehicles

The automotive world and beyond is gyrating about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from almost two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them.

The issue involves defective inflator and propellent devices that may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, shooting metal fragments into vehicle occupants. Approximately forty two million vehicles are potentially affected in the United States, and at least seven million have been recalled worldwide. (UPDATE 9/28/2016: Affected-vehicle numbers, along with improper-deployment figures, proceed to grow, as detailed in the updates below.)

Originally, only six makes were involved when Takata announced the fault in April 2013, but a Toyota recall in June this year—along with fresh admissions from Takata that it had little clue as to which cars used its defective inflators, or even what the root cause was—prompted more automakers to issue identical recalls. In July, NHTSA compelled extra regional recalls in high-humidity areas including Florida, Hawaii, and the U.S. Cherry Islands to gather eliminated parts and send them to Takata for review.

Another major recall issued on October twenty expanded the affected vehicles across several brands. For its part, Toyota said it would begin to substitute defective passenger-side inflators embarking October 25; if parts are unavailable, however, it has advised its dealers to disable the airbags and affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard.

While Toyota says there have been no related injuries or deaths involving its vehicles, a Fresh York Times report in September found a total of at least one hundred thirty nine reported injuries across all automakers. In particular, there have been at least two deaths and thirty injuries in Honda vehicles (UPDATE 12/12/2016: These figures are now verified as eleven deaths and one hundred eighty four injuries in the U.S., as detailed in the updates below). According to the Times, Honda and Takata allegedly have known about the faulty inflators since two thousand four but failed to notify NHTSA in previous recall filings (which began in 2008) that the affected airbags had actually ruptured or were linked to injuries and deaths.

Takata very first said that propellant chemicals were mishandled and improperly stored during assembly, which supposedly caused the metal airbag inflators to burst open due to excessive pressure inwards. In July, the company blamed humid weather and spurred extra recalls.

According to documents reviewed by Reuters, Takata says that rust, bad welds, and even chewing gum dropped into at least one inflator are also at fault. The same documents display that in 2002, Takata’s plant in Mexico permitted a defect rate that was “six to eight times above” acceptable thresholds, or harshly sixty to eighty defective parts for every one million airbag inflators shipped. The company’s examine has yet to reach a final conclusion and report the findings to NHTSA.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, 9:44 a.m.: The Fresh York Times has published a report suggesting that Takata knew about the airbag issues in 2004, conducting secret tests off work hours to verify the problem. The results confirmed major issues with the inflators, and engineers quickly began researching a solution. But instead of notifying federal safety regulators and moving forward with fixes, Takata executives ordered its engineers to ruin the data and dispose of the physical evidence. This occurred a total four years before Takata publicly acknowledged the problem.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, Five:29 p.m.: Two U.S. Senators have now called for the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation on this matter. Takata has stated that “the allegations contained in the [Fresh York Times] article are fundamentally inaccurate.” The company went on to state that it “takes very earnestly the accusations made in this article and we are cooperating and participating fully with the government investigation now underway.”

Read more about these developments on this C/D page.

UPDATE 11/13/2014, 11:Ten a.m.: Takata has released a more formal statement telling that the allegations made in last week’s Fresh York Times article “are fundamentally inaccurate” and that it “unfairly impugned the integrity of Takata and its employees.” The company says (in this PDF) that there were no tests of “scrapyard airbag inflators” in 2004, that after-hours tests in two thousand four “were not ‘secret tests’ . . . [but] were done at the request of NHTSA to address a cushion-tearing issue unrelated to inflator rupturing,” and that it “did not suppress any test results displaying cracking or rupturing in the inflators,” whether to automakers such as Honda or to NHTSA.

For its story about Takata’s statement, the Times spoke again with one of its two sources for the November six article. That anonymous person is quoted as telling: “What Takata says is not true . . . They are attempting to switch things around.”

On November 12, we reported about a switch in Takata’s chemical makeup of its airbag propellant, which the company says is unrelated to the ongoing recall situation.

UPDATE 11/Legal/2014, 6:Ten p.m.: In light of a latest airbag failure in a two thousand seven Ford Mustang in North Carolina—which was not part of the original “high-humidity areas” Takata recall—the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the defective Takata driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 11/20/2014, Five:35 p.m.: Automakers, officials from Takata, and motorists injured by defective airbags met for a hearing with Congress. NHTSA was accused of not responding quickly enough to the Takata airbag situation, and automakers also took fever for being slow with fixes. As of now, the recalls remain regional, but it seems only a matter of time before they’re blanketed nationwide.

UPDATE 11/26/2014, 1:00 p.m.: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has formally demanded that Takata thrust through a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the suspect driver’s-side airbags. Also, officials in Japan are calling for a recall expansion, after an airbag from an unspecified car not covered by previous recalls ruptured in testing.

UPDATE 12/Two/2014, Five:45 p.m.: Toyota and Honda have released similar statements urging for an “industry-wide joint initiative to independently test Takata airbag inflators.” Meantime, Takata’s chairman stated today that he’ll create a “quality assurance panel” to scrutinize the company’s production procedures. Takata and NHTSA officials today made statements before the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. NHTSA is still pushing for a nationwide expansion of the still-regional airbag recall—but for defective driver’s-side airbags only; the agency says a coast-to-coast recall on passenger-side airbags isn’t necessary. Such a large-scale recall, many say, would squeeze the limited supply of replacement parts in the most at-risk (read: humid) regions of the country.

UPDATE 12/Three/2014, 6:50 p.m.: Takata executives, as well as those from NHTSA and several automakers, again sat before Congress, discussing how this nightmare situation went unaddressed for so long, how it can be immobilized promptly and decently, and how it will be prevented from happening again. Honda is expanding its recall nationwide, and Takata’s internal testing has exposed high failure rates.

UPDATE 12/Four/2014, Ten:25 a.m.: Chrysler, Ford, and Toyota have expanded their recalls of vehicles tooled with Takata airbags.

Chrysler’s recall update adds the passenger-side airbags of harshly 149,000 two thousand three Ram pickups (1500, 2500, and 3500), which were already part of a driver’s-side airbag recall. The recall remains regional, encompassing trucks “sold or ever registered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Cherry Islands.” Chrysler says it is unaware of any accidents or injuries related to these airbag inflators and that no failures have occurred in laboratory tests. NHTSA has already stated is dissatisfaction with Chrysler’s stir: “Chrysler’s latest recall is insufficient, doesn’t meet our requests, and fails to include all inflators covered by Takata’s defect information report.”

Ford’s expanded recall is very similar to Chrysler’s, adding passenger-side airbags to the repair list of about 13,000 vehicles (2004–2005 Rangers and 2005–2006 GTs) already involved in the regional Takata recalls. Ford is even more selective with the targeted locations: it covers vehicles “originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Cherry Islands. It adds certain zip codes with high absolute humidity conditions in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Guam, Saipan, and American Samoa.”

Toyota has recalled some 190,000 vehicles in China and Japan, many of them similar to the company’s U.S.-market vehicles listed below.

UPDATE 12/Five/2014, Trio:15 p.m.: Honda has announced the addition of three million vehicles to its list of affected cars—and also that its recall is now nationwide. Read more on this development in this story.

UPDATE 12/Legitimate/2014, Ten:50 a.m.: Ford has expanded the breadth of its recall for Takata driver’s-side airbags, adding almost 450,000 vehicles—all Mustangs and GTs—to its list. (Rangers are part of a separate activity.) Mazda also expanded its recall to be nationwide for 2004–2008 Mazda six and RX-8 vehicles, upping its total of affected cars by about 265,000. Also, Chrysler recently added toughly 139,000 vehicles from the 2003–2005 model years to its regional recall, which now includes the previously unaffected areas of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, American Samoa, Guam, and Saipan. (Also, the 2006–2007 Charger is now listed below, compensating for an oversight on NHTSA’s outdated master list.)

UPDATE 12/Nineteen/2014, 7:00 p.m.: Providing in to NHTSA’s requests, Chrysler has drastically expanded its now-nationwide recall—by more than two million vehicles. A number of 2004–2007 model-year products, included below and specifically called out in this press release, are being called back to have their driver’s-side airbag inflators substituted. The company reports only one related injury. According to The Detroit Free Press, BMW is now the last automaker (of five) holding out from NHTSA’s request for a nationwide airbag recall on affected vehicles.

UPDATE 12/30/2014, Ten:00 a.m.: BMW has added another 140,000 vehicles to its now-nationwide airbag-recall list, meaning that all five primary carmakers involved in this situation have ditched the regional recalls. Also, Takata president Stefan Stocker has stepped down from the presidency of Takata, and top company executives have agreed to take significant pay cuts.

UPDATE 1/20/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Six panelists—including one who oversaw the Cerberus ownership of Chrysler—will join an independent review board in looking into Takata’s manufacturing processes and recommending best practices for what has become one of the largest-ever auto recalls. Former U.S. transportation secretary (1989–1991) Samuel K. Skinner will lead the panel.

UPDATE Two/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: Takata—finally—is enhancing its capacity to produce replacement airbag inflators at its plants around the world. By September, according to Automotive News, Takata will be able to make 900,000 replacement units per month. Upgraded assembly lines at a factory in Mexico have already enlargened that plant’s capacity from 300,000 units per month to 450,000. Meantime, reports of people being gravely injured by these defective airbags proceed to arise.

UPDATE Two/20/2015, Four:Ten p.m.: Takata faces civil fines of $14,000 per day for its alleged refusal to cooperate with a federal investigation over these defective airbags. The supplier has provided slew of paperwork to NHTSA, but the agency found the “deluge of documents” unsatisfactory.

UPDATE Trio/12/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Honda has announced that it is instituting a voluntary advertising campaign urging owners of Honda and Acura automobiles to check for open airbag and safety recalls that may affect their vehicle. See one of the ads and read more in our story.

UPDATE Three/Nineteen/2015, Two:25 p.m.: Honda has added about 105,000 vehicles to its recall list. These include almost 90,000 Pilots from the two thousand eight model year as well as some two thousand four Civics and two thousand one Accords that previously weren’t part of the recall. Our list below has been updated.

UPDATE Trio/23/2015, 1:40 p.m.: According to a fresh survey, a surprising and unnerving number of Americans evidently haven’t bothered to get these potentially lethal airbags repaired. Just twelve percent of all cars recalled for faulty Takata airbags in the U.S. have been repaired. In Japan, conversely, a utter seventy percent of the three million cars under recall have been repaired.

UPDATE Four/14/2015, Two:30 p.m.: Honda has stated that the driver of a two thousand three Civic was injured by a ruptured airbag during a crash in Florida on March 20.

UPDATE Four/21/2015, Ten:15 a.m.: Nissan has added another 45,000 Sentras from the two thousand six model year to its large-scale recall for defective Takata airbags. Owners will be notified via FedEx. Affected cars, according to Nissan, are those “that presently are or previously were registered in Florida and adjacent counties in southern Georgia; Hawaii; Guam; Puerto Rico; Saipan; American Samoa; U.S. Cherry Islands; and coastal areas of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.” This activity was partially prompted by the investigation of a March crash in Louisiana in which a woman was injured by airbag shrapnel from her two thousand six Sentra.

UPDATE Five/13/2015, Three:15 p.m.: Toyota and Nissan announced fresh and expanded recall activity to substitute potentially deadly Takata airbags in almost 6.Five million vehicles worldwide. The recall affects almost one million vehicles in North America. The Toyota RAV4 (model years two thousand four and 2005), previously unaffected by these recalls, is now on the list; Toyota is recalling some 160,000 of the models to substitute their driver’s-side airbags. The RAV4 has been added to our comprehensive list below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2015, 6:15 p.m.: Takata has proclaimed as defective almost thirty four million vehicles, which will lead to even more extensive recalls of vehicles with the company’s airbags (individual automakers will elaborate on the specific cars added to the recalls in the very near future). In its testing of the suspect parts, Takata also found that driver’s-side airbags in 2003–2007 Toyota Corolla and Matrix models (plus the Pontiac Vibe, a twin to the Matrix), as well as 2004–2007 Honda Accord models, are at the highest risk.

In a news conference today, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx called the expanded recall “the most elaborate consumer-safety recall in U.S. history.” He added: “Up until now Takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. That switches today.” Also, the company has agreed to pay the U.S. government significant fines for not cooperating in the investigations of numerous injuries and deaths; the exact amount will be announced at a later date.

UPDATE Five/20/2015, 1:00 p.m.: Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that Takata switched its airbag propellant in two thousand eight to reduce the risk of overly forceful deployment and to address the moisture-related degradation of the propellant.

UPDATE Five/27/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Next Tuesday, June Two, a panel from the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing to go after up on the status of this ongoing situation. “We have suffered a year of Takata ruptures and recalls, and families are still at risk. No excuses. Michiganders, and all Americans, have a right to answers,” committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said in a statement. The most latest Congressional hearing took place in December.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda has added 259,479 vehicles to its Japanese-market recall tally, according to Automotive News. Affected model years are from two thousand two through 2008, which marks the very first time that two thousand eight Hondas have been included in this thick airbag recall. Honda soon will announce extra airbag recalls for the United States, which will be part of the massive recall expansion announced last week.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, 1:25 p.m.: Chrysler and Honda have added hundreds of thousands of vehicles to their U.S.-market recall lists; this goes after Takata’s announcement last week that thirty four million total vehicles were subject to activity. At this point, Honda is telling only that it will add harshly 350,000 vehicles to its list, albeit “most of the vehicles deemed at risk in Takata’s defect-determination report were already subject to previous voluntary deeds taken by Honda.”

The Chrysler expansion details approximately 1.Two million of its vehicles that were part of last week’s announcement, many of which are from model years that previously hadn’t been flagged. Accordingly, the following have been added to our list below: 2009–2010 Chrysler 300, 2008–2010 Dodge Charger, 2009–2011 Dodge Dakota, 2005–2010 Dodge Magnum (no Magnums were previously recalled for this problem), two thousand nine Ram two thousand five hundred and 3500, 2009–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and 5500, and 2008–2010 Mitsubishi Raider.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Five:00 p.m.: Ford has added more than 900,000 vehicles to its list of recalls for potentially defective airbags from Takata. The 2009–2014 Mustang and the two thousand six Ranger are fresh additions to the list. The later-model Mustangs—recalled for driver’s-side airbags—are by far the newest cars to be included in this amazingly broad recall act.

UPDATE Five/29/2015, 6:25 p.m.: General Motors now has vehicles on the ever-growing list below (besides the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe): it is recalling heavy-duty examples of two thousand seven and two thousand eight Chevy Silverados and GMC Sierras. Also, Subaru has quadrupled the number of its vehicles subject to this airbag recall; that company’s additions are all 2004–2005 Imprezas.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: A Congressional hearing on this matter is scheduled for today at two p.m. We’ll cover the event via the afternoon. Meantime, yesterday a Takata executive announced that the company proposes “to substitute all” of the troublesome “ ‘batwing-shaped’ propellant wafers” installed in North America. We should know a lot more later today.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Three:35 p.m.: Highlights so far from today’s Congressional hearing come mostly from NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind. He encourages consumers to frequently visit safercar.gov to see whether their vehicle and its VIN have been added to the list; he promises that the website will have VIN information for every single individual car affected by these expansive recalls within two weeks. Rosekind is calling for carmakers to be more diligent in tracking down vehicles that have passed through numerous owners over the years so that the current holder gets recall notices as quickly as possible. If NHTSA had the authority, Rosekind says, it would have compelled off the road vehicles affected by the Takata recalls sometime in 2014. Rosekind also points out that the suspect Takata airbag inflator has ten different configurations, which complicates discernment of the root cause.

Also, Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has pointed out that, “The messaging around these airbag recalls has been tantalized at best,” and notes that Takata is attempting “to ideal an innumerable set of manufacturing variables, which for 10-plus years have resisted perfection.”

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Four:55 p.m.: Sitting before the Congressional committee, Takata executive VP Kevin Kennedy states that he believes ammonium nitrate—a propellant that he admits is “a factor” in these rupturing airbags—is safe to use in his company’s products, including airbags installed as replacements in these recalls. He admits, however, that all of the defective airbags discovered in testing have used this type of propellant; Takata is, Kennedy says, transitioning to using guanidine nitrate, a propellant that other airbag suppliers already use. He reassures consumers that not all of the millions of recalled airbag inflators are defective and also that his company is testing components “outside the scope of the recall” to make sure that the callbacks are far-reaching enough. He also claims that his company shipped 740,000 replacement kits in May, in addition to supplying fountains of airbags for new-car production.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, 7:05 p.m.: Now posted: our utter story on today’s developments and how Takata plans to treat this situation moving forward.

UPDATE 6/Four/2015, Three:00 p.m.: Takata has informed Reuters that at least ten percent of the four million replacement airbag inflators installed as part of these recalls will have to be substituted again. The number could be much greater, as Reuters notes, “the safety of more than three million replacement parts [is also] in question.” A NHTSA official said the agency will shove Takata and individual carmakers to “demonstrate to us that the remedy parts are safe for the life of the vehicle.”

UPDATE 6/Five/2015, Ten:Ten a.m.: Mazda has added more than 100,000 vehicles to its list of recalls, bringing the total to toughly 450,000. Fresh to the list are the two thousand three Mazda six and the two thousand six B-series pickup; extra Mazdas from previously noted model years in the rundown below, including the RX-8 and the Mazdaspeed 6, are part of this expanded recall. The cars are being recalled for driver’s-side airbag inflators, while the pickups are called back for their passenger-side airbags.

Also, former Takata president Stefan Stocker, who resigned that position in December, has now left his spot on the company’s board of directors. Takata’s senior vice president of global quality assurance, Hiroshi Shimizu, has been named to the board, along with two other fresh appointments. Last December, speaking before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Shimizu “rebuffed NHTSA’s claims that several million driver’s-side airbags now demonstrate a national safety risk.”

UPDATE 6/Ten/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: A lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana, alleges that a 22-year-old woman was killed in early April when her two thousand five Honda Civic’s driver’s-side airbag “violently exploded and sent metal shards, shrapnel and/or other foreign material into the passenger compartment,” Automotive News reports. Her car hit a telephone pole on April Five, two days before she received a recall notice for her car’s Takata-supplied airbags. She died on April 9. Her death, if it was indeed caused by the airbag, would become the seventh attributed to a failed Takata airbag. The other six fatalities have all occurred in Honda vehicles, and only one crash happened outside of the United States.

UPDATE 6/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: There are many millions of vehicles involved in these recalls, but it seems as however thirty four million, a figure that Takata announced in mid-May, might be far too high. (That figure was for inflators, not vehicles, albeit few cars seem to be afflicted with numerous defective airbags.) Reuters reports that the number is very likely more like 16.Two million vehicles. Keep in mind, however, that Nissan and Toyota may not have yet announced their recall expansions in response to Takata’s aforementioned mid-May announcement. The figures in our chart below, as it shows up today, add up to 15.97 million vehicles, which is within two percent of Reuters’ figure.

UPDATE 6/12/2015, 11:35 a.m.: Honda has announced that its financial results for the fiscal year that ended on March thirty one will take a $363 million hit because of costs associated with repairing vehicles involved in the Takata recalls.

UPDATE 6/14/2015, 7:00 p.m.: Honda has confirmed that the death of Kylan Langlinais, whose two thousand five Civic crashed in Louisiana on April five and which we detailed above on June Ten, was indeed a result of the ruptured Takata-supplied airbag in her car. Automotive News reports that this is the 2nd of seven deaths—all in Honda vehicles—where “a driver received a [recall or safety-campaign] notification too late.” Honda has recalled toughly Five.Five million vehicles with Takata airbag inflators in the United States.

UPDATE 6/15/2015, Ten:45 p.m.: Honda has added almost 1.Four million airbag inflators to this ever-expanding recall. The fresh recall is for passenger-side airbags on 2003–2007 Accord and 2001–2005 Civic models—two vehicles with the highest defect rates uncovered in Takata tests. According to Automotive News, most of these particular vehicles have already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Daimler has recalled 40,061 Sprinter vans for their passenger-side airbags. Dodge-branded Sprinters from 2006–2008 are included, as are Freightliner-badged Sprinters from 2007–2008. Vans in both two thousand five hundred and three thousand five hundred capacities are being recalled.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, Trio:15 p.m.: Toyota has announced that 1,365,000 more vehicles are subject to its airbag recalls. All of these particular vehicles are being called in for their passenger-side airbags. Specific models involved are: 2003–2007 Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2005–2007 Sequoia, 2005–2006 Tundra, and 2003–2007 Lexus SC430. Takata recalls now cover some Two.9 million vehicles in the United States. A report in Automotive News notes that twenty four incidents of “incorrect deployments” of Takata airbags have been recorded worldwide in Toyota vehicles, with at least eight reports of injuries and no deaths.

UPDATE 6/Eighteen/2015, 11:15 a.m.: NHTSA ultimately knows the total scope of this massive, ongoing airbag recall. The eleven carmakers involved have identified every vehicle identification number (VIN) covered by the recall. Check your VIN by using the government agency’s search instrument. Also of note: The Senate Commerce Committee will meet next week to hear testimony from NHTSA experts, the Transportation Department’s Office of the Inspector General, and representatives from Takata and automakers regarding the recall.

UPDATE 6/Nineteen/2015, Four:50 p.m.: General Motors has added some 243,000 Pontiac Vibes to its tally of the already-recalled hatchback, which was built alongside the Toyota Matrix in the mid-2000s. The Vibes in this act, from the 2003–2007 model years, are being recalled for their passenger-side airbags. The two thousand six and two thousand seven model years previously had not been affected.

UPDATE 6/20/2015, 12:15 a.m.: Honda has confirmed that an eighth person’s death was caused by a defective airbag in one of its products. The woman who died was involved in a crash last August in Los Angeles; she was driving a rented two thousand one Civic. Bloomberg reports that this particular vehicle was part of four airbag-recall campaigns inbetween two thousand nine and 2014, each of which resulted in notifications being mailed to the car’s registered holder, who never had the recalls addressed.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, 11:30 a.m.: Another hearing on this matter is happening in Congress today. Early points of note include:

• NHTSA’s Mark Rosekind estimates that the thirty four million defective airbag inflators are installed in thirty two million vehicles, so only a petite percentage of affected cars have more than one defective airbag. Those figures may still not be entirely accurate, however.

• For months, NHTSA has been coming under fire for how it has treated the Takata situation and other latest large-scale automotive recalls. Staffing and funding are an issue for the government agency, but Senator Claire McCaskill said this morning that “I’m not about to give you more money” until major reforms are made.

• Fiat-Chrysler has hired TRW to supply replacements for the defective Takata parts in its recalled vehicles. Takata has been supplying the industry at large with a major portion of the required replacement airbags thus far. FCA senior vice president Scott Kunselman said during the hearing that his company would only use replacement airbags from TRW and is certain that customers will not need to come back for subsequent repairs.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, Trio:45 p.m.: Takata still does not know the root cause of its airbag failures and stopped brief of assuring its replacement parts. The company’s executive vice president in North America, Kevin Kennedy, testified today during the company’s third Congressional hearing that “many of the replacement parts are alternative designs” but that it was continuing to test these replacements as it ramps up production to one million parts per month. “What we do know is that it takes a considerably long time for these problems to manifest,” Kennedy said to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

UPDATE 6/25/2015, Ten:50 a.m.: Following Takata’s annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo today, company president Shigehisa Takada publicly apologized for the deaths, injuries, and issues that have been caused by the airbags produced by the company that his grandfather founded in 1933. “I apologize for not having been able to communicate directly earlier, and also apologize for people who died or were injured,” Takada said, according to Bloomberg. “I feel sorry our products hurt customers, despite the fact that we are a supplier of safety products.” The apology came on the high-heeled shoes of Toyota and Honda adding another three million vehicles to the worldwide list of those recalled.

UPDATE 6/26/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: Reuters reports that Takata president Shigehisa Takada took a major pay cut last year, earning less than one hundred million yen (about $810,000) compared with the $1.67 million he took home the year before. His wages could have been much less than ¥100 million, since, as Reuters says, “Japanese companies are required to disclose individual executive compensation only if it exceeds one hundred million yen.” Other senior executives at Takata also earned less money last year.

Following up on news that we very first covered on June 12, Honda has restated its operating profit for last year after taking into account costs associated with repairing vehicles fitted with potentially defective Takata-supplied airbags. The effective cash loss of about $363 million remains as previously stated, bringing Honda’s operating profit for the fiscal year that ended in March to $Four.92 billion.

UPDATE 6/30/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: According to a latest audit by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General, NHTSA—the agency that has been at the forefront of the examinations of these Takata airbag recalls—is total of incompetent, mismanaged staff who are practically set up by their superiors to fail. Read our analysis here.

UPDATE 7/8/2015, 9:55 a.m.: The airbag in a Nissan X-Trail commenced a fire after the Takata-supplied device went off with excessive force during a crash in Japan, according to Automotive News. The passenger-side airbag “exploded, smashing the passenger-side window and sending high-temperature fragments into the dashboard, causing a fire.” The driver sustained minor injuries in the crash.

UPDATE 7/9/2015, 9:35 a.m.: Honda has recalled another Four.Five million vehicles, bringing the total number of its cars and SUVs involved in Takata-airbag-related deeds to 24.Five million. None of this newest batch were sold in North America; more than one-third are in Japan. This latest recall expands upon a mid-May recall of Four.8 million non-North-American Honda vehicles.

UPDATE 7/12/2015, 9:45 p.m.: Almost 90,000 Dodge Challengers from model years two thousand eight through two thousand ten have been added to this ever-growing airbag recall. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, Chrysler will recall 88,346 of the pony cars for possibly defective driver’s-side airbags. Prior to this activity, no Challengers had been recalled for this issue.

UPDATE 8/12/2015, 11:50 a.m.: Takata soon will begin a large-scale regional advertising campaign focused on raising awareness around the installation of replacement airbag inflators in affected vehicles. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, the campaign is “a sturdy digital advertising campaign” that will include crimson “Urgent Airbag Recall Notice” banner ads on websites such as CNN and Facebook. Only high-humidity locales will be targeted with the ads: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Cherry Islands. Also, a direct-mail campaign will target eighty five percent of the U.S. market.

UPDATE 8/Legal/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Volkswagen is now part of NHTSA’s probe on Takata-supplied airbags, following the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Tiguan during a crash involving a deer in June, Automotive News reports. No one in the vehicle was hurt. If this problem is related to that which spurred the massive recall for Takata’s front airbags, it would be notable as the very first report of the issue affecting side airbags, Volkswagen vehicles, and a model later than the two thousand eleven model year (with the exception of the two thousand fourteen Ford Mustang). A Takata spokesman told AN, “We believe [this malfunction] is unrelated to the previous recalls, which the extensive data suggests were a result of aging and long-term exposure to warmth and high humidity.”

Automotive News points out that Volkswagen and Tesla are the only carmakers presently using Takata inflators that so far haven’t been subject to the recall deeds detailed here.

UPDATE 8/20/2015, Two:45 p.m.: Following news earlier this week about the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen VW Tiguan, two U.S. senators on the committee investigating these defective airbags are calling for the instant recall of all vehicles that use Takata-supplied airbags. A statement on Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal’s website concludes: “In light of the most latest incident, which did not occur in one of the regions originally designated as ‘high humidity,’ and which involved a two thousand fifteen vehicle not presently subject to recall, we urge you to voluntarily recall all vehicles containing Takata airbags.”

UPDATE 8/21/2015, Trio:45 p.m.: Toyota said it would consider using replacement airbag inflators from other suppliers, including Autoliv, Daicel, and Nippon Kayaku, as Takata faces a production backlog and scrutiny over whether its replacement parts are just as defective. From the beginning, Takata had agreed to let its competitors produce replacement parts alongside its own. Toyota has about twelve million cars affected worldwide.

UPDATE 9/Two/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA has announced that its previous totals for how many U.S.-market vehicles are affected by this Takata airbag recall were vastly overestimated. The most latest figure that the government agency is reporting is Nineteen.Two million vehicles affected, containing 23.Four million defective inflators (since the late 1990s, cars sold in the U.S. have been required to feature at least two airbags). NHTSA had been telling that thirty four million defective inflators were in some thirty million cars and trucks here in America.

NHTSA’s updated figure is much closer to the total number of vehicles represented on our list below, which presently stands at Eighteen.6 million.

UPDATE 9/28/2015, 12:30 p.m.: These recalls could soon grow to include extra carmakers. Via letter, NHTSA recently contacted seven automakers that aren’t presently included in the Takata recalls but which have used Takata-supplied airbags containing the suspect ammonium-nitrate propellant. The companies are Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Tesla, Volkswagen, Volvo (trucks), as well as specialty manufacturer Spartan Motors. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA said in the letter that the “remedy programs that are individual to each of the affected vehicle manufacturers have created a patch-work solution that NHTSA believes may not adequately address the safety risks introduced by the defective inflators within a reasonable time. . . . This process is intended to produce solutions for the prioritization, organization, and phasing of remedy programs, and to appropriately address the multitude of factors contributing to the complexity of these recall programs.”

UPDATE Ten/Nineteen/2015, Five:35 p.m.: General Motors is recalling a few hundred 2015-model-year cars and crossover vehicles for potentially faulty Takata-sourced side airbags; these vehicles aren’t yet shown on our comprehensive list below, but they’re called out in the post linked here. Unlike these GM products, all of the vehicles presently noted below are being recalled for front airbags, and almost all of them are from the two thousand eleven model year or prior. Also, NHTSA is planning to disclose more details—including extra manufacturers subject to the recalls beyond the current eleven—during a hearing on October 22.

UPDATE Ten/22/2015, 12:50 p.m.: In a public hearing today, NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind exposed more information about this massive recall situation. Nationwide, only 22.Five percent of recalled vehicles have actually been immobile. It’s only slightly better in the humid Gulf of Mexico region, where recalls have been ended in 29.Five percent of affected vehicles even tho’ airbag inflators in those locales are more likely to explode upon deployment. Some inflators have been substituted with newer, but still at-risk, identical components. Of the 115,000 liquidated inflators that Takata has tested, four hundred fifty have ruptured.

At NHTSA’s request, the eleven affected automakers conducted a risk assessment, which found that six million total inflators in the United States “are in the highest-risk group that should take top priority for replacement parts,” according to Automotive News, while harshly eleven million are in the middle-priority group and two million are least at risk. In general, the older the vehicle and the more humid the environment, the higher the priority that the airbag inflator(s) be substituted.

UPDATE Ten/26/2015, 11:30 a.m.: The Volkswagen Group is gathering and testing Takata-supplied airbags, Automotive News reports. The company voiced to NHTSA a concern about the supply of replacement parts, if the Takata recalls are expanded to VW’s brands, which seems likely at this point. VW is presently unaffected by these extensive recalls, but as we noted in August, a two thousand fifteen Tiguan experienced a side-airbag rupture. All told, U.S.-market VW Group products are fitted with harshly Two.Four million Takata airbag inflators.

UPDATE 11/Two/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling a group of five hundred fifteen 2016 CR-Vs for driver’s-side front airbag inflators that could separate in the event of a crash.

UPDATE 11/Trio/2015, 6:00 p.m.: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued Takata a record civil penalty of at least $70 million. The airbag supplier could be responsible for paying NHTSA as much as $200 million total if further violations are discovered. As part of the issuance, NHTSA has ordered that Takata “phase out the manufacture and sale of inflators that use phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant.”

UPDATE 11/Four/2015, 9:45 a.m.: Honda has announced that it will no longer use airbag components from Takata. In a statement, Honda said: “We have become aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data for certain airbag inflators.” According to Automotive News, Honda has been Takata’s thickest customer for many years.

UPDATE 11/6/2015, 9:55 a.m.: Following Honda’s lead, both Toyota and Mazda have said they will stop purchasing airbag inflators from Takata, at least those that incorporate ammonium nitrate. According to Automotive News, Mitsubishi and Subaru also are considering pulling down the airbag supplier. Almost forty percent of Takata’s sales in two thousand fourteen came from airbag parts.

UPDATE 11/9/2015, Ten:35 a.m.: Nissan has now joined Toyota, Mazda, and Honda in announcing that it will no longer use Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The Automotive News report on Nissan’s declaration also notes that Takata lost $70 million in the 2nd quarter of 2015.

UPDATE 11/23/2015, 1:45 p.m.: Ford is the latest carmaker to proclaim that it will no longer use Takata airbag inflators with ammonium-nitrate propellant in its fresh cars. Ford is the very first non-Japanese company to take this step.

UPDATE 11/25/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Internal employee communications reviewed by The Wall Street Journal display Takata withheld airbag-inflator failures in reports to Honda in 2000, four years before that automaker began its own initial investigation of a ruptured Takata airbag in a customer car. The documents showcase Takata’s U.S. employees were voicing concerns over their Japanese colleagues doctoring data as “the way we do business in Japan.” Takata says the “lapses were and are totally incompatible with Takata’s engineering standards and protocols.”

UPDATE 12/Four/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Japan’s transport ministry has banned Takata airbag inflators that use ammonium nitrate as the propellant (and without a moisture-absorbing desiccant) from being installed in future cars. According to Automotive News, such airbags “will be phased out from driver’s-side airbags by two thousand seventeen and passenger-side devices by 2018.” Vehicle models that are subject to Takata-related recalls have a six-month-shorter time framework for the phase-out. As noted above, NHTSA announced a similar ban for U.S.-market vehicles on November Trio.

UPDATE 12/23/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA announced today that another person has died as a result of a faulty Takata airbag inflator. The fatal July two thousand fifteen crash occurred in a two thousand one Honda Accord. Albeit the crash happened in Pennsylvania, the car had spent several years in the humid Gulf region. Also, the agency has been informed of five fresh ruptures to passenger-side airbags, which is “likely” to result in expanded recalls of the 2002–2004 Honda CR-V, the 2005–2008 Mazda 6, and the 2005–2008 Subaru Legacy. (The Honda and Mazda models and model years are already reflected on the list below.)

UPDATE 1/Four/2016, Trio:00 p.m.: The Fresh York Times has detailed the contents of some internal Takata emails from more than nine years ago. As far back as 2000, internal reports exposed that there were “several instances [of] ‘pressure vessel failures,’ or airbag ruptures, . . . reported to Honda as normal airbag deployments.” One airbag engineer, according to the in-depth NYT story, wrote in a two thousand five report “that he had been ‘repeatedly exposed to the Japanese practice of altering data introduced to the customer,’ adding that such conduct was described at Takata as ‘the way we do business in Japan.’ ” In the same report, the engineer “warned that while the fudging of the data had primarily not switched the fundamental conclusions of the data, the practice had ‘gone beyond all reasonable bounds and now most likely constitutes fraud.’ ” In 2006, the same engineer wrote “Happy Manipulating. ” in an email to a colleague about how to graphically deemphasize the “bimodal distribution” of some tests conducted at high temperatures. He also suggested that his co-worker use “thick and lean lines to attempt and dress it up, or [switch] colors to divert attention.”

Takata maintains that “the emails in question are downright unrelated to the current airbag inflater recalls.” A Honda spokesman wouldn’t comment on the emails but said that his employer was “aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data.”

Meantime, Automotive News reports that some Japanese carmakers “may jointly invest in Takata” in order to soften the financial hit that the airbag supplier is facing as a result of these massive recalls.

UPDATE 1/8/2016, Four:15 p.m.: Mazda will recall 374,000 cars in the United States due to their passenger-side airbags. According to Automotive News, these airbags were found to be “prone to ruptures” in latest tests by Takata. The 2003–2008 Mazda 6, the 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6, and the two thousand four RX-8 are affected; these models had already been included on our list below, and we’ve enhanced the total accordingly.

UPDATE 1/22/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: A Georgia man died last month in a Takata airbag–related crash while driving a two thousand six Ford Ranger. His death marks the very first of nine in the United States and ten worldwide that have not occurred in a Honda vehicle. In the wake of this news, U.S. safety regulators are expected to add another five million vehicles to the Takata recall list detailed below. Automotive News notes that one million of those added vehicles have inflators “similar to those installed on the Ford Ranger,” while the other four million are being recalled following results of fresh tests on Takata airbags. Audi and Mercedes-Benz products will be included on the list below for the very first time.

UPDATE 1/26/2016, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has expanded its recall of 2004–2006 Ranger pickups, following news last week of a driver who died as a result of injuries he received from airbag shrapnel. The recall is for driver’s-side airbags in 361,692 Rangers in the United States and another 29,334 in Canada. These trucks had already been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. All 2004–2006 Rangers built in North America are part of this recall.

UPDATE 1/27/2016, 12:45 p.m.: The driver of a two thousand seven Honda Civic was killed in India last year in a crash that involved at least one Takata-sourced airbag that sent shrapnel flying into the cabin. An American Honda spokesman told the Associated Press that the driver was likely killed by other injuries sustained in the high-speed crash and not those inflicted by the defective airbag(s). The two thousand seven Civic is not presently part of Honda’s recalls in the U.S., but it might be added to the list soon.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, Ten:15 a.m.: Mazda has recalled all 2004–2006 B-series pickups for potentially defective driver’s-side airbags. The B-series is a rebadged Ford Ranger, and this recall expansion mirrors the one we described on January twenty six for the Ranger. Some Nineteen,000 Mazda trucks are affected in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Saipan. These B-series models had previously been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. In total, Mazda says it has issued recalls for 442,266 driver’s-side airbag inflators and 416,475 passenger-side inflators. The up-to-date list of Mazdas is below; many have recalls outstanding for numerous airbags.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, 6:00 p.m.: Honda dealerships in the U.S. have received letters from the carmaker stating that a fresh recall and stop-sale order applies to a long list of used Honda products: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2011–2015 CR-Z, 2009–2013 Fit, 2013–2014 Fit EV, 2010–2014 Insight, and 2007–2014 Ridgeline. According to Automotive News, if dealers don’t abide by the stop-sale order, they could be liable for any injuries that occur as a result of defective Takata airbags in these cars, which number some 1.7 million. The aforementioned vehicles have not yet been added to our list below because the news is not yet official.

UPDATE Two/Four/2016, 8:30 a.m.: Honda has officially issued recalls for Takata-supplied “PSDI-5” driver’s-side airbags on Two.23 million vehicles. The Honda-branded vehicles are: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2007–2014 Ridgeline, 2009–2014 Fit, 2010–2014 FCX Clarity, 2010–2014 Insight, 2011–2015 CR-Z. Acura vehicles affected by this recall are: 2005–2012 RL, 2007–2016 RDX (early production MY2016 vehicles only), 2009–2014 TL, 2010–2013 ZDX, 2013–2016 ILX (early production MY2016 vehicles only). These vehicles have been added to our list below. According to Honda, “Due to the large volume of fresh inflators needed to repair vehicles, the necessary replacement parts will not become available until Summer 2016.”

Older vehicles and those in high-humidity locales will be given priority for the replacement parts. In the meantime, dealers have been issued stop-sale instructions for affected vehicles that haven’t been repaired. These recalls are in addition to the 6.28 million Hondas and Acuras that had already been recalled for their airbags.

UPDATE Two/8/2016, 11:00 a.m.: Seat-mounted side-airbag inflators with the code name “SSI-20” are now under recall. Takata says this recall is limited only to inflators manufactured inbetween December thirteen and 14, 2014. A total of one thousand one hundred twenty nine Volkswagen and General Motors vehicles from the two thousand fifteen model year are tooled with these inflators. NHTSA began investigating Takata side airbags in August after a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Volkswagen Tiguan ruptured in June.

UPDATE Two/9/2016, Two:Ten p.m.: Daimler is recalling some 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and 136,000 Daimler vans in the U.S. market because NHTSA has indicated that the vehicles could contain defective Takata-supplied airbags. The Mercedes-Benzes are all from the 2005–2014 model years: SLK, C-class, E-class, M-class, GL-class, R-class, and SLS. The freshly recalled vans are 2007–2014 Sprinters with Dodge, Freightliner, or Mercedes badges. (Some 2006–2008 Sprinters had been added to the recall in June 2015.)

The Audi recall covers 170,000 vehicles from model years two thousand six through 2013. The Audis involved are: 2006–2013 A3, 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet, 2009–2012 Q5, and 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet.

BMW is recalling 840,000 vehicles from two thousand six through 2015; these vehicles weren’t among the harshly 765,000 that BMW had previously recalled for Takata airbags. The BMWs involved are: 2006–2011 3-series sedan and M3, 2006–2012 3-series wagon, 2007–2013 3-series and M3 coupe and convertible, 2007–2010 X3, 2007–2013 X5, 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible, 2008–2014 X6, and 2013–2015 X1.

The Volkswagen-branded vehicles, numbering 680,000, are from two thousand six through 2014. The VWs involved are: 2009–2014 CC, 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf, 2012–2014 Eos and U.S.-built Passat sedan, and 2006–2010 German-built Passat sedan and wagon.

UPDATE Two/13/2016, 11:30 a.m.: NHTSA has updated its website with more specifics regarding what Mercedes-Benz models are affected by this recall. They are detailed in an update to this story that we published earlier this week. The general models are as goes after, and they’ve been updated on our list below: 2005–2011 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2009–2011 C63 AMG); 2010–2011 E-class sedan, wagon, coupe, and convertible; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2010–2012 GLK-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2011–2014 SLS AMG coupe and roadster; 2007–2014 Sprinter.

Also fresh to the list below is the 2006–2007 Chrysler Crossfire, which was based on a Mercedes-Benz. A total of five thousand two hundred eighty three Crossfires have been recalled.

UPDATE Two/16/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors has added harshly 200,000 Saab and Saturn products in the U.S. and Canada to its list of vehicles covered by this recall. The cars involved are: 2003–2011 Saab 9-3, 2010–2011 Saab 9-5, and 2008–2009 Saturn Astra. These vehicles—numbering 179,861 in the U.S.—have been added to our list below.

UPDATE Two/17/2016, 6:15 p.m.: According to a report in the Fresh York Times, Takata executives allegedly withheld test results from its defective airbag inflators and demolished evidence as early as 2000. A top Takata executive is alleged to have ordered that failed parts be “discarded” and doctored a report.

UPDATE Two/22/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Reuters is reporting that the number of Takata airbag inflators recalled in the United States could almost quadruple, with the addition of inbetween seventy and ninety million units. That could bring the total of recalled Takata airbag inflators containing ammonium nitrate to as high as one hundred twenty million. (Some cars have more than one recalled airbag, so the overall vehicle total would be lower.) Reuters says that “Takata produced inbetween two hundred sixty million and two hundred eighty five million ammonium nitrate-based inflators worldwide inbetween two thousand and 2015, of which almost half wound up in U.S. vehicles.” The news service also notes that, “Takata produced most of the inflators that regulators are now investigating at its main inflator plant in Monclova, Mexico, or at plants in Georgia and Washington state, according to company documents.”

UPDATE Two/23/2016, Two:15 p.m.: A group of ten carmakers known as the Independent Testing Coalition hired a company called Orbital ATK (which works with rocket propulsion-systems) to conduct its own tests of suspect Takata airbag inflators. The conclusions, according to Automotive News, are that “it was the combination of these three factors—the use of ammonium nitrate, the construction of Takata’s inflator assembly, and the exposure to warmth and humidity—that made the inflators vulnerable to rupture.” These results are consistent with Takata’s internal testing as well as testing by the Fraunhofer Group.

UPDATE Trio/Two/2016, Three:30 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another 198,000 vehicles in the U.S. for suspect Takata-supplied, passenger-side airbags. The two thousand eight Corolla and Corolla Matrix, as well as the 2008–2010 Lexus SC430, are now included in this act. (Earlier model years of these vehicles were already included in this recall.)

UPDATE Trio/30/2016, Trio:15 p.m.: According to court documents reviewed by Reuters, Honda requested that Takata redesign its faulty airbag inflators to be “fail-safe” back in 2009. That was after the company very first recalled a puny population of cars in two thousand eight after defective Takata airbag inflators in Honda models were linked to four injuries and one death. The revised inflators, which Honda began installing in 2011, have four extra slots to vent gas so that if the inflators rupture, the metal enclosure is less likely to break apart and become shrapnel. Honda did not notify NHTSA of the design switch and denied that it ever had to do so, stating that it used revised parts to prevent “future manufacturing errors.”

Takata is facing a bevy of lawsuits, some of which are being consolidated in a federal court in Miami. Much worse, however, are the recalls themselves. According to Bloomberg, a Takata insider has estimated the cost of recalling every single airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate—a number in excess of two hundred eighty million—to be $24 billion.

UPDATE Four/1/2016, Five:00 p.m.: According to NHTSA, 7.Five million defective airbag inflators have been substituted as of March 11. That’s thirty three percent out of 22.Five million. But that doesn’t include another five million inflators recalled in February. Using those numbers, Reuters pegs the repair rate at about twenty five percent, using a baseline of twenty nine million defective inflators. Check out NHTSA’s Takata website to see the recall-completion rates by manufacturer. Honda has the highest completion rate, at fifty four percent, but several carmakers have rates of less than twenty percent. Expect NHTSA to update its numbers soon.

UPDATE Four/7/2016, Three:15 p.m.: Honda has reported a death from an airbag rupture in a two thousand two Civic under recall. According to KTRK-TV in Houston, 17-year-old Huma Hanif rear-ended another car on March thirty one in Richmond, Texas. Albeit her airbag deployed, investigators determined the crash wasn’t severe enough to kill the teenager. Her mouth was lacerated by the airbag inflator and a witness described her collapsing after exiting her car. Hanif is the 11th Takata-related death worldwide, the 10th in the U.S., and the 10th in a Honda.

UPDATE Four/14/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA has stated that there are eighty five million Takata airbag inflators in the United States that haven’t been recalled at this point. Of that eighty five million, 43.Four million are passenger-side inflators, 26.9 million are for side airbags, and 14.Five million are installed in steering wheels. Takata “has until two thousand nineteen to demonstrate that all of the unrecalled airbag inflators are safe,” according to Automotive News, which counts 28.8 million airbags as being recalled at this point.

UPDATE Five/Four/2016, 11:15 a.m.: Honda has reported two extra deaths in Malaysia that may be related to defective Takata airbags. While authorities have not yet singled out the causes of either death, Honda said the driver’s-side front airbags in two City models from the two thousand six and two thousand three model years had ruptured in two separate crashes on April sixteen and May 1. Both cars, which were not sold in the U.S., were under recall.

UPDATE Five/Four/16, 1:15 p.m.: Confirming what we reported yesterday, NHTSA has announced that Takata will recall inbetween thirty five million and forty million extra front-airbag inflators as part of an amended consent order inbetween the Japanese supplier and the agency. All of the inflators in question are non-desiccated, which means they do not have a drying agent to compensate for humidity. So far, NHTSA says only the non-desiccated ammonium-nitrate inflators have been rupturing. Takata now has to prove that the desiccated inflators are safe or else it will be coerced to recall those, as well. The recall, which will be conducted in phases, is expected to last until December 2019. Exact car models have not been identified.

UPDATE Five/6/2016, 12:30 p.m.: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) have demanded that NHTSA release the entire list of car models with ammonium-nitrate propellant. “This right to know should not be limited to the owners of the seemingly randomly identified fraction of vehicles containing Takata airbags that have been leisurely recalled to date,” the senators wrote to the agency. Blumenthal and Markey have repeatedly called on NHTSA to recall every airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate, albeit the agency is permitting Takata up to three years to prove they are safe.

UPDATE Five/13/2016, 1:30 p.m.: Honda will add another twenty one million vehicles to its recalls associated with these Takata airbags, bringing the automaker’s worldwide total to fifty one million vehicles. How many of those vehicles will be in the United States is unclear at this point, according to the Fresh York Times, which attributes this information to Honda vice president Tetsuo Iwamura.

UPDATE Five/20/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Mercedes-Benz has expanded its Takata recall, adding 196,975 cars to its list, all of which require fresh passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2012–2014 C-class, 2012–2017 E-class coupe and cabriolet, 2013–2015 GLK-class, and two thousand fifteen SLS AMG coupe and cabriolet.

UPDATE Five/23/2016, Three:45 p.m.: NHTSA has announced a recall schedule so that the Takata airbag inflators likeliest to fail very first will be repaired very first. To do that, NHTSA has separated the country into three humidity zones and is prioritizing repairs to vehicles registered in states with the highest humidity. Many car owners will have to wait more than two years before they know their airbags are defective.

UPDATE Five/24/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toyota has expanded its recall by about 1,584,000 vehicles in the United States, all for Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2009–2011 Corolla and Matrix, two thousand eleven Sienna, 2006–2011 Yaris, 2010–2011 4Runner, 2008–2011 Scion xB, 2007–2011 Lexus ES, 2010–2011 Lexus GX, 2006–2011 Lexus IS.

UPDATE Five/27/2016, 1:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling an extra Two.Two million cars in the U.S. for defective Takata passenger-side front airbags, as well as two thousand seven hundred one motorcycles for possibly defective optional handlebar airbags. The total list of cars in this recall are: the 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2006 Acura MDX; 2003–2011 Pilot and Element; 2005–2011 CR-V and Acura RL; 2006–2011 Civic and Ridgeline; 2007–2011 Fit; 2008–2011 Accord; 2009–2011 Acura TSX; and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour, Insight, FCX Clarity, and Acura ZDX. The 2006–2010 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing motorcycle is also included.

The vehicles previously not involved in this recall are: 2006–2011 Civic, 2006–2010 Gold Wing, 2007–2008 Fit, 2008–2011 Accord, 2009–2011 Pilot, 2009–2011 TSX, and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour. They have been added to the list below.

UPDATE Five/31/2016, 11:30 a.m.: Ferrari is recalling two thousand eight hundred twenty cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This is the very first time Ferrari has been involved with this defect. The 2009–2011 California and 2010–2011 four hundred fifty eight Italia are included.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling Four,322,870 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the 2011–2012 Chrysler 300, two thousand nine Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango, 2011–2012 Dodge Charger and Challenger, two thousand ten Ram 3500, 2007–2012 Jeep Wrangler, and the 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500.

Mazda is recalling 731,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2005–2006 MPV, 2007–2011 CX-7 and CX-9, and 2009–2011 Mazda six and RX-8.

Mitsubishi is recalling 38,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand seven Lancer and Lancer Evolution.

Nissan is recalling 402,450 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2006–2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2007–2010 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007–2011 Versa.

Subaru is recalling 383,101 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand six Baja, 2006–2011 Impreza and Tribeca, and 2009–2011 Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, also is included in this total.

Our list below has been updated accordingly, but the recall totals for each brand haven’t yet been recalculated because some individual vehicles have already been accounted for in previous recalls for driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford has almost doubled the number of vehicles it is recalling for defective Takata-sourced airbags, adding 1,287,726 vehicles to its count, all for passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX, 2005–2011 Ford Mustang, 2005–2006 Ford GT, 2007–2011 Ford Ranger, and 2006–2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln MKZ and Zephyr. Of those, 608,717 Mustangs and about four hundred GTs had already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags; the other models are freshly added.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Three:00 p.m.: A report from Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) says that four automakers are continuing to use Takata airbag inflators containing non-desiccated ammonium nitrate in current fresh cars, despite tests proving these inflators are the most prone to ruptures. Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen said they were using front-airbag inflators without the moisture-absorbing desiccant on certain two thousand sixteen and two thousand seventeen model year cars including the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Volkswagen CC, Audi TT, and Audi R8. Not all the manufacturers gave specific models to Nelson, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, who, in March, queried the original fourteen automakers involved. Another five automakers are still using Takata’s ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators, with or without desiccant, including Daimler (vans only), Ford, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru. Nelson’s office says the “majority” of all replacement inflators installed as of May 20—4.6 million out of 8.Four million—are Takata ammonium-nitrate inflators. Of those, Two.1 million are non-desiccated. All of this is legal under NHTSA’s consent order, albeit all non-desiccated inflators will need to be recalled and substituted by 2019. Eventually, all of Takata’s ammonium-nitrate inflators may need to be recalled. It’s very confusing that automakers would be permitted to install parts that are known to be defective, except NHTSA thinks they won’t become defective until years later, at which time decent replacement parts will be available.

Meantime, Toyota has expanded its Takata recall by some 490,000 vehicles outside of the U.S., in places including Japan, China, Europe, Mexico, and South America. The vehicles in question include 2005–2011 Lexus products, as well as Toyota Siennas, 4Runners, Corollas, and Yarises.

UPDATE 6/Two/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Audi is recalling 217,000 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2004–2008 Audi A4 and the 2005–2011 Audi A6. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

BMW is recalling 91,806 SUVs as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 BMW X5, the 2008–2011 BMW X6, and the 2010–2011 BMW X6 ActiveHybrid.

General Motors is recalling 1.Four million 2007–2011 trucks and large SUVs for their Takata-supplied passenger-side airbags. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Avalanche, Tahoe, and Suburban; 2007–2011 GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2011 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade EXT, and Escalade ESV; 2009–2011 Silverado two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2009–2011 Sierra two thousand five hundred and 3500. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls. GM reports that there have been no airbag ruptures in approximately 44,000 crashes of the recalled vehicles.

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 54,350 vehicles as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and the 2009–2011 Jaguar XF. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 199,705 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2008–2011 C300 sedan, C350 sedan, and C63 AMG sedan; 2010–2011 GLK350 and E350 coupe; two thousand eleven E350 convertible, E550 coupe and convertible, and the SLS AMG. Also, the brand’s parent company, Daimler, is recalling five thousand one hundred vans for the same issue: 2010–2011 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2009–2011 Freightliner Sprinter, and two thousand nine Dodge Sprinter.

UPDATE 6/7/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: The possessor of a two thousand six Nissan X-Trail SUV has filed a suit against Takata and Nissan for wrist and head injuries she sustained in an October two thousand fifteen crash in Japan. The vehicle had been recalled for defective airbag inflators, but parts weren’t available at the time the woman’s spouse took the SUV to a dealership to get it immobilized. According to Automotive News, this is the very first suit in Japan against Takata and an automaker for these airbags.

UPDATE 6/Ten/2016, Five:30 p.m.: Toyota has identified the fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. The 2015–2016 4Runner and Lexus GX460, two thousand fifteen Lexus IS250C and IS350C, and the two thousand fifteen Scion xB have these inflators and will need to be recalled by the end of two thousand eighteen even tho’ they are still legal to sell. About 175,000 vehicles are affected in the U.S.

Meantime, Honda has recalled another 784,000 vehicles in Japan because of their Takata airbags, including Civic, Fit, and Odyssey models built inbetween two thousand three and 2009.

UPDATE 6/17/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Honda’s joint venture in China, is recalling one million vehicles for their Takata airbags, the Detroit News reports. Vehicles affected are Honda CR-V, Civic, and Civic hybrids as well as Platinum Rui sedans built inbetween two thousand seven and 2011.

UPDATE 6/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: Fiat Chrysler said it would stop using non-desiccated Takata airbag inflators with ammonium nitrate by next week. This applies to all of its cars built for the North American market. FCA will end production globally by mid-September. As of now, FCA said that only the two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler’s passenger-side front airbag used such an inflator and that it would notify potential buyers of any of these unsold vehicles. Without describing its methods, FCA also said it tested “nearly six thousand three hundred older versions” of this inflator and found no problems. The non-desiccated inflators are considered dangerous since they do not have a chemical to absorb moisture.

UPDATE 6/27/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Automotive News reports that a ruptured airbag emerges to have caused a woman’s death in an accident in Malaysia. The driver of a two thousand five Honda City was killed on Saturday, and the driver’s-side airbag was found to be ruptured. The official cause of death has yet to be announced as of this writing. The car involved in the accident had been recalled in May 2015, but it hadn’t been repaired. If verified, this would be the third death related to defective Takata airbags in Malaysia this year.

UPDATE 6/28/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Shigehisa Takada, the chief executive of automotive supplier Takata, announced in a shareholder meeting that he will resign once a “fresh management regime” has been selected.

UPDATE 6/30/2016, Two:30 p.m.: Seven Honda and Acura models from 2001–2003 pose the highest failure rate among all recalled vehicles, with as much as a fifty percent chance their airbag inflators will rupture, according to NHTSA. The agency identified the 2001–2002 Honda Civic and Accord, two thousand two CR-V and Odyssey, 2002–2003 Acura Three.2TL, and two thousand three Honda Pilot and Acura Trio.2CL as the most dangerous. These cars were primarily recalled for the defect inbetween two thousand eight and 2011, and while “more than seventy percent” now have fresh inflators, there are still 313,000 vehicles with the original inflators. Eight of the ten U.S. deaths involving Takata airbag inflators have involved this group of Honda and Acura models.

UPDATE 7/8/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toughly 1.Four million vehicles have been recalled in Japan for their Takata airbags. Mitsubishi recalled 520,000 vehicles, Mazda 490,000, Subaru 290,000, and Mercedes-Benz 93,000. Of particular note for U.S. owners is that Mazda said the two (known as the Demio in Japan) will be recalled in America; the company recalled 74,310 Mazda 2s in China built inbetween two thousand seven and 2015.

UPDATE 7/Nineteen/2016, Five:00 p.m.: An internal audit conducted by Takata and Honda found the airbag supplier manipulated airbag test data that stripped out poorer results, according to Bloomberg. Examples of “selective editing,” according to former IIHS president Brian O’Neill, who conducted the audit, resulted in a report that was a “prettier shortened version” of what actually occurred. Depositions of several Takata engineers from an ongoing lawsuit found that reports to Nissan, Toyota, and General Motors were similarly doctored. Takata said the audit’s findings were “entirely inexcusable.”

UPDATE 7/20/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has identified extra fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. They are: two thousand sixteen Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2016–2017 Mercedes-Benz E-class coupe/convertible, two thousand sixteen Ferrari FF, 2016–2017 Ferrari California T, 2016–2017 Ferrari 488GTB/488 Spider, 2016–2017 Ferrari F12/F12tdf, and two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso. These vehicles remain legal for sale, but, per NHTSA, they must be recalled by the end of 2018. Audi, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen had previously been found to still be building fresh cars with the suspect airbags.

UPDATE 7/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: General Motors has stated that it may have to recall an extra Four.Three million vehicles in the U.S. for their defective Takata airbags, which would cost the company an estimated $550 million, according to Automotive News. GM recently added Two.Five million vehicles to its list of Takata recalls, the repair costs for which will cost as much as $320 million.

Also, Mazda has added three thousand seven hundred forty three B-series pickups from the 2007–2009 model years to its list of vehicles recalled due to potentially defective Takata airbag inflators; these trucks are being recalled for the passenger-side airbags. This is in accordance to the recall schedule we described on May 23. These Mazdas are located in what is known as Zone B, which includes Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Fresh Jersey, Fresh Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Previously, 2004–2006 B-series trucks had been recalled; our list below has been updated to reflect these extra model years.

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA is expanding its investigation of airbag supplier ARC Automotive to eight million potentially defective airbags after the driver of a two thousand nine Hyundai Elantra was killed in Canada last month. Automotive News reports that the car’s airbag inflator was manufactured in China, unlike inflators in U.S.-market Elantras from the same time period. General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, and Kia also used ARC airbags that are part of this probe. In July 2015, NHTSA began investigating ARC for airbags produced in Tennessee after airbag-related injuries were reported in crashes of a two thousand two Chrysler Town & Country and a two thousand four Kia Optima. Preliminary investigations of inflators made by ARC, which is unaffiliated with Takata, demonstrate “significant design differences inbetween the ARC inflators and the Takata inflators presently under recall.”

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 9:00 p.m.: Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its recall by another 54,000 vehicles in the United States. The recalls affects 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and 2009–2011 Jaguar XF models for potentially defective passenger-side airbag inflators. Vehicles from these models and model years were very first recalled in May 2016; this activity essentially doubles the recalled population. Jaguar Land Rover says that “affected vehicles are being prioritized for repair—split into four separate phases—based on geographic zone and vehicle age” and that customers will be notified by mail later this year when parts become available. In a statement, the company went on to say that it “is not aware of any case of an airbag module rupture on any of the 108,000 vehicles included in this recall.”

UPDATE 8/29/2016, Four:00 p.m.: General Motors pressured a Swedish airbag supplier in the 1990s to match cheaper prices from its rival Takata, despite warnings that Takata’s inflators were unsafe, according to the Fresh York Times. When Takata introduced ammonium-nitrate-based airbag inflators in the late 1990s, Autoliv scientists studying Takata’s design determined the chemical compound was too dangerous. It lost GM’s airbag contract at the time. “We tore the Takata airbags apart, analyzed all the fuel, identified all the ingredients,” former Autoliv chief chemist Robert Taylor told the Times. “The gas is generated so swift, it blows the inflater [sic] to bits.” The Times also exposed that employees at a former Takata plant in Georgia let defective airbag inflators pass inspections by manipulating leakage tests and creating fresh bar codes so the tests couldn’t be tracked.

UPDATE 9/8/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Honda will recall another 668,000 vehicles in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. Affected cars include Accord, Civic, and Fit models built inbetween two thousand nine and 2011. According to Reuters, that brings Honda’s recall total to fifty one million Takata airbags.

UPDATE 9/9/2016, 9:00 a.m.: BMW announced it will recall some 110,000 cars in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The recall affects passenger-side airbags on forty four BMW models made inbetween two thousand four and 2012, including the 116i, 118i, and 320i. The recall is part of a massive order from Japan’s transport ministry that seven million vehicles be recalled by 2019.

UPDATE 9/Nineteen/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors will submit a petition to NHTSA for a one-year deferral of a pending recall of some 980,000 trucks and SUVs tooled with Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators, Automotive News reports. Takata is slated to proclaim on December 31, 2016, that “a large batch” of parts are defective, but GM wants a 365-day deferral to accomplish a long-term aging research investigate with aerospace and defense manufacturer Orbital ATK. The probe, which we outlined in February, is scheduled to end in August 2017. GM maintains that the delayed recall won’t endanger vehicle occupants, telling the inflators will “likely perform as designed until at least December 31, 2019.” Of the 44,000 passenger-side inflators that have deployed in consumer use and the one thousand fifty five that have been deployed in testing, none have ruptured, GM says. The deferral affects 2007–2012 large trucks and SUVs, namely the Chevrolet Silverado, Tahoe, and Suburban, the GMC Sierra and Yukon, and the Cadillac Escalade.

UPDATE 9/26/2016, Ten:45 a.m.: Takata exposed in a latest report that it neglected to notify NHTSA of a two thousand three rupture of one of its airbag inflators in Switzerland, according to Reuters. NHTSA began looking into problems with Takata airbags in 2010, but Takata officials did not mention the Swiss incident to the agency at the time. In the freshly released report, Takata said the Swiss incident did not relate to the NHTSA investigation and noted that Takata made production switches shortly after the two thousand three incident.

In the same report (available for download at safercar.gov), Takata said that its U.S. arm, not the Japan-based parent company, “was primarily responsible for the development, testing, and production of the inflators at issue in Recall Nos. 15E-040, 15E-041, 15E-042, and 15E-043.” Other recently released Takata documents also exposed that six hundred sixty airbag inflators ruptured during testing of 245,000 of the devices, Bloomberg reports. The company proceeds to reiterate that its airbag inflators are more at risk when they’re subjected to humid climates and as they age.

UPDATE 9/28/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda announced today that the driver’s-side airbag of a two thousand nine Honda City ruptured in a September twenty four crash in Johor, Malaysia, in which the driver was killed. This marks the fourth Malaysian death this year linked to a Takata-supplied airbag that ruptured in a Honda car. Honda said that it has finished replacements of 211,000 Takata front-airbag inflators in Malaysia, which is fifty four percent of the total number presently under recall.

UPDATE Ten/21/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Honda and NHTSA announced that a 50-year-old woman, Delia Robles of Corona, California, died of injuries that resulted from the deployment of a defective Takata airbag in her two thousand one Honda Civic. The crash occurred on September thirty in California’s Riverside County. According to an Associated Press report, the vehicle’s driver’s-side airbag inflator had been part of a recall since 2008; however, it was never repaired. Automotive News reported that more than twenty recall notices had been mailed to the vehicle’s registered owners. The deceased woman bought the car at the end of 2015, the AP report said. This is the 11th confirmed death in the United States that has been caused by a defective Takata-supplied airbag in a vehicle, all but one of which were in Honda vehicles.

UPDATE Ten/26/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another Five.8 million vehicles around the world because they might contain defective Takata airbag inflators. According to Reuters, the recall includes toughly 1.47 million vehicles in Europe, 1.16 million in Japan, and 820,000 in China, as well as vehicles in Central and South America, Africa, the Near and Middle East, and Singapore. Various Corolla, Yaris/Vitz, Hilux, and Etios models built inbetween May two thousand and November two thousand one and inbetween April two thousand six and December two thousand fourteen were recalled.

UPDATE 11/9/2016, 1:00 p.m.: In an effort to seek out recalled Takata airbag inflators that haven’t yet been immobile, Honda has partnered with CCC, a software provider for 22,000 automotive figure shops across the United States. When a Honda vehicle is entered into the CCC system for an estimate on repairing figure harm, Automotive News reports, an alert will show up onscreen if the vehicle has an unresolved open Takata recall. Figure shops are being “encouraged to reach out to [the customer’s favored] dealership to facilitate the repair on the customer’s behalf.”

UPDATE 12/12/2016, Three:30 p.m.: To date, at least one hundred eighty four people have been injured by Takata airbags in the United States, according to a fresh report released by NHTSA on the recall’s progress. This is the very first hard number the agency has specified since investigations began in late 2014. Repairs won’t be finished until at least September two thousand twenty (in May, NHTSA set December two thousand nineteen as the end date). Another round of cars—including Tesla products, supercars from Ferrari and McLaren, and extra model years of previously recalled models—have been added to our master list of vehicles plagued by the defective Takata inflators. By 2020, NHTSA expects there will be forty two million vehicles with at least sixty four million inflators under recall. As of today, the count stands at about twenty nine million vehicles with forty six million inflators.

UPDATE 12/29/2016, Five:30 p.m.: So far, about 12.Five million suspect Takata inflators have been motionless of the toughly sixty five million inflators (in forty two million vehicles) that will ultimately be affected by this recall, which spans nineteen automakers. Carmakers and federal officials organizing the response to this meaty recall insist that the supply chain is churning out replacement parts, most of which are coming from companies other than Takata. For those who are waiting, NHTSA advises that people not disable the airbags; the exceptions are the 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models that we listed on this page on June 30, 2016—vehicles which NHTSA is telling people to drive only to a dealer to get immovable.

Meantime, a settlement stemming from a federal probe into criminal wrongdoing by Takata is expected early next year—perhaps as soon as January—and could treatment $1 billion.

UPDATE 1/11/2017, 1:00 p.m.: Honda added 772,000 more cars in a fresh round of recalls for non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. A total of 1.29 million Honda and Acura models plus eight hundred eighty two Gold Wing motorcycles are included; many were previously recalled for driver’s-side airbags. Besides the two thousand twelve Gold Wing, no fresh models or model years are included. Honda has the most U.S. vehicles of any automaker affected by the Takata recalls, now standing at 11.Four million cars and motorcycles.

UPDATE 1/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling 654,695 cars in the U.S. and 161,174 vehicles in Canada to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years are included, albeit Ford has added more of these same cars in other regions of the country that were not under previous recalls. Ford, including Mercury and Lincoln, now has recalled about three million cars in the U.S. The affected models in this particular regional expansion are the 2005–2009 and two thousand twelve Mustang; 2005–2006 GT; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln MKZ; 2006–2009 Mercury Milan; and the 2007–2009 Ranger, Edge, and Lincoln MKX.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, 11:00 a.m.: As with Honda and Ford, Toyota is recalling 543,000 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years have been added, albeit Toyota has included an unknown number of cars not previously under recall. Toyota, including Lexus and Scion and not including the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe, now has about six million cars in the U.S. under the Takata recalls. Affected models under this latest recall are the 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Lexus IS (including IS F); 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve Yaris and Lexus ES; 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve Scion xB; two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Corolla and Matrix; and the two thousand twelve 4Runner, Sienna, Lexus IS C, Lexus GX, and Lexus LFA.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, Three:00 p.m.: The U.S. government has fined Takata Corp. $1 billion as part of the Japanese supplier’s agreement to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud; the fine is cracked down as a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million for victim compensation, and $850 million for compensating automakers. Also, a federal grand jury separately charged three Takata executives on six counts each of wire fraud and conspiracy.

UPDATE 1/23/2017, 7:00 p.m.: A total of sixteen brands recalled 652,541 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. Some or most of these cars may have been previously recalled to substitute other Takata airbags. Replacement parts may be available as soon as March or “Q1,” depending on the automaker. Only cars ever registered in specific states are under these recalls. Model-year two thousand eight and two thousand twelve Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG—as well as model-year two thousand nine Audi A4 and S4—were previously unaccounted for in our master list below. The cars recalled in this latest round are as goes after:

Audi is recalling 33,421 cars. They include the 2005–2009 A4, S4, and A6; 2007–2008 RS4; and the 2007–2009 S6.

BMW is recalling 48,380 cars. Included are the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve X5 and the 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve X6.

Daimler, in conjunction with Fiat Chrysler, is recalling 11,279 Sprinter vans. The two thousand nine Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter 2500/3500 and two thousand twelve Freightliner and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500/3500 are included.

Ferrari is recalling eight hundred twenty five cars from 2012. The FF, California, four hundred fifty eight Italia, and four hundred fifty eight Spider are all included.

Jaguar is recalling eight thousand one hundred ninety one XF sedans from two thousand nine and 2012.

Karma Automotive is recalling eight hundred eleven Fisker Karma models from 2012.

Land Rover is recalling eight thousand seven hundred sixty nine Range Rover models from 2007–2009 and 2012.

Mazda is recalling 93,812 vehicles. Included are the 2005–2006 MPV; 2005–2009 RX-8; 2007–2009 B-series pickup trucks; the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve CX-7 and CX-9; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Mazda 6.

McLaren is recalling three hundred fifty nine MP4-12C models from 2012.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 103,406 cars. Included are the two thousand twelve C-class sedan and coupe, E-class coupe and convertible, GLK, and SLS AMG, as well as the 2008–2009 C-class sedan and coupe, plus the 2008–2012 C63 sedan and coupe.

Mitsubishi is recalling one thousand nine hundred sixty four i-MiEV models from two thousand twelve and 2014.

Nissan is recalling 152,554 cars. Included are the 2005–2008 Infiniti FX; 2006–2010 Infiniti M; 2007–2009 Versa sedan and hatchback; and the two thousand twelve Versa hatchback.

Subaru is recalling 185,773 cars. Included models are the 2005–2006 Baja; 2006–2009 Impreza; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Tribeca, WRX, and STI; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, is also included.

Tesla is recalling two thousand nine hundred ninety seven Model S sedans from 2012.

In addition, thirteen automakers last week expanded the Takata recalls in Canada by almost 900,000 vehicles. According to Automotive News Canada, harshly Five.Two million Takata airbags have so far been recalled in Canada. A utter list of affected Canada-market vehicles can be found at the Transport Canada website.

UPDATE Two/6/2017, Five:00 p.m.: BMW is recalling 230,117 cars in the U.S. that may have a Takata driver’s-side airbag. The company said it is possible that one percent of certain 2000–2003 models may have had their airbags substituted with a Takata unit during a service visit, whereas originally these models used non-ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators made by Petri AG. BMW said it shipped 14,600 Takata replacement airbag parts to U.S. dealers inbetween two thousand two and two thousand fifteen but had no way of knowing how many were actually installed. While some of the recalled vehicles are already under recall, many are fresh to our list below, which has been updated. The recalled vehicles include the 2000–2002 3-series sedan, coupe, wagon, convertible, and M3; the 2001–2002 5-series sedan, wagon, and M5; and the 2001–2003 X5. Owners will receive notification in March. Dealers will check for and substitute any Takata airbags they find.

UPDATE Two/27/2017, 6:30 p.m.: Takata has officially pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud for covering up the engineering defects that have led to at least seventeen deaths and the largest recall in automotive history. The guilty prayer comes six weeks after a Justice Department announcement that Takata had agreed to a $1 billion settlement, including $850 million to compensate automakers for repairs, $125 million for a victim settlement fund, and a $25 million criminal fine. Three Takata executives also have been charged with fraud.

UPDATE Three/Two/2017, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has recalled almost 32,000 vehicles in North America for Takata-supplied driver’s-side front airbags that “may not downright pack, or the airbag cushion may detach from the airbag module due to misalignment of components within the airbag module.” Ford says this concern is not related to Takata’s rupture-prone airbags that use non-desiccated ammonium nitrate as propellant. The affected models are the 2016–2017 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX and the two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental; these vehicles have not been added to the list below because they’re being recalled for a separate issue.

UPDATE Five/11/2017, Two:00 p.m.: Honda is urging owners in Hawaii to repair any affected 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models as soon as possible—or risk a fifty percent chance of the driver’s-side airbag inflator rupturing in a crash. The so-called Alpha inflators were the very first Takata inflators to be recalled, and combined with Hawaii’s constant high fever and humidity, they are the most dangerous. Eight of the ten airbag deaths within the U.S. were the result of these Alpha inflators. Honda says that Hawaii houses harshly one thousand one hundred unrepaired 2001–2003 vehicles with Alpha inflators; these are among approximately 26,000 unfixed Honda and Acura vehicles in the state that are affected by these Takata recalls. Honda also says that “0ver seventy four percent” of these cars have been repaired nationwide, all with non-Takata replacement parts. For affected models, see our Acura and Honda lists below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2017, Five:30 p.m.: Four automakers—Toyota, Subaru, BMW, and Mazda—have agreed to pay a combined $553 million for economic losses. The automakers have jointly lodged a class-action lawsuit requesting owners be compensated while their cars are undergoing repairs. Owners of approximately 15.8 million cars in the U.S. are eligible. The lawsuit does not compensate owners for any alleged lost resale value in their cars nor does it address private injury or property harm claims. The court must approve the settlement before it is final.

UPDATE 6/16/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Takata will file for bankruptcy “as early as next week,” according to sources speaking to Reuters. The filing is no surprise. Company finances began unraveling in early two thousand sixteen as lawsuits, fines, lost sales, declining stock values, and recall costs left Takata in the crimson with billions in liabilities. Key Safety Systems, a Michigan auto supplier wielded by the Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, is the purported buyer. Takata owes automakers $850 million for recall costs it must pay by 2018. The U.S. Justice Department is expected to be a creditor in the bankruptcy filing.

UPDATE 6/26/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Takata officially filed for bankruptcy today and has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Key Safety Systems, a Michigan-based automotive supplier possessed by Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, for $1.6 billion.

UPDATE 6/28/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Key Safety Systems (KSS) said it will drop the Takata name once the bankruptcy and sale are approved, according to KSS senior vice president Ron Feldeisen. The sale does not include Takata’s liabilities or its airbag business. Automakers are still hesitant if they will be reimbursed for recall costs, and lawyers indicating victims say the bankruptcy may limit their capability to collect damages.

UPDATE 7/11/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Takata is recalling another Two.7 million airbag inflators in the United States for rupturing. Unlike all the other one hundred million inflators recalled globally to date, these inflators contain a moisture-absorbing desiccant. Until now, Takata had said that only non-desiccated inflators were at risk for exploding shrapnel during a crash. These driver’s-side front airbags were manufactured inbetween two thousand five and two thousand twelve and were installed on Ford, Mazda, and Nissan vehicles, Takata said in a NHTSA filing. Only inflators with the desiccant calcium sulfate are presently under recall; these inflators still contain the propellant ammonium nitrate. The affected automakers will release separate recalls at a later date.

UPDATE 7/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Honda has confirmed another fatality from airbag ruptures in its vehicles, according to the Associated Press. On June Legal, 2016, an 81-year-old man in Hialeah, Florida, allegedly was performing “unknown repairs” with a hammer while inwards a two thousand one Honda Accord. The vehicle was running, and the driver’s-side front airbag deployed and shot out shrapnel. Police and witnesses still do not know what the man was doing when he was found unconscious inwards the car. He died the next day. This is the 12th fatality from faulty Takata airbags in the U.S., all but one in Honda vehicles. Of the ems of millions of cars under recall in the U.S., 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models are the most dangerous. NHTSA estimates that these cars have a 50-50 chance of an airbag rupturing.

UPDATE 7/17/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Mazda is recalling Nineteen,000 cars in South Africa—including the Two, 6, and RX-8—for two thousand three and later models, according to Wheels24. About seventy million of the toughly one hundred million airbag inflators under recall globally are in the U.S.

UPDATE 7/21/2017, Two:30 p.m.: Ford is petitioning NHTSA to not recall Two.Five million cars proclaimed defective by Takata earlier this month, according to Reuters. The automaker wants to proceed testing but believes the particular inflators pose an “inconsequential” risk. The vehicles in question include: 2007–2011 Ranger, 2006–2012 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2006–2011 Mercury Milan, and 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. In January, GM petitioned NHTSA to exempt certain 2007–2011 pickups and SUVs (based on the GMT900 platform) from recalls until the automaker finished its evaluations by late August. NHTSA has not granted or denied either petition.

Also, Nissan has added 515,394 Versas, from model years two thousand seven through 2012, to this recall because the cars contain potentially defective inflators for their Takata-supplied driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 7/24/2017, 9:45 a.m.: Reuters reports that an Australian man died in Sydney after he crashed his two thousand seven Honda CR-V and the airbag sent shrapnel into his neck. Honda confirmed to Reuters that the car had a defective airbag. The deaths of eighteen people worldwide have now been attributed to these airbags.

Also, Mazda is requesting that NHTSA not recall extra B-series pickups; this comes in conjunction with Ford’s latest petition that claims in part that airbags in many of its Ranger pickups do not pose a risk of rupturing. The B-series is a clone of the Ford Ranger.

UPDATE 7/28/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Reuters reports that a 34-year-old woman in Holiday, Florida, was killed last week in a two thousand two Honda Accord after the airbag ruptured during a head-on collision. While officials have not determined the exact cause of death, she is likely the 19th person to die from defective Takata airbags.

UPDATE 8/9/2017, 12:30 p.m.: Nissan is the latest automaker to lodge a civil lawsuit that will compensate owners for economic losses while they fall under repairs, provide rental cars to owners driving the most at-risk vehicles, and pay for advertising and outreach to encourage more owners to schedule repairs with their dealers. The $97.7 million settlement mirrors the $553 million settlement that BMW, Mazda, Toyota, and Subaru agreed to pay in May. A total of Four.Four million Nissan and Infiniti vehicles have been recalled in the U.S. Only thirty percent have been repaired.

UPDATE 8/31/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling six hundred fifty brand-new vehicles in the United States that have defective airbags, albeit there is a critical difference from the general recall population of Takata inflators. Certain two thousand seventeen Ford Mustang and F-150 models have accomplish airbag modules built by Takata, while the faulty inflators inwards the modules are made by ARC Automotive, a Tier two supplier in Knoxville, Tennessee. The passenger-side frontal airbags are affected. Takata notified Ford after it tested the airbags and found an “abnormal deployment,” Ford said. Since July 2015, NHTSA has been investigating ARC Automotive for defective airbag inflators after two ruptured in older-model Chrysler and Kia models not under the Takata recall. NHTSA presently estimates that up to eight million inflators may be defective in Chrysler, GM, Kia, and Hyundai models in the United States.

AFFECTED VEHICLES (total U.S.-market number in parentheses, if known):

Acura: 2002–2003 Trio.2TL; two thousand three Three.2CL; 2003–2006 MDX; 2005–2012 RL; 2007–2016 RDX; 2009–2014 TL and TSX; 2010–2013 ZDX; 2013–2016 ILX (including hybrid)

Audi (more than 387,000): 2004–2009 A4; 2005–2009 S4; 2003–2011 A6; 2006–2013 A3; 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet; 2007–2008 RS4; 2007–2009 S4 cabriolet; 2007–2011 S6; two thousand eight RS4 cabriolet; 2009–2012, two thousand fifteen Q5; 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet; 2010–2012 S5 cabriolet; 2016–2017 TT; two thousand seventeen R8

BMW (more than 1.97 million): 2000–2011 3-series sedan; 2000–2012 3-series wagon; 2000–2013 3-series coupe and convertible; 2000–2013 M3 coupe and convertible; 2001–2003 5-series and M5; 2001–2013 X5; 2007–2010 X3; 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible; 2008–2011 M3 sedan; 2008–2014 X6 (including hybrid); 2011–2015 X1

Cadillac: 2007–2014 Escalade, Escalade ESV; 2007–2013 Escalade EXT; two thousand fifteen XTS

Chevrolet (more than 1.91 million, including Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Saab, and Saturn): 2007–2014 Silverado HD, Suburban, and Tahoe; 2007–2013 Avalanche and Silverado 1500; two thousand fifteen Camaro, Equinox, and Malibu

Chrysler: 2005–2015 300; 2006–2008 Crossfire; 2007–2009 Aspen

Daimler: 2006–2009 Dodge Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2007–2017 Freightliner Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500

Dodge/Ram (more than Five.64 million, including Chrysler, not including Daimler-built Sprinter): 2003–2008 Ram 1500; 2003–2009 Ram 2500; 2003–2010 Ram 3500; 2004–2009 Durango; 2005–2008 Magnum; 2005–2011 Dakota; 2006–2015 Charger; 2008–2014 Challenger; 2008–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and Ram 5500

Ferrari (more than 2820): 2009–2014 California; 2010–2015 four hundred fifty eight Italia; 2012–2016 Ferrari FF; 2012–2015 four hundred fifty eight Spider; 2013–2017 Ferrari F12berlinetta; 2014–2015 four hundred fifty eight Speciale; two thousand fifteen 458 Speciale A; 2015–2017 California T; 2016–2017 Ferrari F12tdf, 488GTB, and four hundred eighty eight Spider; two thousand sixteen Ferrari F60; two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso

Ford (Three million, including Lincoln and Mercury): 2004–2011 Ranger; 2005–2006 GT; 2005–2014, two thousand seventeen Mustang; 2006–2012 Fusion; 2007–2010 Edge; two thousand seventeen F-150

GMC: 2007–2014 Sierra HD, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2013 Sierra 1500; two thousand fifteen Terrain

Honda (11.Four million, including Acura): 2001–2012 Accord; 2001–2011 Civic (including hybrid and NGV); 2002–2011, two thousand sixteen CR-V; 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2015 Pilot; 2003–2011 Element; 2006–2014 Ridgeline; 2006–2010, two thousand twelve Gold Wing motorcycle; 2007–2013 Fit; 2010–2015 Accord Crosstour; 2010–2014 Insight and FCX Clarity; 2011–2015 CR-Z; 2013–2014 Fit EV

Infiniti: 2001–2004 I30/I35; 2002–2003 QX4; 2003–2008 FX35/FX45; 2006–2010 M35/M45; 2009–2017 QX56/QX80; 2017–2018 QX30

Land Rover (more than 68,000): 2007–2012 Range Rover

Lexus: 2002–2010 SC430; 2006–2013 IS; 2007–2012 ES; 2008–2014 IS F; 2010–2015 IS C; 2010–2017 GX; 2010–2015 IS convertible; two thousand twelve LFA

Lincoln: 2006–2012 Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ; 2007–2010 Lincoln MKX

Mazda (more than 733,000): 2003–2011 Mazda 6; 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6; 2004–2011 RX-8; 2004–2006 MPV; 2004–2009 B-series; 2007–2012 CX-7; 2007–2015 CX-9

McLaren: 2011–2015 P1; 2012–2014 MP4-12C; 2015–2016 650S; 2016–2017 570; two thousand sixteen 675LT

Mercedes-Benz (1,044,602, including Daimler): 2005–2014 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2008–2012 C63 AMG); 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2007–2017 Sprinter; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2010–2011 E-class sedan and wagon; 2010–2017 E-class coupe; 2011–2017 E-class convertible; 2010–2015 GLK-class; 2011–2015 SLS AMG coupe and roadster

Mitsubishi (more than 105,000): two thousand four Lancer Sportback; 2004–2007 Lancer; 2004–2006 Lancer Evolution; 2006–2009 Raider; 2012–2017 iMiEV

Nissan (Four.Four million, including Infiniti): 2001–2003 and 2016–2017 Maxima; 2002–2004 Pathfinder; 2002–2006 Sentra; 2007–2017 Versa sedan; 2007–2012 Versa hatchback; 2008–2018 370Z coupe/roadster; 2009–2014 Cube; 2010–2017 NV; 2012–2017 Altima, Versa Note, Armada, and Titan; 2013–2017 NV200; 2014–2017 Rogue

Pontiac (more than 300,000): 2003–2010 Vibe

Saab: 2003–2011 9-3; 2005–2006 9-2X; 2006–2009 9-5

Subaru (more than 380,000): 2003–2014 Legacy and Outback; 2003–2006 Baja; 2004–2011 Impreza; 2006–2014 Tribeca; 2009–2013 Forester; 2012–2014 WRX and WRX STI

Tesla: 2012–2016 Tesla Model S

Toyota (6 million, including Lexus and Scion): 2002–2007 Sequoia; 2003–2013 Corolla and Corolla Matrix; 2003–2006 Tundra; 2004–2005 RAV4; 2006–2012 Yaris; 2010–2016 4Runner; 2011–2014 Sienna

Volkswagen (more than 680,000): 2006–2010, 2012–2014 Passat sedan and wagon; 2009–2017 CC; 2009–2013 GTI; 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf; 2010–2014 Eos; two thousand thirteen Golf R; two thousand fifteen Tiguan

We will update this list as soon as fresh information is available, but you can access NHTSA’s own running tally of affected vehicles here. For further information about your specific vehicle, go to the manufacturer’s consumer website or use NHTSA’s VIN-lookup device.

This story was originally published on October 21, 2014. It has subsequently been updated to reflect the latest findings and official list of affected vehicles.

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Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Utter List of Affected Vehicles

The automotive world and beyond is zizzing about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from almost two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them.

The issue involves defective inflator and propellent devices that may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, shooting metal fragments into vehicle occupants. Approximately forty two million vehicles are potentially affected in the United States, and at least seven million have been recalled worldwide. (UPDATE 9/28/2016: Affected-vehicle numbers, along with improper-deployment figures, proceed to grow, as detailed in the updates below.)

Primarily, only six makes were involved when Takata announced the fault in April 2013, but a Toyota recall in June this year—along with fresh admissions from Takata that it had little clue as to which cars used its defective inflators, or even what the root cause was—prompted more automakers to issue identical recalls. In July, NHTSA coerced extra regional recalls in high-humidity areas including Florida, Hawaii, and the U.S. Cherry Islands to gather eliminated parts and send them to Takata for review.

Another major recall issued on October twenty expanded the affected vehicles across several brands. For its part, Toyota said it would begin to substitute defective passenger-side inflators embarking October 25; if parts are unavailable, however, it has advised its dealers to disable the airbags and affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard.

While Toyota says there have been no related injuries or deaths involving its vehicles, a Fresh York Times report in September found a total of at least one hundred thirty nine reported injuries across all automakers. In particular, there have been at least two deaths and thirty injuries in Honda vehicles (UPDATE 12/12/2016: These figures are now verified as eleven deaths and one hundred eighty four injuries in the U.S., as detailed in the updates below). According to the Times, Honda and Takata allegedly have known about the faulty inflators since two thousand four but failed to notify NHTSA in previous recall filings (which began in 2008) that the affected airbags had actually ruptured or were linked to injuries and deaths.

Takata very first said that propellant chemicals were mishandled and improperly stored during assembly, which supposedly caused the metal airbag inflators to burst open due to excessive pressure inwards. In July, the company blamed humid weather and spurred extra recalls.

According to documents reviewed by Reuters, Takata says that rust, bad welds, and even chewing gum dropped into at least one inflator are also at fault. The same documents display that in 2002, Takata’s plant in Mexico permitted a defect rate that was “six to eight times above” acceptable boundaries, or toughly sixty to eighty defective parts for every one million airbag inflators shipped. The company’s explore has yet to reach a final conclusion and report the findings to NHTSA.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, 9:44 a.m.: The Fresh York Times has published a report suggesting that Takata knew about the airbag issues in 2004, conducting secret tests off work hours to verify the problem. The results confirmed major issues with the inflators, and engineers quickly began researching a solution. But instead of notifying federal safety regulators and moving forward with fixes, Takata executives ordered its engineers to ruin the data and dispose of the physical evidence. This occurred a utter four years before Takata publicly acknowledged the problem.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, Five:29 p.m.: Two U.S. Senators have now called for the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation on this matter. Takata has stated that “the allegations contained in the [Fresh York Times] article are fundamentally inaccurate.” The company went on to state that it “takes very earnestly the accusations made in this article and we are cooperating and participating fully with the government investigation now underway.”

Read more about these developments on this C/D page.

UPDATE 11/13/2014, 11:Ten a.m.: Takata has released a more formal statement telling that the allegations made in last week’s Fresh York Times article “are fundamentally inaccurate” and that it “unfairly impugned the integrity of Takata and its employees.” The company says (in this PDF) that there were no tests of “scrapyard airbag inflators” in 2004, that after-hours tests in two thousand four “were not ‘secret tests’ . . . [but] were done at the request of NHTSA to address a cushion-tearing issue unrelated to inflator rupturing,” and that it “did not suppress any test results showcasing cracking or rupturing in the inflators,” whether to automakers such as Honda or to NHTSA.

For its story about Takata’s statement, the Times spoke again with one of its two sources for the November six article. That anonymous person is quoted as telling: “What Takata says is not true . . . They are attempting to switch things around.”

On November 12, we reported about a switch in Takata’s chemical makeup of its airbag propellant, which the company says is unrelated to the ongoing recall situation.

UPDATE 11/Eighteen/2014, 6:Ten p.m.: In light of a latest airbag failure in a two thousand seven Ford Mustang in North Carolina—which was not part of the original “high-humidity areas” Takata recall—the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the defective Takata driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 11/20/2014, Five:35 p.m.: Automakers, officials from Takata, and motorists injured by defective airbags met for a hearing with Congress. NHTSA was accused of not responding quickly enough to the Takata airbag situation, and automakers also took warmth for being slow with fixes. As of now, the recalls remain regional, but it seems only a matter of time before they’re blanketed nationwide.

UPDATE 11/26/2014, 1:00 p.m.: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has formally demanded that Takata thrust through a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the suspect driver’s-side airbags. Also, officials in Japan are calling for a recall expansion, after an airbag from an unspecified car not covered by previous recalls ruptured in testing.

UPDATE 12/Two/2014, Five:45 p.m.: Toyota and Honda have released similar statements urging for an “industry-wide joint initiative to independently test Takata airbag inflators.” Meantime, Takata’s chairman stated today that he’ll create a “quality assurance panel” to scrutinize the company’s production procedures. Takata and NHTSA officials today made statements before the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. NHTSA is still pushing for a nationwide expansion of the still-regional airbag recall—but for defective driver’s-side airbags only; the agency says a coast-to-coast recall on passenger-side airbags isn’t necessary. Such a large-scale recall, many say, would squeeze the limited supply of replacement parts in the most at-risk (read: humid) regions of the country.

UPDATE 12/Trio/2014, 6:50 p.m.: Takata executives, as well as those from NHTSA and several automakers, again sat before Congress, discussing how this nightmare situation went unaddressed for so long, how it can be immobilized promptly and decently, and how it will be prevented from happening again. Honda is expanding its recall nationwide, and Takata’s internal testing has exposed high failure rates.

UPDATE 12/Four/2014, Ten:25 a.m.: Chrysler, Ford, and Toyota have expanded their recalls of vehicles tooled with Takata airbags.

Chrysler’s recall update adds the passenger-side airbags of harshly 149,000 two thousand three Ram pickups (1500, 2500, and 3500), which were already part of a driver’s-side airbag recall. The recall remains regional, encompassing trucks “sold or ever registered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Cherry Islands.” Chrysler says it is unaware of any accidents or injuries related to these airbag inflators and that no failures have occurred in laboratory tests. NHTSA has already stated is dissatisfaction with Chrysler’s budge: “Chrysler’s latest recall is insufficient, doesn’t meet our requests, and fails to include all inflators covered by Takata’s defect information report.”

Ford’s expanded recall is very similar to Chrysler’s, adding passenger-side airbags to the repair list of about 13,000 vehicles (2004–2005 Rangers and 2005–2006 GTs) already involved in the regional Takata recalls. Ford is even more selective with the targeted locations: it covers vehicles “originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Cherry Islands. It adds certain zip codes with high absolute humidity conditions in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Guam, Saipan, and American Samoa.”

Toyota has recalled some 190,000 vehicles in China and Japan, many of them similar to the company’s U.S.-market vehicles listed below.

UPDATE 12/Five/2014, Three:15 p.m.: Honda has announced the addition of three million vehicles to its list of affected cars—and also that its recall is now nationwide. Read more on this development in this story.

UPDATE 12/Legitimate/2014, Ten:50 a.m.: Ford has expanded the breadth of its recall for Takata driver’s-side airbags, adding almost 450,000 vehicles—all Mustangs and GTs—to its list. (Rangers are part of a separate act.) Mazda also expanded its recall to be nationwide for 2004–2008 Mazda six and RX-8 vehicles, upping its total of affected cars by about 265,000. Also, Chrysler recently added harshly 139,000 vehicles from the 2003–2005 model years to its regional recall, which now includes the previously unaffected areas of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, American Samoa, Guam, and Saipan. (Also, the 2006–2007 Charger is now listed below, compensating for an oversight on NHTSA’s outdated master list.)

UPDATE 12/Nineteen/2014, 7:00 p.m.: Providing in to NHTSA’s requests, Chrysler has drastically expanded its now-nationwide recall—by more than two million vehicles. A number of 2004–2007 model-year products, included below and specifically called out in this press release, are being called back to have their driver’s-side airbag inflators substituted. The company reports only one related injury. According to The Detroit Free Press, BMW is now the last automaker (of five) holding out from NHTSA’s request for a nationwide airbag recall on affected vehicles.

UPDATE 12/30/2014, Ten:00 a.m.: BMW has added another 140,000 vehicles to its now-nationwide airbag-recall list, meaning that all five primary carmakers involved in this situation have ditched the regional recalls. Also, Takata president Stefan Stocker has stepped down from the presidency of Takata, and top company executives have agreed to take significant pay cuts.

UPDATE 1/20/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Six panelists—including one who oversaw the Cerberus ownership of Chrysler—will join an independent review board in looking into Takata’s manufacturing processes and recommending best practices for what has become one of the largest-ever auto recalls. Former U.S. transportation secretary (1989–1991) Samuel K. Skinner will lead the panel.

UPDATE Two/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: Takata—finally—is enhancing its capacity to produce replacement airbag inflators at its plants around the world. By September, according to Automotive News, Takata will be able to make 900,000 replacement units per month. Upgraded assembly lines at a factory in Mexico have already enlargened that plant’s capacity from 300,000 units per month to 450,000. Meantime, reports of people being gravely injured by these defective airbags proceed to arise.

UPDATE Two/20/2015, Four:Ten p.m.: Takata faces civil fines of $14,000 per day for its alleged refusal to cooperate with a federal investigation over these defective airbags. The supplier has provided slew of paperwork to NHTSA, but the agency found the “deluge of documents” unsatisfactory.

UPDATE Three/12/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Honda has announced that it is instituting a voluntary advertising campaign urging owners of Honda and Acura automobiles to check for open airbag and safety recalls that may affect their vehicle. See one of the ads and read more in our story.

UPDATE Three/Nineteen/2015, Two:25 p.m.: Honda has added about 105,000 vehicles to its recall list. These include almost 90,000 Pilots from the two thousand eight model year as well as some two thousand four Civics and two thousand one Accords that previously weren’t part of the recall. Our list below has been updated.

UPDATE Trio/23/2015, 1:40 p.m.: According to a fresh survey, a surprising and unnerving number of Americans evidently haven’t bothered to get these potentially lethal airbags repaired. Just twelve percent of all cars recalled for faulty Takata airbags in the U.S. have been repaired. In Japan, conversely, a utter seventy percent of the three million cars under recall have been repaired.

UPDATE Four/14/2015, Two:30 p.m.: Honda has stated that the driver of a two thousand three Civic was injured by a ruptured airbag during a crash in Florida on March 20.

UPDATE Four/21/2015, Ten:15 a.m.: Nissan has added another 45,000 Sentras from the two thousand six model year to its large-scale recall for defective Takata airbags. Owners will be notified via FedEx. Affected cars, according to Nissan, are those “that presently are or previously were registered in Florida and adjacent counties in southern Georgia; Hawaii; Guam; Puerto Rico; Saipan; American Samoa; U.S. Cherry Islands; and coastal areas of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.” This activity was partially prompted by the investigation of a March crash in Louisiana in which a woman was injured by airbag shrapnel from her two thousand six Sentra.

UPDATE Five/13/2015, Trio:15 p.m.: Toyota and Nissan announced fresh and expanded recall activity to substitute potentially deadly Takata airbags in almost 6.Five million vehicles worldwide. The recall affects almost one million vehicles in North America. The Toyota RAV4 (model years two thousand four and 2005), previously unaffected by these recalls, is now on the list; Toyota is recalling some 160,000 of the models to substitute their driver’s-side airbags. The RAV4 has been added to our comprehensive list below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2015, 6:15 p.m.: Takata has announced as defective almost thirty four million vehicles, which will lead to even more extensive recalls of vehicles with the company’s airbags (individual automakers will elaborate on the specific cars added to the recalls in the very near future). In its testing of the suspect parts, Takata also found that driver’s-side airbags in 2003–2007 Toyota Corolla and Matrix models (plus the Pontiac Vibe, a twin to the Matrix), as well as 2004–2007 Honda Accord models, are at the highest risk.

In a news conference today, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx called the expanded recall “the most complicated consumer-safety recall in U.S. history.” He added: “Up until now Takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. That switches today.” Also, the company has agreed to pay the U.S. government significant fines for not cooperating in the investigations of numerous injuries and deaths; the exact amount will be announced at a later date.

UPDATE Five/20/2015, 1:00 p.m.: Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that Takata switched its airbag propellant in two thousand eight to reduce the risk of overly forceful deployment and to address the moisture-related degradation of the propellant.

UPDATE Five/27/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Next Tuesday, June Two, a panel from the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing to go after up on the status of this ongoing situation. “We have suffered a year of Takata ruptures and recalls, and families are still at risk. No excuses. Michiganders, and all Americans, have a right to answers,” committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said in a statement. The most latest Congressional hearing took place in December.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda has added 259,479 vehicles to its Japanese-market recall tally, according to Automotive News. Affected model years are from two thousand two through 2008, which marks the very first time that two thousand eight Hondas have been included in this giant airbag recall. Honda soon will announce extra airbag recalls for the United States, which will be part of the massive recall expansion announced last week.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, 1:25 p.m.: Chrysler and Honda have added hundreds of thousands of vehicles to their U.S.-market recall lists; this goes after Takata’s announcement last week that thirty four million total vehicles were subject to act. At this point, Honda is telling only that it will add toughly 350,000 vehicles to its list, albeit “most of the vehicles deemed at risk in Takata’s defect-determination report were already subject to previous voluntary deeds taken by Honda.”

The Chrysler expansion details approximately 1.Two million of its vehicles that were part of last week’s announcement, many of which are from model years that previously hadn’t been flagged. Accordingly, the following have been added to our list below: 2009–2010 Chrysler 300, 2008–2010 Dodge Charger, 2009–2011 Dodge Dakota, 2005–2010 Dodge Magnum (no Magnums were previously recalled for this problem), two thousand nine Ram two thousand five hundred and 3500, 2009–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and 5500, and 2008–2010 Mitsubishi Raider.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Five:00 p.m.: Ford has added more than 900,000 vehicles to its list of recalls for potentially defective airbags from Takata. The 2009–2014 Mustang and the two thousand six Ranger are fresh additions to the list. The later-model Mustangs—recalled for driver’s-side airbags—are by far the newest cars to be included in this exceptionally broad recall act.

UPDATE Five/29/2015, 6:25 p.m.: General Motors now has vehicles on the ever-growing list below (besides the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe): it is recalling heavy-duty examples of two thousand seven and two thousand eight Chevy Silverados and GMC Sierras. Also, Subaru has quadrupled the number of its vehicles subject to this airbag recall; that company’s additions are all 2004–2005 Imprezas.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: A Congressional hearing on this matter is scheduled for today at two p.m. We’ll cover the event across the afternoon. Meantime, yesterday a Takata executive announced that the company proposes “to substitute all” of the troublesome “ ‘batwing-shaped’ propellant wafers” installed in North America. We should know a lot more later today.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Trio:35 p.m.: Highlights so far from today’s Congressional hearing come mostly from NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind. He encourages consumers to frequently visit safercar.gov to see whether their vehicle and its VIN have been added to the list; he promises that the website will have VIN information for every single individual car affected by these expansive recalls within two weeks. Rosekind is calling for carmakers to be more diligent in tracking down vehicles that have passed through numerous owners over the years so that the current holder gets recall notices as quickly as possible. If NHTSA had the authority, Rosekind says, it would have compelled off the road vehicles affected by the Takata recalls sometime in 2014. Rosekind also points out that the suspect Takata airbag inflator has ten different configurations, which complicates discernment of the root cause.

Also, Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has pointed out that, “The messaging around these airbag recalls has been tantalized at best,” and notes that Takata is attempting “to flawless an innumerable set of manufacturing variables, which for 10-plus years have resisted perfection.”

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Four:55 p.m.: Sitting before the Congressional committee, Takata executive VP Kevin Kennedy states that he believes ammonium nitrate—a propellant that he admits is “a factor” in these rupturing airbags—is safe to use in his company’s products, including airbags installed as replacements in these recalls. He admits, however, that all of the defective airbags discovered in testing have used this type of propellant; Takata is, Kennedy says, transitioning to using guanidine nitrate, a propellant that other airbag suppliers already use. He reassures consumers that not all of the millions of recalled airbag inflators are defective and also that his company is testing components “outside the scope of the recall” to make sure that the callbacks are far-reaching enough. He also claims that his company shipped 740,000 replacement kits in May, in addition to supplying geysers of airbags for new-car production.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, 7:05 p.m.: Now posted: our total story on today’s developments and how Takata plans to treat this situation moving forward.

UPDATE 6/Four/2015, Three:00 p.m.: Takata has informed Reuters that at least ten percent of the four million replacement airbag inflators installed as part of these recalls will have to be substituted again. The number could be much greater, as Reuters notes, “the safety of more than three million replacement parts [is also] in question.” A NHTSA official said the agency will thrust Takata and individual carmakers to “demonstrate to us that the remedy parts are safe for the life of the vehicle.”

UPDATE 6/Five/2015, Ten:Ten a.m.: Mazda has added more than 100,000 vehicles to its list of recalls, bringing the total to toughly 450,000. Fresh to the list are the two thousand three Mazda six and the two thousand six B-series pickup; extra Mazdas from previously noted model years in the rundown below, including the RX-8 and the Mazdaspeed 6, are part of this expanded recall. The cars are being recalled for driver’s-side airbag inflators, while the pickups are called back for their passenger-side airbags.

Also, former Takata president Stefan Stocker, who resigned that position in December, has now left his spot on the company’s board of directors. Takata’s senior vice president of global quality assurance, Hiroshi Shimizu, has been named to the board, along with two other fresh appointments. Last December, speaking before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Shimizu “rebuffed NHTSA’s claims that several million driver’s-side airbags now demonstrate a national safety risk.”

UPDATE 6/Ten/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: A lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana, alleges that a 22-year-old woman was killed in early April when her two thousand five Honda Civic’s driver’s-side airbag “violently exploded and sent metal shards, shrapnel and/or other foreign material into the passenger compartment,” Automotive News reports. Her car hit a telephone pole on April Five, two days before she received a recall notice for her car’s Takata-supplied airbags. She died on April 9. Her death, if it was indeed caused by the airbag, would become the seventh attributed to a failed Takata airbag. The other six fatalities have all occurred in Honda vehicles, and only one crash happened outside of the United States.

UPDATE 6/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: There are many millions of vehicles involved in these recalls, but it seems as however thirty four million, a figure that Takata announced in mid-May, might be far too high. (That figure was for inflators, not vehicles, albeit few cars seem to be afflicted with numerous defective airbags.) Reuters reports that the number is most likely more like 16.Two million vehicles. Keep in mind, tho’, that Nissan and Toyota may not have yet announced their recall expansions in response to Takata’s aforementioned mid-May announcement. The figures in our chart below, as it shows up today, add up to 15.97 million vehicles, which is within two percent of Reuters’ figure.

UPDATE 6/12/2015, 11:35 a.m.: Honda has announced that its financial results for the fiscal year that ended on March thirty one will take a $363 million hit because of costs associated with repairing vehicles involved in the Takata recalls.

UPDATE 6/14/2015, 7:00 p.m.: Honda has confirmed that the death of Kylan Langlinais, whose two thousand five Civic crashed in Louisiana on April five and which we detailed above on June Ten, was indeed a result of the ruptured Takata-supplied airbag in her car. Automotive News reports that this is the 2nd of seven deaths—all in Honda vehicles—where “a driver received a [recall or safety-campaign] notification too late.” Honda has recalled harshly Five.Five million vehicles with Takata airbag inflators in the United States.

UPDATE 6/15/2015, Ten:45 p.m.: Honda has added almost 1.Four million airbag inflators to this ever-expanding recall. The fresh recall is for passenger-side airbags on 2003–2007 Accord and 2001–2005 Civic models—two vehicles with the highest defect rates uncovered in Takata tests. According to Automotive News, most of these particular vehicles have already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Daimler has recalled 40,061 Sprinter vans for their passenger-side airbags. Dodge-branded Sprinters from 2006–2008 are included, as are Freightliner-badged Sprinters from 2007–2008. Vans in both two thousand five hundred and three thousand five hundred capacities are being recalled.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, Three:15 p.m.: Toyota has announced that 1,365,000 more vehicles are subject to its airbag recalls. All of these particular vehicles are being called in for their passenger-side airbags. Specific models involved are: 2003–2007 Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2005–2007 Sequoia, 2005–2006 Tundra, and 2003–2007 Lexus SC430. Takata recalls now cover some Two.9 million vehicles in the United States. A report in Automotive News notes that twenty four incidents of “incorrect deployments” of Takata airbags have been recorded worldwide in Toyota vehicles, with at least eight reports of injuries and no deaths.

UPDATE 6/Legal/2015, 11:15 a.m.: NHTSA eventually knows the utter scope of this massive, ongoing airbag recall. The eleven carmakers involved have identified every vehicle identification number (VIN) covered by the recall. Check your VIN by using the government agency’s search device. Also of note: The Senate Commerce Committee will meet next week to hear testimony from NHTSA experts, the Transportation Department’s Office of the Inspector General, and representatives from Takata and automakers regarding the recall.

UPDATE 6/Nineteen/2015, Four:50 p.m.: General Motors has added some 243,000 Pontiac Vibes to its tally of the already-recalled hatchback, which was built alongside the Toyota Matrix in the mid-2000s. The Vibes in this activity, from the 2003–2007 model years, are being recalled for their passenger-side airbags. The two thousand six and two thousand seven model years previously had not been affected.

UPDATE 6/20/2015, 12:15 a.m.: Honda has confirmed that an eighth person’s death was caused by a defective airbag in one of its products. The woman who died was involved in a crash last August in Los Angeles; she was driving a rented two thousand one Civic. Bloomberg reports that this particular vehicle was part of four airbag-recall campaigns inbetween two thousand nine and 2014, each of which resulted in notifications being mailed to the car’s registered possessor, who never had the recalls addressed.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, 11:30 a.m.: Another hearing on this matter is happening in Congress today. Early points of note include:

• NHTSA’s Mark Rosekind estimates that the thirty four million defective airbag inflators are installed in thirty two million vehicles, so only a petite percentage of affected cars have more than one defective airbag. Those figures may still not be entirely accurate, however.

• For months, NHTSA has been coming under fire for how it has treated the Takata situation and other latest large-scale automotive recalls. Staffing and funding are an issue for the government agency, but Senator Claire McCaskill said this morning that “I’m not about to give you more money” until major reforms are made.

• Fiat-Chrysler has hired TRW to supply replacements for the defective Takata parts in its recalled vehicles. Takata has been supplying the industry at large with a major portion of the required replacement airbags thus far. FCA senior vice president Scott Kunselman said during the hearing that his company would only use replacement airbags from TRW and is certain that customers will not need to come back for subsequent repairs.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, Three:45 p.m.: Takata still does not know the root cause of its airbag failures and stopped brief of assuring its replacement parts. The company’s executive vice president in North America, Kevin Kennedy, testified today during the company’s third Congressional hearing that “many of the replacement parts are alternative designs” but that it was continuing to test these replacements as it ramps up production to one million parts per month. “What we do know is that it takes a considerably long time for these problems to manifest,” Kennedy said to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

UPDATE 6/25/2015, Ten:50 a.m.: Following Takata’s annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo today, company president Shigehisa Takada publicly apologized for the deaths, injuries, and issues that have been caused by the airbags produced by the company that his grandfather founded in 1933. “I apologize for not having been able to communicate directly earlier, and also apologize for people who died or were injured,” Takada said, according to Bloomberg. “I feel sorry our products hurt customers, despite the fact that we are a supplier of safety products.” The apology came on the high-heeled slippers of Toyota and Honda adding another three million vehicles to the worldwide list of those recalled.

UPDATE 6/26/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: Reuters reports that Takata president Shigehisa Takada took a major pay cut last year, earning less than one hundred million yen (about $810,000) compared with the $1.67 million he took home the year before. His wages could have been much less than ¥100 million, since, as Reuters says, “Japanese companies are required to disclose individual executive compensation only if it exceeds one hundred million yen.” Other senior executives at Takata also earned less money last year.

Following up on news that we very first covered on June 12, Honda has restated its operating profit for last year after taking into account costs associated with repairing vehicles fitted with potentially defective Takata-supplied airbags. The effective cash loss of about $363 million remains as previously stated, bringing Honda’s operating profit for the fiscal year that ended in March to $Four.92 billion.

UPDATE 6/30/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: According to a latest audit by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General, NHTSA—the agency that has been at the forefront of the examinations of these Takata airbag recalls—is total of incompetent, mismanaged staff who are practically set up by their superiors to fail. Read our analysis here.

UPDATE 7/8/2015, 9:55 a.m.: The airbag in a Nissan X-Trail embarked a fire after the Takata-supplied device went off with excessive force during a crash in Japan, according to Automotive News. The passenger-side airbag “exploded, smashing the passenger-side window and sending high-temperature fragments into the dashboard, causing a fire.” The driver sustained minor injuries in the crash.

UPDATE 7/9/2015, 9:35 a.m.: Honda has recalled another Four.Five million vehicles, bringing the total number of its cars and SUVs involved in Takata-airbag-related deeds to 24.Five million. None of this newest batch were sold in North America; more than one-third are in Japan. This latest recall expands upon a mid-May recall of Four.8 million non-North-American Honda vehicles.

UPDATE 7/12/2015, 9:45 p.m.: Almost 90,000 Dodge Challengers from model years two thousand eight through two thousand ten have been added to this ever-growing airbag recall. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, Chrysler will recall 88,346 of the pony cars for possibly defective driver’s-side airbags. Prior to this act, no Challengers had been recalled for this issue.

UPDATE 8/12/2015, 11:50 a.m.: Takata soon will begin a large-scale regional advertising campaign focused on raising awareness around the installation of replacement airbag inflators in affected vehicles. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, the campaign is “a sturdy digital advertising campaign” that will include crimson “Urgent Airbag Recall Notice” banner ads on websites such as CNN and Facebook. Only high-humidity locales will be targeted with the ads: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Cherry Islands. Also, a direct-mail campaign will target eighty five percent of the U.S. market.

UPDATE 8/Eighteen/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Volkswagen is now part of NHTSA’s probe on Takata-supplied airbags, following the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Tiguan during a crash involving a deer in June, Automotive News reports. No one in the vehicle was hurt. If this problem is related to that which spurred the massive recall for Takata’s front airbags, it would be notable as the very first report of the issue affecting side airbags, Volkswagen vehicles, and a model later than the two thousand eleven model year (with the exception of the two thousand fourteen Ford Mustang). A Takata spokesman told AN, “We believe [this malfunction] is unrelated to the previous recalls, which the extensive data suggests were a result of aging and long-term exposure to warmth and high humidity.”

Automotive News points out that Volkswagen and Tesla are the only carmakers presently using Takata inflators that so far haven’t been subject to the recall deeds detailed here.

UPDATE 8/20/2015, Two:45 p.m.: Following news earlier this week about the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen VW Tiguan, two U.S. senators on the committee investigating these defective airbags are calling for the instantaneous recall of all vehicles that use Takata-supplied airbags. A statement on Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal’s website concludes: “In light of the most latest incident, which did not occur in one of the regions originally designated as ‘high humidity,’ and which involved a two thousand fifteen vehicle not presently subject to recall, we urge you to voluntarily recall all vehicles containing Takata airbags.”

UPDATE 8/21/2015, Trio:45 p.m.: Toyota said it would consider using replacement airbag inflators from other suppliers, including Autoliv, Daicel, and Nippon Kayaku, as Takata faces a production backlog and scrutiny over whether its replacement parts are just as defective. From the beginning, Takata had agreed to let its competitors produce replacement parts alongside its own. Toyota has about twelve million cars affected worldwide.

UPDATE 9/Two/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA has announced that its previous totals for how many U.S.-market vehicles are affected by this Takata airbag recall were vastly overestimated. The most latest figure that the government agency is reporting is Nineteen.Two million vehicles affected, containing 23.Four million defective inflators (since the late 1990s, cars sold in the U.S. have been required to feature at least two airbags). NHTSA had been telling that thirty four million defective inflators were in some thirty million cars and trucks here in America.

NHTSA’s updated figure is much closer to the total number of vehicles represented on our list below, which presently stands at Eighteen.6 million.

UPDATE 9/28/2015, 12:30 p.m.: These recalls could soon grow to include extra carmakers. Via letter, NHTSA recently contacted seven automakers that aren’t presently included in the Takata recalls but which have used Takata-supplied airbags containing the suspect ammonium-nitrate propellant. The companies are Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Tesla, Volkswagen, Volvo (trucks), as well as specialty manufacturer Spartan Motors. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA said in the letter that the “remedy programs that are individual to each of the affected vehicle manufacturers have created a patch-work solution that NHTSA believes may not adequately address the safety risks introduced by the defective inflators within a reasonable time. . . . This process is intended to produce solutions for the prioritization, organization, and phasing of remedy programs, and to appropriately address the multitude of factors contributing to the complexity of these recall programs.”

UPDATE Ten/Nineteen/2015, Five:35 p.m.: General Motors is recalling a few hundred 2015-model-year cars and crossover vehicles for potentially faulty Takata-sourced side airbags; these vehicles aren’t yet shown on our comprehensive list below, but they’re called out in the post linked here. Unlike these GM products, all of the vehicles presently noted below are being recalled for front airbags, and almost all of them are from the two thousand eleven model year or prior. Also, NHTSA is planning to disclose more details—including extra manufacturers subject to the recalls beyond the current eleven—during a hearing on October 22.

UPDATE Ten/22/2015, 12:50 p.m.: In a public hearing today, NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind exposed more information about this massive recall situation. Nationwide, only 22.Five percent of recalled vehicles have actually been immobilized. It’s only slightly better in the humid Gulf of Mexico region, where recalls have been ended in 29.Five percent of affected vehicles even however airbag inflators in those locales are more likely to explode upon deployment. Some inflators have been substituted with newer, but still at-risk, identical components. Of the 115,000 eliminated inflators that Takata has tested, four hundred fifty have ruptured.

At NHTSA’s request, the eleven affected automakers conducted a risk assessment, which found that six million total inflators in the United States “are in the highest-risk group that should take top priority for replacement parts,” according to Automotive News, while toughly eleven million are in the middle-priority group and two million are least at risk. In general, the older the vehicle and the more humid the environment, the higher the priority that the airbag inflator(s) be substituted.

UPDATE Ten/26/2015, 11:30 a.m.: The Volkswagen Group is gathering and testing Takata-supplied airbags, Automotive News reports. The company voiced to NHTSA a concern about the supply of replacement parts, if the Takata recalls are expanded to VW’s brands, which seems likely at this point. VW is presently unaffected by these extensive recalls, but as we noted in August, a two thousand fifteen Tiguan experienced a side-airbag rupture. All told, U.S.-market VW Group products are fitted with toughly Two.Four million Takata airbag inflators.

UPDATE 11/Two/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling a group of five hundred fifteen 2016 CR-Vs for driver’s-side front airbag inflators that could separate in the event of a crash.

UPDATE 11/Three/2015, 6:00 p.m.: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued Takata a record civil penalty of at least $70 million. The airbag supplier could be responsible for paying NHTSA as much as $200 million total if further violations are discovered. As part of the issuance, NHTSA has ordered that Takata “phase out the manufacture and sale of inflators that use phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant.”

UPDATE 11/Four/2015, 9:45 a.m.: Honda has announced that it will no longer use airbag components from Takata. In a statement, Honda said: “We have become aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data for certain airbag inflators.” According to Automotive News, Honda has been Takata’s fattest customer for many years.

UPDATE 11/6/2015, 9:55 a.m.: Following Honda’s lead, both Toyota and Mazda have said they will stop purchasing airbag inflators from Takata, at least those that incorporate ammonium nitrate. According to Automotive News, Mitsubishi and Subaru also are considering pulling down the airbag supplier. Almost forty percent of Takata’s sales in two thousand fourteen came from airbag parts.

UPDATE 11/9/2015, Ten:35 a.m.: Nissan has now joined Toyota, Mazda, and Honda in announcing that it will no longer use Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The Automotive News report on Nissan’s declaration also notes that Takata lost $70 million in the 2nd quarter of 2015.

UPDATE 11/23/2015, 1:45 p.m.: Ford is the latest carmaker to proclaim that it will no longer use Takata airbag inflators with ammonium-nitrate propellant in its fresh cars. Ford is the very first non-Japanese company to take this step.

UPDATE 11/25/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Internal employee communications reviewed by The Wall Street Journal showcase Takata withheld airbag-inflator failures in reports to Honda in 2000, four years before that automaker began its own initial investigation of a ruptured Takata airbag in a customer car. The documents demonstrate Takata’s U.S. employees were voicing concerns over their Japanese colleagues doctoring data as “the way we do business in Japan.” Takata says the “lapses were and are totally incompatible with Takata’s engineering standards and protocols.”

UPDATE 12/Four/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Japan’s transport ministry has banned Takata airbag inflators that use ammonium nitrate as the propellant (and without a moisture-absorbing desiccant) from being installed in future cars. According to Automotive News, such airbags “will be phased out from driver’s-side airbags by two thousand seventeen and passenger-side devices by 2018.” Vehicle models that are subject to Takata-related recalls have a six-month-shorter time framework for the phase-out. As noted above, NHTSA announced a similar ban for U.S.-market vehicles on November Trio.

UPDATE 12/23/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA announced today that another person has died as a result of a faulty Takata airbag inflator. The fatal July two thousand fifteen crash occurred in a two thousand one Honda Accord. Albeit the crash happened in Pennsylvania, the car had spent several years in the humid Gulf region. Also, the agency has been informed of five fresh ruptures to passenger-side airbags, which is “likely” to result in expanded recalls of the 2002–2004 Honda CR-V, the 2005–2008 Mazda 6, and the 2005–2008 Subaru Legacy. (The Honda and Mazda models and model years are already reflected on the list below.)

UPDATE 1/Four/2016, Three:00 p.m.: The Fresh York Times has detailed the contents of some internal Takata emails from more than nine years ago. As far back as 2000, internal reports exposed that there were “several instances [of] ‘pressure vessel failures,’ or airbag ruptures, . . . reported to Honda as normal airbag deployments.” One airbag engineer, according to the in-depth NYT story, wrote in a two thousand five report “that he had been ‘repeatedly exposed to the Japanese practice of altering data introduced to the customer,’ adding that such conduct was described at Takata as ‘the way we do business in Japan.’ ” In the same report, the engineer “warned that while the fudging of the data had primarily not switched the fundamental conclusions of the data, the practice had ‘gone beyond all reasonable bounds and now most likely constitutes fraud.’ ” In 2006, the same engineer wrote “Happy Manipulating. ” in an email to a colleague about how to graphically deemphasize the “bimodal distribution” of some tests conducted at high temperatures. He also suggested that his co-worker use “thick and lean lines to attempt and dress it up, or [switch] colors to divert attention.”

Takata maintains that “the emails in question are totally unrelated to the current airbag inflater recalls.” A Honda spokesman wouldn’t comment on the emails but said that his employer was “aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data.”

Meantime, Automotive News reports that some Japanese carmakers “may jointly invest in Takata” in order to soften the financial hit that the airbag supplier is facing as a result of these massive recalls.

UPDATE 1/8/2016, Four:15 p.m.: Mazda will recall 374,000 cars in the United States due to their passenger-side airbags. According to Automotive News, these airbags were found to be “prone to ruptures” in latest tests by Takata. The 2003–2008 Mazda 6, the 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6, and the two thousand four RX-8 are affected; these models had already been included on our list below, and we’ve enhanced the total accordingly.

UPDATE 1/22/2016, Three:30 p.m.: A Georgia man died last month in a Takata airbag–related crash while driving a two thousand six Ford Ranger. His death marks the very first of nine in the United States and ten worldwide that have not occurred in a Honda vehicle. In the wake of this news, U.S. safety regulators are expected to add another five million vehicles to the Takata recall list detailed below. Automotive News notes that one million of those added vehicles have inflators “similar to those installed on the Ford Ranger,” while the other four million are being recalled following results of fresh tests on Takata airbags. Audi and Mercedes-Benz products will be included on the list below for the very first time.

UPDATE 1/26/2016, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has expanded its recall of 2004–2006 Ranger pickups, following news last week of a driver who died as a result of injuries he received from airbag shrapnel. The recall is for driver’s-side airbags in 361,692 Rangers in the United States and another 29,334 in Canada. These trucks had already been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. All 2004–2006 Rangers built in North America are part of this recall.

UPDATE 1/27/2016, 12:45 p.m.: The driver of a two thousand seven Honda Civic was killed in India last year in a crash that involved at least one Takata-sourced airbag that sent shrapnel flying into the cabin. An American Honda spokesman told the Associated Press that the driver was likely killed by other injuries sustained in the high-speed crash and not those inflicted by the defective airbag(s). The two thousand seven Civic is not presently part of Honda’s recalls in the U.S., but it might be added to the list soon.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, Ten:15 a.m.: Mazda has recalled all 2004–2006 B-series pickups for potentially defective driver’s-side airbags. The B-series is a rebadged Ford Ranger, and this recall expansion mirrors the one we described on January twenty six for the Ranger. Some Nineteen,000 Mazda trucks are affected in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Saipan. These B-series models had previously been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. In total, Mazda says it has issued recalls for 442,266 driver’s-side airbag inflators and 416,475 passenger-side inflators. The up-to-date list of Mazdas is below; many have recalls outstanding for numerous airbags.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, 6:00 p.m.: Honda dealerships in the U.S. have received letters from the carmaker stating that a fresh recall and stop-sale order applies to a long list of used Honda products: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2011–2015 CR-Z, 2009–2013 Fit, 2013–2014 Fit EV, 2010–2014 Insight, and 2007–2014 Ridgeline. According to Automotive News, if dealers don’t abide by the stop-sale order, they could be liable for any injuries that occur as a result of defective Takata airbags in these cars, which number some 1.7 million. The aforementioned vehicles have not yet been added to our list below because the news is not yet official.

UPDATE Two/Four/2016, 8:30 a.m.: Honda has officially issued recalls for Takata-supplied “PSDI-5” driver’s-side airbags on Two.23 million vehicles. The Honda-branded vehicles are: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2007–2014 Ridgeline, 2009–2014 Fit, 2010–2014 FCX Clarity, 2010–2014 Insight, 2011–2015 CR-Z. Acura vehicles affected by this recall are: 2005–2012 RL, 2007–2016 RDX (early production MY2016 vehicles only), 2009–2014 TL, 2010–2013 ZDX, 2013–2016 ILX (early production MY2016 vehicles only). These vehicles have been added to our list below. According to Honda, “Due to the large volume of fresh inflators needed to repair vehicles, the necessary replacement parts will not become available until Summer 2016.”

Older vehicles and those in high-humidity locales will be given priority for the replacement parts. In the meantime, dealers have been issued stop-sale instructions for affected vehicles that haven’t been repaired. These recalls are in addition to the 6.28 million Hondas and Acuras that had already been recalled for their airbags.

UPDATE Two/8/2016, 11:00 a.m.: Seat-mounted side-airbag inflators with the code name “SSI-20” are now under recall. Takata says this recall is limited only to inflators manufactured inbetween December thirteen and 14, 2014. A total of one thousand one hundred twenty nine Volkswagen and General Motors vehicles from the two thousand fifteen model year are tooled with these inflators. NHTSA began investigating Takata side airbags in August after a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Volkswagen Tiguan ruptured in June.

UPDATE Two/9/2016, Two:Ten p.m.: Daimler is recalling some 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and 136,000 Daimler vans in the U.S. market because NHTSA has indicated that the vehicles could contain defective Takata-supplied airbags. The Mercedes-Benzes are all from the 2005–2014 model years: SLK, C-class, E-class, M-class, GL-class, R-class, and SLS. The freshly recalled vans are 2007–2014 Sprinters with Dodge, Freightliner, or Mercedes badges. (Some 2006–2008 Sprinters had been added to the recall in June 2015.)

The Audi recall covers 170,000 vehicles from model years two thousand six through 2013. The Audis involved are: 2006–2013 A3, 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet, 2009–2012 Q5, and 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet.

BMW is recalling 840,000 vehicles from two thousand six through 2015; these vehicles weren’t among the harshly 765,000 that BMW had previously recalled for Takata airbags. The BMWs involved are: 2006–2011 3-series sedan and M3, 2006–2012 3-series wagon, 2007–2013 3-series and M3 coupe and convertible, 2007–2010 X3, 2007–2013 X5, 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible, 2008–2014 X6, and 2013–2015 X1.

The Volkswagen-branded vehicles, numbering 680,000, are from two thousand six through 2014. The VWs involved are: 2009–2014 CC, 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf, 2012–2014 Eos and U.S.-built Passat sedan, and 2006–2010 German-built Passat sedan and wagon.

UPDATE Two/13/2016, 11:30 a.m.: NHTSA has updated its website with more specifics regarding what Mercedes-Benz models are affected by this recall. They are detailed in an update to this story that we published earlier this week. The general models are as goes after, and they’ve been updated on our list below: 2005–2011 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2009–2011 C63 AMG); 2010–2011 E-class sedan, wagon, coupe, and convertible; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2010–2012 GLK-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2011–2014 SLS AMG coupe and roadster; 2007–2014 Sprinter.

Also fresh to the list below is the 2006–2007 Chrysler Crossfire, which was based on a Mercedes-Benz. A total of five thousand two hundred eighty three Crossfires have been recalled.

UPDATE Two/16/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors has added harshly 200,000 Saab and Saturn products in the U.S. and Canada to its list of vehicles covered by this recall. The cars involved are: 2003–2011 Saab 9-3, 2010–2011 Saab 9-5, and 2008–2009 Saturn Astra. These vehicles—numbering 179,861 in the U.S.—have been added to our list below.

UPDATE Two/17/2016, 6:15 p.m.: According to a report in the Fresh York Times, Takata executives allegedly withheld test results from its defective airbag inflators and ruined evidence as early as 2000. A top Takata executive is alleged to have ordered that failed parts be “discarded” and doctored a report.

UPDATE Two/22/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Reuters is reporting that the number of Takata airbag inflators recalled in the United States could almost quadruple, with the addition of inbetween seventy and ninety million units. That could bring the total of recalled Takata airbag inflators containing ammonium nitrate to as high as one hundred twenty million. (Some cars have more than one recalled airbag, so the overall vehicle total would be lower.) Reuters says that “Takata produced inbetween two hundred sixty million and two hundred eighty five million ammonium nitrate-based inflators worldwide inbetween two thousand and 2015, of which almost half wound up in U.S. vehicles.” The news service also notes that, “Takata produced most of the inflators that regulators are now investigating at its main inflator plant in Monclova, Mexico, or at plants in Georgia and Washington state, according to company documents.”

UPDATE Two/23/2016, Two:15 p.m.: A group of ten carmakers known as the Independent Testing Coalition hired a company called Orbital ATK (which works with rocket propulsion-systems) to conduct its own tests of suspect Takata airbag inflators. The conclusions, according to Automotive News, are that “it was the combination of these three factors—the use of ammonium nitrate, the construction of Takata’s inflator assembly, and the exposure to fever and humidity—that made the inflators vulnerable to rupture.” These results are consistent with Takata’s internal testing as well as testing by the Fraunhofer Group.

UPDATE Three/Two/2016, Three:30 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another 198,000 vehicles in the U.S. for suspect Takata-supplied, passenger-side airbags. The two thousand eight Corolla and Corolla Matrix, as well as the 2008–2010 Lexus SC430, are now included in this act. (Earlier model years of these vehicles were already included in this recall.)

UPDATE Trio/30/2016, Trio:15 p.m.: According to court documents reviewed by Reuters, Honda requested that Takata redesign its faulty airbag inflators to be “fail-safe” back in 2009. That was after the company very first recalled a petite population of cars in two thousand eight after defective Takata airbag inflators in Honda models were linked to four injuries and one death. The revised inflators, which Honda began installing in 2011, have four extra fuckholes to vent gas so that if the inflators rupture, the metal enclosure is less likely to break apart and become shrapnel. Honda did not notify NHTSA of the design switch and denied that it ever had to do so, stating that it used revised parts to prevent “future manufacturing errors.”

Takata is facing a bevy of lawsuits, some of which are being consolidated in a federal court in Miami. Much worse, however, are the recalls themselves. According to Bloomberg, a Takata insider has estimated the cost of recalling every single airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate—a number in excess of two hundred eighty million—to be $24 billion.

UPDATE Four/1/2016, Five:00 p.m.: According to NHTSA, 7.Five million defective airbag inflators have been substituted as of March 11. That’s thirty three percent out of 22.Five million. But that doesn’t include another five million inflators recalled in February. Using those numbers, Reuters pegs the repair rate at about twenty five percent, using a baseline of twenty nine million defective inflators. Check out NHTSA’s Takata website to see the recall-completion rates by manufacturer. Honda has the highest completion rate, at fifty four percent, but several carmakers have rates of less than twenty percent. Expect NHTSA to update its numbers soon.

UPDATE Four/7/2016, Three:15 p.m.: Honda has reported a death from an airbag rupture in a two thousand two Civic under recall. According to KTRK-TV in Houston, 17-year-old Huma Hanif rear-ended another car on March thirty one in Richmond, Texas. Albeit her airbag deployed, investigators determined the crash wasn’t severe enough to kill the teenager. Her mouth was lacerated by the airbag inflator and a witness described her collapsing after exiting her car. Hanif is the 11th Takata-related death worldwide, the 10th in the U.S., and the 10th in a Honda.

UPDATE Four/14/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA has stated that there are eighty five million Takata airbag inflators in the United States that haven’t been recalled at this point. Of that eighty five million, 43.Four million are passenger-side inflators, 26.9 million are for side airbags, and 14.Five million are installed in steering wheels. Takata “has until two thousand nineteen to demonstrate that all of the unrecalled airbag inflators are safe,” according to Automotive News, which counts 28.8 million airbags as being recalled at this point.

UPDATE Five/Four/2016, 11:15 a.m.: Honda has reported two extra deaths in Malaysia that may be related to defective Takata airbags. While authorities have not yet singled out the causes of either death, Honda said the driver’s-side front airbags in two City models from the two thousand six and two thousand three model years had ruptured in two separate crashes on April sixteen and May 1. Both cars, which were not sold in the U.S., were under recall.

UPDATE Five/Four/16, 1:15 p.m.: Confirming what we reported yesterday, NHTSA has announced that Takata will recall inbetween thirty five million and forty million extra front-airbag inflators as part of an amended consent order inbetween the Japanese supplier and the agency. All of the inflators in question are non-desiccated, which means they do not have a drying agent to compensate for humidity. So far, NHTSA says only the non-desiccated ammonium-nitrate inflators have been rupturing. Takata now has to prove that the desiccated inflators are safe or else it will be coerced to recall those, as well. The recall, which will be conducted in phases, is expected to last until December 2019. Exact car models have not been identified.

UPDATE Five/6/2016, 12:30 p.m.: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) have demanded that NHTSA release the entire list of car models with ammonium-nitrate propellant. “This right to know should not be limited to the owners of the seemingly randomly identified fraction of vehicles containing Takata airbags that have been leisurely recalled to date,” the senators wrote to the agency. Blumenthal and Markey have repeatedly called on NHTSA to recall every airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate, albeit the agency is permitting Takata up to three years to prove they are safe.

UPDATE Five/13/2016, 1:30 p.m.: Honda will add another twenty one million vehicles to its recalls associated with these Takata airbags, bringing the automaker’s worldwide total to fifty one million vehicles. How many of those vehicles will be in the United States is unclear at this point, according to the Fresh York Times, which attributes this information to Honda vice president Tetsuo Iwamura.

UPDATE Five/20/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Mercedes-Benz has expanded its Takata recall, adding 196,975 cars to its list, all of which require fresh passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2012–2014 C-class, 2012–2017 E-class coupe and cabriolet, 2013–2015 GLK-class, and two thousand fifteen SLS AMG coupe and cabriolet.

UPDATE Five/23/2016, Trio:45 p.m.: NHTSA has announced a recall schedule so that the Takata airbag inflators likeliest to fail very first will be repaired very first. To do that, NHTSA has separated the country into three humidity zones and is prioritizing repairs to vehicles registered in states with the highest humidity. Many car owners will have to wait more than two years before they know their airbags are defective.

UPDATE Five/24/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toyota has expanded its recall by about 1,584,000 vehicles in the United States, all for Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2009–2011 Corolla and Matrix, two thousand eleven Sienna, 2006–2011 Yaris, 2010–2011 4Runner, 2008–2011 Scion xB, 2007–2011 Lexus ES, 2010–2011 Lexus GX, 2006–2011 Lexus IS.

UPDATE Five/27/2016, 1:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling an extra Two.Two million cars in the U.S. for defective Takata passenger-side front airbags, as well as two thousand seven hundred one motorcycles for possibly defective optional handlebar airbags. The total list of cars in this recall are: the 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2006 Acura MDX; 2003–2011 Pilot and Element; 2005–2011 CR-V and Acura RL; 2006–2011 Civic and Ridgeline; 2007–2011 Fit; 2008–2011 Accord; 2009–2011 Acura TSX; and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour, Insight, FCX Clarity, and Acura ZDX. The 2006–2010 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing motorcycle is also included.

The vehicles previously not involved in this recall are: 2006–2011 Civic, 2006–2010 Gold Wing, 2007–2008 Fit, 2008–2011 Accord, 2009–2011 Pilot, 2009–2011 TSX, and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour. They have been added to the list below.

UPDATE Five/31/2016, 11:30 a.m.: Ferrari is recalling two thousand eight hundred twenty cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This is the very first time Ferrari has been involved with this defect. The 2009–2011 California and 2010–2011 four hundred fifty eight Italia are included.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling Four,322,870 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the 2011–2012 Chrysler 300, two thousand nine Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango, 2011–2012 Dodge Charger and Challenger, two thousand ten Ram 3500, 2007–2012 Jeep Wrangler, and the 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500.

Mazda is recalling 731,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2005–2006 MPV, 2007–2011 CX-7 and CX-9, and 2009–2011 Mazda six and RX-8.

Mitsubishi is recalling 38,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand seven Lancer and Lancer Evolution.

Nissan is recalling 402,450 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2006–2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2007–2010 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007–2011 Versa.

Subaru is recalling 383,101 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand six Baja, 2006–2011 Impreza and Tribeca, and 2009–2011 Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, also is included in this total.

Our list below has been updated accordingly, but the recall totals for each brand haven’t yet been recalculated because some individual vehicles have already been accounted for in previous recalls for driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford has almost doubled the number of vehicles it is recalling for defective Takata-sourced airbags, adding 1,287,726 vehicles to its count, all for passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX, 2005–2011 Ford Mustang, 2005–2006 Ford GT, 2007–2011 Ford Ranger, and 2006–2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln MKZ and Zephyr. Of those, 608,717 Mustangs and about four hundred GTs had already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags; the other models are freshly added.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Trio:00 p.m.: A report from Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) says that four automakers are continuing to use Takata airbag inflators containing non-desiccated ammonium nitrate in current fresh cars, despite tests proving these inflators are the most prone to ruptures. Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen said they were using front-airbag inflators without the moisture-absorbing desiccant on certain two thousand sixteen and two thousand seventeen model year cars including the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Volkswagen CC, Audi TT, and Audi R8. Not all the manufacturers gave specific models to Nelson, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, who, in March, queried the original fourteen automakers involved. Another five automakers are still using Takata’s ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators, with or without desiccant, including Daimler (vans only), Ford, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru. Nelson’s office says the “majority” of all replacement inflators installed as of May 20—4.6 million out of 8.Four million—are Takata ammonium-nitrate inflators. Of those, Two.1 million are non-desiccated. All of this is legal under NHTSA’s consent order, albeit all non-desiccated inflators will need to be recalled and substituted by 2019. Eventually, all of Takata’s ammonium-nitrate inflators may need to be recalled. It’s very confusing that automakers would be permitted to install parts that are known to be defective, except NHTSA thinks they won’t become defective until years later, at which time decent replacement parts will be available.

Meantime, Toyota has expanded its Takata recall by some 490,000 vehicles outside of the U.S., in places including Japan, China, Europe, Mexico, and South America. The vehicles in question include 2005–2011 Lexus products, as well as Toyota Siennas, 4Runners, Corollas, and Yarises.

UPDATE 6/Two/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Audi is recalling 217,000 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2004–2008 Audi A4 and the 2005–2011 Audi A6. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

BMW is recalling 91,806 SUVs as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 BMW X5, the 2008–2011 BMW X6, and the 2010–2011 BMW X6 ActiveHybrid.

General Motors is recalling 1.Four million 2007–2011 trucks and large SUVs for their Takata-supplied passenger-side airbags. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Avalanche, Tahoe, and Suburban; 2007–2011 GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2011 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade EXT, and Escalade ESV; 2009–2011 Silverado two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2009–2011 Sierra two thousand five hundred and 3500. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls. GM reports that there have been no airbag ruptures in approximately 44,000 crashes of the recalled vehicles.

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 54,350 vehicles as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and the 2009–2011 Jaguar XF. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 199,705 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2008–2011 C300 sedan, C350 sedan, and C63 AMG sedan; 2010–2011 GLK350 and E350 coupe; two thousand eleven E350 convertible, E550 coupe and convertible, and the SLS AMG. Also, the brand’s parent company, Daimler, is recalling five thousand one hundred vans for the same issue: 2010–2011 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2009–2011 Freightliner Sprinter, and two thousand nine Dodge Sprinter.

UPDATE 6/7/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: The proprietor of a two thousand six Nissan X-Trail SUV has filed a suit against Takata and Nissan for wrist and head injuries she sustained in an October two thousand fifteen crash in Japan. The vehicle had been recalled for defective airbag inflators, but parts weren’t available at the time the woman’s hubby took the SUV to a dealership to get it immobilized. According to Automotive News, this is the very first suit in Japan against Takata and an automaker for these airbags.

UPDATE 6/Ten/2016, Five:30 p.m.: Toyota has identified the fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. The 2015–2016 4Runner and Lexus GX460, two thousand fifteen Lexus IS250C and IS350C, and the two thousand fifteen Scion xB have these inflators and will need to be recalled by the end of two thousand eighteen even tho’ they are still legal to sell. About 175,000 vehicles are affected in the U.S.

Meantime, Honda has recalled another 784,000 vehicles in Japan because of their Takata airbags, including Civic, Fit, and Odyssey models built inbetween two thousand three and 2009.

UPDATE 6/17/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Honda’s joint venture in China, is recalling one million vehicles for their Takata airbags, the Detroit News reports. Vehicles affected are Honda CR-V, Civic, and Civic hybrids as well as Platinum Rui sedans built inbetween two thousand seven and 2011.

UPDATE 6/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: Fiat Chrysler said it would stop using non-desiccated Takata airbag inflators with ammonium nitrate by next week. This applies to all of its cars built for the North American market. FCA will end production globally by mid-September. As of now, FCA said that only the two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler’s passenger-side front airbag used such an inflator and that it would notify potential buyers of any of these unsold vehicles. Without describing its methods, FCA also said it tested “nearly six thousand three hundred older versions” of this inflator and found no problems. The non-desiccated inflators are considered dangerous since they do not have a chemical to absorb moisture.

UPDATE 6/27/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Automotive News reports that a ruptured airbag emerges to have caused a woman’s death in an accident in Malaysia. The driver of a two thousand five Honda City was killed on Saturday, and the driver’s-side airbag was found to be ruptured. The official cause of death has yet to be proclaimed as of this writing. The car involved in the accident had been recalled in May 2015, but it hadn’t been repaired. If verified, this would be the third death related to defective Takata airbags in Malaysia this year.

UPDATE 6/28/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Shigehisa Takada, the chief executive of automotive supplier Takata, announced in a shareholder meeting that he will resign once a “fresh management regime” has been selected.

UPDATE 6/30/2016, Two:30 p.m.: Seven Honda and Acura models from 2001–2003 pose the highest failure rate among all recalled vehicles, with as much as a fifty percent chance their airbag inflators will rupture, according to NHTSA. The agency identified the 2001–2002 Honda Civic and Accord, two thousand two CR-V and Odyssey, 2002–2003 Acura Trio.2TL, and two thousand three Honda Pilot and Acura Three.2CL as the most dangerous. These cars were primarily recalled for the defect inbetween two thousand eight and 2011, and while “more than seventy percent” now have fresh inflators, there are still 313,000 vehicles with the original inflators. Eight of the ten U.S. deaths involving Takata airbag inflators have involved this group of Honda and Acura models.

UPDATE 7/8/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Harshly 1.Four million vehicles have been recalled in Japan for their Takata airbags. Mitsubishi recalled 520,000 vehicles, Mazda 490,000, Subaru 290,000, and Mercedes-Benz 93,000. Of particular note for U.S. owners is that Mazda said the two (known as the Demio in Japan) will be recalled in America; the company recalled 74,310 Mazda 2s in China built inbetween two thousand seven and 2015.

UPDATE 7/Nineteen/2016, Five:00 p.m.: An internal audit conducted by Takata and Honda found the airbag supplier manipulated airbag test data that stripped out poorer results, according to Bloomberg. Examples of “selective editing,” according to former IIHS president Brian O’Neill, who conducted the audit, resulted in a report that was a “prettier shortened version” of what actually occurred. Depositions of several Takata engineers from an ongoing lawsuit found that reports to Nissan, Toyota, and General Motors were similarly doctored. Takata said the audit’s findings were “entirely inexcusable.”

UPDATE 7/20/2016, Three:30 p.m.: The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has identified extra fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. They are: two thousand sixteen Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2016–2017 Mercedes-Benz E-class coupe/convertible, two thousand sixteen Ferrari FF, 2016–2017 Ferrari California T, 2016–2017 Ferrari 488GTB/488 Spider, 2016–2017 Ferrari F12/F12tdf, and two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso. These vehicles remain legal for sale, but, per NHTSA, they must be recalled by the end of 2018. Audi, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen had previously been found to still be building fresh cars with the suspect airbags.

UPDATE 7/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: General Motors has stated that it may have to recall an extra Four.Three million vehicles in the U.S. for their defective Takata airbags, which would cost the company an estimated $550 million, according to Automotive News. GM recently added Two.Five million vehicles to its list of Takata recalls, the repair costs for which will cost as much as $320 million.

Also, Mazda has added three thousand seven hundred forty three B-series pickups from the 2007–2009 model years to its list of vehicles recalled due to potentially defective Takata airbag inflators; these trucks are being recalled for the passenger-side airbags. This is in accordance to the recall schedule we described on May 23. These Mazdas are located in what is known as Zone B, which includes Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Fresh Jersey, Fresh Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Previously, 2004–2006 B-series trucks had been recalled; our list below has been updated to reflect these extra model years.

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA is expanding its investigation of airbag supplier ARC Automotive to eight million potentially defective airbags after the driver of a two thousand nine Hyundai Elantra was killed in Canada last month. Automotive News reports that the car’s airbag inflator was manufactured in China, unlike inflators in U.S.-market Elantras from the same time period. General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, and Kia also used ARC airbags that are part of this probe. In July 2015, NHTSA began investigating ARC for airbags produced in Tennessee after airbag-related injuries were reported in crashes of a two thousand two Chrysler Town & Country and a two thousand four Kia Optima. Preliminary investigations of inflators made by ARC, which is unaffiliated with Takata, demonstrate “significant design differences inbetween the ARC inflators and the Takata inflators presently under recall.”

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 9:00 p.m.: Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its recall by another 54,000 vehicles in the United States. The recalls affects 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and 2009–2011 Jaguar XF models for potentially defective passenger-side airbag inflators. Vehicles from these models and model years were very first recalled in May 2016; this activity essentially doubles the recalled population. Jaguar Land Rover says that “affected vehicles are being prioritized for repair—split into four separate phases—based on geographic zone and vehicle age” and that customers will be notified by mail later this year when parts become available. In a statement, the company went on to say that it “is not aware of any case of an airbag module rupture on any of the 108,000 vehicles included in this recall.”

UPDATE 8/29/2016, Four:00 p.m.: General Motors pressured a Swedish airbag supplier in the 1990s to match cheaper prices from its rival Takata, despite warnings that Takata’s inflators were unsafe, according to the Fresh York Times. When Takata introduced ammonium-nitrate-based airbag inflators in the late 1990s, Autoliv scientists studying Takata’s design determined the chemical compound was too dangerous. It lost GM’s airbag contract at the time. “We tore the Takata airbags apart, analyzed all the fuel, identified all the ingredients,” former Autoliv chief chemist Robert Taylor told the Times. “The gas is generated so rapid, it blows the inflater [sic] to bits.” The Times also exposed that employees at a former Takata plant in Georgia let defective airbag inflators pass inspections by manipulating leakage tests and creating fresh bar codes so the tests couldn’t be tracked.

UPDATE 9/8/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Honda will recall another 668,000 vehicles in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. Affected cars include Accord, Civic, and Fit models built inbetween two thousand nine and 2011. According to Reuters, that brings Honda’s recall total to fifty one million Takata airbags.

UPDATE 9/9/2016, 9:00 a.m.: BMW announced it will recall some 110,000 cars in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The recall affects passenger-side airbags on forty four BMW models made inbetween two thousand four and 2012, including the 116i, 118i, and 320i. The recall is part of a massive order from Japan’s transport ministry that seven million vehicles be recalled by 2019.

UPDATE 9/Nineteen/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors will submit a petition to NHTSA for a one-year deferral of a pending recall of some 980,000 trucks and SUVs tooled with Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators, Automotive News reports. Takata is slated to announce on December 31, 2016, that “a large batch” of parts are defective, but GM wants a 365-day deferral to accomplish a long-term aging research probe with aerospace and defense manufacturer Orbital ATK. The explore, which we outlined in February, is scheduled to end in August 2017. GM maintains that the delayed recall won’t endanger vehicle occupants, telling the inflators will “likely perform as designed until at least December 31, 2019.” Of the 44,000 passenger-side inflators that have deployed in consumer use and the one thousand fifty five that have been deployed in testing, none have ruptured, GM says. The deferral affects 2007–2012 large trucks and SUVs, namely the Chevrolet Silverado, Tahoe, and Suburban, the GMC Sierra and Yukon, and the Cadillac Escalade.

UPDATE 9/26/2016, Ten:45 a.m.: Takata exposed in a latest report that it neglected to notify NHTSA of a two thousand three rupture of one of its airbag inflators in Switzerland, according to Reuters. NHTSA began looking into problems with Takata airbags in 2010, but Takata officials did not mention the Swiss incident to the agency at the time. In the freshly released report, Takata said the Swiss incident did not relate to the NHTSA investigation and noted that Takata made production switches shortly after the two thousand three incident.

In the same report (available for download at safercar.gov), Takata said that its U.S. arm, not the Japan-based parent company, “was primarily responsible for the development, testing, and production of the inflators at issue in Recall Nos. 15E-040, 15E-041, 15E-042, and 15E-043.” Other recently released Takata documents also exposed that six hundred sixty airbag inflators ruptured during testing of 245,000 of the devices, Bloomberg reports. The company proceeds to reiterate that its airbag inflators are more at risk when they’re subjected to humid climates and as they age.

UPDATE 9/28/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda announced today that the driver’s-side airbag of a two thousand nine Honda City ruptured in a September twenty four crash in Johor, Malaysia, in which the driver was killed. This marks the fourth Malaysian death this year linked to a Takata-supplied airbag that ruptured in a Honda car. Honda said that it has ended replacements of 211,000 Takata front-airbag inflators in Malaysia, which is fifty four percent of the total number presently under recall.

UPDATE Ten/21/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Honda and NHTSA announced that a 50-year-old woman, Delia Robles of Corona, California, died of injuries that resulted from the deployment of a defective Takata airbag in her two thousand one Honda Civic. The crash occurred on September thirty in California’s Riverside County. According to an Associated Press report, the vehicle’s driver’s-side airbag inflator had been part of a recall since 2008; however, it was never repaired. Automotive News reported that more than twenty recall notices had been mailed to the vehicle’s registered owners. The deceased woman bought the car at the end of 2015, the AP report said. This is the 11th confirmed death in the United States that has been caused by a defective Takata-supplied airbag in a vehicle, all but one of which were in Honda vehicles.

UPDATE Ten/26/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another Five.8 million vehicles around the world because they might contain defective Takata airbag inflators. According to Reuters, the recall includes toughly 1.47 million vehicles in Europe, 1.16 million in Japan, and 820,000 in China, as well as vehicles in Central and South America, Africa, the Near and Middle East, and Singapore. Various Corolla, Yaris/Vitz, Hilux, and Etios models built inbetween May two thousand and November two thousand one and inbetween April two thousand six and December two thousand fourteen were recalled.

UPDATE 11/9/2016, 1:00 p.m.: In an effort to seek out recalled Takata airbag inflators that haven’t yet been motionless, Honda has partnered with CCC, a software provider for 22,000 automotive bod shops across the United States. When a Honda vehicle is entered into the CCC system for an estimate on repairing figure harm, Automotive News reports, an alert will emerge onscreen if the vehicle has an unresolved open Takata recall. Assets shops are being “encouraged to reach out to [the customer’s favored] dealership to facilitate the repair on the customer’s behalf.”

UPDATE 12/12/2016, Three:30 p.m.: To date, at least one hundred eighty four people have been injured by Takata airbags in the United States, according to a fresh report released by NHTSA on the recall’s progress. This is the very first hard number the agency has specified since investigations began in late 2014. Repairs won’t be finished until at least September two thousand twenty (in May, NHTSA set December two thousand nineteen as the end date). Another round of cars—including Tesla products, supercars from Ferrari and McLaren, and extra model years of previously recalled models—have been added to our master list of vehicles plagued by the defective Takata inflators. By 2020, NHTSA expects there will be forty two million vehicles with at least sixty four million inflators under recall. As of today, the count stands at about twenty nine million vehicles with forty six million inflators.

UPDATE 12/29/2016, Five:30 p.m.: So far, about 12.Five million suspect Takata inflators have been motionless of the toughly sixty five million inflators (in forty two million vehicles) that will ultimately be affected by this recall, which spans nineteen automakers. Carmakers and federal officials organizing the response to this big recall insist that the supply chain is churning out replacement parts, most of which are coming from companies other than Takata. For those who are waiting, NHTSA advises that people not disable the airbags; the exceptions are the 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models that we listed on this page on June 30, 2016—vehicles which NHTSA is telling people to drive only to a dealer to get motionless.

Meantime, a settlement stemming from a federal probe into criminal wrongdoing by Takata is expected early next year—perhaps as soon as January—and could treatment $1 billion.

UPDATE 1/11/2017, 1:00 p.m.: Honda added 772,000 more cars in a fresh round of recalls for non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. A total of 1.29 million Honda and Acura models plus eight hundred eighty two Gold Wing motorcycles are included; many were previously recalled for driver’s-side airbags. Besides the two thousand twelve Gold Wing, no fresh models or model years are included. Honda has the most U.S. vehicles of any automaker affected by the Takata recalls, now standing at 11.Four million cars and motorcycles.

UPDATE 1/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling 654,695 cars in the U.S. and 161,174 vehicles in Canada to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years are included, albeit Ford has added more of these same cars in other regions of the country that were not under previous recalls. Ford, including Mercury and Lincoln, now has recalled about three million cars in the U.S. The affected models in this particular regional expansion are the 2005–2009 and two thousand twelve Mustang; 2005–2006 GT; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln MKZ; 2006–2009 Mercury Milan; and the 2007–2009 Ranger, Edge, and Lincoln MKX.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, 11:00 a.m.: As with Honda and Ford, Toyota is recalling 543,000 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years have been added, albeit Toyota has included an unknown number of cars not previously under recall. Toyota, including Lexus and Scion and not including the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe, now has about six million cars in the U.S. under the Takata recalls. Affected models under this latest recall are the 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Lexus IS (including IS F); 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve Yaris and Lexus ES; 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve Scion xB; two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Corolla and Matrix; and the two thousand twelve 4Runner, Sienna, Lexus IS C, Lexus GX, and Lexus LFA.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, Three:00 p.m.: The U.S. government has fined Takata Corp. $1 billion as part of the Japanese supplier’s agreement to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud; the fine is cracked down as a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million for victim compensation, and $850 million for compensating automakers. Also, a federal grand jury separately charged three Takata executives on six counts each of wire fraud and conspiracy.

UPDATE 1/23/2017, 7:00 p.m.: A total of sixteen brands recalled 652,541 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. Some or most of these cars may have been previously recalled to substitute other Takata airbags. Replacement parts may be available as soon as March or “Q1,” depending on the automaker. Only cars ever registered in specific states are under these recalls. Model-year two thousand eight and two thousand twelve Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG—as well as model-year two thousand nine Audi A4 and S4—were previously unaccounted for in our master list below. The cars recalled in this latest round are as goes after:

Audi is recalling 33,421 cars. They include the 2005–2009 A4, S4, and A6; 2007–2008 RS4; and the 2007–2009 S6.

BMW is recalling 48,380 cars. Included are the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve X5 and the 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve X6.

Daimler, in conjunction with Fiat Chrysler, is recalling 11,279 Sprinter vans. The two thousand nine Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter 2500/3500 and two thousand twelve Freightliner and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500/3500 are included.

Ferrari is recalling eight hundred twenty five cars from 2012. The FF, California, four hundred fifty eight Italia, and four hundred fifty eight Spider are all included.

Jaguar is recalling eight thousand one hundred ninety one XF sedans from two thousand nine and 2012.

Karma Automotive is recalling eight hundred eleven Fisker Karma models from 2012.

Land Rover is recalling eight thousand seven hundred sixty nine Range Rover models from 2007–2009 and 2012.

Mazda is recalling 93,812 vehicles. Included are the 2005–2006 MPV; 2005–2009 RX-8; 2007–2009 B-series pickup trucks; the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve CX-7 and CX-9; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Mazda 6.

McLaren is recalling three hundred fifty nine MP4-12C models from 2012.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 103,406 cars. Included are the two thousand twelve C-class sedan and coupe, E-class coupe and convertible, GLK, and SLS AMG, as well as the 2008–2009 C-class sedan and coupe, plus the 2008–2012 C63 sedan and coupe.

Mitsubishi is recalling one thousand nine hundred sixty four i-MiEV models from two thousand twelve and 2014.

Nissan is recalling 152,554 cars. Included are the 2005–2008 Infiniti FX; 2006–2010 Infiniti M; 2007–2009 Versa sedan and hatchback; and the two thousand twelve Versa hatchback.

Subaru is recalling 185,773 cars. Included models are the 2005–2006 Baja; 2006–2009 Impreza; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Tribeca, WRX, and STI; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, is also included.

Tesla is recalling two thousand nine hundred ninety seven Model S sedans from 2012.

In addition, thirteen automakers last week expanded the Takata recalls in Canada by almost 900,000 vehicles. According to Automotive News Canada, toughly Five.Two million Takata airbags have so far been recalled in Canada. A utter list of affected Canada-market vehicles can be found at the Transport Canada website.

UPDATE Two/6/2017, Five:00 p.m.: BMW is recalling 230,117 cars in the U.S. that may have a Takata driver’s-side airbag. The company said it is possible that one percent of certain 2000–2003 models may have had their airbags substituted with a Takata unit during a service visit, whereas originally these models used non-ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators made by Petri AG. BMW said it shipped 14,600 Takata replacement airbag parts to U.S. dealers inbetween two thousand two and two thousand fifteen but had no way of knowing how many were actually installed. While some of the recalled vehicles are already under recall, many are fresh to our list below, which has been updated. The recalled vehicles include the 2000–2002 3-series sedan, coupe, wagon, convertible, and M3; the 2001–2002 5-series sedan, wagon, and M5; and the 2001–2003 X5. Owners will receive notification in March. Dealers will check for and substitute any Takata airbags they find.

UPDATE Two/27/2017, 6:30 p.m.: Takata has officially pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud for covering up the engineering defects that have led to at least seventeen deaths and the largest recall in automotive history. The guilty prayer comes six weeks after a Justice Department announcement that Takata had agreed to a $1 billion settlement, including $850 million to compensate automakers for repairs, $125 million for a victim settlement fund, and a $25 million criminal fine. Three Takata executives also have been charged with fraud.

UPDATE Three/Two/2017, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has recalled almost 32,000 vehicles in North America for Takata-supplied driver’s-side front airbags that “may not entirely pack, or the airbag cushion may detach from the airbag module due to misalignment of components within the airbag module.” Ford says this concern is not related to Takata’s rupture-prone airbags that use non-desiccated ammonium nitrate as propellant. The affected models are the 2016–2017 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX and the two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental; these vehicles have not been added to the list below because they’re being recalled for a separate issue.

UPDATE Five/11/2017, Two:00 p.m.: Honda is urging owners in Hawaii to repair any affected 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models as soon as possible—or risk a fifty percent chance of the driver’s-side airbag inflator rupturing in a crash. The so-called Alpha inflators were the very first Takata inflators to be recalled, and combined with Hawaii’s constant high warmth and humidity, they are the most dangerous. Eight of the ten airbag deaths within the U.S. were the result of these Alpha inflators. Honda says that Hawaii houses toughly one thousand one hundred unrepaired 2001–2003 vehicles with Alpha inflators; these are among approximately 26,000 unfixed Honda and Acura vehicles in the state that are affected by these Takata recalls. Honda also says that “0ver seventy four percent” of these cars have been repaired nationwide, all with non-Takata replacement parts. For affected models, see our Acura and Honda lists below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2017, Five:30 p.m.: Four automakers—Toyota, Subaru, BMW, and Mazda—have agreed to pay a combined $553 million for economic losses. The automakers have jointly lodged a class-action lawsuit requesting owners be compensated while their cars are undergoing repairs. Owners of approximately 15.8 million cars in the U.S. are eligible. The lawsuit does not compensate owners for any alleged lost resale value in their cars nor does it address private injury or property harm claims. The court must approve the settlement before it is final.

UPDATE 6/16/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Takata will file for bankruptcy “as early as next week,” according to sources speaking to Reuters. The filing is no surprise. Company finances began unraveling in early two thousand sixteen as lawsuits, fines, lost sales, declining stock values, and recall costs left Takata in the crimson with billions in liabilities. Key Safety Systems, a Michigan auto supplier wielded by the Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, is the purported buyer. Takata owes automakers $850 million for recall costs it must pay by 2018. The U.S. Justice Department is expected to be a creditor in the bankruptcy filing.

UPDATE 6/26/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Takata officially filed for bankruptcy today and has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Key Safety Systems, a Michigan-based automotive supplier wielded by Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, for $1.6 billion.

UPDATE 6/28/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Key Safety Systems (KSS) said it will drop the Takata name once the bankruptcy and sale are approved, according to KSS senior vice president Ron Feldeisen. The sale does not include Takata’s liabilities or its airbag business. Automakers are still uncertain if they will be reimbursed for recall costs, and lawyers indicating victims say the bankruptcy may limit their capability to collect damages.

UPDATE 7/11/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Takata is recalling another Two.7 million airbag inflators in the United States for rupturing. Unlike all the other one hundred million inflators recalled globally to date, these inflators contain a moisture-absorbing desiccant. Until now, Takata had said that only non-desiccated inflators were at risk for exploding shrapnel during a crash. These driver’s-side front airbags were manufactured inbetween two thousand five and two thousand twelve and were installed on Ford, Mazda, and Nissan vehicles, Takata said in a NHTSA filing. Only inflators with the desiccant calcium sulfate are presently under recall; these inflators still contain the propellant ammonium nitrate. The affected automakers will release separate recalls at a later date.

UPDATE 7/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Honda has confirmed another fatality from airbag ruptures in its vehicles, according to the Associated Press. On June Legal, 2016, an 81-year-old man in Hialeah, Florida, allegedly was performing “unknown repairs” with a hammer while inwards a two thousand one Honda Accord. The vehicle was running, and the driver’s-side front airbag deployed and shot out shrapnel. Police and witnesses still do not know what the man was doing when he was found unconscious inwards the car. He died the next day. This is the 12th fatality from faulty Takata airbags in the U.S., all but one in Honda vehicles. Of the ems of millions of cars under recall in the U.S., 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models are the most dangerous. NHTSA estimates that these cars have a 50-50 chance of an airbag rupturing.

UPDATE 7/17/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Mazda is recalling Nineteen,000 cars in South Africa—including the Two, 6, and RX-8—for two thousand three and later models, according to Wheels24. About seventy million of the harshly one hundred million airbag inflators under recall globally are in the U.S.

UPDATE 7/21/2017, Two:30 p.m.: Ford is petitioning NHTSA to not recall Two.Five million cars proclaimed defective by Takata earlier this month, according to Reuters. The automaker wants to proceed testing but believes the particular inflators pose an “inconsequential” risk. The vehicles in question include: 2007–2011 Ranger, 2006–2012 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2006–2011 Mercury Milan, and 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. In January, GM petitioned NHTSA to exempt certain 2007–2011 pickups and SUVs (based on the GMT900 platform) from recalls until the automaker finished its evaluations by late August. NHTSA has not granted or denied either petition.

Also, Nissan has added 515,394 Versas, from model years two thousand seven through 2012, to this recall because the cars contain potentially defective inflators for their Takata-supplied driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 7/24/2017, 9:45 a.m.: Reuters reports that an Australian man died in Sydney after he crashed his two thousand seven Honda CR-V and the airbag sent shrapnel into his neck. Honda confirmed to Reuters that the car had a defective airbag. The deaths of eighteen people worldwide have now been attributed to these airbags.

Also, Mazda is requesting that NHTSA not recall extra B-series pickups; this comes in conjunction with Ford’s latest petition that claims in part that airbags in many of its Ranger pickups do not pose a risk of rupturing. The B-series is a clone of the Ford Ranger.

UPDATE 7/28/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Reuters reports that a 34-year-old woman in Holiday, Florida, was killed last week in a two thousand two Honda Accord after the airbag ruptured during a head-on collision. While officials have not determined the exact cause of death, she is likely the 19th person to die from defective Takata airbags.

UPDATE 8/9/2017, 12:30 p.m.: Nissan is the latest automaker to lodge a civil lawsuit that will compensate owners for economic losses while they go through repairs, provide rental cars to owners driving the most at-risk vehicles, and pay for advertising and outreach to encourage more owners to schedule repairs with their dealers. The $97.7 million settlement mirrors the $553 million settlement that BMW, Mazda, Toyota, and Subaru agreed to pay in May. A total of Four.Four million Nissan and Infiniti vehicles have been recalled in the U.S. Only thirty percent have been repaired.

UPDATE 8/31/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling six hundred fifty brand-new vehicles in the United States that have defective airbags, albeit there is a critical difference from the general recall population of Takata inflators. Certain two thousand seventeen Ford Mustang and F-150 models have finish airbag modules built by Takata, while the faulty inflators inwards the modules are made by ARC Automotive, a Tier two supplier in Knoxville, Tennessee. The passenger-side frontal airbags are affected. Takata notified Ford after it tested the airbags and found an “abnormal deployment,” Ford said. Since July 2015, NHTSA has been investigating ARC Automotive for defective airbag inflators after two ruptured in older-model Chrysler and Kia models not under the Takata recall. NHTSA presently estimates that up to eight million inflators may be defective in Chrysler, GM, Kia, and Hyundai models in the United States.

AFFECTED VEHICLES (total U.S.-market number in parentheses, if known):

Acura: 2002–2003 Three.2TL; two thousand three Three.2CL; 2003–2006 MDX; 2005–2012 RL; 2007–2016 RDX; 2009–2014 TL and TSX; 2010–2013 ZDX; 2013–2016 ILX (including hybrid)

Audi (more than 387,000): 2004–2009 A4; 2005–2009 S4; 2003–2011 A6; 2006–2013 A3; 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet; 2007–2008 RS4; 2007–2009 S4 cabriolet; 2007–2011 S6; two thousand eight RS4 cabriolet; 2009–2012, two thousand fifteen Q5; 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet; 2010–2012 S5 cabriolet; 2016–2017 TT; two thousand seventeen R8

BMW (more than 1.97 million): 2000–2011 3-series sedan; 2000–2012 3-series wagon; 2000–2013 3-series coupe and convertible; 2000–2013 M3 coupe and convertible; 2001–2003 5-series and M5; 2001–2013 X5; 2007–2010 X3; 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible; 2008–2011 M3 sedan; 2008–2014 X6 (including hybrid); 2011–2015 X1

Cadillac: 2007–2014 Escalade, Escalade ESV; 2007–2013 Escalade EXT; two thousand fifteen XTS

Chevrolet (more than 1.91 million, including Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Saab, and Saturn): 2007–2014 Silverado HD, Suburban, and Tahoe; 2007–2013 Avalanche and Silverado 1500; two thousand fifteen Camaro, Equinox, and Malibu

Chrysler: 2005–2015 300; 2006–2008 Crossfire; 2007–2009 Aspen

Daimler: 2006–2009 Dodge Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2007–2017 Freightliner Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500

Dodge/Ram (more than Five.64 million, including Chrysler, not including Daimler-built Sprinter): 2003–2008 Ram 1500; 2003–2009 Ram 2500; 2003–2010 Ram 3500; 2004–2009 Durango; 2005–2008 Magnum; 2005–2011 Dakota; 2006–2015 Charger; 2008–2014 Challenger; 2008–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and Ram 5500

Ferrari (more than 2820): 2009–2014 California; 2010–2015 four hundred fifty eight Italia; 2012–2016 Ferrari FF; 2012–2015 four hundred fifty eight Spider; 2013–2017 Ferrari F12berlinetta; 2014–2015 four hundred fifty eight Speciale; two thousand fifteen 458 Speciale A; 2015–2017 California T; 2016–2017 Ferrari F12tdf, 488GTB, and four hundred eighty eight Spider; two thousand sixteen Ferrari F60; two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso

Ford (Trio million, including Lincoln and Mercury): 2004–2011 Ranger; 2005–2006 GT; 2005–2014, two thousand seventeen Mustang; 2006–2012 Fusion; 2007–2010 Edge; two thousand seventeen F-150

GMC: 2007–2014 Sierra HD, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2013 Sierra 1500; two thousand fifteen Terrain

Honda (11.Four million, including Acura): 2001–2012 Accord; 2001–2011 Civic (including hybrid and NGV); 2002–2011, two thousand sixteen CR-V; 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2015 Pilot; 2003–2011 Element; 2006–2014 Ridgeline; 2006–2010, two thousand twelve Gold Wing motorcycle; 2007–2013 Fit; 2010–2015 Accord Crosstour; 2010–2014 Insight and FCX Clarity; 2011–2015 CR-Z; 2013–2014 Fit EV

Infiniti: 2001–2004 I30/I35; 2002–2003 QX4; 2003–2008 FX35/FX45; 2006–2010 M35/M45; 2009–2017 QX56/QX80; 2017–2018 QX30

Land Rover (more than 68,000): 2007–2012 Range Rover

Lexus: 2002–2010 SC430; 2006–2013 IS; 2007–2012 ES; 2008–2014 IS F; 2010–2015 IS C; 2010–2017 GX; 2010–2015 IS convertible; two thousand twelve LFA

Lincoln: 2006–2012 Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ; 2007–2010 Lincoln MKX

Mazda (more than 733,000): 2003–2011 Mazda 6; 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6; 2004–2011 RX-8; 2004–2006 MPV; 2004–2009 B-series; 2007–2012 CX-7; 2007–2015 CX-9

McLaren: 2011–2015 P1; 2012–2014 MP4-12C; 2015–2016 650S; 2016–2017 570; two thousand sixteen 675LT

Mercedes-Benz (1,044,602, including Daimler): 2005–2014 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2008–2012 C63 AMG); 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2007–2017 Sprinter; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2010–2011 E-class sedan and wagon; 2010–2017 E-class coupe; 2011–2017 E-class convertible; 2010–2015 GLK-class; 2011–2015 SLS AMG coupe and roadster

Mitsubishi (more than 105,000): two thousand four Lancer Sportback; 2004–2007 Lancer; 2004–2006 Lancer Evolution; 2006–2009 Raider; 2012–2017 iMiEV

Nissan (Four.Four million, including Infiniti): 2001–2003 and 2016–2017 Maxima; 2002–2004 Pathfinder; 2002–2006 Sentra; 2007–2017 Versa sedan; 2007–2012 Versa hatchback; 2008–2018 370Z coupe/roadster; 2009–2014 Cube; 2010–2017 NV; 2012–2017 Altima, Versa Note, Armada, and Titan; 2013–2017 NV200; 2014–2017 Rogue

Pontiac (more than 300,000): 2003–2010 Vibe

Saab: 2003–2011 9-3; 2005–2006 9-2X; 2006–2009 9-5

Subaru (more than 380,000): 2003–2014 Legacy and Outback; 2003–2006 Baja; 2004–2011 Impreza; 2006–2014 Tribeca; 2009–2013 Forester; 2012–2014 WRX and WRX STI

Tesla: 2012–2016 Tesla Model S

Toyota (6 million, including Lexus and Scion): 2002–2007 Sequoia; 2003–2013 Corolla and Corolla Matrix; 2003–2006 Tundra; 2004–2005 RAV4; 2006–2012 Yaris; 2010–2016 4Runner; 2011–2014 Sienna

Volkswagen (more than 680,000): 2006–2010, 2012–2014 Passat sedan and wagon; 2009–2017 CC; 2009–2013 GTI; 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf; 2010–2014 Eos; two thousand thirteen Golf R; two thousand fifteen Tiguan

We will update this list as soon as fresh information is available, but you can access NHTSA’s own running tally of affected vehicles here. For further information about your specific vehicle, go to the manufacturer’s consumer website or use NHTSA’s VIN-lookup instrument.

This story was originally published on October 21, 2014. It has subsequently been updated to reflect the latest findings and official list of affected vehicles.

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Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Utter List of Affected Vehicles

The automotive world and beyond is whirring about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from almost two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them.

The issue involves defective inflator and propellent devices that may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, shooting metal fragments into vehicle occupants. Approximately forty two million vehicles are potentially affected in the United States, and at least seven million have been recalled worldwide. (UPDATE 9/28/2016: Affected-vehicle numbers, along with improper-deployment figures, proceed to grow, as detailed in the updates below.)

Primarily, only six makes were involved when Takata announced the fault in April 2013, but a Toyota recall in June this year—along with fresh admissions from Takata that it had little clue as to which cars used its defective inflators, or even what the root cause was—prompted more automakers to issue identical recalls. In July, NHTSA compelled extra regional recalls in high-humidity areas including Florida, Hawaii, and the U.S. Cherry Islands to gather eliminated parts and send them to Takata for review.

Another major recall issued on October twenty expanded the affected vehicles across several brands. For its part, Toyota said it would begin to substitute defective passenger-side inflators embarking October 25; if parts are unavailable, however, it has advised its dealers to disable the airbags and affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard.

While Toyota says there have been no related injuries or deaths involving its vehicles, a Fresh York Times report in September found a total of at least one hundred thirty nine reported injuries across all automakers. In particular, there have been at least two deaths and thirty injuries in Honda vehicles (UPDATE 12/12/2016: These figures are now verified as eleven deaths and one hundred eighty four injuries in the U.S., as detailed in the updates below). According to the Times, Honda and Takata allegedly have known about the faulty inflators since two thousand four but failed to notify NHTSA in previous recall filings (which began in 2008) that the affected airbags had actually ruptured or were linked to injuries and deaths.

Takata very first said that propellant chemicals were mishandled and improperly stored during assembly, which supposedly caused the metal airbag inflators to burst open due to excessive pressure inwards. In July, the company blamed humid weather and spurred extra recalls.

According to documents reviewed by Reuters, Takata says that rust, bad welds, and even chewing gum dropped into at least one inflator are also at fault. The same documents demonstrate that in 2002, Takata’s plant in Mexico permitted a defect rate that was “six to eight times above” acceptable thresholds, or toughly sixty to eighty defective parts for every one million airbag inflators shipped. The company’s investigate has yet to reach a final conclusion and report the findings to NHTSA.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, 9:44 a.m.: The Fresh York Times has published a report suggesting that Takata knew about the airbag issues in 2004, conducting secret tests off work hours to verify the problem. The results confirmed major issues with the inflators, and engineers quickly began researching a solution. But instead of notifying federal safety regulators and moving forward with fixes, Takata executives ordered its engineers to demolish the data and dispose of the physical evidence. This occurred a total four years before Takata publicly acknowledged the problem.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, Five:29 p.m.: Two U.S. Senators have now called for the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation on this matter. Takata has stated that “the allegations contained in the [Fresh York Times] article are fundamentally inaccurate.” The company went on to state that it “takes very earnestly the accusations made in this article and we are cooperating and participating fully with the government investigation now underway.”

Read more about these developments on this C/D page.

UPDATE 11/13/2014, 11:Ten a.m.: Takata has released a more formal statement telling that the allegations made in last week’s Fresh York Times article “are fundamentally inaccurate” and that it “unfairly impugned the integrity of Takata and its employees.” The company says (in this PDF) that there were no tests of “scrapyard airbag inflators” in 2004, that after-hours tests in two thousand four “were not ‘secret tests’ . . . [but] were done at the request of NHTSA to address a cushion-tearing issue unrelated to inflator rupturing,” and that it “did not suppress any test results displaying cracking or rupturing in the inflators,” whether to automakers such as Honda or to NHTSA.

For its story about Takata’s statement, the Times spoke again with one of its two sources for the November six article. That anonymous person is quoted as telling: “What Takata says is not true . . . They are attempting to switch things around.”

On November 12, we reported about a switch in Takata’s chemical makeup of its airbag propellant, which the company says is unrelated to the ongoing recall situation.

UPDATE 11/Legitimate/2014, 6:Ten p.m.: In light of a latest airbag failure in a two thousand seven Ford Mustang in North Carolina—which was not part of the original “high-humidity areas” Takata recall—the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the defective Takata driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 11/20/2014, Five:35 p.m.: Automakers, officials from Takata, and motorists injured by defective airbags met for a hearing with Congress. NHTSA was accused of not responding quickly enough to the Takata airbag situation, and automakers also took fever for being slow with fixes. As of now, the recalls remain regional, but it seems only a matter of time before they’re blanketed nationwide.

UPDATE 11/26/2014, 1:00 p.m.: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has formally demanded that Takata thrust through a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the suspect driver’s-side airbags. Also, officials in Japan are calling for a recall expansion, after an airbag from an unspecified car not covered by previous recalls ruptured in testing.

UPDATE 12/Two/2014, Five:45 p.m.: Toyota and Honda have released similar statements urging for an “industry-wide joint initiative to independently test Takata airbag inflators.” Meantime, Takata’s chairman stated today that he’ll create a “quality assurance panel” to scrutinize the company’s production procedures. Takata and NHTSA officials today made statements before the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. NHTSA is still pushing for a nationwide expansion of the still-regional airbag recall—but for defective driver’s-side airbags only; the agency says a coast-to-coast recall on passenger-side airbags isn’t necessary. Such a large-scale recall, many say, would squeeze the limited supply of replacement parts in the most at-risk (read: humid) regions of the country.

UPDATE 12/Three/2014, 6:50 p.m.: Takata executives, as well as those from NHTSA and several automakers, again sat before Congress, discussing how this nightmare situation went unaddressed for so long, how it can be stationary promptly and decently, and how it will be prevented from happening again. Honda is expanding its recall nationwide, and Takata’s internal testing has exposed high failure rates.

UPDATE 12/Four/2014, Ten:25 a.m.: Chrysler, Ford, and Toyota have expanded their recalls of vehicles tooled with Takata airbags.

Chrysler’s recall update adds the passenger-side airbags of toughly 149,000 two thousand three Ram pickups (1500, 2500, and 3500), which were already part of a driver’s-side airbag recall. The recall remains regional, encompassing trucks “sold or ever registered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Cherry Islands.” Chrysler says it is unaware of any accidents or injuries related to these airbag inflators and that no failures have occurred in laboratory tests. NHTSA has already stated is dissatisfaction with Chrysler’s stir: “Chrysler’s latest recall is insufficient, doesn’t meet our requests, and fails to include all inflators covered by Takata’s defect information report.”

Ford’s expanded recall is very similar to Chrysler’s, adding passenger-side airbags to the repair list of about 13,000 vehicles (2004–2005 Rangers and 2005–2006 GTs) already involved in the regional Takata recalls. Ford is even more selective with the targeted locations: it covers vehicles “originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Cherry Islands. It adds certain zip codes with high absolute humidity conditions in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Guam, Saipan, and American Samoa.”

Toyota has recalled some 190,000 vehicles in China and Japan, many of them similar to the company’s U.S.-market vehicles listed below.

UPDATE 12/Five/2014, Three:15 p.m.: Honda has announced the addition of three million vehicles to its list of affected cars—and also that its recall is now nationwide. Read more on this development in this story.

UPDATE 12/Legal/2014, Ten:50 a.m.: Ford has expanded the breadth of its recall for Takata driver’s-side airbags, adding almost 450,000 vehicles—all Mustangs and GTs—to its list. (Rangers are part of a separate activity.) Mazda also expanded its recall to be nationwide for 2004–2008 Mazda six and RX-8 vehicles, upping its total of affected cars by about 265,000. Also, Chrysler recently added harshly 139,000 vehicles from the 2003–2005 model years to its regional recall, which now includes the previously unaffected areas of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, American Samoa, Guam, and Saipan. (Also, the 2006–2007 Charger is now listed below, compensating for an oversight on NHTSA’s outdated master list.)

UPDATE 12/Nineteen/2014, 7:00 p.m.: Providing in to NHTSA’s requests, Chrysler has drastically expanded its now-nationwide recall—by more than two million vehicles. A number of 2004–2007 model-year products, included below and specifically called out in this press release, are being called back to have their driver’s-side airbag inflators substituted. The company reports only one related injury. According to The Detroit Free Press, BMW is now the last automaker (of five) holding out from NHTSA’s request for a nationwide airbag recall on affected vehicles.

UPDATE 12/30/2014, Ten:00 a.m.: BMW has added another 140,000 vehicles to its now-nationwide airbag-recall list, meaning that all five primary carmakers involved in this situation have ditched the regional recalls. Also, Takata president Stefan Stocker has stepped down from the presidency of Takata, and top company executives have agreed to take significant pay cuts.

UPDATE 1/20/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Six panelists—including one who oversaw the Cerberus ownership of Chrysler—will join an independent review board in looking into Takata’s manufacturing processes and recommending best practices for what has become one of the largest-ever auto recalls. Former U.S. transportation secretary (1989–1991) Samuel K. Skinner will lead the panel.

UPDATE Two/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: Takata—finally—is enhancing its capacity to produce replacement airbag inflators at its plants around the world. By September, according to Automotive News, Takata will be able to make 900,000 replacement units per month. Upgraded assembly lines at a factory in Mexico have already enlargened that plant’s capacity from 300,000 units per month to 450,000. Meantime, reports of people being gravely injured by these defective airbags proceed to arise.

UPDATE Two/20/2015, Four:Ten p.m.: Takata faces civil fines of $14,000 per day for its alleged refusal to cooperate with a federal investigation over these defective airbags. The supplier has provided slew of paperwork to NHTSA, but the agency found the “deluge of documents” unsatisfactory.

UPDATE Trio/12/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Honda has announced that it is instituting a voluntary advertising campaign urging owners of Honda and Acura automobiles to check for open airbag and safety recalls that may affect their vehicle. See one of the ads and read more in our story.

UPDATE Three/Nineteen/2015, Two:25 p.m.: Honda has added about 105,000 vehicles to its recall list. These include almost 90,000 Pilots from the two thousand eight model year as well as some two thousand four Civics and two thousand one Accords that previously weren’t part of the recall. Our list below has been updated.

UPDATE Three/23/2015, 1:40 p.m.: According to a fresh survey, a surprising and unnerving number of Americans evidently haven’t bothered to get these potentially lethal airbags repaired. Just twelve percent of all cars recalled for faulty Takata airbags in the U.S. have been repaired. In Japan, conversely, a total seventy percent of the three million cars under recall have been repaired.

UPDATE Four/14/2015, Two:30 p.m.: Honda has stated that the driver of a two thousand three Civic was injured by a ruptured airbag during a crash in Florida on March 20.

UPDATE Four/21/2015, Ten:15 a.m.: Nissan has added another 45,000 Sentras from the two thousand six model year to its large-scale recall for defective Takata airbags. Owners will be notified via FedEx. Affected cars, according to Nissan, are those “that presently are or previously were registered in Florida and adjacent counties in southern Georgia; Hawaii; Guam; Puerto Rico; Saipan; American Samoa; U.S. Cherry Islands; and coastal areas of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.” This act was partially prompted by the investigation of a March crash in Louisiana in which a woman was injured by airbag shrapnel from her two thousand six Sentra.

UPDATE Five/13/2015, Three:15 p.m.: Toyota and Nissan announced fresh and expanded recall activity to substitute potentially deadly Takata airbags in almost 6.Five million vehicles worldwide. The recall affects almost one million vehicles in North America. The Toyota RAV4 (model years two thousand four and 2005), previously unaffected by these recalls, is now on the list; Toyota is recalling some 160,000 of the models to substitute their driver’s-side airbags. The RAV4 has been added to our comprehensive list below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2015, 6:15 p.m.: Takata has announced as defective almost thirty four million vehicles, which will lead to even more extensive recalls of vehicles with the company’s airbags (individual automakers will elaborate on the specific cars added to the recalls in the very near future). In its testing of the suspect parts, Takata also found that driver’s-side airbags in 2003–2007 Toyota Corolla and Matrix models (plus the Pontiac Vibe, a twin to the Matrix), as well as 2004–2007 Honda Accord models, are at the highest risk.

In a news conference today, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx called the expanded recall “the most elaborate consumer-safety recall in U.S. history.” He added: “Up until now Takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. That switches today.” Also, the company has agreed to pay the U.S. government significant fines for not cooperating in the investigations of numerous injuries and deaths; the exact amount will be announced at a later date.

UPDATE Five/20/2015, 1:00 p.m.: Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that Takata switched its airbag propellant in two thousand eight to reduce the risk of overly forceful deployment and to address the moisture-related degradation of the propellant.

UPDATE Five/27/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Next Tuesday, June Two, a panel from the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing to go after up on the status of this ongoing situation. “We have suffered a year of Takata ruptures and recalls, and families are still at risk. No excuses. Michiganders, and all Americans, have a right to answers,” committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said in a statement. The most latest Congressional hearing took place in December.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda has added 259,479 vehicles to its Japanese-market recall tally, according to Automotive News. Affected model years are from two thousand two through 2008, which marks the very first time that two thousand eight Hondas have been included in this phat airbag recall. Honda soon will announce extra airbag recalls for the United States, which will be part of the massive recall expansion announced last week.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, 1:25 p.m.: Chrysler and Honda have added hundreds of thousands of vehicles to their U.S.-market recall lists; this goes after Takata’s announcement last week that thirty four million total vehicles were subject to act. At this point, Honda is telling only that it will add harshly 350,000 vehicles to its list, albeit “most of the vehicles deemed at risk in Takata’s defect-determination report were already subject to previous voluntary deeds taken by Honda.”

The Chrysler expansion details approximately 1.Two million of its vehicles that were part of last week’s announcement, many of which are from model years that previously hadn’t been flagged. Accordingly, the following have been added to our list below: 2009–2010 Chrysler 300, 2008–2010 Dodge Charger, 2009–2011 Dodge Dakota, 2005–2010 Dodge Magnum (no Magnums were previously recalled for this problem), two thousand nine Ram two thousand five hundred and 3500, 2009–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and 5500, and 2008–2010 Mitsubishi Raider.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Five:00 p.m.: Ford has added more than 900,000 vehicles to its list of recalls for potentially defective airbags from Takata. The 2009–2014 Mustang and the two thousand six Ranger are fresh additions to the list. The later-model Mustangs—recalled for driver’s-side airbags—are by far the newest cars to be included in this exceptionally broad recall activity.

UPDATE Five/29/2015, 6:25 p.m.: General Motors now has vehicles on the ever-growing list below (besides the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe): it is recalling heavy-duty examples of two thousand seven and two thousand eight Chevy Silverados and GMC Sierras. Also, Subaru has quadrupled the number of its vehicles subject to this airbag recall; that company’s additions are all 2004–2005 Imprezas.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: A Congressional hearing on this matter is scheduled for today at two p.m. We’ll cover the event via the afternoon. Meantime, yesterday a Takata executive announced that the company proposes “to substitute all” of the troublesome “ ‘batwing-shaped’ propellant wafers” installed in North America. We should know a lot more later today.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Trio:35 p.m.: Highlights so far from today’s Congressional hearing come mostly from NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind. He encourages consumers to frequently visit safercar.gov to see whether their vehicle and its VIN have been added to the list; he promises that the website will have VIN information for every single individual car affected by these expansive recalls within two weeks. Rosekind is calling for carmakers to be more diligent in tracking down vehicles that have passed through numerous owners over the years so that the current proprietor gets recall notices as quickly as possible. If NHTSA had the authority, Rosekind says, it would have coerced off the road vehicles affected by the Takata recalls sometime in 2014. Rosekind also points out that the suspect Takata airbag inflator has ten different configurations, which complicates discernment of the root cause.

Also, Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has pointed out that, “The messaging around these airbag recalls has been tormented at best,” and notes that Takata is attempting “to flawless an innumerable set of manufacturing variables, which for 10-plus years have resisted perfection.”

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Four:55 p.m.: Sitting before the Congressional committee, Takata executive VP Kevin Kennedy states that he believes ammonium nitrate—a propellant that he admits is “a factor” in these rupturing airbags—is safe to use in his company’s products, including airbags installed as replacements in these recalls. He admits, however, that all of the defective airbags discovered in testing have used this type of propellant; Takata is, Kennedy says, transitioning to using guanidine nitrate, a propellant that other airbag suppliers already use. He reassures consumers that not all of the millions of recalled airbag inflators are defective and also that his company is testing components “outside the scope of the recall” to make sure that the callbacks are far-reaching enough. He also claims that his company shipped 740,000 replacement kits in May, in addition to supplying geysers of airbags for new-car production.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, 7:05 p.m.: Now posted: our utter story on today’s developments and how Takata plans to treat this situation moving forward.

UPDATE 6/Four/2015, Trio:00 p.m.: Takata has informed Reuters that at least ten percent of the four million replacement airbag inflators installed as part of these recalls will have to be substituted again. The number could be much greater, as Reuters notes, “the safety of more than three million replacement parts [is also] in question.” A NHTSA official said the agency will thrust Takata and individual carmakers to “demonstrate to us that the remedy parts are safe for the life of the vehicle.”

UPDATE 6/Five/2015, Ten:Ten a.m.: Mazda has added more than 100,000 vehicles to its list of recalls, bringing the total to toughly 450,000. Fresh to the list are the two thousand three Mazda six and the two thousand six B-series pickup; extra Mazdas from previously noted model years in the rundown below, including the RX-8 and the Mazdaspeed 6, are part of this expanded recall. The cars are being recalled for driver’s-side airbag inflators, while the pickups are called back for their passenger-side airbags.

Also, former Takata president Stefan Stocker, who resigned that position in December, has now left his spot on the company’s board of directors. Takata’s senior vice president of global quality assurance, Hiroshi Shimizu, has been named to the board, along with two other fresh appointments. Last December, speaking before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Shimizu “rebuffed NHTSA’s claims that several million driver’s-side airbags now demonstrate a national safety risk.”

UPDATE 6/Ten/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: A lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana, alleges that a 22-year-old woman was killed in early April when her two thousand five Honda Civic’s driver’s-side airbag “violently exploded and sent metal shards, shrapnel and/or other foreign material into the passenger compartment,” Automotive News reports. Her car hit a telephone pole on April Five, two days before she received a recall notice for her car’s Takata-supplied airbags. She died on April 9. Her death, if it was indeed caused by the airbag, would become the seventh attributed to a failed Takata airbag. The other six fatalities have all occurred in Honda vehicles, and only one crash happened outside of the United States.

UPDATE 6/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: There are many millions of vehicles involved in these recalls, but it seems as tho’ thirty four million, a figure that Takata announced in mid-May, might be far too high. (That figure was for inflators, not vehicles, albeit few cars seem to be afflicted with numerous defective airbags.) Reuters reports that the number is most likely more like 16.Two million vehicles. Keep in mind, however, that Nissan and Toyota may not have yet announced their recall expansions in response to Takata’s aforementioned mid-May announcement. The figures in our chart below, as it shows up today, add up to 15.97 million vehicles, which is within two percent of Reuters’ figure.

UPDATE 6/12/2015, 11:35 a.m.: Honda has announced that its financial results for the fiscal year that ended on March thirty one will take a $363 million hit because of costs associated with repairing vehicles involved in the Takata recalls.

UPDATE 6/14/2015, 7:00 p.m.: Honda has confirmed that the death of Kylan Langlinais, whose two thousand five Civic crashed in Louisiana on April five and which we detailed above on June Ten, was indeed a result of the ruptured Takata-supplied airbag in her car. Automotive News reports that this is the 2nd of seven deaths—all in Honda vehicles—where “a driver received a [recall or safety-campaign] notification too late.” Honda has recalled toughly Five.Five million vehicles with Takata airbag inflators in the United States.

UPDATE 6/15/2015, Ten:45 p.m.: Honda has added almost 1.Four million airbag inflators to this ever-expanding recall. The fresh recall is for passenger-side airbags on 2003–2007 Accord and 2001–2005 Civic models—two vehicles with the highest defect rates uncovered in Takata tests. According to Automotive News, most of these particular vehicles have already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Daimler has recalled 40,061 Sprinter vans for their passenger-side airbags. Dodge-branded Sprinters from 2006–2008 are included, as are Freightliner-badged Sprinters from 2007–2008. Vans in both two thousand five hundred and three thousand five hundred capacities are being recalled.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, Trio:15 p.m.: Toyota has announced that 1,365,000 more vehicles are subject to its airbag recalls. All of these particular vehicles are being called in for their passenger-side airbags. Specific models involved are: 2003–2007 Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2005–2007 Sequoia, 2005–2006 Tundra, and 2003–2007 Lexus SC430. Takata recalls now cover some Two.9 million vehicles in the United States. A report in Automotive News notes that twenty four incidents of “incorrect deployments” of Takata airbags have been recorded worldwide in Toyota vehicles, with at least eight reports of injuries and no deaths.

UPDATE 6/Legitimate/2015, 11:15 a.m.: NHTSA eventually knows the utter scope of this massive, ongoing airbag recall. The eleven carmakers involved have identified every vehicle identification number (VIN) covered by the recall. Check your VIN by using the government agency’s search instrument. Also of note: The Senate Commerce Committee will meet next week to hear testimony from NHTSA experts, the Transportation Department’s Office of the Inspector General, and representatives from Takata and automakers regarding the recall.

UPDATE 6/Nineteen/2015, Four:50 p.m.: General Motors has added some 243,000 Pontiac Vibes to its tally of the already-recalled hatchback, which was built alongside the Toyota Matrix in the mid-2000s. The Vibes in this act, from the 2003–2007 model years, are being recalled for their passenger-side airbags. The two thousand six and two thousand seven model years previously had not been affected.

UPDATE 6/20/2015, 12:15 a.m.: Honda has confirmed that an eighth person’s death was caused by a defective airbag in one of its products. The woman who died was involved in a crash last August in Los Angeles; she was driving a rented two thousand one Civic. Bloomberg reports that this particular vehicle was part of four airbag-recall campaigns inbetween two thousand nine and 2014, each of which resulted in notifications being mailed to the car’s registered proprietor, who never had the recalls addressed.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, 11:30 a.m.: Another hearing on this matter is happening in Congress today. Early points of note include:

• NHTSA’s Mark Rosekind estimates that the thirty four million defective airbag inflators are installed in thirty two million vehicles, so only a petite percentage of affected cars have more than one defective airbag. Those figures may still not be entirely accurate, however.

• For months, NHTSA has been coming under fire for how it has treated the Takata situation and other latest large-scale automotive recalls. Staffing and funding are an issue for the government agency, but Senator Claire McCaskill said this morning that “I’m not about to give you more money” until major reforms are made.

• Fiat-Chrysler has hired TRW to supply replacements for the defective Takata parts in its recalled vehicles. Takata has been supplying the industry at large with a major portion of the required replacement airbags thus far. FCA senior vice president Scott Kunselman said during the hearing that his company would only use replacement airbags from TRW and is certain that customers will not need to come back for subsequent repairs.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, Three:45 p.m.: Takata still does not know the root cause of its airbag failures and stopped brief of assuring its replacement parts. The company’s executive vice president in North America, Kevin Kennedy, testified today during the company’s third Congressional hearing that “many of the replacement parts are alternative designs” but that it was continuing to test these replacements as it ramps up production to one million parts per month. “What we do know is that it takes a considerably long time for these problems to manifest,” Kennedy said to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

UPDATE 6/25/2015, Ten:50 a.m.: Following Takata’s annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo today, company president Shigehisa Takada publicly apologized for the deaths, injuries, and issues that have been caused by the airbags produced by the company that his grandfather founded in 1933. “I apologize for not having been able to communicate directly earlier, and also apologize for people who died or were injured,” Takada said, according to Bloomberg. “I feel sorry our products hurt customers, despite the fact that we are a supplier of safety products.” The apology came on the high-heeled slippers of Toyota and Honda adding another three million vehicles to the worldwide list of those recalled.

UPDATE 6/26/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: Reuters reports that Takata president Shigehisa Takada took a major pay cut last year, earning less than one hundred million yen (about $810,000) compared with the $1.67 million he took home the year before. His wages could have been much less than ¥100 million, since, as Reuters says, “Japanese companies are required to disclose individual executive compensation only if it exceeds one hundred million yen.” Other senior executives at Takata also earned less money last year.

Following up on news that we very first covered on June 12, Honda has restated its operating profit for last year after taking into account costs associated with repairing vehicles fitted with potentially defective Takata-supplied airbags. The effective cash loss of about $363 million remains as previously stated, bringing Honda’s operating profit for the fiscal year that ended in March to $Four.92 billion.

UPDATE 6/30/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: According to a latest audit by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General, NHTSA—the agency that has been at the forefront of the examinations of these Takata airbag recalls—is total of incompetent, mismanaged staff who are practically set up by their superiors to fail. Read our analysis here.

UPDATE 7/8/2015, 9:55 a.m.: The airbag in a Nissan X-Trail began a fire after the Takata-supplied device went off with excessive force during a crash in Japan, according to Automotive News. The passenger-side airbag “exploded, smashing the passenger-side window and sending high-temperature fragments into the dashboard, causing a fire.” The driver sustained minor injuries in the crash.

UPDATE 7/9/2015, 9:35 a.m.: Honda has recalled another Four.Five million vehicles, bringing the total number of its cars and SUVs involved in Takata-airbag-related deeds to 24.Five million. None of this newest batch were sold in North America; more than one-third are in Japan. This latest recall expands upon a mid-May recall of Four.8 million non-North-American Honda vehicles.

UPDATE 7/12/2015, 9:45 p.m.: Almost 90,000 Dodge Challengers from model years two thousand eight through two thousand ten have been added to this ever-growing airbag recall. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, Chrysler will recall 88,346 of the pony cars for possibly defective driver’s-side airbags. Prior to this activity, no Challengers had been recalled for this issue.

UPDATE 8/12/2015, 11:50 a.m.: Takata soon will begin a large-scale regional advertising campaign focused on raising awareness around the installation of replacement airbag inflators in affected vehicles. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, the campaign is “a sturdy digital advertising campaign” that will include crimson “Urgent Airbag Recall Notice” banner ads on websites such as CNN and Facebook. Only high-humidity locales will be targeted with the ads: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Cherry Islands. Also, a direct-mail campaign will target eighty five percent of the U.S. market.

UPDATE 8/Legitimate/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Volkswagen is now part of NHTSA’s probe on Takata-supplied airbags, following the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Tiguan during a crash involving a deer in June, Automotive News reports. No one in the vehicle was hurt. If this problem is related to that which spurred the massive recall for Takata’s front airbags, it would be notable as the very first report of the issue affecting side airbags, Volkswagen vehicles, and a model later than the two thousand eleven model year (with the exception of the two thousand fourteen Ford Mustang). A Takata spokesman told AN, “We believe [this malfunction] is unrelated to the previous recalls, which the extensive data suggests were a result of aging and long-term exposure to warmth and high humidity.”

Automotive News points out that Volkswagen and Tesla are the only carmakers presently using Takata inflators that so far haven’t been subject to the recall deeds detailed here.

UPDATE 8/20/2015, Two:45 p.m.: Following news earlier this week about the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen VW Tiguan, two U.S. senators on the committee investigating these defective airbags are calling for the instantaneous recall of all vehicles that use Takata-supplied airbags. A statement on Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal’s website concludes: “In light of the most latest incident, which did not occur in one of the regions originally designated as ‘high humidity,’ and which involved a two thousand fifteen vehicle not presently subject to recall, we urge you to voluntarily recall all vehicles containing Takata airbags.”

UPDATE 8/21/2015, Three:45 p.m.: Toyota said it would consider using replacement airbag inflators from other suppliers, including Autoliv, Daicel, and Nippon Kayaku, as Takata faces a production backlog and scrutiny over whether its replacement parts are just as defective. From the beginning, Takata had agreed to let its competitors produce replacement parts alongside its own. Toyota has about twelve million cars affected worldwide.

UPDATE 9/Two/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA has announced that its previous totals for how many U.S.-market vehicles are affected by this Takata airbag recall were vastly overestimated. The most latest figure that the government agency is reporting is Nineteen.Two million vehicles affected, containing 23.Four million defective inflators (since the late 1990s, cars sold in the U.S. have been required to feature at least two airbags). NHTSA had been telling that thirty four million defective inflators were in some thirty million cars and trucks here in America.

NHTSA’s updated figure is much closer to the total number of vehicles represented on our list below, which presently stands at Legal.6 million.

UPDATE 9/28/2015, 12:30 p.m.: These recalls could soon grow to include extra carmakers. Via letter, NHTSA recently contacted seven automakers that aren’t presently included in the Takata recalls but which have used Takata-supplied airbags containing the suspect ammonium-nitrate propellant. The companies are Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Tesla, Volkswagen, Volvo (trucks), as well as specialty manufacturer Spartan Motors. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA said in the letter that the “remedy programs that are individual to each of the affected vehicle manufacturers have created a patch-work solution that NHTSA believes may not adequately address the safety risks introduced by the defective inflators within a reasonable time. . . . This process is intended to produce solutions for the prioritization, organization, and phasing of remedy programs, and to appropriately address the multitude of factors contributing to the complexity of these recall programs.”

UPDATE Ten/Nineteen/2015, Five:35 p.m.: General Motors is recalling a few hundred 2015-model-year cars and crossover vehicles for potentially faulty Takata-sourced side airbags; these vehicles aren’t yet shown on our comprehensive list below, but they’re called out in the post linked here. Unlike these GM products, all of the vehicles presently noted below are being recalled for front airbags, and almost all of them are from the two thousand eleven model year or prior. Also, NHTSA is planning to disclose more details—including extra manufacturers subject to the recalls beyond the current eleven—during a hearing on October 22.

UPDATE Ten/22/2015, 12:50 p.m.: In a public hearing today, NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind exposed more information about this massive recall situation. Nationwide, only 22.Five percent of recalled vehicles have actually been immovable. It’s only slightly better in the humid Gulf of Mexico region, where recalls have been finished in 29.Five percent of affected vehicles even however airbag inflators in those locales are more likely to explode upon deployment. Some inflators have been substituted with newer, but still at-risk, identical components. Of the 115,000 eliminated inflators that Takata has tested, four hundred fifty have ruptured.

At NHTSA’s request, the eleven affected automakers conducted a risk assessment, which found that six million total inflators in the United States “are in the highest-risk group that should take top priority for replacement parts,” according to Automotive News, while toughly eleven million are in the middle-priority group and two million are least at risk. In general, the older the vehicle and the more humid the environment, the higher the priority that the airbag inflator(s) be substituted.

UPDATE Ten/26/2015, 11:30 a.m.: The Volkswagen Group is gathering and testing Takata-supplied airbags, Automotive News reports. The company voiced to NHTSA a concern about the supply of replacement parts, if the Takata recalls are expanded to VW’s brands, which seems likely at this point. VW is presently unaffected by these extensive recalls, but as we noted in August, a two thousand fifteen Tiguan experienced a side-airbag rupture. All told, U.S.-market VW Group products are fitted with toughly Two.Four million Takata airbag inflators.

UPDATE 11/Two/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling a group of five hundred fifteen 2016 CR-Vs for driver’s-side front airbag inflators that could separate in the event of a crash.

UPDATE 11/Trio/2015, 6:00 p.m.: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued Takata a record civil penalty of at least $70 million. The airbag supplier could be responsible for paying NHTSA as much as $200 million total if further violations are discovered. As part of the issuance, NHTSA has ordered that Takata “phase out the manufacture and sale of inflators that use phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant.”

UPDATE 11/Four/2015, 9:45 a.m.: Honda has announced that it will no longer use airbag components from Takata. In a statement, Honda said: “We have become aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data for certain airbag inflators.” According to Automotive News, Honda has been Takata’s fattest customer for many years.

UPDATE 11/6/2015, 9:55 a.m.: Following Honda’s lead, both Toyota and Mazda have said they will stop purchasing airbag inflators from Takata, at least those that incorporate ammonium nitrate. According to Automotive News, Mitsubishi and Subaru also are considering ripping off the airbag supplier. Almost forty percent of Takata’s sales in two thousand fourteen came from airbag parts.

UPDATE 11/9/2015, Ten:35 a.m.: Nissan has now joined Toyota, Mazda, and Honda in announcing that it will no longer use Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The Automotive News report on Nissan’s declaration also notes that Takata lost $70 million in the 2nd quarter of 2015.

UPDATE 11/23/2015, 1:45 p.m.: Ford is the latest carmaker to announce that it will no longer use Takata airbag inflators with ammonium-nitrate propellant in its fresh cars. Ford is the very first non-Japanese company to take this step.

UPDATE 11/25/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Internal employee communications reviewed by The Wall Street Journal showcase Takata withheld airbag-inflator failures in reports to Honda in 2000, four years before that automaker began its own initial investigation of a ruptured Takata airbag in a customer car. The documents display Takata’s U.S. employees were voicing concerns over their Japanese colleagues doctoring data as “the way we do business in Japan.” Takata says the “lapses were and are totally incompatible with Takata’s engineering standards and protocols.”

UPDATE 12/Four/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Japan’s transport ministry has banned Takata airbag inflators that use ammonium nitrate as the propellant (and without a moisture-absorbing desiccant) from being installed in future cars. According to Automotive News, such airbags “will be phased out from driver’s-side airbags by two thousand seventeen and passenger-side devices by 2018.” Vehicle models that are subject to Takata-related recalls have a six-month-shorter time framework for the phase-out. As noted above, NHTSA announced a similar ban for U.S.-market vehicles on November Three.

UPDATE 12/23/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA announced today that another person has died as a result of a faulty Takata airbag inflator. The fatal July two thousand fifteen crash occurred in a two thousand one Honda Accord. Albeit the crash happened in Pennsylvania, the car had spent several years in the humid Gulf region. Also, the agency has been informed of five fresh ruptures to passenger-side airbags, which is “likely” to result in expanded recalls of the 2002–2004 Honda CR-V, the 2005–2008 Mazda 6, and the 2005–2008 Subaru Legacy. (The Honda and Mazda models and model years are already reflected on the list below.)

UPDATE 1/Four/2016, Three:00 p.m.: The Fresh York Times has detailed the contents of some internal Takata emails from more than nine years ago. As far back as 2000, internal reports exposed that there were “several instances [of] ‘pressure vessel failures,’ or airbag ruptures, . . . reported to Honda as normal airbag deployments.” One airbag engineer, according to the in-depth NYT story, wrote in a two thousand five report “that he had been ‘repeatedly exposed to the Japanese practice of altering data introduced to the customer,’ adding that such conduct was described at Takata as ‘the way we do business in Japan.’ ” In the same report, the engineer “warned that while the fudging of the data had primarily not switched the fundamental conclusions of the data, the practice had ‘gone beyond all reasonable bounds and now most likely constitutes fraud.’ ” In 2006, the same engineer wrote “Happy Manipulating. ” in an email to a colleague about how to graphically deemphasize the “bimodal distribution” of some tests conducted at high temperatures. He also suggested that his co-worker use “thick and lean lines to attempt and dress it up, or [switch] colors to divert attention.”

Takata maintains that “the emails in question are fully unrelated to the current airbag inflater recalls.” A Honda spokesman wouldn’t comment on the emails but said that his employer was “aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data.”

Meantime, Automotive News reports that some Japanese carmakers “may jointly invest in Takata” in order to soften the financial hit that the airbag supplier is facing as a result of these massive recalls.

UPDATE 1/8/2016, Four:15 p.m.: Mazda will recall 374,000 cars in the United States due to their passenger-side airbags. According to Automotive News, these airbags were found to be “prone to ruptures” in latest tests by Takata. The 2003–2008 Mazda 6, the 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6, and the two thousand four RX-8 are affected; these models had already been included on our list below, and we’ve enlargened the total accordingly.

UPDATE 1/22/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: A Georgia man died last month in a Takata airbag–related crash while driving a two thousand six Ford Ranger. His death marks the very first of nine in the United States and ten worldwide that have not occurred in a Honda vehicle. In the wake of this news, U.S. safety regulators are expected to add another five million vehicles to the Takata recall list detailed below. Automotive News notes that one million of those added vehicles have inflators “similar to those installed on the Ford Ranger,” while the other four million are being recalled following results of fresh tests on Takata airbags. Audi and Mercedes-Benz products will be included on the list below for the very first time.

UPDATE 1/26/2016, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has expanded its recall of 2004–2006 Ranger pickups, following news last week of a driver who died as a result of injuries he received from airbag shrapnel. The recall is for driver’s-side airbags in 361,692 Rangers in the United States and another 29,334 in Canada. These trucks had already been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. All 2004–2006 Rangers built in North America are part of this recall.

UPDATE 1/27/2016, 12:45 p.m.: The driver of a two thousand seven Honda Civic was killed in India last year in a crash that involved at least one Takata-sourced airbag that sent shrapnel flying into the cabin. An American Honda spokesman told the Associated Press that the driver was likely killed by other injuries sustained in the high-speed crash and not those inflicted by the defective airbag(s). The two thousand seven Civic is not presently part of Honda’s recalls in the U.S., but it might be added to the list soon.

UPDATE Two/Trio/2016, Ten:15 a.m.: Mazda has recalled all 2004–2006 B-series pickups for potentially defective driver’s-side airbags. The B-series is a rebadged Ford Ranger, and this recall expansion mirrors the one we described on January twenty six for the Ranger. Some Nineteen,000 Mazda trucks are affected in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Saipan. These B-series models had previously been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. In total, Mazda says it has issued recalls for 442,266 driver’s-side airbag inflators and 416,475 passenger-side inflators. The up-to-date list of Mazdas is below; many have recalls outstanding for numerous airbags.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, 6:00 p.m.: Honda dealerships in the U.S. have received letters from the carmaker stating that a fresh recall and stop-sale order applies to a long list of used Honda products: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2011–2015 CR-Z, 2009–2013 Fit, 2013–2014 Fit EV, 2010–2014 Insight, and 2007–2014 Ridgeline. According to Automotive News, if dealers don’t abide by the stop-sale order, they could be liable for any injuries that occur as a result of defective Takata airbags in these cars, which number some 1.7 million. The aforementioned vehicles have not yet been added to our list below because the news is not yet official.

UPDATE Two/Four/2016, 8:30 a.m.: Honda has officially issued recalls for Takata-supplied “PSDI-5” driver’s-side airbags on Two.23 million vehicles. The Honda-branded vehicles are: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2007–2014 Ridgeline, 2009–2014 Fit, 2010–2014 FCX Clarity, 2010–2014 Insight, 2011–2015 CR-Z. Acura vehicles affected by this recall are: 2005–2012 RL, 2007–2016 RDX (early production MY2016 vehicles only), 2009–2014 TL, 2010–2013 ZDX, 2013–2016 ILX (early production MY2016 vehicles only). These vehicles have been added to our list below. According to Honda, “Due to the large volume of fresh inflators needed to repair vehicles, the necessary replacement parts will not become available until Summer 2016.”

Older vehicles and those in high-humidity locales will be given priority for the replacement parts. In the meantime, dealers have been issued stop-sale instructions for affected vehicles that haven’t been repaired. These recalls are in addition to the 6.28 million Hondas and Acuras that had already been recalled for their airbags.

UPDATE Two/8/2016, 11:00 a.m.: Seat-mounted side-airbag inflators with the code name “SSI-20” are now under recall. Takata says this recall is limited only to inflators manufactured inbetween December thirteen and 14, 2014. A total of one thousand one hundred twenty nine Volkswagen and General Motors vehicles from the two thousand fifteen model year are tooled with these inflators. NHTSA began investigating Takata side airbags in August after a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Volkswagen Tiguan ruptured in June.

UPDATE Two/9/2016, Two:Ten p.m.: Daimler is recalling some 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and 136,000 Daimler vans in the U.S. market because NHTSA has indicated that the vehicles could contain defective Takata-supplied airbags. The Mercedes-Benzes are all from the 2005–2014 model years: SLK, C-class, E-class, M-class, GL-class, R-class, and SLS. The freshly recalled vans are 2007–2014 Sprinters with Dodge, Freightliner, or Mercedes badges. (Some 2006–2008 Sprinters had been added to the recall in June 2015.)

The Audi recall covers 170,000 vehicles from model years two thousand six through 2013. The Audis involved are: 2006–2013 A3, 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet, 2009–2012 Q5, and 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet.

BMW is recalling 840,000 vehicles from two thousand six through 2015; these vehicles weren’t among the harshly 765,000 that BMW had previously recalled for Takata airbags. The BMWs involved are: 2006–2011 3-series sedan and M3, 2006–2012 3-series wagon, 2007–2013 3-series and M3 coupe and convertible, 2007–2010 X3, 2007–2013 X5, 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible, 2008–2014 X6, and 2013–2015 X1.

The Volkswagen-branded vehicles, numbering 680,000, are from two thousand six through 2014. The VWs involved are: 2009–2014 CC, 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf, 2012–2014 Eos and U.S.-built Passat sedan, and 2006–2010 German-built Passat sedan and wagon.

UPDATE Two/13/2016, 11:30 a.m.: NHTSA has updated its website with more specifics regarding what Mercedes-Benz models are affected by this recall. They are detailed in an update to this story that we published earlier this week. The general models are as goes after, and they’ve been updated on our list below: 2005–2011 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2009–2011 C63 AMG); 2010–2011 E-class sedan, wagon, coupe, and convertible; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2010–2012 GLK-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2011–2014 SLS AMG coupe and roadster; 2007–2014 Sprinter.

Also fresh to the list below is the 2006–2007 Chrysler Crossfire, which was based on a Mercedes-Benz. A total of five thousand two hundred eighty three Crossfires have been recalled.

UPDATE Two/16/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors has added toughly 200,000 Saab and Saturn products in the U.S. and Canada to its list of vehicles covered by this recall. The cars involved are: 2003–2011 Saab 9-3, 2010–2011 Saab 9-5, and 2008–2009 Saturn Astra. These vehicles—numbering 179,861 in the U.S.—have been added to our list below.

UPDATE Two/17/2016, 6:15 p.m.: According to a report in the Fresh York Times, Takata executives allegedly withheld test results from its defective airbag inflators and demolished evidence as early as 2000. A top Takata executive is alleged to have ordered that failed parts be “discarded” and doctored a report.

UPDATE Two/22/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Reuters is reporting that the number of Takata airbag inflators recalled in the United States could almost quadruple, with the addition of inbetween seventy and ninety million units. That could bring the total of recalled Takata airbag inflators containing ammonium nitrate to as high as one hundred twenty million. (Some cars have more than one recalled airbag, so the overall vehicle total would be lower.) Reuters says that “Takata produced inbetween two hundred sixty million and two hundred eighty five million ammonium nitrate-based inflators worldwide inbetween two thousand and 2015, of which almost half wound up in U.S. vehicles.” The news service also notes that, “Takata produced most of the inflators that regulators are now investigating at its main inflator plant in Monclova, Mexico, or at plants in Georgia and Washington state, according to company documents.”

UPDATE Two/23/2016, Two:15 p.m.: A group of ten carmakers known as the Independent Testing Coalition hired a company called Orbital ATK (which works with rocket propulsion-systems) to conduct its own tests of suspect Takata airbag inflators. The conclusions, according to Automotive News, are that “it was the combination of these three factors—the use of ammonium nitrate, the construction of Takata’s inflator assembly, and the exposure to fever and humidity—that made the inflators vulnerable to rupture.” These results are consistent with Takata’s internal testing as well as testing by the Fraunhofer Group.

UPDATE Three/Two/2016, Three:30 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another 198,000 vehicles in the U.S. for suspect Takata-supplied, passenger-side airbags. The two thousand eight Corolla and Corolla Matrix, as well as the 2008–2010 Lexus SC430, are now included in this activity. (Earlier model years of these vehicles were already included in this recall.)

UPDATE Three/30/2016, Trio:15 p.m.: According to court documents reviewed by Reuters, Honda requested that Takata redesign its faulty airbag inflators to be “fail-safe” back in 2009. That was after the company very first recalled a petite population of cars in two thousand eight after defective Takata airbag inflators in Honda models were linked to four injuries and one death. The revised inflators, which Honda began installing in 2011, have four extra slots to vent gas so that if the inflators rupture, the metal enclosure is less likely to break apart and become shrapnel. Honda did not notify NHTSA of the design switch and denied that it ever had to do so, stating that it used revised parts to prevent “future manufacturing errors.”

Takata is facing a bevy of lawsuits, some of which are being consolidated in a federal court in Miami. Much worse, however, are the recalls themselves. According to Bloomberg, a Takata insider has estimated the cost of recalling every single airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate—a number in excess of two hundred eighty million—to be $24 billion.

UPDATE Four/1/2016, Five:00 p.m.: According to NHTSA, 7.Five million defective airbag inflators have been substituted as of March 11. That’s thirty three percent out of 22.Five million. But that doesn’t include another five million inflators recalled in February. Using those numbers, Reuters pegs the repair rate at about twenty five percent, using a baseline of twenty nine million defective inflators. Check out NHTSA’s Takata website to see the recall-completion rates by manufacturer. Honda has the highest completion rate, at fifty four percent, but several carmakers have rates of less than twenty percent. Expect NHTSA to update its numbers soon.

UPDATE Four/7/2016, Three:15 p.m.: Honda has reported a death from an airbag rupture in a two thousand two Civic under recall. According to KTRK-TV in Houston, 17-year-old Huma Hanif rear-ended another car on March thirty one in Richmond, Texas. Albeit her airbag deployed, investigators determined the crash wasn’t severe enough to kill the teenager. Her mouth was lacerated by the airbag inflator and a witness described her collapsing after exiting her car. Hanif is the 11th Takata-related death worldwide, the 10th in the U.S., and the 10th in a Honda.

UPDATE Four/14/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA has stated that there are eighty five million Takata airbag inflators in the United States that haven’t been recalled at this point. Of that eighty five million, 43.Four million are passenger-side inflators, 26.9 million are for side airbags, and 14.Five million are installed in steering wheels. Takata “has until two thousand nineteen to demonstrate that all of the unrecalled airbag inflators are safe,” according to Automotive News, which counts 28.8 million airbags as being recalled at this point.

UPDATE Five/Four/2016, 11:15 a.m.: Honda has reported two extra deaths in Malaysia that may be related to defective Takata airbags. While authorities have not yet singled out the causes of either death, Honda said the driver’s-side front airbags in two City models from the two thousand six and two thousand three model years had ruptured in two separate crashes on April sixteen and May 1. Both cars, which were not sold in the U.S., were under recall.

UPDATE Five/Four/16, 1:15 p.m.: Confirming what we reported yesterday, NHTSA has announced that Takata will recall inbetween thirty five million and forty million extra front-airbag inflators as part of an amended consent order inbetween the Japanese supplier and the agency. All of the inflators in question are non-desiccated, which means they do not have a drying agent to compensate for humidity. So far, NHTSA says only the non-desiccated ammonium-nitrate inflators have been rupturing. Takata now has to prove that the desiccated inflators are safe or else it will be coerced to recall those, as well. The recall, which will be conducted in phases, is expected to last until December 2019. Exact car models have not been identified.

UPDATE Five/6/2016, 12:30 p.m.: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) have demanded that NHTSA release the entire list of car models with ammonium-nitrate propellant. “This right to know should not be limited to the owners of the seemingly randomly identified fraction of vehicles containing Takata airbags that have been leisurely recalled to date,” the senators wrote to the agency. Blumenthal and Markey have repeatedly called on NHTSA to recall every airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate, albeit the agency is permitting Takata up to three years to prove they are safe.

UPDATE Five/13/2016, 1:30 p.m.: Honda will add another twenty one million vehicles to its recalls associated with these Takata airbags, bringing the automaker’s worldwide total to fifty one million vehicles. How many of those vehicles will be in the United States is unclear at this point, according to the Fresh York Times, which attributes this information to Honda vice president Tetsuo Iwamura.

UPDATE Five/20/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Mercedes-Benz has expanded its Takata recall, adding 196,975 cars to its list, all of which require fresh passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2012–2014 C-class, 2012–2017 E-class coupe and cabriolet, 2013–2015 GLK-class, and two thousand fifteen SLS AMG coupe and cabriolet.

UPDATE Five/23/2016, Three:45 p.m.: NHTSA has announced a recall schedule so that the Takata airbag inflators likeliest to fail very first will be repaired very first. To do that, NHTSA has separated the country into three humidity zones and is prioritizing repairs to vehicles registered in states with the highest humidity. Many car owners will have to wait more than two years before they know their airbags are defective.

UPDATE Five/24/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toyota has expanded its recall by about 1,584,000 vehicles in the United States, all for Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2009–2011 Corolla and Matrix, two thousand eleven Sienna, 2006–2011 Yaris, 2010–2011 4Runner, 2008–2011 Scion xB, 2007–2011 Lexus ES, 2010–2011 Lexus GX, 2006–2011 Lexus IS.

UPDATE Five/27/2016, 1:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling an extra Two.Two million cars in the U.S. for defective Takata passenger-side front airbags, as well as two thousand seven hundred one motorcycles for possibly defective optional handlebar airbags. The total list of cars in this recall are: the 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2006 Acura MDX; 2003–2011 Pilot and Element; 2005–2011 CR-V and Acura RL; 2006–2011 Civic and Ridgeline; 2007–2011 Fit; 2008–2011 Accord; 2009–2011 Acura TSX; and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour, Insight, FCX Clarity, and Acura ZDX. The 2006–2010 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing motorcycle is also included.

The vehicles previously not involved in this recall are: 2006–2011 Civic, 2006–2010 Gold Wing, 2007–2008 Fit, 2008–2011 Accord, 2009–2011 Pilot, 2009–2011 TSX, and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour. They have been added to the list below.

UPDATE Five/31/2016, 11:30 a.m.: Ferrari is recalling two thousand eight hundred twenty cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This is the very first time Ferrari has been involved with this defect. The 2009–2011 California and 2010–2011 four hundred fifty eight Italia are included.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling Four,322,870 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the 2011–2012 Chrysler 300, two thousand nine Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango, 2011–2012 Dodge Charger and Challenger, two thousand ten Ram 3500, 2007–2012 Jeep Wrangler, and the 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500.

Mazda is recalling 731,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2005–2006 MPV, 2007–2011 CX-7 and CX-9, and 2009–2011 Mazda six and RX-8.

Mitsubishi is recalling 38,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand seven Lancer and Lancer Evolution.

Nissan is recalling 402,450 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2006–2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2007–2010 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007–2011 Versa.

Subaru is recalling 383,101 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand six Baja, 2006–2011 Impreza and Tribeca, and 2009–2011 Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, also is included in this total.

Our list below has been updated accordingly, but the recall totals for each brand haven’t yet been recalculated because some individual vehicles have already been accounted for in previous recalls for driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford has almost doubled the number of vehicles it is recalling for defective Takata-sourced airbags, adding 1,287,726 vehicles to its count, all for passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX, 2005–2011 Ford Mustang, 2005–2006 Ford GT, 2007–2011 Ford Ranger, and 2006–2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln MKZ and Zephyr. Of those, 608,717 Mustangs and about four hundred GTs had already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags; the other models are freshly added.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Trio:00 p.m.: A report from Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) says that four automakers are continuing to use Takata airbag inflators containing non-desiccated ammonium nitrate in current fresh cars, despite tests proving these inflators are the most prone to ruptures. Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen said they were using front-airbag inflators without the moisture-absorbing desiccant on certain two thousand sixteen and two thousand seventeen model year cars including the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Volkswagen CC, Audi TT, and Audi R8. Not all the manufacturers gave specific models to Nelson, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, who, in March, queried the original fourteen automakers involved. Another five automakers are still using Takata’s ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators, with or without desiccant, including Daimler (vans only), Ford, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru. Nelson’s office says the “majority” of all replacement inflators installed as of May 20—4.6 million out of 8.Four million—are Takata ammonium-nitrate inflators. Of those, Two.1 million are non-desiccated. All of this is legal under NHTSA’s consent order, albeit all non-desiccated inflators will need to be recalled and substituted by 2019. Eventually, all of Takata’s ammonium-nitrate inflators may need to be recalled. It’s very confusing that automakers would be permitted to install parts that are known to be defective, except NHTSA thinks they won’t become defective until years later, at which time decent replacement parts will be available.

Meantime, Toyota has expanded its Takata recall by some 490,000 vehicles outside of the U.S., in places including Japan, China, Europe, Mexico, and South America. The vehicles in question include 2005–2011 Lexus products, as well as Toyota Siennas, 4Runners, Corollas, and Yarises.

UPDATE 6/Two/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Audi is recalling 217,000 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2004–2008 Audi A4 and the 2005–2011 Audi A6. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

BMW is recalling 91,806 SUVs as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 BMW X5, the 2008–2011 BMW X6, and the 2010–2011 BMW X6 ActiveHybrid.

General Motors is recalling 1.Four million 2007–2011 trucks and large SUVs for their Takata-supplied passenger-side airbags. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Avalanche, Tahoe, and Suburban; 2007–2011 GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2011 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade EXT, and Escalade ESV; 2009–2011 Silverado two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2009–2011 Sierra two thousand five hundred and 3500. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls. GM reports that there have been no airbag ruptures in approximately 44,000 crashes of the recalled vehicles.

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 54,350 vehicles as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and the 2009–2011 Jaguar XF. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 199,705 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2008–2011 C300 sedan, C350 sedan, and C63 AMG sedan; 2010–2011 GLK350 and E350 coupe; two thousand eleven E350 convertible, E550 coupe and convertible, and the SLS AMG. Also, the brand’s parent company, Daimler, is recalling five thousand one hundred vans for the same issue: 2010–2011 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2009–2011 Freightliner Sprinter, and two thousand nine Dodge Sprinter.

UPDATE 6/7/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: The proprietor of a two thousand six Nissan X-Trail SUV has filed a suit against Takata and Nissan for wrist and head injuries she sustained in an October two thousand fifteen crash in Japan. The vehicle had been recalled for defective airbag inflators, but parts weren’t available at the time the woman’s hubby took the SUV to a dealership to get it immovable. According to Automotive News, this is the very first suit in Japan against Takata and an automaker for these airbags.

UPDATE 6/Ten/2016, Five:30 p.m.: Toyota has identified the fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. The 2015–2016 4Runner and Lexus GX460, two thousand fifteen Lexus IS250C and IS350C, and the two thousand fifteen Scion xB have these inflators and will need to be recalled by the end of two thousand eighteen even tho’ they are still legal to sell. About 175,000 vehicles are affected in the U.S.

Meantime, Honda has recalled another 784,000 vehicles in Japan because of their Takata airbags, including Civic, Fit, and Odyssey models built inbetween two thousand three and 2009.

UPDATE 6/17/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Honda’s joint venture in China, is recalling one million vehicles for their Takata airbags, the Detroit News reports. Vehicles affected are Honda CR-V, Civic, and Civic hybrids as well as Platinum Rui sedans built inbetween two thousand seven and 2011.

UPDATE 6/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: Fiat Chrysler said it would stop using non-desiccated Takata airbag inflators with ammonium nitrate by next week. This applies to all of its cars built for the North American market. FCA will end production globally by mid-September. As of now, FCA said that only the two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler’s passenger-side front airbag used such an inflator and that it would notify potential buyers of any of these unsold vehicles. Without describing its methods, FCA also said it tested “nearly six thousand three hundred older versions” of this inflator and found no problems. The non-desiccated inflators are considered dangerous since they do not have a chemical to absorb moisture.

UPDATE 6/27/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Automotive News reports that a ruptured airbag emerges to have caused a woman’s death in an accident in Malaysia. The driver of a two thousand five Honda City was killed on Saturday, and the driver’s-side airbag was found to be ruptured. The official cause of death has yet to be announced as of this writing. The car involved in the accident had been recalled in May 2015, but it hadn’t been repaired. If verified, this would be the third death related to defective Takata airbags in Malaysia this year.

UPDATE 6/28/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Shigehisa Takada, the chief executive of automotive supplier Takata, announced in a shareholder meeting that he will resign once a “fresh management regime” has been selected.

UPDATE 6/30/2016, Two:30 p.m.: Seven Honda and Acura models from 2001–2003 pose the highest failure rate among all recalled vehicles, with as much as a fifty percent chance their airbag inflators will rupture, according to NHTSA. The agency identified the 2001–2002 Honda Civic and Accord, two thousand two CR-V and Odyssey, 2002–2003 Acura Three.2TL, and two thousand three Honda Pilot and Acura Trio.2CL as the most dangerous. These cars were originally recalled for the defect inbetween two thousand eight and 2011, and while “more than seventy percent” now have fresh inflators, there are still 313,000 vehicles with the original inflators. Eight of the ten U.S. deaths involving Takata airbag inflators have involved this group of Honda and Acura models.

UPDATE 7/8/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toughly 1.Four million vehicles have been recalled in Japan for their Takata airbags. Mitsubishi recalled 520,000 vehicles, Mazda 490,000, Subaru 290,000, and Mercedes-Benz 93,000. Of particular note for U.S. owners is that Mazda said the two (known as the Demio in Japan) will be recalled in America; the company recalled 74,310 Mazda 2s in China built inbetween two thousand seven and 2015.

UPDATE 7/Nineteen/2016, Five:00 p.m.: An internal audit conducted by Takata and Honda found the airbag supplier manipulated airbag test data that stripped out poorer results, according to Bloomberg. Examples of “selective editing,” according to former IIHS president Brian O’Neill, who conducted the audit, resulted in a report that was a “prettier shortened version” of what actually occurred. Depositions of several Takata engineers from an ongoing lawsuit found that reports to Nissan, Toyota, and General Motors were similarly doctored. Takata said the audit’s findings were “entirely inexcusable.”

UPDATE 7/20/2016, Three:30 p.m.: The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has identified extra fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. They are: two thousand sixteen Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2016–2017 Mercedes-Benz E-class coupe/convertible, two thousand sixteen Ferrari FF, 2016–2017 Ferrari California T, 2016–2017 Ferrari 488GTB/488 Spider, 2016–2017 Ferrari F12/F12tdf, and two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso. These vehicles remain legal for sale, but, per NHTSA, they must be recalled by the end of 2018. Audi, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen had previously been found to still be building fresh cars with the suspect airbags.

UPDATE 7/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: General Motors has stated that it may have to recall an extra Four.Trio million vehicles in the U.S. for their defective Takata airbags, which would cost the company an estimated $550 million, according to Automotive News. GM recently added Two.Five million vehicles to its list of Takata recalls, the repair costs for which will cost as much as $320 million.

Also, Mazda has added three thousand seven hundred forty three B-series pickups from the 2007–2009 model years to its list of vehicles recalled due to potentially defective Takata airbag inflators; these trucks are being recalled for the passenger-side airbags. This is in accordance to the recall schedule we described on May 23. These Mazdas are located in what is known as Zone B, which includes Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Fresh Jersey, Fresh Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Previously, 2004–2006 B-series trucks had been recalled; our list below has been updated to reflect these extra model years.

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA is expanding its investigation of airbag supplier ARC Automotive to eight million potentially defective airbags after the driver of a two thousand nine Hyundai Elantra was killed in Canada last month. Automotive News reports that the car’s airbag inflator was manufactured in China, unlike inflators in U.S.-market Elantras from the same time period. General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, and Kia also used ARC airbags that are part of this probe. In July 2015, NHTSA began investigating ARC for airbags produced in Tennessee after airbag-related injuries were reported in crashes of a two thousand two Chrysler Town & Country and a two thousand four Kia Optima. Preliminary investigations of inflators made by ARC, which is unaffiliated with Takata, showcase “significant design differences inbetween the ARC inflators and the Takata inflators presently under recall.”

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 9:00 p.m.: Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its recall by another 54,000 vehicles in the United States. The recalls affects 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and 2009–2011 Jaguar XF models for potentially defective passenger-side airbag inflators. Vehicles from these models and model years were very first recalled in May 2016; this act essentially doubles the recalled population. Jaguar Land Rover says that “affected vehicles are being prioritized for repair—split into four separate phases—based on geographic zone and vehicle age” and that customers will be notified by mail later this year when parts become available. In a statement, the company went on to say that it “is not aware of any case of an airbag module rupture on any of the 108,000 vehicles included in this recall.”

UPDATE 8/29/2016, Four:00 p.m.: General Motors pressured a Swedish airbag supplier in the 1990s to match cheaper prices from its rival Takata, despite warnings that Takata’s inflators were unsafe, according to the Fresh York Times. When Takata introduced ammonium-nitrate-based airbag inflators in the late 1990s, Autoliv scientists studying Takata’s design determined the chemical compound was too dangerous. It lost GM’s airbag contract at the time. “We tore the Takata airbags apart, analyzed all the fuel, identified all the ingredients,” former Autoliv chief chemist Robert Taylor told the Times. “The gas is generated so quick, it blows the inflater [sic] to bits.” The Times also exposed that employees at a former Takata plant in Georgia let defective airbag inflators pass inspections by manipulating leakage tests and creating fresh bar codes so the tests couldn’t be tracked.

UPDATE 9/8/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Honda will recall another 668,000 vehicles in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. Affected cars include Accord, Civic, and Fit models built inbetween two thousand nine and 2011. According to Reuters, that brings Honda’s recall total to fifty one million Takata airbags.

UPDATE 9/9/2016, 9:00 a.m.: BMW announced it will recall some 110,000 cars in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The recall affects passenger-side airbags on forty four BMW models made inbetween two thousand four and 2012, including the 116i, 118i, and 320i. The recall is part of a massive order from Japan’s transport ministry that seven million vehicles be recalled by 2019.

UPDATE 9/Nineteen/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors will submit a petition to NHTSA for a one-year deferral of a pending recall of some 980,000 trucks and SUVs tooled with Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators, Automotive News reports. Takata is slated to proclaim on December 31, 2016, that “a large batch” of parts are defective, but GM wants a 365-day deferral to finish a long-term aging research probe with aerospace and defense manufacturer Orbital ATK. The investigate, which we outlined in February, is scheduled to end in August 2017. GM maintains that the delayed recall won’t endanger vehicle occupants, telling the inflators will “likely perform as designed until at least December 31, 2019.” Of the 44,000 passenger-side inflators that have deployed in consumer use and the one thousand fifty five that have been deployed in testing, none have ruptured, GM says. The deferral affects 2007–2012 large trucks and SUVs, namely the Chevrolet Silverado, Tahoe, and Suburban, the GMC Sierra and Yukon, and the Cadillac Escalade.

UPDATE 9/26/2016, Ten:45 a.m.: Takata exposed in a latest report that it neglected to notify NHTSA of a two thousand three rupture of one of its airbag inflators in Switzerland, according to Reuters. NHTSA began looking into problems with Takata airbags in 2010, but Takata officials did not mention the Swiss incident to the agency at the time. In the freshly released report, Takata said the Swiss incident did not relate to the NHTSA investigation and noted that Takata made production switches shortly after the two thousand three incident.

In the same report (available for download at safercar.gov), Takata said that its U.S. arm, not the Japan-based parent company, “was primarily responsible for the development, testing, and production of the inflators at issue in Recall Nos. 15E-040, 15E-041, 15E-042, and 15E-043.” Other recently released Takata documents also exposed that six hundred sixty airbag inflators ruptured during testing of 245,000 of the devices, Bloomberg reports. The company resumes to reiterate that its airbag inflators are more at risk when they’re subjected to humid climates and as they age.

UPDATE 9/28/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda announced today that the driver’s-side airbag of a two thousand nine Honda City ruptured in a September twenty four crash in Johor, Malaysia, in which the driver was killed. This marks the fourth Malaysian death this year linked to a Takata-supplied airbag that ruptured in a Honda car. Honda said that it has ended replacements of 211,000 Takata front-airbag inflators in Malaysia, which is fifty four percent of the total number presently under recall.

UPDATE Ten/21/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Honda and NHTSA announced that a 50-year-old woman, Delia Robles of Corona, California, died of injuries that resulted from the deployment of a defective Takata airbag in her two thousand one Honda Civic. The crash occurred on September thirty in California’s Riverside County. According to an Associated Press report, the vehicle’s driver’s-side airbag inflator had been part of a recall since 2008; however, it was never repaired. Automotive News reported that more than twenty recall notices had been mailed to the vehicle’s registered owners. The deceased woman bought the car at the end of 2015, the AP report said. This is the 11th confirmed death in the United States that has been caused by a defective Takata-supplied airbag in a vehicle, all but one of which were in Honda vehicles.

UPDATE Ten/26/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another Five.8 million vehicles around the world because they might contain defective Takata airbag inflators. According to Reuters, the recall includes toughly 1.47 million vehicles in Europe, 1.16 million in Japan, and 820,000 in China, as well as vehicles in Central and South America, Africa, the Near and Middle East, and Singapore. Various Corolla, Yaris/Vitz, Hilux, and Etios models built inbetween May two thousand and November two thousand one and inbetween April two thousand six and December two thousand fourteen were recalled.

UPDATE 11/9/2016, 1:00 p.m.: In an effort to seek out recalled Takata airbag inflators that haven’t yet been stationary, Honda has partnered with CCC, a software provider for 22,000 automotive figure shops across the United States. When a Honda vehicle is entered into the CCC system for an estimate on repairing assets harm, Automotive News reports, an alert will show up onscreen if the vehicle has an unresolved open Takata recall. Bod shops are being “encouraged to reach out to [the customer’s favored] dealership to facilitate the repair on the customer’s behalf.”

UPDATE 12/12/2016, Three:30 p.m.: To date, at least one hundred eighty four people have been injured by Takata airbags in the United States, according to a fresh report released by NHTSA on the recall’s progress. This is the very first hard number the agency has specified since investigations began in late 2014. Repairs won’t be finished until at least September two thousand twenty (in May, NHTSA set December two thousand nineteen as the end date). Another round of cars—including Tesla products, supercars from Ferrari and McLaren, and extra model years of previously recalled models—have been added to our master list of vehicles plagued by the defective Takata inflators. By 2020, NHTSA expects there will be forty two million vehicles with at least sixty four million inflators under recall. As of today, the count stands at about twenty nine million vehicles with forty six million inflators.

UPDATE 12/29/2016, Five:30 p.m.: So far, about 12.Five million suspect Takata inflators have been immovable of the harshly sixty five million inflators (in forty two million vehicles) that will ultimately be affected by this recall, which spans nineteen automakers. Carmakers and federal officials organizing the response to this giant recall insist that the supply chain is churning out replacement parts, most of which are coming from companies other than Takata. For those who are waiting, NHTSA advises that people not disable the airbags; the exceptions are the 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models that we listed on this page on June 30, 2016—vehicles which NHTSA is telling people to drive only to a dealer to get immovable.

Meantime, a settlement stemming from a federal probe into criminal wrongdoing by Takata is expected early next year—perhaps as soon as January—and could treatment $1 billion.

UPDATE 1/11/2017, 1:00 p.m.: Honda added 772,000 more cars in a fresh round of recalls for non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. A total of 1.29 million Honda and Acura models plus eight hundred eighty two Gold Wing motorcycles are included; many were previously recalled for driver’s-side airbags. Besides the two thousand twelve Gold Wing, no fresh models or model years are included. Honda has the most U.S. vehicles of any automaker affected by the Takata recalls, now standing at 11.Four million cars and motorcycles.

UPDATE 1/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling 654,695 cars in the U.S. and 161,174 vehicles in Canada to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years are included, albeit Ford has added more of these same cars in other regions of the country that were not under previous recalls. Ford, including Mercury and Lincoln, now has recalled about three million cars in the U.S. The affected models in this particular regional expansion are the 2005–2009 and two thousand twelve Mustang; 2005–2006 GT; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln MKZ; 2006–2009 Mercury Milan; and the 2007–2009 Ranger, Edge, and Lincoln MKX.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, 11:00 a.m.: As with Honda and Ford, Toyota is recalling 543,000 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years have been added, albeit Toyota has included an unknown number of cars not previously under recall. Toyota, including Lexus and Scion and not including the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe, now has about six million cars in the U.S. under the Takata recalls. Affected models under this latest recall are the 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Lexus IS (including IS F); 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve Yaris and Lexus ES; 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve Scion xB; two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Corolla and Matrix; and the two thousand twelve 4Runner, Sienna, Lexus IS C, Lexus GX, and Lexus LFA.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, Trio:00 p.m.: The U.S. government has fined Takata Corp. $1 billion as part of the Japanese supplier’s agreement to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud; the fine is violated down as a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million for victim compensation, and $850 million for compensating automakers. Also, a federal grand jury separately charged three Takata executives on six counts each of wire fraud and conspiracy.

UPDATE 1/23/2017, 7:00 p.m.: A total of sixteen brands recalled 652,541 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. Some or most of these cars may have been previously recalled to substitute other Takata airbags. Replacement parts may be available as soon as March or “Q1,” depending on the automaker. Only cars ever registered in specific states are under these recalls. Model-year two thousand eight and two thousand twelve Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG—as well as model-year two thousand nine Audi A4 and S4—were previously unaccounted for in our master list below. The cars recalled in this latest round are as goes after:

Audi is recalling 33,421 cars. They include the 2005–2009 A4, S4, and A6; 2007–2008 RS4; and the 2007–2009 S6.

BMW is recalling 48,380 cars. Included are the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve X5 and the 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve X6.

Daimler, in conjunction with Fiat Chrysler, is recalling 11,279 Sprinter vans. The two thousand nine Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter 2500/3500 and two thousand twelve Freightliner and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500/3500 are included.

Ferrari is recalling eight hundred twenty five cars from 2012. The FF, California, four hundred fifty eight Italia, and four hundred fifty eight Spider are all included.

Jaguar is recalling eight thousand one hundred ninety one XF sedans from two thousand nine and 2012.

Karma Automotive is recalling eight hundred eleven Fisker Karma models from 2012.

Land Rover is recalling eight thousand seven hundred sixty nine Range Rover models from 2007–2009 and 2012.

Mazda is recalling 93,812 vehicles. Included are the 2005–2006 MPV; 2005–2009 RX-8; 2007–2009 B-series pickup trucks; the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve CX-7 and CX-9; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Mazda 6.

McLaren is recalling three hundred fifty nine MP4-12C models from 2012.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 103,406 cars. Included are the two thousand twelve C-class sedan and coupe, E-class coupe and convertible, GLK, and SLS AMG, as well as the 2008–2009 C-class sedan and coupe, plus the 2008–2012 C63 sedan and coupe.

Mitsubishi is recalling one thousand nine hundred sixty four i-MiEV models from two thousand twelve and 2014.

Nissan is recalling 152,554 cars. Included are the 2005–2008 Infiniti FX; 2006–2010 Infiniti M; 2007–2009 Versa sedan and hatchback; and the two thousand twelve Versa hatchback.

Subaru is recalling 185,773 cars. Included models are the 2005–2006 Baja; 2006–2009 Impreza; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Tribeca, WRX, and STI; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, is also included.

Tesla is recalling two thousand nine hundred ninety seven Model S sedans from 2012.

In addition, thirteen automakers last week expanded the Takata recalls in Canada by almost 900,000 vehicles. According to Automotive News Canada, harshly Five.Two million Takata airbags have so far been recalled in Canada. A utter list of affected Canada-market vehicles can be found at the Transport Canada website.

UPDATE Two/6/2017, Five:00 p.m.: BMW is recalling 230,117 cars in the U.S. that may have a Takata driver’s-side airbag. The company said it is possible that one percent of certain 2000–2003 models may have had their airbags substituted with a Takata unit during a service visit, whereas originally these models used non-ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators made by Petri AG. BMW said it shipped 14,600 Takata replacement airbag parts to U.S. dealers inbetween two thousand two and two thousand fifteen but had no way of knowing how many were actually installed. While some of the recalled vehicles are already under recall, many are fresh to our list below, which has been updated. The recalled vehicles include the 2000–2002 3-series sedan, coupe, wagon, convertible, and M3; the 2001–2002 5-series sedan, wagon, and M5; and the 2001–2003 X5. Owners will receive notification in March. Dealers will check for and substitute any Takata airbags they find.

UPDATE Two/27/2017, 6:30 p.m.: Takata has officially pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud for covering up the engineering defects that have led to at least seventeen deaths and the largest recall in automotive history. The guilty prayer comes six weeks after a Justice Department announcement that Takata had agreed to a $1 billion settlement, including $850 million to compensate automakers for repairs, $125 million for a victim settlement fund, and a $25 million criminal fine. Three Takata executives also have been charged with fraud.

UPDATE Three/Two/2017, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has recalled almost 32,000 vehicles in North America for Takata-supplied driver’s-side front airbags that “may not entirely pack, or the airbag cushion may detach from the airbag module due to misalignment of components within the airbag module.” Ford says this concern is not related to Takata’s rupture-prone airbags that use non-desiccated ammonium nitrate as propellant. The affected models are the 2016–2017 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX and the two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental; these vehicles have not been added to the list below because they’re being recalled for a separate issue.

UPDATE Five/11/2017, Two:00 p.m.: Honda is urging owners in Hawaii to repair any affected 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models as soon as possible—or risk a fifty percent chance of the driver’s-side airbag inflator rupturing in a crash. The so-called Alpha inflators were the very first Takata inflators to be recalled, and combined with Hawaii’s constant high fever and humidity, they are the most dangerous. Eight of the ten airbag deaths within the U.S. were the result of these Alpha inflators. Honda says that Hawaii houses toughly one thousand one hundred unrepaired 2001–2003 vehicles with Alpha inflators; these are among approximately 26,000 unfixed Honda and Acura vehicles in the state that are affected by these Takata recalls. Honda also says that “0ver seventy four percent” of these cars have been repaired nationwide, all with non-Takata replacement parts. For affected models, see our Acura and Honda lists below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2017, Five:30 p.m.: Four automakers—Toyota, Subaru, BMW, and Mazda—have agreed to pay a combined $553 million for economic losses. The automakers have jointly lodged a class-action lawsuit requesting owners be compensated while their cars are undergoing repairs. Owners of approximately 15.8 million cars in the U.S. are eligible. The lawsuit does not compensate owners for any alleged lost resale value in their cars nor does it address private injury or property harm claims. The court must approve the settlement before it is final.

UPDATE 6/16/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Takata will file for bankruptcy “as early as next week,” according to sources speaking to Reuters. The filing is no surprise. Company finances began unraveling in early two thousand sixteen as lawsuits, fines, lost sales, declining stock values, and recall costs left Takata in the crimson with billions in liabilities. Key Safety Systems, a Michigan auto supplier wielded by the Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, is the purported buyer. Takata owes automakers $850 million for recall costs it must pay by 2018. The U.S. Justice Department is expected to be a creditor in the bankruptcy filing.

UPDATE 6/26/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Takata officially filed for bankruptcy today and has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Key Safety Systems, a Michigan-based automotive supplier possessed by Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, for $1.6 billion.

UPDATE 6/28/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Key Safety Systems (KSS) said it will drop the Takata name once the bankruptcy and sale are approved, according to KSS senior vice president Ron Feldeisen. The sale does not include Takata’s liabilities or its airbag business. Automakers are still unassured if they will be reimbursed for recall costs, and lawyers signifying victims say the bankruptcy may limit their capability to collect damages.

UPDATE 7/11/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Takata is recalling another Two.7 million airbag inflators in the United States for rupturing. Unlike all the other one hundred million inflators recalled globally to date, these inflators contain a moisture-absorbing desiccant. Until now, Takata had said that only non-desiccated inflators were at risk for exploding shrapnel during a crash. These driver’s-side front airbags were manufactured inbetween two thousand five and two thousand twelve and were installed on Ford, Mazda, and Nissan vehicles, Takata said in a NHTSA filing. Only inflators with the desiccant calcium sulfate are presently under recall; these inflators still contain the propellant ammonium nitrate. The affected automakers will release separate recalls at a later date.

UPDATE 7/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Honda has confirmed another fatality from airbag ruptures in its vehicles, according to the Associated Press. On June Legitimate, 2016, an 81-year-old man in Hialeah, Florida, allegedly was performing “unknown repairs” with a hammer while inwards a two thousand one Honda Accord. The vehicle was running, and the driver’s-side front airbag deployed and shot out shrapnel. Police and witnesses still do not know what the man was doing when he was found unconscious inwards the car. He died the next day. This is the 12th fatality from faulty Takata airbags in the U.S., all but one in Honda vehicles. Of the ems of millions of cars under recall in the U.S., 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models are the most dangerous. NHTSA estimates that these cars have a 50-50 chance of an airbag rupturing.

UPDATE 7/17/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Mazda is recalling Nineteen,000 cars in South Africa—including the Two, 6, and RX-8—for two thousand three and later models, according to Wheels24. About seventy million of the harshly one hundred million airbag inflators under recall globally are in the U.S.

UPDATE 7/21/2017, Two:30 p.m.: Ford is petitioning NHTSA to not recall Two.Five million cars announced defective by Takata earlier this month, according to Reuters. The automaker wants to proceed testing but believes the particular inflators pose an “inconsequential” risk. The vehicles in question include: 2007–2011 Ranger, 2006–2012 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2006–2011 Mercury Milan, and 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. In January, GM petitioned NHTSA to exempt certain 2007–2011 pickups and SUVs (based on the GMT900 platform) from recalls until the automaker finished its evaluations by late August. NHTSA has not granted or denied either petition.

Also, Nissan has added 515,394 Versas, from model years two thousand seven through 2012, to this recall because the cars contain potentially defective inflators for their Takata-supplied driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 7/24/2017, 9:45 a.m.: Reuters reports that an Australian man died in Sydney after he crashed his two thousand seven Honda CR-V and the airbag sent shrapnel into his neck. Honda confirmed to Reuters that the car had a defective airbag. The deaths of eighteen people worldwide have now been attributed to these airbags.

Also, Mazda is requesting that NHTSA not recall extra B-series pickups; this comes in conjunction with Ford’s latest petition that claims in part that airbags in many of its Ranger pickups do not pose a risk of rupturing. The B-series is a clone of the Ford Ranger.

UPDATE 7/28/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Reuters reports that a 34-year-old woman in Holiday, Florida, was killed last week in a two thousand two Honda Accord after the airbag ruptured during a head-on collision. While officials have not determined the exact cause of death, she is likely the 19th person to die from defective Takata airbags.

UPDATE 8/9/2017, 12:30 p.m.: Nissan is the latest automaker to lodge a civil lawsuit that will compensate owners for economic losses while they fall under repairs, provide rental cars to owners driving the most at-risk vehicles, and pay for advertising and outreach to encourage more owners to schedule repairs with their dealers. The $97.7 million settlement mirrors the $553 million settlement that BMW, Mazda, Toyota, and Subaru agreed to pay in May. A total of Four.Four million Nissan and Infiniti vehicles have been recalled in the U.S. Only thirty percent have been repaired.

UPDATE 8/31/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling six hundred fifty brand-new vehicles in the United States that have defective airbags, albeit there is a critical difference from the general recall population of Takata inflators. Certain two thousand seventeen Ford Mustang and F-150 models have finish airbag modules built by Takata, while the faulty inflators inwards the modules are made by ARC Automotive, a Tier two supplier in Knoxville, Tennessee. The passenger-side frontal airbags are affected. Takata notified Ford after it tested the airbags and found an “abnormal deployment,” Ford said. Since July 2015, NHTSA has been investigating ARC Automotive for defective airbag inflators after two ruptured in older-model Chrysler and Kia models not under the Takata recall. NHTSA presently estimates that up to eight million inflators may be defective in Chrysler, GM, Kia, and Hyundai models in the United States.

AFFECTED VEHICLES (total U.S.-market number in parentheses, if known):

Acura: 2002–2003 Trio.2TL; two thousand three Three.2CL; 2003–2006 MDX; 2005–2012 RL; 2007–2016 RDX; 2009–2014 TL and TSX; 2010–2013 ZDX; 2013–2016 ILX (including hybrid)

Audi (more than 387,000): 2004–2009 A4; 2005–2009 S4; 2003–2011 A6; 2006–2013 A3; 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet; 2007–2008 RS4; 2007–2009 S4 cabriolet; 2007–2011 S6; two thousand eight RS4 cabriolet; 2009–2012, two thousand fifteen Q5; 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet; 2010–2012 S5 cabriolet; 2016–2017 TT; two thousand seventeen R8

BMW (more than 1.97 million): 2000–2011 3-series sedan; 2000–2012 3-series wagon; 2000–2013 3-series coupe and convertible; 2000–2013 M3 coupe and convertible; 2001–2003 5-series and M5; 2001–2013 X5; 2007–2010 X3; 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible; 2008–2011 M3 sedan; 2008–2014 X6 (including hybrid); 2011–2015 X1

Cadillac: 2007–2014 Escalade, Escalade ESV; 2007–2013 Escalade EXT; two thousand fifteen XTS

Chevrolet (more than 1.91 million, including Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Saab, and Saturn): 2007–2014 Silverado HD, Suburban, and Tahoe; 2007–2013 Avalanche and Silverado 1500; two thousand fifteen Camaro, Equinox, and Malibu

Chrysler: 2005–2015 300; 2006–2008 Crossfire; 2007–2009 Aspen

Daimler: 2006–2009 Dodge Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2007–2017 Freightliner Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500

Dodge/Ram (more than Five.64 million, including Chrysler, not including Daimler-built Sprinter): 2003–2008 Ram 1500; 2003–2009 Ram 2500; 2003–2010 Ram 3500; 2004–2009 Durango; 2005–2008 Magnum; 2005–2011 Dakota; 2006–2015 Charger; 2008–2014 Challenger; 2008–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and Ram 5500

Ferrari (more than 2820): 2009–2014 California; 2010–2015 four hundred fifty eight Italia; 2012–2016 Ferrari FF; 2012–2015 four hundred fifty eight Spider; 2013–2017 Ferrari F12berlinetta; 2014–2015 four hundred fifty eight Speciale; two thousand fifteen 458 Speciale A; 2015–2017 California T; 2016–2017 Ferrari F12tdf, 488GTB, and four hundred eighty eight Spider; two thousand sixteen Ferrari F60; two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso

Ford (Trio million, including Lincoln and Mercury): 2004–2011 Ranger; 2005–2006 GT; 2005–2014, two thousand seventeen Mustang; 2006–2012 Fusion; 2007–2010 Edge; two thousand seventeen F-150

GMC: 2007–2014 Sierra HD, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2013 Sierra 1500; two thousand fifteen Terrain

Honda (11.Four million, including Acura): 2001–2012 Accord; 2001–2011 Civic (including hybrid and NGV); 2002–2011, two thousand sixteen CR-V; 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2015 Pilot; 2003–2011 Element; 2006–2014 Ridgeline; 2006–2010, two thousand twelve Gold Wing motorcycle; 2007–2013 Fit; 2010–2015 Accord Crosstour; 2010–2014 Insight and FCX Clarity; 2011–2015 CR-Z; 2013–2014 Fit EV

Infiniti: 2001–2004 I30/I35; 2002–2003 QX4; 2003–2008 FX35/FX45; 2006–2010 M35/M45; 2009–2017 QX56/QX80; 2017–2018 QX30

Land Rover (more than 68,000): 2007–2012 Range Rover

Lexus: 2002–2010 SC430; 2006–2013 IS; 2007–2012 ES; 2008–2014 IS F; 2010–2015 IS C; 2010–2017 GX; 2010–2015 IS convertible; two thousand twelve LFA

Lincoln: 2006–2012 Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ; 2007–2010 Lincoln MKX

Mazda (more than 733,000): 2003–2011 Mazda 6; 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6; 2004–2011 RX-8; 2004–2006 MPV; 2004–2009 B-series; 2007–2012 CX-7; 2007–2015 CX-9

McLaren: 2011–2015 P1; 2012–2014 MP4-12C; 2015–2016 650S; 2016–2017 570; two thousand sixteen 675LT

Mercedes-Benz (1,044,602, including Daimler): 2005–2014 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2008–2012 C63 AMG); 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2007–2017 Sprinter; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2010–2011 E-class sedan and wagon; 2010–2017 E-class coupe; 2011–2017 E-class convertible; 2010–2015 GLK-class; 2011–2015 SLS AMG coupe and roadster

Mitsubishi (more than 105,000): two thousand four Lancer Sportback; 2004–2007 Lancer; 2004–2006 Lancer Evolution; 2006–2009 Raider; 2012–2017 iMiEV

Nissan (Four.Four million, including Infiniti): 2001–2003 and 2016–2017 Maxima; 2002–2004 Pathfinder; 2002–2006 Sentra; 2007–2017 Versa sedan; 2007–2012 Versa hatchback; 2008–2018 370Z coupe/roadster; 2009–2014 Cube; 2010–2017 NV; 2012–2017 Altima, Versa Note, Armada, and Titan; 2013–2017 NV200; 2014–2017 Rogue

Pontiac (more than 300,000): 2003–2010 Vibe

Saab: 2003–2011 9-3; 2005–2006 9-2X; 2006–2009 9-5

Subaru (more than 380,000): 2003–2014 Legacy and Outback; 2003–2006 Baja; 2004–2011 Impreza; 2006–2014 Tribeca; 2009–2013 Forester; 2012–2014 WRX and WRX STI

Tesla: 2012–2016 Tesla Model S

Toyota (6 million, including Lexus and Scion): 2002–2007 Sequoia; 2003–2013 Corolla and Corolla Matrix; 2003–2006 Tundra; 2004–2005 RAV4; 2006–2012 Yaris; 2010–2016 4Runner; 2011–2014 Sienna

Volkswagen (more than 680,000): 2006–2010, 2012–2014 Passat sedan and wagon; 2009–2017 CC; 2009–2013 GTI; 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf; 2010–2014 Eos; two thousand thirteen Golf R; two thousand fifteen Tiguan

We will update this list as soon as fresh information is available, but you can access NHTSA’s own running tally of affected vehicles here. For further information about your specific vehicle, go to the manufacturer’s consumer website or use NHTSA’s VIN-lookup instrument.

This story was originally published on October 21, 2014. It has subsequently been updated to reflect the latest findings and official list of affected vehicles.

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Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Total List of Affected Vehicles

The automotive world and beyond is humming about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from almost two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them.

The issue involves defective inflator and propellent devices that may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, shooting metal fragments into vehicle occupants. Approximately forty two million vehicles are potentially affected in the United States, and at least seven million have been recalled worldwide. (UPDATE 9/28/2016: Affected-vehicle numbers, along with improper-deployment figures, proceed to grow, as detailed in the updates below.)

Primarily, only six makes were involved when Takata announced the fault in April 2013, but a Toyota recall in June this year—along with fresh admissions from Takata that it had little clue as to which cars used its defective inflators, or even what the root cause was—prompted more automakers to issue identical recalls. In July, NHTSA compelled extra regional recalls in high-humidity areas including Florida, Hawaii, and the U.S. Cherry Islands to gather liquidated parts and send them to Takata for review.

Another major recall issued on October twenty expanded the affected vehicles across several brands. For its part, Toyota said it would begin to substitute defective passenger-side inflators embarking October 25; if parts are unavailable, however, it has advised its dealers to disable the airbags and affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard.

While Toyota says there have been no related injuries or deaths involving its vehicles, a Fresh York Times report in September found a total of at least one hundred thirty nine reported injuries across all automakers. In particular, there have been at least two deaths and thirty injuries in Honda vehicles (UPDATE 12/12/2016: These figures are now verified as eleven deaths and one hundred eighty four injuries in the U.S., as detailed in the updates below). According to the Times, Honda and Takata allegedly have known about the faulty inflators since two thousand four but failed to notify NHTSA in previous recall filings (which began in 2008) that the affected airbags had actually ruptured or were linked to injuries and deaths.

Takata very first said that propellant chemicals were mishandled and improperly stored during assembly, which supposedly caused the metal airbag inflators to burst open due to excessive pressure inwards. In July, the company blamed humid weather and spurred extra recalls.

According to documents reviewed by Reuters, Takata says that rust, bad welds, and even chewing gum dropped into at least one inflator are also at fault. The same documents demonstrate that in 2002, Takata’s plant in Mexico permitted a defect rate that was “six to eight times above” acceptable thresholds, or harshly sixty to eighty defective parts for every one million airbag inflators shipped. The company’s explore has yet to reach a final conclusion and report the findings to NHTSA.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, 9:44 a.m.: The Fresh York Times has published a report suggesting that Takata knew about the airbag issues in 2004, conducting secret tests off work hours to verify the problem. The results confirmed major issues with the inflators, and engineers quickly began researching a solution. But instead of notifying federal safety regulators and moving forward with fixes, Takata executives ordered its engineers to demolish the data and dispose of the physical evidence. This occurred a total four years before Takata publicly acknowledged the problem.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, Five:29 p.m.: Two U.S. Senators have now called for the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation on this matter. Takata has stated that “the allegations contained in the [Fresh York Times] article are fundamentally inaccurate.” The company went on to state that it “takes very earnestly the accusations made in this article and we are cooperating and participating fully with the government investigation now underway.”

Read more about these developments on this C/D page.

UPDATE 11/13/2014, 11:Ten a.m.: Takata has released a more formal statement telling that the allegations made in last week’s Fresh York Times article “are fundamentally inaccurate” and that it “unfairly impugned the integrity of Takata and its employees.” The company says (in this PDF) that there were no tests of “scrapyard airbag inflators” in 2004, that after-hours tests in two thousand four “were not ‘secret tests’ . . . [but] were done at the request of NHTSA to address a cushion-tearing issue unrelated to inflator rupturing,” and that it “did not suppress any test results showcasing cracking or rupturing in the inflators,” whether to automakers such as Honda or to NHTSA.

For its story about Takata’s statement, the Times spoke again with one of its two sources for the November six article. That anonymous person is quoted as telling: “What Takata says is not true . . . They are attempting to switch things around.”

On November 12, we reported about a switch in Takata’s chemical makeup of its airbag propellant, which the company says is unrelated to the ongoing recall situation.

UPDATE 11/Legitimate/2014, 6:Ten p.m.: In light of a latest airbag failure in a two thousand seven Ford Mustang in North Carolina—which was not part of the original “high-humidity areas” Takata recall—the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the defective Takata driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 11/20/2014, Five:35 p.m.: Automakers, officials from Takata, and motorists injured by defective airbags met for a hearing with Congress. NHTSA was accused of not responding quickly enough to the Takata airbag situation, and automakers also took warmth for being slow with fixes. As of now, the recalls remain regional, but it seems only a matter of time before they’re blanketed nationwide.

UPDATE 11/26/2014, 1:00 p.m.: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has formally demanded that Takata thrust through a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the suspect driver’s-side airbags. Also, officials in Japan are calling for a recall expansion, after an airbag from an unspecified car not covered by previous recalls ruptured in testing.

UPDATE 12/Two/2014, Five:45 p.m.: Toyota and Honda have released similar statements urging for an “industry-wide joint initiative to independently test Takata airbag inflators.” Meantime, Takata’s chairman stated today that he’ll create a “quality assurance panel” to scrutinize the company’s production procedures. Takata and NHTSA officials today made statements before the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. NHTSA is still pushing for a nationwide expansion of the still-regional airbag recall—but for defective driver’s-side airbags only; the agency says a coast-to-coast recall on passenger-side airbags isn’t necessary. Such a large-scale recall, many say, would squeeze the limited supply of replacement parts in the most at-risk (read: humid) regions of the country.

UPDATE 12/Three/2014, 6:50 p.m.: Takata executives, as well as those from NHTSA and several automakers, again sat before Congress, discussing how this nightmare situation went unaddressed for so long, how it can be immobilized promptly and decently, and how it will be prevented from happening again. Honda is expanding its recall nationwide, and Takata’s internal testing has exposed high failure rates.

UPDATE 12/Four/2014, Ten:25 a.m.: Chrysler, Ford, and Toyota have expanded their recalls of vehicles tooled with Takata airbags.

Chrysler’s recall update adds the passenger-side airbags of toughly 149,000 two thousand three Ram pickups (1500, 2500, and 3500), which were already part of a driver’s-side airbag recall. The recall remains regional, encompassing trucks “sold or ever registered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Cherry Islands.” Chrysler says it is unaware of any accidents or injuries related to these airbag inflators and that no failures have occurred in laboratory tests. NHTSA has already stated is dissatisfaction with Chrysler’s budge: “Chrysler’s latest recall is insufficient, doesn’t meet our requests, and fails to include all inflators covered by Takata’s defect information report.”

Ford’s expanded recall is very similar to Chrysler’s, adding passenger-side airbags to the repair list of about 13,000 vehicles (2004–2005 Rangers and 2005–2006 GTs) already involved in the regional Takata recalls. Ford is even more selective with the targeted locations: it covers vehicles “originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Cherry Islands. It adds certain zip codes with high absolute humidity conditions in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Guam, Saipan, and American Samoa.”

Toyota has recalled some 190,000 vehicles in China and Japan, many of them similar to the company’s U.S.-market vehicles listed below.

UPDATE 12/Five/2014, Trio:15 p.m.: Honda has announced the addition of three million vehicles to its list of affected cars—and also that its recall is now nationwide. Read more on this development in this story.

UPDATE 12/Legal/2014, Ten:50 a.m.: Ford has expanded the breadth of its recall for Takata driver’s-side airbags, adding almost 450,000 vehicles—all Mustangs and GTs—to its list. (Rangers are part of a separate act.) Mazda also expanded its recall to be nationwide for 2004–2008 Mazda six and RX-8 vehicles, upping its total of affected cars by about 265,000. Also, Chrysler recently added toughly 139,000 vehicles from the 2003–2005 model years to its regional recall, which now includes the previously unaffected areas of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, American Samoa, Guam, and Saipan. (Also, the 2006–2007 Charger is now listed below, compensating for an oversight on NHTSA’s outdated master list.)

UPDATE 12/Nineteen/2014, 7:00 p.m.: Providing in to NHTSA’s requests, Chrysler has drastically expanded its now-nationwide recall—by more than two million vehicles. A number of 2004–2007 model-year products, included below and specifically called out in this press release, are being called back to have their driver’s-side airbag inflators substituted. The company reports only one related injury. According to The Detroit Free Press, BMW is now the last automaker (of five) holding out from NHTSA’s request for a nationwide airbag recall on affected vehicles.

UPDATE 12/30/2014, Ten:00 a.m.: BMW has added another 140,000 vehicles to its now-nationwide airbag-recall list, meaning that all five primary carmakers involved in this situation have ditched the regional recalls. Also, Takata president Stefan Stocker has stepped down from the presidency of Takata, and top company executives have agreed to take significant pay cuts.

UPDATE 1/20/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Six panelists—including one who oversaw the Cerberus ownership of Chrysler—will join an independent review board in looking into Takata’s manufacturing processes and recommending best practices for what has become one of the largest-ever auto recalls. Former U.S. transportation secretary (1989–1991) Samuel K. Skinner will lead the panel.

UPDATE Two/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: Takata—finally—is enhancing its capacity to produce replacement airbag inflators at its plants around the world. By September, according to Automotive News, Takata will be able to make 900,000 replacement units per month. Upgraded assembly lines at a factory in Mexico have already enlargened that plant’s capacity from 300,000 units per month to 450,000. Meantime, reports of people being gravely injured by these defective airbags proceed to arise.

UPDATE Two/20/2015, Four:Ten p.m.: Takata faces civil fines of $14,000 per day for its alleged refusal to cooperate with a federal investigation over these defective airbags. The supplier has provided slew of paperwork to NHTSA, but the agency found the “deluge of documents” unsatisfactory.

UPDATE Trio/12/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Honda has announced that it is instituting a voluntary advertising campaign urging owners of Honda and Acura automobiles to check for open airbag and safety recalls that may affect their vehicle. See one of the ads and read more in our story.

UPDATE Trio/Nineteen/2015, Two:25 p.m.: Honda has added about 105,000 vehicles to its recall list. These include almost 90,000 Pilots from the two thousand eight model year as well as some two thousand four Civics and two thousand one Accords that previously weren’t part of the recall. Our list below has been updated.

UPDATE Trio/23/2015, 1:40 p.m.: According to a fresh survey, a surprising and unnerving number of Americans evidently haven’t bothered to get these potentially lethal airbags repaired. Just twelve percent of all cars recalled for faulty Takata airbags in the U.S. have been repaired. In Japan, conversely, a total seventy percent of the three million cars under recall have been repaired.

UPDATE Four/14/2015, Two:30 p.m.: Honda has stated that the driver of a two thousand three Civic was injured by a ruptured airbag during a crash in Florida on March 20.

UPDATE Four/21/2015, Ten:15 a.m.: Nissan has added another 45,000 Sentras from the two thousand six model year to its large-scale recall for defective Takata airbags. Owners will be notified via FedEx. Affected cars, according to Nissan, are those “that presently are or previously were registered in Florida and adjacent counties in southern Georgia; Hawaii; Guam; Puerto Rico; Saipan; American Samoa; U.S. Cherry Islands; and coastal areas of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.” This activity was partially prompted by the investigation of a March crash in Louisiana in which a woman was injured by airbag shrapnel from her two thousand six Sentra.

UPDATE Five/13/2015, Trio:15 p.m.: Toyota and Nissan announced fresh and expanded recall activity to substitute potentially deadly Takata airbags in almost 6.Five million vehicles worldwide. The recall affects almost one million vehicles in North America. The Toyota RAV4 (model years two thousand four and 2005), previously unaffected by these recalls, is now on the list; Toyota is recalling some 160,000 of the models to substitute their driver’s-side airbags. The RAV4 has been added to our comprehensive list below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2015, 6:15 p.m.: Takata has proclaimed as defective almost thirty four million vehicles, which will lead to even more extensive recalls of vehicles with the company’s airbags (individual automakers will elaborate on the specific cars added to the recalls in the very near future). In its testing of the suspect parts, Takata also found that driver’s-side airbags in 2003–2007 Toyota Corolla and Matrix models (plus the Pontiac Vibe, a twin to the Matrix), as well as 2004–2007 Honda Accord models, are at the highest risk.

In a news conference today, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx called the expanded recall “the most sophisticated consumer-safety recall in U.S. history.” He added: “Up until now Takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. That switches today.” Also, the company has agreed to pay the U.S. government significant fines for not cooperating in the investigations of numerous injuries and deaths; the exact amount will be announced at a later date.

UPDATE Five/20/2015, 1:00 p.m.: Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that Takata switched its airbag propellant in two thousand eight to reduce the risk of overly forceful deployment and to address the moisture-related degradation of the propellant.

UPDATE Five/27/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Next Tuesday, June Two, a panel from the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing to go after up on the status of this ongoing situation. “We have suffered a year of Takata ruptures and recalls, and families are still at risk. No excuses. Michiganders, and all Americans, have a right to answers,” committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said in a statement. The most latest Congressional hearing took place in December.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda has added 259,479 vehicles to its Japanese-market recall tally, according to Automotive News. Affected model years are from two thousand two through 2008, which marks the very first time that two thousand eight Hondas have been included in this fat airbag recall. Honda soon will announce extra airbag recalls for the United States, which will be part of the massive recall expansion announced last week.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, 1:25 p.m.: Chrysler and Honda have added hundreds of thousands of vehicles to their U.S.-market recall lists; this goes after Takata’s announcement last week that thirty four million total vehicles were subject to act. At this point, Honda is telling only that it will add harshly 350,000 vehicles to its list, albeit “most of the vehicles deemed at risk in Takata’s defect-determination report were already subject to previous voluntary deeds taken by Honda.”

The Chrysler expansion details approximately 1.Two million of its vehicles that were part of last week’s announcement, many of which are from model years that previously hadn’t been flagged. Accordingly, the following have been added to our list below: 2009–2010 Chrysler 300, 2008–2010 Dodge Charger, 2009–2011 Dodge Dakota, 2005–2010 Dodge Magnum (no Magnums were previously recalled for this problem), two thousand nine Ram two thousand five hundred and 3500, 2009–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and 5500, and 2008–2010 Mitsubishi Raider.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Five:00 p.m.: Ford has added more than 900,000 vehicles to its list of recalls for potentially defective airbags from Takata. The 2009–2014 Mustang and the two thousand six Ranger are fresh additions to the list. The later-model Mustangs—recalled for driver’s-side airbags—are by far the newest cars to be included in this amazingly broad recall act.

UPDATE Five/29/2015, 6:25 p.m.: General Motors now has vehicles on the ever-growing list below (besides the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe): it is recalling heavy-duty examples of two thousand seven and two thousand eight Chevy Silverados and GMC Sierras. Also, Subaru has quadrupled the number of its vehicles subject to this airbag recall; that company’s additions are all 2004–2005 Imprezas.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: A Congressional hearing on this matter is scheduled for today at two p.m. We’ll cover the event via the afternoon. Meantime, yesterday a Takata executive announced that the company proposes “to substitute all” of the troublesome “ ‘batwing-shaped’ propellant wafers” installed in North America. We should know a lot more later today.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Three:35 p.m.: Highlights so far from today’s Congressional hearing come mostly from NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind. He encourages consumers to frequently visit safercar.gov to see whether their vehicle and its VIN have been added to the list; he promises that the website will have VIN information for every single individual car affected by these expansive recalls within two weeks. Rosekind is calling for carmakers to be more diligent in tracking down vehicles that have passed through numerous owners over the years so that the current holder gets recall notices as quickly as possible. If NHTSA had the authority, Rosekind says, it would have coerced off the road vehicles affected by the Takata recalls sometime in 2014. Rosekind also points out that the suspect Takata airbag inflator has ten different configurations, which complicates discernment of the root cause.

Also, Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has pointed out that, “The messaging around these airbag recalls has been tantalized at best,” and notes that Takata is attempting “to flawless an innumerable set of manufacturing variables, which for 10-plus years have resisted perfection.”

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Four:55 p.m.: Sitting before the Congressional committee, Takata executive VP Kevin Kennedy states that he believes ammonium nitrate—a propellant that he admits is “a factor” in these rupturing airbags—is safe to use in his company’s products, including airbags installed as replacements in these recalls. He admits, tho’, that all of the defective airbags discovered in testing have used this type of propellant; Takata is, Kennedy says, transitioning to using guanidine nitrate, a propellant that other airbag suppliers already use. He reassures consumers that not all of the millions of recalled airbag inflators are defective and also that his company is testing components “outside the scope of the recall” to make sure that the callbacks are far-reaching enough. He also claims that his company shipped 740,000 replacement kits in May, in addition to supplying fountains of airbags for new-car production.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, 7:05 p.m.: Now posted: our utter story on today’s developments and how Takata plans to treat this situation moving forward.

UPDATE 6/Four/2015, Three:00 p.m.: Takata has informed Reuters that at least ten percent of the four million replacement airbag inflators installed as part of these recalls will have to be substituted again. The number could be much greater, as Reuters notes, “the safety of more than three million replacement parts [is also] in question.” A NHTSA official said the agency will thrust Takata and individual carmakers to “demonstrate to us that the remedy parts are safe for the life of the vehicle.”

UPDATE 6/Five/2015, Ten:Ten a.m.: Mazda has added more than 100,000 vehicles to its list of recalls, bringing the total to harshly 450,000. Fresh to the list are the two thousand three Mazda six and the two thousand six B-series pickup; extra Mazdas from previously noted model years in the rundown below, including the RX-8 and the Mazdaspeed 6, are part of this expanded recall. The cars are being recalled for driver’s-side airbag inflators, while the pickups are called back for their passenger-side airbags.

Also, former Takata president Stefan Stocker, who resigned that position in December, has now left his spot on the company’s board of directors. Takata’s senior vice president of global quality assurance, Hiroshi Shimizu, has been named to the board, along with two other fresh appointments. Last December, speaking before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Shimizu “rebuffed NHTSA’s claims that several million driver’s-side airbags now demonstrate a national safety risk.”

UPDATE 6/Ten/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: A lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana, alleges that a 22-year-old woman was killed in early April when her two thousand five Honda Civic’s driver’s-side airbag “violently exploded and sent metal shards, shrapnel and/or other foreign material into the passenger compartment,” Automotive News reports. Her car hit a telephone pole on April Five, two days before she received a recall notice for her car’s Takata-supplied airbags. She died on April 9. Her death, if it was indeed caused by the airbag, would become the seventh attributed to a failed Takata airbag. The other six fatalities have all occurred in Honda vehicles, and only one crash happened outside of the United States.

UPDATE 6/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: There are many millions of vehicles involved in these recalls, but it seems as tho’ thirty four million, a figure that Takata announced in mid-May, might be far too high. (That figure was for inflators, not vehicles, albeit few cars seem to be afflicted with numerous defective airbags.) Reuters reports that the number is very likely more like 16.Two million vehicles. Keep in mind, tho’, that Nissan and Toyota may not have yet announced their recall expansions in response to Takata’s aforementioned mid-May announcement. The figures in our chart below, as it emerges today, add up to 15.97 million vehicles, which is within two percent of Reuters’ figure.

UPDATE 6/12/2015, 11:35 a.m.: Honda has announced that its financial results for the fiscal year that ended on March thirty one will take a $363 million hit because of costs associated with repairing vehicles involved in the Takata recalls.

UPDATE 6/14/2015, 7:00 p.m.: Honda has confirmed that the death of Kylan Langlinais, whose two thousand five Civic crashed in Louisiana on April five and which we detailed above on June Ten, was indeed a result of the ruptured Takata-supplied airbag in her car. Automotive News reports that this is the 2nd of seven deaths—all in Honda vehicles—where “a driver received a [recall or safety-campaign] notification too late.” Honda has recalled harshly Five.Five million vehicles with Takata airbag inflators in the United States.

UPDATE 6/15/2015, Ten:45 p.m.: Honda has added almost 1.Four million airbag inflators to this ever-expanding recall. The fresh recall is for passenger-side airbags on 2003–2007 Accord and 2001–2005 Civic models—two vehicles with the highest defect rates uncovered in Takata tests. According to Automotive News, most of these particular vehicles have already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Daimler has recalled 40,061 Sprinter vans for their passenger-side airbags. Dodge-branded Sprinters from 2006–2008 are included, as are Freightliner-badged Sprinters from 2007–2008. Vans in both two thousand five hundred and three thousand five hundred capacities are being recalled.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, Three:15 p.m.: Toyota has announced that 1,365,000 more vehicles are subject to its airbag recalls. All of these particular vehicles are being called in for their passenger-side airbags. Specific models involved are: 2003–2007 Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2005–2007 Sequoia, 2005–2006 Tundra, and 2003–2007 Lexus SC430. Takata recalls now cover some Two.9 million vehicles in the United States. A report in Automotive News notes that twenty four incidents of “incorrect deployments” of Takata airbags have been recorded worldwide in Toyota vehicles, with at least eight reports of injuries and no deaths.

UPDATE 6/Legal/2015, 11:15 a.m.: NHTSA eventually knows the utter scope of this massive, ongoing airbag recall. The eleven carmakers involved have identified every vehicle identification number (VIN) covered by the recall. Check your VIN by using the government agency’s search implement. Also of note: The Senate Commerce Committee will meet next week to hear testimony from NHTSA experts, the Transportation Department’s Office of the Inspector General, and representatives from Takata and automakers regarding the recall.

UPDATE 6/Nineteen/2015, Four:50 p.m.: General Motors has added some 243,000 Pontiac Vibes to its tally of the already-recalled hatchback, which was built alongside the Toyota Matrix in the mid-2000s. The Vibes in this activity, from the 2003–2007 model years, are being recalled for their passenger-side airbags. The two thousand six and two thousand seven model years previously had not been affected.

UPDATE 6/20/2015, 12:15 a.m.: Honda has confirmed that an eighth person’s death was caused by a defective airbag in one of its products. The woman who died was involved in a crash last August in Los Angeles; she was driving a rented two thousand one Civic. Bloomberg reports that this particular vehicle was part of four airbag-recall campaigns inbetween two thousand nine and 2014, each of which resulted in notifications being mailed to the car’s registered holder, who never had the recalls addressed.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, 11:30 a.m.: Another hearing on this matter is happening in Congress today. Early points of note include:

• NHTSA’s Mark Rosekind estimates that the thirty four million defective airbag inflators are installed in thirty two million vehicles, so only a petite percentage of affected cars have more than one defective airbag. Those figures may still not be entirely accurate, however.

• For months, NHTSA has been coming under fire for how it has treated the Takata situation and other latest large-scale automotive recalls. Staffing and funding are an issue for the government agency, but Senator Claire McCaskill said this morning that “I’m not about to give you more money” until major reforms are made.

• Fiat-Chrysler has hired TRW to supply replacements for the defective Takata parts in its recalled vehicles. Takata has been supplying the industry at large with a major portion of the required replacement airbags thus far. FCA senior vice president Scott Kunselman said during the hearing that his company would only use replacement airbags from TRW and is certain that customers will not need to comeback for subsequent repairs.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, Three:45 p.m.: Takata still does not know the root cause of its airbag failures and stopped brief of assuring its replacement parts. The company’s executive vice president in North America, Kevin Kennedy, testified today during the company’s third Congressional hearing that “many of the replacement parts are alternative designs” but that it was continuing to test these replacements as it ramps up production to one million parts per month. “What we do know is that it takes a considerably long time for these problems to manifest,” Kennedy said to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

UPDATE 6/25/2015, Ten:50 a.m.: Following Takata’s annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo today, company president Shigehisa Takada publicly apologized for the deaths, injuries, and issues that have been caused by the airbags produced by the company that his grandfather founded in 1933. “I apologize for not having been able to communicate directly earlier, and also apologize for people who died or were injured,” Takada said, according to Bloomberg. “I feel sorry our products hurt customers, despite the fact that we are a supplier of safety products.” The apology came on the high-heeled slippers of Toyota and Honda adding another three million vehicles to the worldwide list of those recalled.

UPDATE 6/26/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: Reuters reports that Takata president Shigehisa Takada took a major pay cut last year, earning less than one hundred million yen (about $810,000) compared with the $1.67 million he took home the year before. His wages could have been much less than ¥100 million, since, as Reuters says, “Japanese companies are required to disclose individual executive compensation only if it exceeds one hundred million yen.” Other senior executives at Takata also earned less money last year.

Following up on news that we very first covered on June 12, Honda has restated its operating profit for last year after taking into account costs associated with repairing vehicles fitted with potentially defective Takata-supplied airbags. The effective cash loss of about $363 million remains as previously stated, bringing Honda’s operating profit for the fiscal year that ended in March to $Four.92 billion.

UPDATE 6/30/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: According to a latest audit by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General, NHTSA—the agency that has been at the forefront of the examinations of these Takata airbag recalls—is total of incompetent, mismanaged staff who are practically set up by their superiors to fail. Read our analysis here.

UPDATE 7/8/2015, 9:55 a.m.: The airbag in a Nissan X-Trail began a fire after the Takata-supplied device went off with excessive force during a crash in Japan, according to Automotive News. The passenger-side airbag “exploded, smashing the passenger-side window and sending high-temperature fragments into the dashboard, causing a fire.” The driver sustained minor injuries in the crash.

UPDATE 7/9/2015, 9:35 a.m.: Honda has recalled another Four.Five million vehicles, bringing the total number of its cars and SUVs involved in Takata-airbag-related deeds to 24.Five million. None of this newest batch were sold in North America; more than one-third are in Japan. This latest recall expands upon a mid-May recall of Four.8 million non-North-American Honda vehicles.

UPDATE 7/12/2015, 9:45 p.m.: Almost 90,000 Dodge Challengers from model years two thousand eight through two thousand ten have been added to this ever-growing airbag recall. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, Chrysler will recall 88,346 of the pony cars for possibly defective driver’s-side airbags. Prior to this act, no Challengers had been recalled for this issue.

UPDATE 8/12/2015, 11:50 a.m.: Takata soon will begin a large-scale regional advertising campaign focused on raising awareness around the installation of replacement airbag inflators in affected vehicles. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, the campaign is “a sturdy digital advertising campaign” that will include crimson “Urgent Airbag Recall Notice” banner ads on websites such as CNN and Facebook. Only high-humidity locales will be targeted with the ads: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Cherry Islands. Also, a direct-mail campaign will target eighty five percent of the U.S. market.

UPDATE 8/Eighteen/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Volkswagen is now part of NHTSA’s probe on Takata-supplied airbags, following the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Tiguan during a crash involving a deer in June, Automotive News reports. No one in the vehicle was hurt. If this problem is related to that which spurred the massive recall for Takata’s front airbags, it would be notable as the very first report of the issue affecting side airbags, Volkswagen vehicles, and a model later than the two thousand eleven model year (with the exception of the two thousand fourteen Ford Mustang). A Takata spokesman told AN, “We believe [this malfunction] is unrelated to the previous recalls, which the extensive data suggests were a result of aging and long-term exposure to warmth and high humidity.”

Automotive News points out that Volkswagen and Tesla are the only carmakers presently using Takata inflators that so far haven’t been subject to the recall deeds detailed here.

UPDATE 8/20/2015, Two:45 p.m.: Following news earlier this week about the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen VW Tiguan, two U.S. senators on the committee investigating these defective airbags are calling for the instant recall of all vehicles that use Takata-supplied airbags. A statement on Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal’s website concludes: “In light of the most latest incident, which did not occur in one of the regions originally designated as ‘high humidity,’ and which involved a two thousand fifteen vehicle not presently subject to recall, we urge you to voluntarily recall all vehicles containing Takata airbags.”

UPDATE 8/21/2015, Three:45 p.m.: Toyota said it would consider using replacement airbag inflators from other suppliers, including Autoliv, Daicel, and Nippon Kayaku, as Takata faces a production backlog and scrutiny over whether its replacement parts are just as defective. From the beginning, Takata had agreed to let its competitors produce replacement parts alongside its own. Toyota has about twelve million cars affected worldwide.

UPDATE 9/Two/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA has announced that its previous totals for how many U.S.-market vehicles are affected by this Takata airbag recall were vastly overestimated. The most latest figure that the government agency is reporting is Nineteen.Two million vehicles affected, containing 23.Four million defective inflators (since the late 1990s, cars sold in the U.S. have been required to feature at least two airbags). NHTSA had been telling that thirty four million defective inflators were in some thirty million cars and trucks here in America.

NHTSA’s updated figure is much closer to the total number of vehicles represented on our list below, which presently stands at Legitimate.6 million.

UPDATE 9/28/2015, 12:30 p.m.: These recalls could soon grow to include extra carmakers. Via letter, NHTSA recently contacted seven automakers that aren’t presently included in the Takata recalls but which have used Takata-supplied airbags containing the suspect ammonium-nitrate propellant. The companies are Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Tesla, Volkswagen, Volvo (trucks), as well as specialty manufacturer Spartan Motors. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA said in the letter that the “remedy programs that are individual to each of the affected vehicle manufacturers have created a patch-work solution that NHTSA believes may not adequately address the safety risks introduced by the defective inflators within a reasonable time. . . . This process is intended to produce solutions for the prioritization, organization, and phasing of remedy programs, and to appropriately address the multitude of factors contributing to the complexity of these recall programs.”

UPDATE Ten/Nineteen/2015, Five:35 p.m.: General Motors is recalling a few hundred 2015-model-year cars and crossover vehicles for potentially faulty Takata-sourced side airbags; these vehicles aren’t yet shown on our comprehensive list below, but they’re called out in the post linked here. Unlike these GM products, all of the vehicles presently noted below are being recalled for front airbags, and almost all of them are from the two thousand eleven model year or prior. Also, NHTSA is planning to disclose more details—including extra manufacturers subject to the recalls beyond the current eleven—during a hearing on October 22.

UPDATE Ten/22/2015, 12:50 p.m.: In a public hearing today, NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind exposed more information about this massive recall situation. Nationwide, only 22.Five percent of recalled vehicles have actually been stationary. It’s only slightly better in the humid Gulf of Mexico region, where recalls have been finished in 29.Five percent of affected vehicles even however airbag inflators in those locales are more likely to explode upon deployment. Some inflators have been substituted with newer, but still at-risk, identical components. Of the 115,000 eliminated inflators that Takata has tested, four hundred fifty have ruptured.

At NHTSA’s request, the eleven affected automakers conducted a risk assessment, which found that six million total inflators in the United States “are in the highest-risk group that should take top priority for replacement parts,” according to Automotive News, while toughly eleven million are in the middle-priority group and two million are least at risk. In general, the older the vehicle and the more humid the environment, the higher the priority that the airbag inflator(s) be substituted.

UPDATE Ten/26/2015, 11:30 a.m.: The Volkswagen Group is gathering and testing Takata-supplied airbags, Automotive News reports. The company voiced to NHTSA a concern about the supply of replacement parts, if the Takata recalls are expanded to VW’s brands, which seems likely at this point. VW is presently unaffected by these extensive recalls, but as we noted in August, a two thousand fifteen Tiguan experienced a side-airbag rupture. All told, U.S.-market VW Group products are fitted with harshly Two.Four million Takata airbag inflators.

UPDATE 11/Two/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling a group of five hundred fifteen 2016 CR-Vs for driver’s-side front airbag inflators that could separate in the event of a crash.

UPDATE 11/Three/2015, 6:00 p.m.: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued Takata a record civil penalty of at least $70 million. The airbag supplier could be responsible for paying NHTSA as much as $200 million total if further violations are discovered. As part of the issuance, NHTSA has ordered that Takata “phase out the manufacture and sale of inflators that use phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant.”

UPDATE 11/Four/2015, 9:45 a.m.: Honda has announced that it will no longer use airbag components from Takata. In a statement, Honda said: “We have become aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data for certain airbag inflators.” According to Automotive News, Honda has been Takata’s fattest customer for many years.

UPDATE 11/6/2015, 9:55 a.m.: Following Honda’s lead, both Toyota and Mazda have said they will stop purchasing airbag inflators from Takata, at least those that incorporate ammonium nitrate. According to Automotive News, Mitsubishi and Subaru also are considering pulling down the airbag supplier. Almost forty percent of Takata’s sales in two thousand fourteen came from airbag parts.

UPDATE 11/9/2015, Ten:35 a.m.: Nissan has now joined Toyota, Mazda, and Honda in announcing that it will no longer use Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The Automotive News report on Nissan’s declaration also notes that Takata lost $70 million in the 2nd quarter of 2015.

UPDATE 11/23/2015, 1:45 p.m.: Ford is the latest carmaker to announce that it will no longer use Takata airbag inflators with ammonium-nitrate propellant in its fresh cars. Ford is the very first non-Japanese company to take this step.

UPDATE 11/25/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Internal employee communications reviewed by The Wall Street Journal demonstrate Takata withheld airbag-inflator failures in reports to Honda in 2000, four years before that automaker began its own initial investigation of a ruptured Takata airbag in a customer car. The documents demonstrate Takata’s U.S. employees were voicing concerns over their Japanese colleagues doctoring data as “the way we do business in Japan.” Takata says the “lapses were and are totally incompatible with Takata’s engineering standards and protocols.”

UPDATE 12/Four/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Japan’s transport ministry has banned Takata airbag inflators that use ammonium nitrate as the propellant (and without a moisture-absorbing desiccant) from being installed in future cars. According to Automotive News, such airbags “will be phased out from driver’s-side airbags by two thousand seventeen and passenger-side devices by 2018.” Vehicle models that are subject to Takata-related recalls have a six-month-shorter time framework for the phase-out. As noted above, NHTSA announced a similar ban for U.S.-market vehicles on November Three.

UPDATE 12/23/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA announced today that another person has died as a result of a faulty Takata airbag inflator. The fatal July two thousand fifteen crash occurred in a two thousand one Honda Accord. Albeit the crash happened in Pennsylvania, the car had spent several years in the humid Gulf region. Also, the agency has been informed of five fresh ruptures to passenger-side airbags, which is “likely” to result in expanded recalls of the 2002–2004 Honda CR-V, the 2005–2008 Mazda 6, and the 2005–2008 Subaru Legacy. (The Honda and Mazda models and model years are already reflected on the list below.)

UPDATE 1/Four/2016, Trio:00 p.m.: The Fresh York Times has detailed the contents of some internal Takata emails from more than nine years ago. As far back as 2000, internal reports exposed that there were “several instances [of] ‘pressure vessel failures,’ or airbag ruptures, . . . reported to Honda as normal airbag deployments.” One airbag engineer, according to the in-depth NYT story, wrote in a two thousand five report “that he had been ‘repeatedly exposed to the Japanese practice of altering data introduced to the customer,’ adding that such conduct was described at Takata as ‘the way we do business in Japan.’ ” In the same report, the engineer “warned that while the fudging of the data had primarily not switched the fundamental conclusions of the data, the practice had ‘gone beyond all reasonable bounds and now most likely constitutes fraud.’ ” In 2006, the same engineer wrote “Happy Manipulating. ” in an email to a colleague about how to graphically deemphasize the “bimodal distribution” of some tests conducted at high temperatures. He also suggested that his co-worker use “thick and skinny lines to attempt and dress it up, or [switch] colors to divert attention.”

Takata maintains that “the emails in question are totally unrelated to the current airbag inflater recalls.” A Honda spokesman wouldn’t comment on the emails but said that his employer was “aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data.”

Meantime, Automotive News reports that some Japanese carmakers “may jointly invest in Takata” in order to soften the financial hit that the airbag supplier is facing as a result of these massive recalls.

UPDATE 1/8/2016, Four:15 p.m.: Mazda will recall 374,000 cars in the United States due to their passenger-side airbags. According to Automotive News, these airbags were found to be “prone to ruptures” in latest tests by Takata. The 2003–2008 Mazda 6, the 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6, and the two thousand four RX-8 are affected; these models had already been included on our list below, and we’ve enhanced the total accordingly.

UPDATE 1/22/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: A Georgia man died last month in a Takata airbag–related crash while driving a two thousand six Ford Ranger. His death marks the very first of nine in the United States and ten worldwide that have not occurred in a Honda vehicle. In the wake of this news, U.S. safety regulators are expected to add another five million vehicles to the Takata recall list detailed below. Automotive News notes that one million of those added vehicles have inflators “similar to those installed on the Ford Ranger,” while the other four million are being recalled following results of fresh tests on Takata airbags. Audi and Mercedes-Benz products will be included on the list below for the very first time.

UPDATE 1/26/2016, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has expanded its recall of 2004–2006 Ranger pickups, following news last week of a driver who died as a result of injuries he received from airbag shrapnel. The recall is for driver’s-side airbags in 361,692 Rangers in the United States and another 29,334 in Canada. These trucks had already been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. All 2004–2006 Rangers built in North America are part of this recall.

UPDATE 1/27/2016, 12:45 p.m.: The driver of a two thousand seven Honda Civic was killed in India last year in a crash that involved at least one Takata-sourced airbag that sent shrapnel flying into the cabin. An American Honda spokesman told the Associated Press that the driver was likely killed by other injuries sustained in the high-speed crash and not those inflicted by the defective airbag(s). The two thousand seven Civic is not presently part of Honda’s recalls in the U.S., but it might be added to the list soon.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, Ten:15 a.m.: Mazda has recalled all 2004–2006 B-series pickups for potentially defective driver’s-side airbags. The B-series is a rebadged Ford Ranger, and this recall expansion mirrors the one we described on January twenty six for the Ranger. Some Nineteen,000 Mazda trucks are affected in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Saipan. These B-series models had previously been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. In total, Mazda says it has issued recalls for 442,266 driver’s-side airbag inflators and 416,475 passenger-side inflators. The up-to-date list of Mazdas is below; many have recalls outstanding for numerous airbags.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, 6:00 p.m.: Honda dealerships in the U.S. have received letters from the carmaker stating that a fresh recall and stop-sale order applies to a long list of used Honda products: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2011–2015 CR-Z, 2009–2013 Fit, 2013–2014 Fit EV, 2010–2014 Insight, and 2007–2014 Ridgeline. According to Automotive News, if dealers don’t abide by the stop-sale order, they could be liable for any injuries that occur as a result of defective Takata airbags in these cars, which number some 1.7 million. The aforementioned vehicles have not yet been added to our list below because the news is not yet official.

UPDATE Two/Four/2016, 8:30 a.m.: Honda has officially issued recalls for Takata-supplied “PSDI-5” driver’s-side airbags on Two.23 million vehicles. The Honda-branded vehicles are: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2007–2014 Ridgeline, 2009–2014 Fit, 2010–2014 FCX Clarity, 2010–2014 Insight, 2011–2015 CR-Z. Acura vehicles affected by this recall are: 2005–2012 RL, 2007–2016 RDX (early production MY2016 vehicles only), 2009–2014 TL, 2010–2013 ZDX, 2013–2016 ILX (early production MY2016 vehicles only). These vehicles have been added to our list below. According to Honda, “Due to the large volume of fresh inflators needed to repair vehicles, the necessary replacement parts will not become available until Summer 2016.”

Older vehicles and those in high-humidity locales will be given priority for the replacement parts. In the meantime, dealers have been issued stop-sale instructions for affected vehicles that haven’t been repaired. These recalls are in addition to the 6.28 million Hondas and Acuras that had already been recalled for their airbags.

UPDATE Two/8/2016, 11:00 a.m.: Seat-mounted side-airbag inflators with the code name “SSI-20” are now under recall. Takata says this recall is limited only to inflators manufactured inbetween December thirteen and 14, 2014. A total of one thousand one hundred twenty nine Volkswagen and General Motors vehicles from the two thousand fifteen model year are tooled with these inflators. NHTSA began investigating Takata side airbags in August after a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Volkswagen Tiguan ruptured in June.

UPDATE Two/9/2016, Two:Ten p.m.: Daimler is recalling some 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and 136,000 Daimler vans in the U.S. market because NHTSA has indicated that the vehicles could contain defective Takata-supplied airbags. The Mercedes-Benzes are all from the 2005–2014 model years: SLK, C-class, E-class, M-class, GL-class, R-class, and SLS. The freshly recalled vans are 2007–2014 Sprinters with Dodge, Freightliner, or Mercedes badges. (Some 2006–2008 Sprinters had been added to the recall in June 2015.)

The Audi recall covers 170,000 vehicles from model years two thousand six through 2013. The Audis involved are: 2006–2013 A3, 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet, 2009–2012 Q5, and 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet.

BMW is recalling 840,000 vehicles from two thousand six through 2015; these vehicles weren’t among the toughly 765,000 that BMW had previously recalled for Takata airbags. The BMWs involved are: 2006–2011 3-series sedan and M3, 2006–2012 3-series wagon, 2007–2013 3-series and M3 coupe and convertible, 2007–2010 X3, 2007–2013 X5, 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible, 2008–2014 X6, and 2013–2015 X1.

The Volkswagen-branded vehicles, numbering 680,000, are from two thousand six through 2014. The VWs involved are: 2009–2014 CC, 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf, 2012–2014 Eos and U.S.-built Passat sedan, and 2006–2010 German-built Passat sedan and wagon.

UPDATE Two/13/2016, 11:30 a.m.: NHTSA has updated its website with more specifics regarding what Mercedes-Benz models are affected by this recall. They are detailed in an update to this story that we published earlier this week. The general models are as goes after, and they’ve been updated on our list below: 2005–2011 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2009–2011 C63 AMG); 2010–2011 E-class sedan, wagon, coupe, and convertible; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2010–2012 GLK-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2011–2014 SLS AMG coupe and roadster; 2007–2014 Sprinter.

Also fresh to the list below is the 2006–2007 Chrysler Crossfire, which was based on a Mercedes-Benz. A total of five thousand two hundred eighty three Crossfires have been recalled.

UPDATE Two/16/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors has added toughly 200,000 Saab and Saturn products in the U.S. and Canada to its list of vehicles covered by this recall. The cars involved are: 2003–2011 Saab 9-3, 2010–2011 Saab 9-5, and 2008–2009 Saturn Astra. These vehicles—numbering 179,861 in the U.S.—have been added to our list below.

UPDATE Two/17/2016, 6:15 p.m.: According to a report in the Fresh York Times, Takata executives allegedly withheld test results from its defective airbag inflators and ruined evidence as early as 2000. A top Takata executive is alleged to have ordered that failed parts be “discarded” and doctored a report.

UPDATE Two/22/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Reuters is reporting that the number of Takata airbag inflators recalled in the United States could almost quadruple, with the addition of inbetween seventy and ninety million units. That could bring the total of recalled Takata airbag inflators containing ammonium nitrate to as high as one hundred twenty million. (Some cars have more than one recalled airbag, so the overall vehicle total would be lower.) Reuters says that “Takata produced inbetween two hundred sixty million and two hundred eighty five million ammonium nitrate-based inflators worldwide inbetween two thousand and 2015, of which almost half wound up in U.S. vehicles.” The news service also notes that, “Takata produced most of the inflators that regulators are now investigating at its main inflator plant in Monclova, Mexico, or at plants in Georgia and Washington state, according to company documents.”

UPDATE Two/23/2016, Two:15 p.m.: A group of ten carmakers known as the Independent Testing Coalition hired a company called Orbital ATK (which works with rocket propulsion-systems) to conduct its own tests of suspect Takata airbag inflators. The conclusions, according to Automotive News, are that “it was the combination of these three factors—the use of ammonium nitrate, the construction of Takata’s inflator assembly, and the exposure to warmth and humidity—that made the inflators vulnerable to rupture.” These results are consistent with Takata’s internal testing as well as testing by the Fraunhofer Group.

UPDATE Three/Two/2016, Three:30 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another 198,000 vehicles in the U.S. for suspect Takata-supplied, passenger-side airbags. The two thousand eight Corolla and Corolla Matrix, as well as the 2008–2010 Lexus SC430, are now included in this activity. (Earlier model years of these vehicles were already included in this recall.)

UPDATE Trio/30/2016, Three:15 p.m.: According to court documents reviewed by Reuters, Honda requested that Takata redesign its faulty airbag inflators to be “fail-safe” back in 2009. That was after the company very first recalled a puny population of cars in two thousand eight after defective Takata airbag inflators in Honda models were linked to four injuries and one death. The revised inflators, which Honda began installing in 2011, have four extra crevices to vent gas so that if the inflators rupture, the metal enclosure is less likely to break apart and become shrapnel. Honda did not notify NHTSA of the design switch and denied that it ever had to do so, stating that it used revised parts to prevent “future manufacturing errors.”

Takata is facing a bevy of lawsuits, some of which are being consolidated in a federal court in Miami. Much worse, however, are the recalls themselves. According to Bloomberg, a Takata insider has estimated the cost of recalling every single airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate—a number in excess of two hundred eighty million—to be $24 billion.

UPDATE Four/1/2016, Five:00 p.m.: According to NHTSA, 7.Five million defective airbag inflators have been substituted as of March 11. That’s thirty three percent out of 22.Five million. But that doesn’t include another five million inflators recalled in February. Using those numbers, Reuters pegs the repair rate at about twenty five percent, using a baseline of twenty nine million defective inflators. Check out NHTSA’s Takata website to see the recall-completion rates by manufacturer. Honda has the highest completion rate, at fifty four percent, but several carmakers have rates of less than twenty percent. Expect NHTSA to update its numbers soon.

UPDATE Four/7/2016, Trio:15 p.m.: Honda has reported a death from an airbag rupture in a two thousand two Civic under recall. According to KTRK-TV in Houston, 17-year-old Huma Hanif rear-ended another car on March thirty one in Richmond, Texas. Albeit her airbag deployed, investigators determined the crash wasn’t severe enough to kill the teenager. Her mouth was lacerated by the airbag inflator and a witness described her collapsing after exiting her car. Hanif is the 11th Takata-related death worldwide, the 10th in the U.S., and the 10th in a Honda.

UPDATE Four/14/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA has stated that there are eighty five million Takata airbag inflators in the United States that haven’t been recalled at this point. Of that eighty five million, 43.Four million are passenger-side inflators, 26.9 million are for side airbags, and 14.Five million are installed in steering wheels. Takata “has until two thousand nineteen to demonstrate that all of the unrecalled airbag inflators are safe,” according to Automotive News, which counts 28.8 million airbags as being recalled at this point.

UPDATE Five/Four/2016, 11:15 a.m.: Honda has reported two extra deaths in Malaysia that may be related to defective Takata airbags. While authorities have not yet singled out the causes of either death, Honda said the driver’s-side front airbags in two City models from the two thousand six and two thousand three model years had ruptured in two separate crashes on April sixteen and May 1. Both cars, which were not sold in the U.S., were under recall.

UPDATE Five/Four/16, 1:15 p.m.: Confirming what we reported yesterday, NHTSA has announced that Takata will recall inbetween thirty five million and forty million extra front-airbag inflators as part of an amended consent order inbetween the Japanese supplier and the agency. All of the inflators in question are non-desiccated, which means they do not have a drying agent to compensate for humidity. So far, NHTSA says only the non-desiccated ammonium-nitrate inflators have been rupturing. Takata now has to prove that the desiccated inflators are safe or else it will be compelled to recall those, as well. The recall, which will be conducted in phases, is expected to last until December 2019. Exact car models have not been identified.

UPDATE Five/6/2016, 12:30 p.m.: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) have demanded that NHTSA release the entire list of car models with ammonium-nitrate propellant. “This right to know should not be limited to the owners of the seemingly randomly identified fraction of vehicles containing Takata airbags that have been leisurely recalled to date,” the senators wrote to the agency. Blumenthal and Markey have repeatedly called on NHTSA to recall every airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate, albeit the agency is permitting Takata up to three years to prove they are safe.

UPDATE Five/13/2016, 1:30 p.m.: Honda will add another twenty one million vehicles to its recalls associated with these Takata airbags, bringing the automaker’s worldwide total to fifty one million vehicles. How many of those vehicles will be in the United States is unclear at this point, according to the Fresh York Times, which attributes this information to Honda vice president Tetsuo Iwamura.

UPDATE Five/20/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Mercedes-Benz has expanded its Takata recall, adding 196,975 cars to its list, all of which require fresh passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2012–2014 C-class, 2012–2017 E-class coupe and cabriolet, 2013–2015 GLK-class, and two thousand fifteen SLS AMG coupe and cabriolet.

UPDATE Five/23/2016, Trio:45 p.m.: NHTSA has announced a recall schedule so that the Takata airbag inflators likeliest to fail very first will be repaired very first. To do that, NHTSA has separated the country into three humidity zones and is prioritizing repairs to vehicles registered in states with the highest humidity. Many car owners will have to wait more than two years before they know their airbags are defective.

UPDATE Five/24/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toyota has expanded its recall by about 1,584,000 vehicles in the United States, all for Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2009–2011 Corolla and Matrix, two thousand eleven Sienna, 2006–2011 Yaris, 2010–2011 4Runner, 2008–2011 Scion xB, 2007–2011 Lexus ES, 2010–2011 Lexus GX, 2006–2011 Lexus IS.

UPDATE Five/27/2016, 1:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling an extra Two.Two million cars in the U.S. for defective Takata passenger-side front airbags, as well as two thousand seven hundred one motorcycles for possibly defective optional handlebar airbags. The total list of cars in this recall are: the 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2006 Acura MDX; 2003–2011 Pilot and Element; 2005–2011 CR-V and Acura RL; 2006–2011 Civic and Ridgeline; 2007–2011 Fit; 2008–2011 Accord; 2009–2011 Acura TSX; and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour, Insight, FCX Clarity, and Acura ZDX. The 2006–2010 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing motorcycle is also included.

The vehicles previously not involved in this recall are: 2006–2011 Civic, 2006–2010 Gold Wing, 2007–2008 Fit, 2008–2011 Accord, 2009–2011 Pilot, 2009–2011 TSX, and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour. They have been added to the list below.

UPDATE Five/31/2016, 11:30 a.m.: Ferrari is recalling two thousand eight hundred twenty cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This is the very first time Ferrari has been involved with this defect. The 2009–2011 California and 2010–2011 four hundred fifty eight Italia are included.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling Four,322,870 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the 2011–2012 Chrysler 300, two thousand nine Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango, 2011–2012 Dodge Charger and Challenger, two thousand ten Ram 3500, 2007–2012 Jeep Wrangler, and the 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500.

Mazda is recalling 731,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2005–2006 MPV, 2007–2011 CX-7 and CX-9, and 2009–2011 Mazda six and RX-8.

Mitsubishi is recalling 38,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand seven Lancer and Lancer Evolution.

Nissan is recalling 402,450 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2006–2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2007–2010 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007–2011 Versa.

Subaru is recalling 383,101 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand six Baja, 2006–2011 Impreza and Tribeca, and 2009–2011 Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, also is included in this total.

Our list below has been updated accordingly, but the recall totals for each brand haven’t yet been recalculated because some individual vehicles have already been accounted for in previous recalls for driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford has almost doubled the number of vehicles it is recalling for defective Takata-sourced airbags, adding 1,287,726 vehicles to its count, all for passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX, 2005–2011 Ford Mustang, 2005–2006 Ford GT, 2007–2011 Ford Ranger, and 2006–2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln MKZ and Zephyr. Of those, 608,717 Mustangs and about four hundred GTs had already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags; the other models are freshly added.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Three:00 p.m.: A report from Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) says that four automakers are continuing to use Takata airbag inflators containing non-desiccated ammonium nitrate in current fresh cars, despite tests proving these inflators are the most prone to ruptures. Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen said they were using front-airbag inflators without the moisture-absorbing desiccant on certain two thousand sixteen and two thousand seventeen model year cars including the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Volkswagen CC, Audi TT, and Audi R8. Not all the manufacturers gave specific models to Nelson, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, who, in March, queried the original fourteen automakers involved. Another five automakers are still using Takata’s ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators, with or without desiccant, including Daimler (vans only), Ford, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru. Nelson’s office says the “majority” of all replacement inflators installed as of May 20—4.6 million out of 8.Four million—are Takata ammonium-nitrate inflators. Of those, Two.1 million are non-desiccated. All of this is legal under NHTSA’s consent order, albeit all non-desiccated inflators will need to be recalled and substituted by 2019. Eventually, all of Takata’s ammonium-nitrate inflators may need to be recalled. It’s very confusing that automakers would be permitted to install parts that are known to be defective, except NHTSA thinks they won’t become defective until years later, at which time decent replacement parts will be available.

Meantime, Toyota has expanded its Takata recall by some 490,000 vehicles outside of the U.S., in places including Japan, China, Europe, Mexico, and South America. The vehicles in question include 2005–2011 Lexus products, as well as Toyota Siennas, 4Runners, Corollas, and Yarises.

UPDATE 6/Two/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Audi is recalling 217,000 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2004–2008 Audi A4 and the 2005–2011 Audi A6. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

BMW is recalling 91,806 SUVs as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 BMW X5, the 2008–2011 BMW X6, and the 2010–2011 BMW X6 ActiveHybrid.

General Motors is recalling 1.Four million 2007–2011 trucks and large SUVs for their Takata-supplied passenger-side airbags. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Avalanche, Tahoe, and Suburban; 2007–2011 GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2011 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade EXT, and Escalade ESV; 2009–2011 Silverado two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2009–2011 Sierra two thousand five hundred and 3500. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls. GM reports that there have been no airbag ruptures in approximately 44,000 crashes of the recalled vehicles.

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 54,350 vehicles as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and the 2009–2011 Jaguar XF. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 199,705 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2008–2011 C300 sedan, C350 sedan, and C63 AMG sedan; 2010–2011 GLK350 and E350 coupe; two thousand eleven E350 convertible, E550 coupe and convertible, and the SLS AMG. Also, the brand’s parent company, Daimler, is recalling five thousand one hundred vans for the same issue: 2010–2011 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2009–2011 Freightliner Sprinter, and two thousand nine Dodge Sprinter.

UPDATE 6/7/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: The proprietor of a two thousand six Nissan X-Trail SUV has filed a suit against Takata and Nissan for wrist and head injuries she sustained in an October two thousand fifteen crash in Japan. The vehicle had been recalled for defective airbag inflators, but parts weren’t available at the time the woman’s spouse took the SUV to a dealership to get it stationary. According to Automotive News, this is the very first suit in Japan against Takata and an automaker for these airbags.

UPDATE 6/Ten/2016, Five:30 p.m.: Toyota has identified the fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. The 2015–2016 4Runner and Lexus GX460, two thousand fifteen Lexus IS250C and IS350C, and the two thousand fifteen Scion xB have these inflators and will need to be recalled by the end of two thousand eighteen even however they are still legal to sell. About 175,000 vehicles are affected in the U.S.

Meantime, Honda has recalled another 784,000 vehicles in Japan because of their Takata airbags, including Civic, Fit, and Odyssey models built inbetween two thousand three and 2009.

UPDATE 6/17/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Honda’s joint venture in China, is recalling one million vehicles for their Takata airbags, the Detroit News reports. Vehicles affected are Honda CR-V, Civic, and Civic hybrids as well as Platinum Rui sedans built inbetween two thousand seven and 2011.

UPDATE 6/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: Fiat Chrysler said it would stop using non-desiccated Takata airbag inflators with ammonium nitrate by next week. This applies to all of its cars built for the North American market. FCA will end production globally by mid-September. As of now, FCA said that only the two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler’s passenger-side front airbag used such an inflator and that it would notify potential buyers of any of these unsold vehicles. Without describing its methods, FCA also said it tested “nearly six thousand three hundred older versions” of this inflator and found no problems. The non-desiccated inflators are considered dangerous since they do not have a chemical to absorb moisture.

UPDATE 6/27/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Automotive News reports that a ruptured airbag emerges to have caused a woman’s death in an accident in Malaysia. The driver of a two thousand five Honda City was killed on Saturday, and the driver’s-side airbag was found to be ruptured. The official cause of death has yet to be announced as of this writing. The car involved in the accident had been recalled in May 2015, but it hadn’t been repaired. If verified, this would be the third death related to defective Takata airbags in Malaysia this year.

UPDATE 6/28/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Shigehisa Takada, the chief executive of automotive supplier Takata, announced in a shareholder meeting that he will resign once a “fresh management regime” has been selected.

UPDATE 6/30/2016, Two:30 p.m.: Seven Honda and Acura models from 2001–2003 pose the highest failure rate among all recalled vehicles, with as much as a fifty percent chance their airbag inflators will rupture, according to NHTSA. The agency identified the 2001–2002 Honda Civic and Accord, two thousand two CR-V and Odyssey, 2002–2003 Acura Three.2TL, and two thousand three Honda Pilot and Acura Three.2CL as the most dangerous. These cars were originally recalled for the defect inbetween two thousand eight and 2011, and while “more than seventy percent” now have fresh inflators, there are still 313,000 vehicles with the original inflators. Eight of the ten U.S. deaths involving Takata airbag inflators have involved this group of Honda and Acura models.

UPDATE 7/8/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Harshly 1.Four million vehicles have been recalled in Japan for their Takata airbags. Mitsubishi recalled 520,000 vehicles, Mazda 490,000, Subaru 290,000, and Mercedes-Benz 93,000. Of particular note for U.S. owners is that Mazda said the two (known as the Demio in Japan) will be recalled in America; the company recalled 74,310 Mazda 2s in China built inbetween two thousand seven and 2015.

UPDATE 7/Nineteen/2016, Five:00 p.m.: An internal audit conducted by Takata and Honda found the airbag supplier manipulated airbag test data that stripped out poorer results, according to Bloomberg. Examples of “selective editing,” according to former IIHS president Brian O’Neill, who conducted the audit, resulted in a report that was a “prettier shortened version” of what actually occurred. Depositions of several Takata engineers from an ongoing lawsuit found that reports to Nissan, Toyota, and General Motors were similarly doctored. Takata said the audit’s findings were “entirely inexcusable.”

UPDATE 7/20/2016, Three:30 p.m.: The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has identified extra fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. They are: two thousand sixteen Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2016–2017 Mercedes-Benz E-class coupe/convertible, two thousand sixteen Ferrari FF, 2016–2017 Ferrari California T, 2016–2017 Ferrari 488GTB/488 Spider, 2016–2017 Ferrari F12/F12tdf, and two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso. These vehicles remain legal for sale, but, per NHTSA, they must be recalled by the end of 2018. Audi, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen had previously been found to still be building fresh cars with the suspect airbags.

UPDATE 7/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: General Motors has stated that it may have to recall an extra Four.Trio million vehicles in the U.S. for their defective Takata airbags, which would cost the company an estimated $550 million, according to Automotive News. GM recently added Two.Five million vehicles to its list of Takata recalls, the repair costs for which will cost as much as $320 million.

Also, Mazda has added three thousand seven hundred forty three B-series pickups from the 2007–2009 model years to its list of vehicles recalled due to potentially defective Takata airbag inflators; these trucks are being recalled for the passenger-side airbags. This is in accordance to the recall schedule we described on May 23. These Mazdas are located in what is known as Zone B, which includes Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Fresh Jersey, Fresh Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Previously, 2004–2006 B-series trucks had been recalled; our list below has been updated to reflect these extra model years.

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA is expanding its investigation of airbag supplier ARC Automotive to eight million potentially defective airbags after the driver of a two thousand nine Hyundai Elantra was killed in Canada last month. Automotive News reports that the car’s airbag inflator was manufactured in China, unlike inflators in U.S.-market Elantras from the same time period. General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, and Kia also used ARC airbags that are part of this probe. In July 2015, NHTSA began investigating ARC for airbags produced in Tennessee after airbag-related injuries were reported in crashes of a two thousand two Chrysler Town & Country and a two thousand four Kia Optima. Preliminary investigations of inflators made by ARC, which is unaffiliated with Takata, showcase “significant design differences inbetween the ARC inflators and the Takata inflators presently under recall.”

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 9:00 p.m.: Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its recall by another 54,000 vehicles in the United States. The recalls affects 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and 2009–2011 Jaguar XF models for potentially defective passenger-side airbag inflators. Vehicles from these models and model years were very first recalled in May 2016; this activity essentially doubles the recalled population. Jaguar Land Rover says that “affected vehicles are being prioritized for repair—split into four separate phases—based on geographic zone and vehicle age” and that customers will be notified by mail later this year when parts become available. In a statement, the company went on to say that it “is not aware of any case of an airbag module rupture on any of the 108,000 vehicles included in this recall.”

UPDATE 8/29/2016, Four:00 p.m.: General Motors pressured a Swedish airbag supplier in the 1990s to match cheaper prices from its rival Takata, despite warnings that Takata’s inflators were unsafe, according to the Fresh York Times. When Takata introduced ammonium-nitrate-based airbag inflators in the late 1990s, Autoliv scientists studying Takata’s design determined the chemical compound was too dangerous. It lost GM’s airbag contract at the time. “We tore the Takata airbags apart, analyzed all the fuel, identified all the ingredients,” former Autoliv chief chemist Robert Taylor told the Times. “The gas is generated so swift, it blows the inflater [sic] to bits.” The Times also exposed that employees at a former Takata plant in Georgia let defective airbag inflators pass inspections by manipulating leakage tests and creating fresh bar codes so the tests couldn’t be tracked.

UPDATE 9/8/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Honda will recall another 668,000 vehicles in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. Affected cars include Accord, Civic, and Fit models built inbetween two thousand nine and 2011. According to Reuters, that brings Honda’s recall total to fifty one million Takata airbags.

UPDATE 9/9/2016, 9:00 a.m.: BMW announced it will recall some 110,000 cars in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The recall affects passenger-side airbags on forty four BMW models made inbetween two thousand four and 2012, including the 116i, 118i, and 320i. The recall is part of a massive order from Japan’s transport ministry that seven million vehicles be recalled by 2019.

UPDATE 9/Nineteen/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors will submit a petition to NHTSA for a one-year deferral of a pending recall of some 980,000 trucks and SUVs tooled with Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators, Automotive News reports. Takata is slated to proclaim on December 31, 2016, that “a large batch” of parts are defective, but GM wants a 365-day deferral to accomplish a long-term aging research explore with aerospace and defense manufacturer Orbital ATK. The probe, which we outlined in February, is scheduled to end in August 2017. GM maintains that the delayed recall won’t endanger vehicle occupants, telling the inflators will “likely perform as designed until at least December 31, 2019.” Of the 44,000 passenger-side inflators that have deployed in consumer use and the one thousand fifty five that have been deployed in testing, none have ruptured, GM says. The deferral affects 2007–2012 large trucks and SUVs, namely the Chevrolet Silverado, Tahoe, and Suburban, the GMC Sierra and Yukon, and the Cadillac Escalade.

UPDATE 9/26/2016, Ten:45 a.m.: Takata exposed in a latest report that it neglected to notify NHTSA of a two thousand three rupture of one of its airbag inflators in Switzerland, according to Reuters. NHTSA began looking into problems with Takata airbags in 2010, but Takata officials did not mention the Swiss incident to the agency at the time. In the freshly released report, Takata said the Swiss incident did not relate to the NHTSA investigation and noted that Takata made production switches shortly after the two thousand three incident.

In the same report (available for download at safercar.gov), Takata said that its U.S. arm, not the Japan-based parent company, “was primarily responsible for the development, testing, and production of the inflators at issue in Recall Nos. 15E-040, 15E-041, 15E-042, and 15E-043.” Other recently released Takata documents also exposed that six hundred sixty airbag inflators ruptured during testing of 245,000 of the devices, Bloomberg reports. The company proceeds to reiterate that its airbag inflators are more at risk when they’re subjected to humid climates and as they age.

UPDATE 9/28/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda announced today that the driver’s-side airbag of a two thousand nine Honda City ruptured in a September twenty four crash in Johor, Malaysia, in which the driver was killed. This marks the fourth Malaysian death this year linked to a Takata-supplied airbag that ruptured in a Honda car. Honda said that it has finished replacements of 211,000 Takata front-airbag inflators in Malaysia, which is fifty four percent of the total number presently under recall.

UPDATE Ten/21/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Honda and NHTSA announced that a 50-year-old woman, Delia Robles of Corona, California, died of injuries that resulted from the deployment of a defective Takata airbag in her two thousand one Honda Civic. The crash occurred on September thirty in California’s Riverside County. According to an Associated Press report, the vehicle’s driver’s-side airbag inflator had been part of a recall since 2008; however, it was never repaired. Automotive News reported that more than twenty recall notices had been mailed to the vehicle’s registered owners. The deceased woman bought the car at the end of 2015, the AP report said. This is the 11th confirmed death in the United States that has been caused by a defective Takata-supplied airbag in a vehicle, all but one of which were in Honda vehicles.

UPDATE Ten/26/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another Five.8 million vehicles around the world because they might contain defective Takata airbag inflators. According to Reuters, the recall includes toughly 1.47 million vehicles in Europe, 1.16 million in Japan, and 820,000 in China, as well as vehicles in Central and South America, Africa, the Near and Middle East, and Singapore. Various Corolla, Yaris/Vitz, Hilux, and Etios models built inbetween May two thousand and November two thousand one and inbetween April two thousand six and December two thousand fourteen were recalled.

UPDATE 11/9/2016, 1:00 p.m.: In an effort to seek out recalled Takata airbag inflators that haven’t yet been immobilized, Honda has partnered with CCC, a software provider for 22,000 automotive figure shops across the United States. When a Honda vehicle is entered into the CCC system for an estimate on repairing assets harm, Automotive News reports, an alert will show up onscreen if the vehicle has an unresolved open Takata recall. Bod shops are being “encouraged to reach out to [the customer’s favored] dealership to facilitate the repair on the customer’s behalf.”

UPDATE 12/12/2016, Three:30 p.m.: To date, at least one hundred eighty four people have been injured by Takata airbags in the United States, according to a fresh report released by NHTSA on the recall’s progress. This is the very first hard number the agency has specified since investigations began in late 2014. Repairs won’t be finished until at least September two thousand twenty (in May, NHTSA set December two thousand nineteen as the end date). Another round of cars—including Tesla products, supercars from Ferrari and McLaren, and extra model years of previously recalled models—have been added to our master list of vehicles plagued by the defective Takata inflators. By 2020, NHTSA expects there will be forty two million vehicles with at least sixty four million inflators under recall. As of today, the count stands at about twenty nine million vehicles with forty six million inflators.

UPDATE 12/29/2016, Five:30 p.m.: So far, about 12.Five million suspect Takata inflators have been stationary of the harshly sixty five million inflators (in forty two million vehicles) that will ultimately be affected by this recall, which spans nineteen automakers. Carmakers and federal officials organizing the response to this big recall insist that the supply chain is churning out replacement parts, most of which are coming from companies other than Takata. For those who are waiting, NHTSA advises that people not disable the airbags; the exceptions are the 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models that we listed on this page on June 30, 2016—vehicles which NHTSA is telling people to drive only to a dealer to get stationary.

Meantime, a settlement stemming from a federal probe into criminal wrongdoing by Takata is expected early next year—perhaps as soon as January—and could treatment $1 billion.

UPDATE 1/11/2017, 1:00 p.m.: Honda added 772,000 more cars in a fresh round of recalls for non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. A total of 1.29 million Honda and Acura models plus eight hundred eighty two Gold Wing motorcycles are included; many were previously recalled for driver’s-side airbags. Besides the two thousand twelve Gold Wing, no fresh models or model years are included. Honda has the most U.S. vehicles of any automaker affected by the Takata recalls, now standing at 11.Four million cars and motorcycles.

UPDATE 1/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling 654,695 cars in the U.S. and 161,174 vehicles in Canada to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years are included, albeit Ford has added more of these same cars in other regions of the country that were not under previous recalls. Ford, including Mercury and Lincoln, now has recalled about three million cars in the U.S. The affected models in this particular regional expansion are the 2005–2009 and two thousand twelve Mustang; 2005–2006 GT; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln MKZ; 2006–2009 Mercury Milan; and the 2007–2009 Ranger, Edge, and Lincoln MKX.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, 11:00 a.m.: As with Honda and Ford, Toyota is recalling 543,000 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years have been added, albeit Toyota has included an unknown number of cars not previously under recall. Toyota, including Lexus and Scion and not including the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe, now has about six million cars in the U.S. under the Takata recalls. Affected models under this latest recall are the 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Lexus IS (including IS F); 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve Yaris and Lexus ES; 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve Scion xB; two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Corolla and Matrix; and the two thousand twelve 4Runner, Sienna, Lexus IS C, Lexus GX, and Lexus LFA.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, Three:00 p.m.: The U.S. government has fined Takata Corp. $1 billion as part of the Japanese supplier’s agreement to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud; the fine is violated down as a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million for victim compensation, and $850 million for compensating automakers. Also, a federal grand jury separately charged three Takata executives on six counts each of wire fraud and conspiracy.

UPDATE 1/23/2017, 7:00 p.m.: A total of sixteen brands recalled 652,541 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. Some or most of these cars may have been previously recalled to substitute other Takata airbags. Replacement parts may be available as soon as March or “Q1,” depending on the automaker. Only cars ever registered in specific states are under these recalls. Model-year two thousand eight and two thousand twelve Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG—as well as model-year two thousand nine Audi A4 and S4—were previously unaccounted for in our master list below. The cars recalled in this latest round are as goes after:

Audi is recalling 33,421 cars. They include the 2005–2009 A4, S4, and A6; 2007–2008 RS4; and the 2007–2009 S6.

BMW is recalling 48,380 cars. Included are the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve X5 and the 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve X6.

Daimler, in conjunction with Fiat Chrysler, is recalling 11,279 Sprinter vans. The two thousand nine Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter 2500/3500 and two thousand twelve Freightliner and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500/3500 are included.

Ferrari is recalling eight hundred twenty five cars from 2012. The FF, California, four hundred fifty eight Italia, and four hundred fifty eight Spider are all included.

Jaguar is recalling eight thousand one hundred ninety one XF sedans from two thousand nine and 2012.

Karma Automotive is recalling eight hundred eleven Fisker Karma models from 2012.

Land Rover is recalling eight thousand seven hundred sixty nine Range Rover models from 2007–2009 and 2012.

Mazda is recalling 93,812 vehicles. Included are the 2005–2006 MPV; 2005–2009 RX-8; 2007–2009 B-series pickup trucks; the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve CX-7 and CX-9; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Mazda 6.

McLaren is recalling three hundred fifty nine MP4-12C models from 2012.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 103,406 cars. Included are the two thousand twelve C-class sedan and coupe, E-class coupe and convertible, GLK, and SLS AMG, as well as the 2008–2009 C-class sedan and coupe, plus the 2008–2012 C63 sedan and coupe.

Mitsubishi is recalling one thousand nine hundred sixty four i-MiEV models from two thousand twelve and 2014.

Nissan is recalling 152,554 cars. Included are the 2005–2008 Infiniti FX; 2006–2010 Infiniti M; 2007–2009 Versa sedan and hatchback; and the two thousand twelve Versa hatchback.

Subaru is recalling 185,773 cars. Included models are the 2005–2006 Baja; 2006–2009 Impreza; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Tribeca, WRX, and STI; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, is also included.

Tesla is recalling two thousand nine hundred ninety seven Model S sedans from 2012.

In addition, thirteen automakers last week expanded the Takata recalls in Canada by almost 900,000 vehicles. According to Automotive News Canada, harshly Five.Two million Takata airbags have so far been recalled in Canada. A utter list of affected Canada-market vehicles can be found at the Transport Canada website.

UPDATE Two/6/2017, Five:00 p.m.: BMW is recalling 230,117 cars in the U.S. that may have a Takata driver’s-side airbag. The company said it is possible that one percent of certain 2000–2003 models may have had their airbags substituted with a Takata unit during a service visit, whereas originally these models used non-ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators made by Petri AG. BMW said it shipped 14,600 Takata replacement airbag parts to U.S. dealers inbetween two thousand two and two thousand fifteen but had no way of knowing how many were actually installed. While some of the recalled vehicles are already under recall, many are fresh to our list below, which has been updated. The recalled vehicles include the 2000–2002 3-series sedan, coupe, wagon, convertible, and M3; the 2001–2002 5-series sedan, wagon, and M5; and the 2001–2003 X5. Owners will receive notification in March. Dealers will check for and substitute any Takata airbags they find.

UPDATE Two/27/2017, 6:30 p.m.: Takata has officially pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud for covering up the engineering defects that have led to at least seventeen deaths and the fattest recall in automotive history. The guilty prayer comes six weeks after a Justice Department announcement that Takata had agreed to a $1 billion settlement, including $850 million to compensate automakers for repairs, $125 million for a victim settlement fund, and a $25 million criminal fine. Three Takata executives also have been charged with fraud.

UPDATE Trio/Two/2017, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has recalled almost 32,000 vehicles in North America for Takata-supplied driver’s-side front airbags that “may not fully pack, or the airbag cushion may detach from the airbag module due to misalignment of components within the airbag module.” Ford says this concern is not related to Takata’s rupture-prone airbags that use non-desiccated ammonium nitrate as propellant. The affected models are the 2016–2017 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX and the two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental; these vehicles have not been added to the list below because they’re being recalled for a separate issue.

UPDATE Five/11/2017, Two:00 p.m.: Honda is urging owners in Hawaii to repair any affected 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models as soon as possible—or risk a fifty percent chance of the driver’s-side airbag inflator rupturing in a crash. The so-called Alpha inflators were the very first Takata inflators to be recalled, and combined with Hawaii’s constant high fever and humidity, they are the most dangerous. Eight of the ten airbag deaths within the U.S. were the result of these Alpha inflators. Honda says that Hawaii houses toughly one thousand one hundred unrepaired 2001–2003 vehicles with Alpha inflators; these are among approximately 26,000 unfixed Honda and Acura vehicles in the state that are affected by these Takata recalls. Honda also says that “0ver seventy four percent” of these cars have been repaired nationwide, all with non-Takata replacement parts. For affected models, see our Acura and Honda lists below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2017, Five:30 p.m.: Four automakers—Toyota, Subaru, BMW, and Mazda—have agreed to pay a combined $553 million for economic losses. The automakers have jointly lodged a class-action lawsuit requiring owners be compensated while their cars are undergoing repairs. Owners of approximately 15.8 million cars in the U.S. are eligible. The lawsuit does not compensate owners for any alleged lost resale value in their cars nor does it address individual injury or property harm claims. The court must approve the settlement before it is final.

UPDATE 6/16/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Takata will file for bankruptcy “as early as next week,” according to sources speaking to Reuters. The filing is no surprise. Company finances began unraveling in early two thousand sixteen as lawsuits, fines, lost sales, declining stock values, and recall costs left Takata in the crimson with billions in liabilities. Key Safety Systems, a Michigan auto supplier possessed by the Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, is the purported buyer. Takata owes automakers $850 million for recall costs it must pay by 2018. The U.S. Justice Department is expected to be a creditor in the bankruptcy filing.

UPDATE 6/26/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Takata officially filed for bankruptcy today and has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Key Safety Systems, a Michigan-based automotive supplier wielded by Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, for $1.6 billion.

UPDATE 6/28/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Key Safety Systems (KSS) said it will drop the Takata name once the bankruptcy and sale are approved, according to KSS senior vice president Ron Feldeisen. The sale does not include Takata’s liabilities or its airbag business. Automakers are still unassured if they will be reimbursed for recall costs, and lawyers signifying victims say the bankruptcy may limit their capability to collect damages.

UPDATE 7/11/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Takata is recalling another Two.7 million airbag inflators in the United States for rupturing. Unlike all the other one hundred million inflators recalled globally to date, these inflators contain a moisture-absorbing desiccant. Until now, Takata had said that only non-desiccated inflators were at risk for exploding shrapnel during a crash. These driver’s-side front airbags were manufactured inbetween two thousand five and two thousand twelve and were installed on Ford, Mazda, and Nissan vehicles, Takata said in a NHTSA filing. Only inflators with the desiccant calcium sulfate are presently under recall; these inflators still contain the propellant ammonium nitrate. The affected automakers will release separate recalls at a later date.

UPDATE 7/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Honda has confirmed another fatality from airbag ruptures in its vehicles, according to the Associated Press. On June Legal, 2016, an 81-year-old man in Hialeah, Florida, allegedly was performing “unknown repairs” with a hammer while inwards a two thousand one Honda Accord. The vehicle was running, and the driver’s-side front airbag deployed and shot out shrapnel. Police and witnesses still do not know what the man was doing when he was found unconscious inwards the car. He died the next day. This is the 12th fatality from faulty Takata airbags in the U.S., all but one in Honda vehicles. Of the ems of millions of cars under recall in the U.S., 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models are the most dangerous. NHTSA estimates that these cars have a 50-50 chance of an airbag rupturing.

UPDATE 7/17/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Mazda is recalling Nineteen,000 cars in South Africa—including the Two, 6, and RX-8—for two thousand three and later models, according to Wheels24. About seventy million of the toughly one hundred million airbag inflators under recall globally are in the U.S.

UPDATE 7/21/2017, Two:30 p.m.: Ford is petitioning NHTSA to not recall Two.Five million cars announced defective by Takata earlier this month, according to Reuters. The automaker wants to proceed testing but believes the particular inflators pose an “inconsequential” risk. The vehicles in question include: 2007–2011 Ranger, 2006–2012 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2006–2011 Mercury Milan, and 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. In January, GM petitioned NHTSA to exempt certain 2007–2011 pickups and SUVs (based on the GMT900 platform) from recalls until the automaker finished its evaluations by late August. NHTSA has not granted or denied either petition.

Also, Nissan has added 515,394 Versas, from model years two thousand seven through 2012, to this recall because the cars contain potentially defective inflators for their Takata-supplied driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 7/24/2017, 9:45 a.m.: Reuters reports that an Australian man died in Sydney after he crashed his two thousand seven Honda CR-V and the airbag sent shrapnel into his neck. Honda confirmed to Reuters that the car had a defective airbag. The deaths of eighteen people worldwide have now been attributed to these airbags.

Also, Mazda is requesting that NHTSA not recall extra B-series pickups; this comes in conjunction with Ford’s latest petition that claims in part that airbags in many of its Ranger pickups do not pose a risk of rupturing. The B-series is a clone of the Ford Ranger.

UPDATE 7/28/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Reuters reports that a 34-year-old woman in Holiday, Florida, was killed last week in a two thousand two Honda Accord after the airbag ruptured during a head-on collision. While officials have not determined the exact cause of death, she is likely the 19th person to die from defective Takata airbags.

UPDATE 8/9/2017, 12:30 p.m.: Nissan is the latest automaker to lodge a civil lawsuit that will compensate owners for economic losses while they go through repairs, provide rental cars to owners driving the most at-risk vehicles, and pay for advertising and outreach to encourage more owners to schedule repairs with their dealers. The $97.7 million settlement mirrors the $553 million settlement that BMW, Mazda, Toyota, and Subaru agreed to pay in May. A total of Four.Four million Nissan and Infiniti vehicles have been recalled in the U.S. Only thirty percent have been repaired.

UPDATE 8/31/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling six hundred fifty brand-new vehicles in the United States that have defective airbags, albeit there is a critical difference from the general recall population of Takata inflators. Certain two thousand seventeen Ford Mustang and F-150 models have accomplish airbag modules built by Takata, while the faulty inflators inwards the modules are made by ARC Automotive, a Tier two supplier in Knoxville, Tennessee. The passenger-side frontal airbags are affected. Takata notified Ford after it tested the airbags and found an “abnormal deployment,” Ford said. Since July 2015, NHTSA has been investigating ARC Automotive for defective airbag inflators after two ruptured in older-model Chrysler and Kia models not under the Takata recall. NHTSA presently estimates that up to eight million inflators may be defective in Chrysler, GM, Kia, and Hyundai models in the United States.

AFFECTED VEHICLES (total U.S.-market number in parentheses, if known):

Acura: 2002–2003 Three.2TL; two thousand three Trio.2CL; 2003–2006 MDX; 2005–2012 RL; 2007–2016 RDX; 2009–2014 TL and TSX; 2010–2013 ZDX; 2013–2016 ILX (including hybrid)

Audi (more than 387,000): 2004–2009 A4; 2005–2009 S4; 2003–2011 A6; 2006–2013 A3; 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet; 2007–2008 RS4; 2007–2009 S4 cabriolet; 2007–2011 S6; two thousand eight RS4 cabriolet; 2009–2012, two thousand fifteen Q5; 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet; 2010–2012 S5 cabriolet; 2016–2017 TT; two thousand seventeen R8

BMW (more than 1.97 million): 2000–2011 3-series sedan; 2000–2012 3-series wagon; 2000–2013 3-series coupe and convertible; 2000–2013 M3 coupe and convertible; 2001–2003 5-series and M5; 2001–2013 X5; 2007–2010 X3; 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible; 2008–2011 M3 sedan; 2008–2014 X6 (including hybrid); 2011–2015 X1

Cadillac: 2007–2014 Escalade, Escalade ESV; 2007–2013 Escalade EXT; two thousand fifteen XTS

Chevrolet (more than 1.91 million, including Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Saab, and Saturn): 2007–2014 Silverado HD, Suburban, and Tahoe; 2007–2013 Avalanche and Silverado 1500; two thousand fifteen Camaro, Equinox, and Malibu

Chrysler: 2005–2015 300; 2006–2008 Crossfire; 2007–2009 Aspen

Daimler: 2006–2009 Dodge Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2007–2017 Freightliner Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500

Dodge/Ram (more than Five.64 million, including Chrysler, not including Daimler-built Sprinter): 2003–2008 Ram 1500; 2003–2009 Ram 2500; 2003–2010 Ram 3500; 2004–2009 Durango; 2005–2008 Magnum; 2005–2011 Dakota; 2006–2015 Charger; 2008–2014 Challenger; 2008–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and Ram 5500

Ferrari (more than 2820): 2009–2014 California; 2010–2015 four hundred fifty eight Italia; 2012–2016 Ferrari FF; 2012–2015 four hundred fifty eight Spider; 2013–2017 Ferrari F12berlinetta; 2014–2015 four hundred fifty eight Speciale; two thousand fifteen 458 Speciale A; 2015–2017 California T; 2016–2017 Ferrari F12tdf, 488GTB, and four hundred eighty eight Spider; two thousand sixteen Ferrari F60; two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso

Ford (Three million, including Lincoln and Mercury): 2004–2011 Ranger; 2005–2006 GT; 2005–2014, two thousand seventeen Mustang; 2006–2012 Fusion; 2007–2010 Edge; two thousand seventeen F-150

GMC: 2007–2014 Sierra HD, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2013 Sierra 1500; two thousand fifteen Terrain

Honda (11.Four million, including Acura): 2001–2012 Accord; 2001–2011 Civic (including hybrid and NGV); 2002–2011, two thousand sixteen CR-V; 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2015 Pilot; 2003–2011 Element; 2006–2014 Ridgeline; 2006–2010, two thousand twelve Gold Wing motorcycle; 2007–2013 Fit; 2010–2015 Accord Crosstour; 2010–2014 Insight and FCX Clarity; 2011–2015 CR-Z; 2013–2014 Fit EV

Infiniti: 2001–2004 I30/I35; 2002–2003 QX4; 2003–2008 FX35/FX45; 2006–2010 M35/M45; 2009–2017 QX56/QX80; 2017–2018 QX30

Land Rover (more than 68,000): 2007–2012 Range Rover

Lexus: 2002–2010 SC430; 2006–2013 IS; 2007–2012 ES; 2008–2014 IS F; 2010–2015 IS C; 2010–2017 GX; 2010–2015 IS convertible; two thousand twelve LFA

Lincoln: 2006–2012 Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ; 2007–2010 Lincoln MKX

Mazda (more than 733,000): 2003–2011 Mazda 6; 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6; 2004–2011 RX-8; 2004–2006 MPV; 2004–2009 B-series; 2007–2012 CX-7; 2007–2015 CX-9

McLaren: 2011–2015 P1; 2012–2014 MP4-12C; 2015–2016 650S; 2016–2017 570; two thousand sixteen 675LT

Mercedes-Benz (1,044,602, including Daimler): 2005–2014 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2008–2012 C63 AMG); 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2007–2017 Sprinter; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2010–2011 E-class sedan and wagon; 2010–2017 E-class coupe; 2011–2017 E-class convertible; 2010–2015 GLK-class; 2011–2015 SLS AMG coupe and roadster

Mitsubishi (more than 105,000): two thousand four Lancer Sportback; 2004–2007 Lancer; 2004–2006 Lancer Evolution; 2006–2009 Raider; 2012–2017 iMiEV

Nissan (Four.Four million, including Infiniti): 2001–2003 and 2016–2017 Maxima; 2002–2004 Pathfinder; 2002–2006 Sentra; 2007–2017 Versa sedan; 2007–2012 Versa hatchback; 2008–2018 370Z coupe/roadster; 2009–2014 Cube; 2010–2017 NV; 2012–2017 Altima, Versa Note, Armada, and Titan; 2013–2017 NV200; 2014–2017 Rogue

Pontiac (more than 300,000): 2003–2010 Vibe

Saab: 2003–2011 9-3; 2005–2006 9-2X; 2006–2009 9-5

Subaru (more than 380,000): 2003–2014 Legacy and Outback; 2003–2006 Baja; 2004–2011 Impreza; 2006–2014 Tribeca; 2009–2013 Forester; 2012–2014 WRX and WRX STI

Tesla: 2012–2016 Tesla Model S

Toyota (6 million, including Lexus and Scion): 2002–2007 Sequoia; 2003–2013 Corolla and Corolla Matrix; 2003–2006 Tundra; 2004–2005 RAV4; 2006–2012 Yaris; 2010–2016 4Runner; 2011–2014 Sienna

Volkswagen (more than 680,000): 2006–2010, 2012–2014 Passat sedan and wagon; 2009–2017 CC; 2009–2013 GTI; 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf; 2010–2014 Eos; two thousand thirteen Golf R; two thousand fifteen Tiguan

We will update this list as soon as fresh information is available, but you can access NHTSA’s own running tally of affected vehicles here. For further information about your specific vehicle, go to the manufacturer’s consumer website or use NHTSA’s VIN-lookup device.

This story was originally published on October 21, 2014. It has subsequently been updated to reflect the latest findings and official list of affected vehicles.

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Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Total List of Affected Vehicles

The automotive world and beyond is zizzing about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from almost two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them.

The issue involves defective inflator and propellent devices that may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, shooting metal fragments into vehicle occupants. Approximately forty two million vehicles are potentially affected in the United States, and at least seven million have been recalled worldwide. (UPDATE 9/28/2016: Affected-vehicle numbers, along with improper-deployment figures, proceed to grow, as detailed in the updates below.)

Originally, only six makes were involved when Takata announced the fault in April 2013, but a Toyota recall in June this year—along with fresh admissions from Takata that it had little clue as to which cars used its defective inflators, or even what the root cause was—prompted more automakers to issue identical recalls. In July, NHTSA compelled extra regional recalls in high-humidity areas including Florida, Hawaii, and the U.S. Cherry Islands to gather eliminated parts and send them to Takata for review.

Another major recall issued on October twenty expanded the affected vehicles across several brands. For its part, Toyota said it would begin to substitute defective passenger-side inflators beginning October 25; if parts are unavailable, however, it has advised its dealers to disable the airbags and affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard.

While Toyota says there have been no related injuries or deaths involving its vehicles, a Fresh York Times report in September found a total of at least one hundred thirty nine reported injuries across all automakers. In particular, there have been at least two deaths and thirty injuries in Honda vehicles (UPDATE 12/12/2016: These figures are now verified as eleven deaths and one hundred eighty four injuries in the U.S., as detailed in the updates below). According to the Times, Honda and Takata allegedly have known about the faulty inflators since two thousand four but failed to notify NHTSA in previous recall filings (which began in 2008) that the affected airbags had actually ruptured or were linked to injuries and deaths.

Takata very first said that propellant chemicals were mishandled and improperly stored during assembly, which supposedly caused the metal airbag inflators to burst open due to excessive pressure inwards. In July, the company blamed humid weather and spurred extra recalls.

According to documents reviewed by Reuters, Takata says that rust, bad welds, and even chewing gum dropped into at least one inflator are also at fault. The same documents showcase that in 2002, Takata’s plant in Mexico permitted a defect rate that was “six to eight times above” acceptable boundaries, or harshly sixty to eighty defective parts for every one million airbag inflators shipped. The company’s explore has yet to reach a final conclusion and report the findings to NHTSA.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, 9:44 a.m.: The Fresh York Times has published a report suggesting that Takata knew about the airbag issues in 2004, conducting secret tests off work hours to verify the problem. The results confirmed major issues with the inflators, and engineers quickly began researching a solution. But instead of notifying federal safety regulators and moving forward with fixes, Takata executives ordered its engineers to demolish the data and dispose of the physical evidence. This occurred a total four years before Takata publicly acknowledged the problem.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, Five:29 p.m.: Two U.S. Senators have now called for the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation on this matter. Takata has stated that “the allegations contained in the [Fresh York Times] article are fundamentally inaccurate.” The company went on to state that it “takes very earnestly the accusations made in this article and we are cooperating and participating fully with the government investigation now underway.”

Read more about these developments on this C/D page.

UPDATE 11/13/2014, 11:Ten a.m.: Takata has released a more formal statement telling that the allegations made in last week’s Fresh York Times article “are fundamentally inaccurate” and that it “unfairly impugned the integrity of Takata and its employees.” The company says (in this PDF) that there were no tests of “scrapyard airbag inflators” in 2004, that after-hours tests in two thousand four “were not ‘secret tests’ . . . [but] were done at the request of NHTSA to address a cushion-tearing issue unrelated to inflator rupturing,” and that it “did not suppress any test results displaying cracking or rupturing in the inflators,” whether to automakers such as Honda or to NHTSA.

For its story about Takata’s statement, the Times spoke again with one of its two sources for the November six article. That anonymous person is quoted as telling: “What Takata says is not true . . . They are attempting to switch things around.”

On November 12, we reported about a switch in Takata’s chemical makeup of its airbag propellant, which the company says is unrelated to the ongoing recall situation.

UPDATE 11/Legitimate/2014, 6:Ten p.m.: In light of a latest airbag failure in a two thousand seven Ford Mustang in North Carolina—which was not part of the original “high-humidity areas” Takata recall—the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the defective Takata driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 11/20/2014, Five:35 p.m.: Automakers, officials from Takata, and motorists injured by defective airbags met for a hearing with Congress. NHTSA was accused of not responding quickly enough to the Takata airbag situation, and automakers also took fever for being slow with fixes. As of now, the recalls remain regional, but it seems only a matter of time before they’re blanketed nationwide.

UPDATE 11/26/2014, 1:00 p.m.: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has formally demanded that Takata shove through a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the suspect driver’s-side airbags. Also, officials in Japan are calling for a recall expansion, after an airbag from an unspecified car not covered by previous recalls ruptured in testing.

UPDATE 12/Two/2014, Five:45 p.m.: Toyota and Honda have released similar statements urging for an “industry-wide joint initiative to independently test Takata airbag inflators.” Meantime, Takata’s chairman stated today that he’ll create a “quality assurance panel” to scrutinize the company’s production procedures. Takata and NHTSA officials today made statements before the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. NHTSA is still pushing for a nationwide expansion of the still-regional airbag recall—but for defective driver’s-side airbags only; the agency says a coast-to-coast recall on passenger-side airbags isn’t necessary. Such a large-scale recall, many say, would squeeze the limited supply of replacement parts in the most at-risk (read: humid) regions of the country.

UPDATE 12/Three/2014, 6:50 p.m.: Takata executives, as well as those from NHTSA and several automakers, again sat before Congress, discussing how this nightmare situation went unaddressed for so long, how it can be motionless promptly and decently, and how it will be prevented from happening again. Honda is expanding its recall nationwide, and Takata’s internal testing has exposed high failure rates.

UPDATE 12/Four/2014, Ten:25 a.m.: Chrysler, Ford, and Toyota have expanded their recalls of vehicles tooled with Takata airbags.

Chrysler’s recall update adds the passenger-side airbags of harshly 149,000 two thousand three Ram pickups (1500, 2500, and 3500), which were already part of a driver’s-side airbag recall. The recall remains regional, encompassing trucks “sold or ever registered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Cherry Islands.” Chrysler says it is unaware of any accidents or injuries related to these airbag inflators and that no failures have occurred in laboratory tests. NHTSA has already stated is dissatisfaction with Chrysler’s stir: “Chrysler’s latest recall is insufficient, doesn’t meet our requests, and fails to include all inflators covered by Takata’s defect information report.”

Ford’s expanded recall is very similar to Chrysler’s, adding passenger-side airbags to the repair list of about 13,000 vehicles (2004–2005 Rangers and 2005–2006 GTs) already involved in the regional Takata recalls. Ford is even more selective with the targeted locations: it covers vehicles “originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Cherry Islands. It adds certain zip codes with high absolute humidity conditions in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Guam, Saipan, and American Samoa.”

Toyota has recalled some 190,000 vehicles in China and Japan, many of them similar to the company’s U.S.-market vehicles listed below.

UPDATE 12/Five/2014, Three:15 p.m.: Honda has announced the addition of three million vehicles to its list of affected cars—and also that its recall is now nationwide. Read more on this development in this story.

UPDATE 12/Legal/2014, Ten:50 a.m.: Ford has expanded the breadth of its recall for Takata driver’s-side airbags, adding almost 450,000 vehicles—all Mustangs and GTs—to its list. (Rangers are part of a separate activity.) Mazda also expanded its recall to be nationwide for 2004–2008 Mazda six and RX-8 vehicles, upping its total of affected cars by about 265,000. Also, Chrysler recently added harshly 139,000 vehicles from the 2003–2005 model years to its regional recall, which now includes the previously unaffected areas of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, American Samoa, Guam, and Saipan. (Also, the 2006–2007 Charger is now listed below, compensating for an oversight on NHTSA’s outdated master list.)

UPDATE 12/Nineteen/2014, 7:00 p.m.: Providing in to NHTSA’s requests, Chrysler has drastically expanded its now-nationwide recall—by more than two million vehicles. A number of 2004–2007 model-year products, included below and specifically called out in this press release, are being called back to have their driver’s-side airbag inflators substituted. The company reports only one related injury. According to The Detroit Free Press, BMW is now the last automaker (of five) holding out from NHTSA’s request for a nationwide airbag recall on affected vehicles.

UPDATE 12/30/2014, Ten:00 a.m.: BMW has added another 140,000 vehicles to its now-nationwide airbag-recall list, meaning that all five primary carmakers involved in this situation have ditched the regional recalls. Also, Takata president Stefan Stocker has stepped down from the presidency of Takata, and top company executives have agreed to take significant pay cuts.

UPDATE 1/20/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Six panelists—including one who oversaw the Cerberus ownership of Chrysler—will join an independent review board in looking into Takata’s manufacturing processes and recommending best practices for what has become one of the largest-ever auto recalls. Former U.S. transportation secretary (1989–1991) Samuel K. Skinner will lead the panel.

UPDATE Two/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: Takata—finally—is enhancing its capacity to produce replacement airbag inflators at its plants around the world. By September, according to Automotive News, Takata will be able to make 900,000 replacement units per month. Upgraded assembly lines at a factory in Mexico have already enhanced that plant’s capacity from 300,000 units per month to 450,000. Meantime, reports of people being gravely injured by these defective airbags proceed to arise.

UPDATE Two/20/2015, Four:Ten p.m.: Takata faces civil fines of $14,000 per day for its alleged refusal to cooperate with a federal investigation over these defective airbags. The supplier has provided slew of paperwork to NHTSA, but the agency found the “deluge of documents” unsatisfactory.

UPDATE Three/12/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Honda has announced that it is instituting a voluntary advertising campaign urging owners of Honda and Acura automobiles to check for open airbag and safety recalls that may affect their vehicle. See one of the ads and read more in our story.

UPDATE Three/Nineteen/2015, Two:25 p.m.: Honda has added about 105,000 vehicles to its recall list. These include almost 90,000 Pilots from the two thousand eight model year as well as some two thousand four Civics and two thousand one Accords that previously weren’t part of the recall. Our list below has been updated.

UPDATE Trio/23/2015, 1:40 p.m.: According to a fresh survey, a surprising and unnerving number of Americans evidently haven’t bothered to get these potentially lethal airbags repaired. Just twelve percent of all cars recalled for faulty Takata airbags in the U.S. have been repaired. In Japan, conversely, a total seventy percent of the three million cars under recall have been repaired.

UPDATE Four/14/2015, Two:30 p.m.: Honda has stated that the driver of a two thousand three Civic was injured by a ruptured airbag during a crash in Florida on March 20.

UPDATE Four/21/2015, Ten:15 a.m.: Nissan has added another 45,000 Sentras from the two thousand six model year to its large-scale recall for defective Takata airbags. Owners will be notified via FedEx. Affected cars, according to Nissan, are those “that presently are or previously were registered in Florida and adjacent counties in southern Georgia; Hawaii; Guam; Puerto Rico; Saipan; American Samoa; U.S. Cherry Islands; and coastal areas of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.” This act was partially prompted by the investigation of a March crash in Louisiana in which a woman was injured by airbag shrapnel from her two thousand six Sentra.

UPDATE Five/13/2015, Trio:15 p.m.: Toyota and Nissan announced fresh and expanded recall activity to substitute potentially deadly Takata airbags in almost 6.Five million vehicles worldwide. The recall affects almost one million vehicles in North America. The Toyota RAV4 (model years two thousand four and 2005), previously unaffected by these recalls, is now on the list; Toyota is recalling some 160,000 of the models to substitute their driver’s-side airbags. The RAV4 has been added to our comprehensive list below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2015, 6:15 p.m.: Takata has announced as defective almost thirty four million vehicles, which will lead to even more extensive recalls of vehicles with the company’s airbags (individual automakers will elaborate on the specific cars added to the recalls in the very near future). In its testing of the suspect parts, Takata also found that driver’s-side airbags in 2003–2007 Toyota Corolla and Matrix models (plus the Pontiac Vibe, a twin to the Matrix), as well as 2004–2007 Honda Accord models, are at the highest risk.

In a news conference today, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx called the expanded recall “the most sophisticated consumer-safety recall in U.S. history.” He added: “Up until now Takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. That switches today.” Also, the company has agreed to pay the U.S. government significant fines for not cooperating in the investigations of numerous injuries and deaths; the exact amount will be announced at a later date.

UPDATE Five/20/2015, 1:00 p.m.: Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that Takata switched its airbag propellant in two thousand eight to reduce the risk of overly forceful deployment and to address the moisture-related degradation of the propellant.

UPDATE Five/27/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Next Tuesday, June Two, a panel from the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing to go after up on the status of this ongoing situation. “We have suffered a year of Takata ruptures and recalls, and families are still at risk. No excuses. Michiganders, and all Americans, have a right to answers,” committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said in a statement. The most latest Congressional hearing took place in December.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda has added 259,479 vehicles to its Japanese-market recall tally, according to Automotive News. Affected model years are from two thousand two through 2008, which marks the very first time that two thousand eight Hondas have been included in this fat airbag recall. Honda soon will announce extra airbag recalls for the United States, which will be part of the massive recall expansion announced last week.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, 1:25 p.m.: Chrysler and Honda have added hundreds of thousands of vehicles to their U.S.-market recall lists; this goes after Takata’s announcement last week that thirty four million total vehicles were subject to activity. At this point, Honda is telling only that it will add toughly 350,000 vehicles to its list, albeit “most of the vehicles deemed at risk in Takata’s defect-determination report were already subject to previous voluntary deeds taken by Honda.”

The Chrysler expansion details approximately 1.Two million of its vehicles that were part of last week’s announcement, many of which are from model years that previously hadn’t been flagged. Accordingly, the following have been added to our list below: 2009–2010 Chrysler 300, 2008–2010 Dodge Charger, 2009–2011 Dodge Dakota, 2005–2010 Dodge Magnum (no Magnums were previously recalled for this problem), two thousand nine Ram two thousand five hundred and 3500, 2009–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and 5500, and 2008–2010 Mitsubishi Raider.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Five:00 p.m.: Ford has added more than 900,000 vehicles to its list of recalls for potentially defective airbags from Takata. The 2009–2014 Mustang and the two thousand six Ranger are fresh additions to the list. The later-model Mustangs—recalled for driver’s-side airbags—are by far the newest cars to be included in this amazingly broad recall act.

UPDATE Five/29/2015, 6:25 p.m.: General Motors now has vehicles on the ever-growing list below (besides the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe): it is recalling heavy-duty examples of two thousand seven and two thousand eight Chevy Silverados and GMC Sierras. Also, Subaru has quadrupled the number of its vehicles subject to this airbag recall; that company’s additions are all 2004–2005 Imprezas.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: A Congressional hearing on this matter is scheduled for today at two p.m. We’ll cover the event across the afternoon. Meantime, yesterday a Takata executive announced that the company proposes “to substitute all” of the troublesome “ ‘batwing-shaped’ propellant wafers” installed in North America. We should know a lot more later today.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Trio:35 p.m.: Highlights so far from today’s Congressional hearing come mostly from NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind. He encourages consumers to frequently visit safercar.gov to see whether their vehicle and its VIN have been added to the list; he promises that the website will have VIN information for every single individual car affected by these expansive recalls within two weeks. Rosekind is calling for carmakers to be more diligent in tracking down vehicles that have passed through numerous owners over the years so that the current proprietor gets recall notices as quickly as possible. If NHTSA had the authority, Rosekind says, it would have coerced off the road vehicles affected by the Takata recalls sometime in 2014. Rosekind also points out that the suspect Takata airbag inflator has ten different configurations, which complicates discernment of the root cause.

Also, Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has pointed out that, “The messaging around these airbag recalls has been tormented at best,” and notes that Takata is attempting “to flawless an innumerable set of manufacturing variables, which for 10-plus years have resisted perfection.”

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Four:55 p.m.: Sitting before the Congressional committee, Takata executive VP Kevin Kennedy states that he believes ammonium nitrate—a propellant that he admits is “a factor” in these rupturing airbags—is safe to use in his company’s products, including airbags installed as replacements in these recalls. He admits, however, that all of the defective airbags discovered in testing have used this type of propellant; Takata is, Kennedy says, transitioning to using guanidine nitrate, a propellant that other airbag suppliers already use. He reassures consumers that not all of the millions of recalled airbag inflators are defective and also that his company is testing components “outside the scope of the recall” to make sure that the callbacks are far-reaching enough. He also claims that his company shipped 740,000 replacement kits in May, in addition to supplying explosions of airbags for new-car production.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, 7:05 p.m.: Now posted: our utter story on today’s developments and how Takata plans to treat this situation moving forward.

UPDATE 6/Four/2015, Three:00 p.m.: Takata has informed Reuters that at least ten percent of the four million replacement airbag inflators installed as part of these recalls will have to be substituted again. The number could be much greater, as Reuters notes, “the safety of more than three million replacement parts [is also] in question.” A NHTSA official said the agency will thrust Takata and individual carmakers to “demonstrate to us that the remedy parts are safe for the life of the vehicle.”

UPDATE 6/Five/2015, Ten:Ten a.m.: Mazda has added more than 100,000 vehicles to its list of recalls, bringing the total to harshly 450,000. Fresh to the list are the two thousand three Mazda six and the two thousand six B-series pickup; extra Mazdas from previously noted model years in the rundown below, including the RX-8 and the Mazdaspeed 6, are part of this expanded recall. The cars are being recalled for driver’s-side airbag inflators, while the pickups are called back for their passenger-side airbags.

Also, former Takata president Stefan Stocker, who resigned that position in December, has now left his spot on the company’s board of directors. Takata’s senior vice president of global quality assurance, Hiroshi Shimizu, has been named to the board, along with two other fresh appointments. Last December, speaking before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Shimizu “rebuffed NHTSA’s claims that several million driver’s-side airbags now demonstrate a national safety risk.”

UPDATE 6/Ten/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: A lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana, alleges that a 22-year-old woman was killed in early April when her two thousand five Honda Civic’s driver’s-side airbag “violently exploded and sent metal shards, shrapnel and/or other foreign material into the passenger compartment,” Automotive News reports. Her car hit a telephone pole on April Five, two days before she received a recall notice for her car’s Takata-supplied airbags. She died on April 9. Her death, if it was indeed caused by the airbag, would become the seventh attributed to a failed Takata airbag. The other six fatalities have all occurred in Honda vehicles, and only one crash happened outside of the United States.

UPDATE 6/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: There are many millions of vehicles involved in these recalls, but it seems as tho’ thirty four million, a figure that Takata announced in mid-May, might be far too high. (That figure was for inflators, not vehicles, albeit few cars seem to be afflicted with numerous defective airbags.) Reuters reports that the number is very likely more like 16.Two million vehicles. Keep in mind, tho’, that Nissan and Toyota may not have yet announced their recall expansions in response to Takata’s aforementioned mid-May announcement. The figures in our chart below, as it emerges today, add up to 15.97 million vehicles, which is within two percent of Reuters’ figure.

UPDATE 6/12/2015, 11:35 a.m.: Honda has announced that its financial results for the fiscal year that ended on March thirty one will take a $363 million hit because of costs associated with repairing vehicles involved in the Takata recalls.

UPDATE 6/14/2015, 7:00 p.m.: Honda has confirmed that the death of Kylan Langlinais, whose two thousand five Civic crashed in Louisiana on April five and which we detailed above on June Ten, was indeed a result of the ruptured Takata-supplied airbag in her car. Automotive News reports that this is the 2nd of seven deaths—all in Honda vehicles—where “a driver received a [recall or safety-campaign] notification too late.” Honda has recalled toughly Five.Five million vehicles with Takata airbag inflators in the United States.

UPDATE 6/15/2015, Ten:45 p.m.: Honda has added almost 1.Four million airbag inflators to this ever-expanding recall. The fresh recall is for passenger-side airbags on 2003–2007 Accord and 2001–2005 Civic models—two vehicles with the highest defect rates uncovered in Takata tests. According to Automotive News, most of these particular vehicles have already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Daimler has recalled 40,061 Sprinter vans for their passenger-side airbags. Dodge-branded Sprinters from 2006–2008 are included, as are Freightliner-badged Sprinters from 2007–2008. Vans in both two thousand five hundred and three thousand five hundred capacities are being recalled.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, Trio:15 p.m.: Toyota has announced that 1,365,000 more vehicles are subject to its airbag recalls. All of these particular vehicles are being called in for their passenger-side airbags. Specific models involved are: 2003–2007 Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2005–2007 Sequoia, 2005–2006 Tundra, and 2003–2007 Lexus SC430. Takata recalls now cover some Two.9 million vehicles in the United States. A report in Automotive News notes that twenty four incidents of “incorrect deployments” of Takata airbags have been recorded worldwide in Toyota vehicles, with at least eight reports of injuries and no deaths.

UPDATE 6/Legal/2015, 11:15 a.m.: NHTSA eventually knows the total scope of this massive, ongoing airbag recall. The eleven carmakers involved have identified every vehicle identification number (VIN) covered by the recall. Check your VIN by using the government agency’s search implement. Also of note: The Senate Commerce Committee will meet next week to hear testimony from NHTSA experts, the Transportation Department’s Office of the Inspector General, and representatives from Takata and automakers regarding the recall.

UPDATE 6/Nineteen/2015, Four:50 p.m.: General Motors has added some 243,000 Pontiac Vibes to its tally of the already-recalled hatchback, which was built alongside the Toyota Matrix in the mid-2000s. The Vibes in this activity, from the 2003–2007 model years, are being recalled for their passenger-side airbags. The two thousand six and two thousand seven model years previously had not been affected.

UPDATE 6/20/2015, 12:15 a.m.: Honda has confirmed that an eighth person’s death was caused by a defective airbag in one of its products. The woman who died was involved in a crash last August in Los Angeles; she was driving a rented two thousand one Civic. Bloomberg reports that this particular vehicle was part of four airbag-recall campaigns inbetween two thousand nine and 2014, each of which resulted in notifications being mailed to the car’s registered possessor, who never had the recalls addressed.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, 11:30 a.m.: Another hearing on this matter is happening in Congress today. Early points of note include:

• NHTSA’s Mark Rosekind estimates that the thirty four million defective airbag inflators are installed in thirty two million vehicles, so only a puny percentage of affected cars have more than one defective airbag. Those figures may still not be entirely accurate, however.

• For months, NHTSA has been coming under fire for how it has treated the Takata situation and other latest large-scale automotive recalls. Staffing and funding are an issue for the government agency, but Senator Claire McCaskill said this morning that “I’m not about to give you more money” until major reforms are made.

• Fiat-Chrysler has hired TRW to supply replacements for the defective Takata parts in its recalled vehicles. Takata has been supplying the industry at large with a major portion of the required replacement airbags thus far. FCA senior vice president Scott Kunselman said during the hearing that his company would only use replacement airbags from TRW and is certain that customers will not need to comeback for subsequent repairs.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, Trio:45 p.m.: Takata still does not know the root cause of its airbag failures and stopped brief of assuring its replacement parts. The company’s executive vice president in North America, Kevin Kennedy, testified today during the company’s third Congressional hearing that “many of the replacement parts are alternative designs” but that it was continuing to test these replacements as it ramps up production to one million parts per month. “What we do know is that it takes a considerably long time for these problems to manifest,” Kennedy said to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

UPDATE 6/25/2015, Ten:50 a.m.: Following Takata’s annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo today, company president Shigehisa Takada publicly apologized for the deaths, injuries, and issues that have been caused by the airbags produced by the company that his grandfather founded in 1933. “I apologize for not having been able to communicate directly earlier, and also apologize for people who died or were injured,” Takada said, according to Bloomberg. “I feel sorry our products hurt customers, despite the fact that we are a supplier of safety products.” The apology came on the high-heeled slippers of Toyota and Honda adding another three million vehicles to the worldwide list of those recalled.

UPDATE 6/26/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: Reuters reports that Takata president Shigehisa Takada took a major pay cut last year, earning less than one hundred million yen (about $810,000) compared with the $1.67 million he took home the year before. His wages could have been much less than ¥100 million, since, as Reuters says, “Japanese companies are required to disclose individual executive compensation only if it exceeds one hundred million yen.” Other senior executives at Takata also earned less money last year.

Following up on news that we very first covered on June 12, Honda has restated its operating profit for last year after taking into account costs associated with repairing vehicles fitted with potentially defective Takata-supplied airbags. The effective cash loss of about $363 million remains as previously stated, bringing Honda’s operating profit for the fiscal year that ended in March to $Four.92 billion.

UPDATE 6/30/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: According to a latest audit by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General, NHTSA—the agency that has been at the forefront of the examinations of these Takata airbag recalls—is total of incompetent, mismanaged staff who are practically set up by their superiors to fail. Read our analysis here.

UPDATE 7/8/2015, 9:55 a.m.: The airbag in a Nissan X-Trail began a fire after the Takata-supplied device went off with excessive force during a crash in Japan, according to Automotive News. The passenger-side airbag “exploded, smashing the passenger-side window and sending high-temperature fragments into the dashboard, causing a fire.” The driver sustained minor injuries in the crash.

UPDATE 7/9/2015, 9:35 a.m.: Honda has recalled another Four.Five million vehicles, bringing the total number of its cars and SUVs involved in Takata-airbag-related deeds to 24.Five million. None of this newest batch were sold in North America; more than one-third are in Japan. This latest recall expands upon a mid-May recall of Four.8 million non-North-American Honda vehicles.

UPDATE 7/12/2015, 9:45 p.m.: Almost 90,000 Dodge Challengers from model years two thousand eight through two thousand ten have been added to this ever-growing airbag recall. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, Chrysler will recall 88,346 of the pony cars for possibly defective driver’s-side airbags. Prior to this activity, no Challengers had been recalled for this issue.

UPDATE 8/12/2015, 11:50 a.m.: Takata soon will begin a large-scale regional advertising campaign focused on raising awareness around the installation of replacement airbag inflators in affected vehicles. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, the campaign is “a sturdy digital advertising campaign” that will include crimson “Urgent Airbag Recall Notice” banner ads on websites such as CNN and Facebook. Only high-humidity locales will be targeted with the ads: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Cherry Islands. Also, a direct-mail campaign will target eighty five percent of the U.S. market.

UPDATE 8/Legitimate/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Volkswagen is now part of NHTSA’s probe on Takata-supplied airbags, following the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Tiguan during a crash involving a deer in June, Automotive News reports. No one in the vehicle was hurt. If this problem is related to that which spurred the massive recall for Takata’s front airbags, it would be notable as the very first report of the issue affecting side airbags, Volkswagen vehicles, and a model later than the two thousand eleven model year (with the exception of the two thousand fourteen Ford Mustang). A Takata spokesman told AN, “We believe [this malfunction] is unrelated to the previous recalls, which the extensive data suggests were a result of aging and long-term exposure to fever and high humidity.”

Automotive News points out that Volkswagen and Tesla are the only carmakers presently using Takata inflators that so far haven’t been subject to the recall deeds detailed here.

UPDATE 8/20/2015, Two:45 p.m.: Following news earlier this week about the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen VW Tiguan, two U.S. senators on the committee investigating these defective airbags are calling for the instant recall of all vehicles that use Takata-supplied airbags. A statement on Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal’s website concludes: “In light of the most latest incident, which did not occur in one of the regions originally designated as ‘high humidity,’ and which involved a two thousand fifteen vehicle not presently subject to recall, we urge you to voluntarily recall all vehicles containing Takata airbags.”

UPDATE 8/21/2015, Trio:45 p.m.: Toyota said it would consider using replacement airbag inflators from other suppliers, including Autoliv, Daicel, and Nippon Kayaku, as Takata faces a production backlog and scrutiny over whether its replacement parts are just as defective. From the beginning, Takata had agreed to let its competitors produce replacement parts alongside its own. Toyota has about twelve million cars affected worldwide.

UPDATE 9/Two/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA has announced that its previous totals for how many U.S.-market vehicles are affected by this Takata airbag recall were vastly overestimated. The most latest figure that the government agency is reporting is Nineteen.Two million vehicles affected, containing 23.Four million defective inflators (since the late 1990s, cars sold in the U.S. have been required to feature at least two airbags). NHTSA had been telling that thirty four million defective inflators were in some thirty million cars and trucks here in America.

NHTSA’s updated figure is much closer to the total number of vehicles represented on our list below, which presently stands at Legal.6 million.

UPDATE 9/28/2015, 12:30 p.m.: These recalls could soon grow to include extra carmakers. Via letter, NHTSA recently contacted seven automakers that aren’t presently included in the Takata recalls but which have used Takata-supplied airbags containing the suspect ammonium-nitrate propellant. The companies are Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Tesla, Volkswagen, Volvo (trucks), as well as specialty manufacturer Spartan Motors. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA said in the letter that the “remedy programs that are individual to each of the affected vehicle manufacturers have created a patch-work solution that NHTSA believes may not adequately address the safety risks introduced by the defective inflators within a reasonable time. . . . This process is intended to produce solutions for the prioritization, organization, and phasing of remedy programs, and to appropriately address the multitude of factors contributing to the complexity of these recall programs.”

UPDATE Ten/Nineteen/2015, Five:35 p.m.: General Motors is recalling a few hundred 2015-model-year cars and crossover vehicles for potentially faulty Takata-sourced side airbags; these vehicles aren’t yet shown on our comprehensive list below, but they’re called out in the post linked here. Unlike these GM products, all of the vehicles presently noted below are being recalled for front airbags, and almost all of them are from the two thousand eleven model year or prior. Also, NHTSA is planning to disclose more details—including extra manufacturers subject to the recalls beyond the current eleven—during a hearing on October 22.

UPDATE Ten/22/2015, 12:50 p.m.: In a public hearing today, NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind exposed more information about this massive recall situation. Nationwide, only 22.Five percent of recalled vehicles have actually been stationary. It’s only slightly better in the humid Gulf of Mexico region, where recalls have been ended in 29.Five percent of affected vehicles even however airbag inflators in those locales are more likely to explode upon deployment. Some inflators have been substituted with newer, but still at-risk, identical components. Of the 115,000 liquidated inflators that Takata has tested, four hundred fifty have ruptured.

At NHTSA’s request, the eleven affected automakers conducted a risk assessment, which found that six million total inflators in the United States “are in the highest-risk group that should take top priority for replacement parts,” according to Automotive News, while toughly eleven million are in the middle-priority group and two million are least at risk. In general, the older the vehicle and the more humid the environment, the higher the priority that the airbag inflator(s) be substituted.

UPDATE Ten/26/2015, 11:30 a.m.: The Volkswagen Group is gathering and testing Takata-supplied airbags, Automotive News reports. The company voiced to NHTSA a concern about the supply of replacement parts, if the Takata recalls are expanded to VW’s brands, which seems likely at this point. VW is presently unaffected by these extensive recalls, but as we noted in August, a two thousand fifteen Tiguan experienced a side-airbag rupture. All told, U.S.-market VW Group products are fitted with toughly Two.Four million Takata airbag inflators.

UPDATE 11/Two/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling a group of five hundred fifteen 2016 CR-Vs for driver’s-side front airbag inflators that could separate in the event of a crash.

UPDATE 11/Three/2015, 6:00 p.m.: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued Takata a record civil penalty of at least $70 million. The airbag supplier could be responsible for paying NHTSA as much as $200 million total if further violations are discovered. As part of the issuance, NHTSA has ordered that Takata “phase out the manufacture and sale of inflators that use phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant.”

UPDATE 11/Four/2015, 9:45 a.m.: Honda has announced that it will no longer use airbag components from Takata. In a statement, Honda said: “We have become aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data for certain airbag inflators.” According to Automotive News, Honda has been Takata’s largest customer for many years.

UPDATE 11/6/2015, 9:55 a.m.: Following Honda’s lead, both Toyota and Mazda have said they will stop purchasing airbag inflators from Takata, at least those that incorporate ammonium nitrate. According to Automotive News, Mitsubishi and Subaru also are considering pulling down the airbag supplier. Almost forty percent of Takata’s sales in two thousand fourteen came from airbag parts.

UPDATE 11/9/2015, Ten:35 a.m.: Nissan has now joined Toyota, Mazda, and Honda in announcing that it will no longer use Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The Automotive News report on Nissan’s declaration also notes that Takata lost $70 million in the 2nd quarter of 2015.

UPDATE 11/23/2015, 1:45 p.m.: Ford is the latest carmaker to proclaim that it will no longer use Takata airbag inflators with ammonium-nitrate propellant in its fresh cars. Ford is the very first non-Japanese company to take this step.

UPDATE 11/25/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Internal employee communications reviewed by The Wall Street Journal display Takata withheld airbag-inflator failures in reports to Honda in 2000, four years before that automaker began its own initial investigation of a ruptured Takata airbag in a customer car. The documents showcase Takata’s U.S. employees were voicing concerns over their Japanese colleagues doctoring data as “the way we do business in Japan.” Takata says the “lapses were and are totally incompatible with Takata’s engineering standards and protocols.”

UPDATE 12/Four/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Japan’s transport ministry has banned Takata airbag inflators that use ammonium nitrate as the propellant (and without a moisture-absorbing desiccant) from being installed in future cars. According to Automotive News, such airbags “will be phased out from driver’s-side airbags by two thousand seventeen and passenger-side devices by 2018.” Vehicle models that are subject to Takata-related recalls have a six-month-shorter time framework for the phase-out. As noted above, NHTSA announced a similar ban for U.S.-market vehicles on November Trio.

UPDATE 12/23/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA announced today that another person has died as a result of a faulty Takata airbag inflator. The fatal July two thousand fifteen crash occurred in a two thousand one Honda Accord. Albeit the crash happened in Pennsylvania, the car had spent several years in the humid Gulf region. Also, the agency has been informed of five fresh ruptures to passenger-side airbags, which is “likely” to result in expanded recalls of the 2002–2004 Honda CR-V, the 2005–2008 Mazda 6, and the 2005–2008 Subaru Legacy. (The Honda and Mazda models and model years are already reflected on the list below.)

UPDATE 1/Four/2016, Three:00 p.m.: The Fresh York Times has detailed the contents of some internal Takata emails from more than nine years ago. As far back as 2000, internal reports exposed that there were “several instances [of] ‘pressure vessel failures,’ or airbag ruptures, . . . reported to Honda as normal airbag deployments.” One airbag engineer, according to the in-depth NYT story, wrote in a two thousand five report “that he had been ‘repeatedly exposed to the Japanese practice of altering data introduced to the customer,’ adding that such conduct was described at Takata as ‘the way we do business in Japan.’ ” In the same report, the engineer “warned that while the fudging of the data had originally not switched the fundamental conclusions of the data, the practice had ‘gone beyond all reasonable bounds and now most likely constitutes fraud.’ ” In 2006, the same engineer wrote “Happy Manipulating. ” in an email to a colleague about how to graphically deemphasize the “bimodal distribution” of some tests conducted at high temperatures. He also suggested that his co-worker use “thick and lean lines to attempt and dress it up, or [switch] colors to divert attention.”

Takata maintains that “the emails in question are fully unrelated to the current airbag inflater recalls.” A Honda spokesman wouldn’t comment on the emails but said that his employer was “aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data.”

Meantime, Automotive News reports that some Japanese carmakers “may jointly invest in Takata” in order to soften the financial hit that the airbag supplier is facing as a result of these massive recalls.

UPDATE 1/8/2016, Four:15 p.m.: Mazda will recall 374,000 cars in the United States due to their passenger-side airbags. According to Automotive News, these airbags were found to be “prone to ruptures” in latest tests by Takata. The 2003–2008 Mazda 6, the 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6, and the two thousand four RX-8 are affected; these models had already been included on our list below, and we’ve enlargened the total accordingly.

UPDATE 1/22/2016, Three:30 p.m.: A Georgia man died last month in a Takata airbag–related crash while driving a two thousand six Ford Ranger. His death marks the very first of nine in the United States and ten worldwide that have not occurred in a Honda vehicle. In the wake of this news, U.S. safety regulators are expected to add another five million vehicles to the Takata recall list detailed below. Automotive News notes that one million of those added vehicles have inflators “similar to those installed on the Ford Ranger,” while the other four million are being recalled following results of fresh tests on Takata airbags. Audi and Mercedes-Benz products will be included on the list below for the very first time.

UPDATE 1/26/2016, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has expanded its recall of 2004–2006 Ranger pickups, following news last week of a driver who died as a result of injuries he received from airbag shrapnel. The recall is for driver’s-side airbags in 361,692 Rangers in the United States and another 29,334 in Canada. These trucks had already been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. All 2004–2006 Rangers built in North America are part of this recall.

UPDATE 1/27/2016, 12:45 p.m.: The driver of a two thousand seven Honda Civic was killed in India last year in a crash that involved at least one Takata-sourced airbag that sent shrapnel flying into the cabin. An American Honda spokesman told the Associated Press that the driver was likely killed by other injuries sustained in the high-speed crash and not those inflicted by the defective airbag(s). The two thousand seven Civic is not presently part of Honda’s recalls in the U.S., but it might be added to the list soon.

UPDATE Two/Trio/2016, Ten:15 a.m.: Mazda has recalled all 2004–2006 B-series pickups for potentially defective driver’s-side airbags. The B-series is a rebadged Ford Ranger, and this recall expansion mirrors the one we described on January twenty six for the Ranger. Some Nineteen,000 Mazda trucks are affected in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Saipan. These B-series models had previously been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. In total, Mazda says it has issued recalls for 442,266 driver’s-side airbag inflators and 416,475 passenger-side inflators. The up-to-date list of Mazdas is below; many have recalls outstanding for numerous airbags.

UPDATE Two/Three/2016, 6:00 p.m.: Honda dealerships in the U.S. have received letters from the carmaker stating that a fresh recall and stop-sale order applies to a long list of used Honda products: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2011–2015 CR-Z, 2009–2013 Fit, 2013–2014 Fit EV, 2010–2014 Insight, and 2007–2014 Ridgeline. According to Automotive News, if dealers don’t abide by the stop-sale order, they could be liable for any injuries that occur as a result of defective Takata airbags in these cars, which number some 1.7 million. The aforementioned vehicles have not yet been added to our list below because the news is not yet official.

UPDATE Two/Four/2016, 8:30 a.m.: Honda has officially issued recalls for Takata-supplied “PSDI-5” driver’s-side airbags on Two.23 million vehicles. The Honda-branded vehicles are: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2007–2014 Ridgeline, 2009–2014 Fit, 2010–2014 FCX Clarity, 2010–2014 Insight, 2011–2015 CR-Z. Acura vehicles affected by this recall are: 2005–2012 RL, 2007–2016 RDX (early production MY2016 vehicles only), 2009–2014 TL, 2010–2013 ZDX, 2013–2016 ILX (early production MY2016 vehicles only). These vehicles have been added to our list below. According to Honda, “Due to the large volume of fresh inflators needed to repair vehicles, the necessary replacement parts will not become available until Summer 2016.”

Older vehicles and those in high-humidity locales will be given priority for the replacement parts. In the meantime, dealers have been issued stop-sale instructions for affected vehicles that haven’t been repaired. These recalls are in addition to the 6.28 million Hondas and Acuras that had already been recalled for their airbags.

UPDATE Two/8/2016, 11:00 a.m.: Seat-mounted side-airbag inflators with the code name “SSI-20” are now under recall. Takata says this recall is limited only to inflators manufactured inbetween December thirteen and 14, 2014. A total of one thousand one hundred twenty nine Volkswagen and General Motors vehicles from the two thousand fifteen model year are tooled with these inflators. NHTSA began investigating Takata side airbags in August after a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Volkswagen Tiguan ruptured in June.

UPDATE Two/9/2016, Two:Ten p.m.: Daimler is recalling some 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and 136,000 Daimler vans in the U.S. market because NHTSA has indicated that the vehicles could contain defective Takata-supplied airbags. The Mercedes-Benzes are all from the 2005–2014 model years: SLK, C-class, E-class, M-class, GL-class, R-class, and SLS. The freshly recalled vans are 2007–2014 Sprinters with Dodge, Freightliner, or Mercedes badges. (Some 2006–2008 Sprinters had been added to the recall in June 2015.)

The Audi recall covers 170,000 vehicles from model years two thousand six through 2013. The Audis involved are: 2006–2013 A3, 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet, 2009–2012 Q5, and 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet.

BMW is recalling 840,000 vehicles from two thousand six through 2015; these vehicles weren’t among the toughly 765,000 that BMW had previously recalled for Takata airbags. The BMWs involved are: 2006–2011 3-series sedan and M3, 2006–2012 3-series wagon, 2007–2013 3-series and M3 coupe and convertible, 2007–2010 X3, 2007–2013 X5, 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible, 2008–2014 X6, and 2013–2015 X1.

The Volkswagen-branded vehicles, numbering 680,000, are from two thousand six through 2014. The VWs involved are: 2009–2014 CC, 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf, 2012–2014 Eos and U.S.-built Passat sedan, and 2006–2010 German-built Passat sedan and wagon.

UPDATE Two/13/2016, 11:30 a.m.: NHTSA has updated its website with more specifics regarding what Mercedes-Benz models are affected by this recall. They are detailed in an update to this story that we published earlier this week. The general models are as goes after, and they’ve been updated on our list below: 2005–2011 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2009–2011 C63 AMG); 2010–2011 E-class sedan, wagon, coupe, and convertible; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2010–2012 GLK-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2011–2014 SLS AMG coupe and roadster; 2007–2014 Sprinter.

Also fresh to the list below is the 2006–2007 Chrysler Crossfire, which was based on a Mercedes-Benz. A total of five thousand two hundred eighty three Crossfires have been recalled.

UPDATE Two/16/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors has added toughly 200,000 Saab and Saturn products in the U.S. and Canada to its list of vehicles covered by this recall. The cars involved are: 2003–2011 Saab 9-3, 2010–2011 Saab 9-5, and 2008–2009 Saturn Astra. These vehicles—numbering 179,861 in the U.S.—have been added to our list below.

UPDATE Two/17/2016, 6:15 p.m.: According to a report in the Fresh York Times, Takata executives allegedly withheld test results from its defective airbag inflators and demolished evidence as early as 2000. A top Takata executive is alleged to have ordered that failed parts be “discarded” and doctored a report.

UPDATE Two/22/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Reuters is reporting that the number of Takata airbag inflators recalled in the United States could almost quadruple, with the addition of inbetween seventy and ninety million units. That could bring the total of recalled Takata airbag inflators containing ammonium nitrate to as high as one hundred twenty million. (Some cars have more than one recalled airbag, so the overall vehicle total would be lower.) Reuters says that “Takata produced inbetween two hundred sixty million and two hundred eighty five million ammonium nitrate-based inflators worldwide inbetween two thousand and 2015, of which almost half wound up in U.S. vehicles.” The news service also notes that, “Takata produced most of the inflators that regulators are now investigating at its main inflator plant in Monclova, Mexico, or at plants in Georgia and Washington state, according to company documents.”

UPDATE Two/23/2016, Two:15 p.m.: A group of ten carmakers known as the Independent Testing Coalition hired a company called Orbital ATK (which works with rocket propulsion-systems) to conduct its own tests of suspect Takata airbag inflators. The conclusions, according to Automotive News, are that “it was the combination of these three factors—the use of ammonium nitrate, the construction of Takata’s inflator assembly, and the exposure to fever and humidity—that made the inflators vulnerable to rupture.” These results are consistent with Takata’s internal testing as well as testing by the Fraunhofer Group.

UPDATE Trio/Two/2016, Three:30 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another 198,000 vehicles in the U.S. for suspect Takata-supplied, passenger-side airbags. The two thousand eight Corolla and Corolla Matrix, as well as the 2008–2010 Lexus SC430, are now included in this activity. (Earlier model years of these vehicles were already included in this recall.)

UPDATE Trio/30/2016, Trio:15 p.m.: According to court documents reviewed by Reuters, Honda requested that Takata redesign its faulty airbag inflators to be “fail-safe” back in 2009. That was after the company very first recalled a petite population of cars in two thousand eight after defective Takata airbag inflators in Honda models were linked to four injuries and one death. The revised inflators, which Honda began installing in 2011, have four extra fuckholes to vent gas so that if the inflators rupture, the metal enclosure is less likely to break apart and become shrapnel. Honda did not notify NHTSA of the design switch and denied that it ever had to do so, stating that it used revised parts to prevent “future manufacturing errors.”

Takata is facing a bevy of lawsuits, some of which are being consolidated in a federal court in Miami. Much worse, however, are the recalls themselves. According to Bloomberg, a Takata insider has estimated the cost of recalling every single airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate—a number in excess of two hundred eighty million—to be $24 billion.

UPDATE Four/1/2016, Five:00 p.m.: According to NHTSA, 7.Five million defective airbag inflators have been substituted as of March 11. That’s thirty three percent out of 22.Five million. But that doesn’t include another five million inflators recalled in February. Using those numbers, Reuters pegs the repair rate at about twenty five percent, using a baseline of twenty nine million defective inflators. Check out NHTSA’s Takata website to see the recall-completion rates by manufacturer. Honda has the highest completion rate, at fifty four percent, but several carmakers have rates of less than twenty percent. Expect NHTSA to update its numbers soon.

UPDATE Four/7/2016, Trio:15 p.m.: Honda has reported a death from an airbag rupture in a two thousand two Civic under recall. According to KTRK-TV in Houston, 17-year-old Huma Hanif rear-ended another car on March thirty one in Richmond, Texas. Albeit her airbag deployed, investigators determined the crash wasn’t severe enough to kill the teenager. Her mouth was lacerated by the airbag inflator and a witness described her collapsing after exiting her car. Hanif is the 11th Takata-related death worldwide, the 10th in the U.S., and the 10th in a Honda.

UPDATE Four/14/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA has stated that there are eighty five million Takata airbag inflators in the United States that haven’t been recalled at this point. Of that eighty five million, 43.Four million are passenger-side inflators, 26.9 million are for side airbags, and 14.Five million are installed in steering wheels. Takata “has until two thousand nineteen to demonstrate that all of the unrecalled airbag inflators are safe,” according to Automotive News, which counts 28.8 million airbags as being recalled at this point.

UPDATE Five/Four/2016, 11:15 a.m.: Honda has reported two extra deaths in Malaysia that may be related to defective Takata airbags. While authorities have not yet singled out the causes of either death, Honda said the driver’s-side front airbags in two City models from the two thousand six and two thousand three model years had ruptured in two separate crashes on April sixteen and May 1. Both cars, which were not sold in the U.S., were under recall.

UPDATE Five/Four/16, 1:15 p.m.: Confirming what we reported yesterday, NHTSA has announced that Takata will recall inbetween thirty five million and forty million extra front-airbag inflators as part of an amended consent order inbetween the Japanese supplier and the agency. All of the inflators in question are non-desiccated, which means they do not have a drying agent to compensate for humidity. So far, NHTSA says only the non-desiccated ammonium-nitrate inflators have been rupturing. Takata now has to prove that the desiccated inflators are safe or else it will be compelled to recall those, as well. The recall, which will be conducted in phases, is expected to last until December 2019. Exact car models have not been identified.

UPDATE Five/6/2016, 12:30 p.m.: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) have demanded that NHTSA release the entire list of car models with ammonium-nitrate propellant. “This right to know should not be limited to the owners of the seemingly randomly identified fraction of vehicles containing Takata airbags that have been leisurely recalled to date,” the senators wrote to the agency. Blumenthal and Markey have repeatedly called on NHTSA to recall every airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate, albeit the agency is permitting Takata up to three years to prove they are safe.

UPDATE Five/13/2016, 1:30 p.m.: Honda will add another twenty one million vehicles to its recalls associated with these Takata airbags, bringing the automaker’s worldwide total to fifty one million vehicles. How many of those vehicles will be in the United States is unclear at this point, according to the Fresh York Times, which attributes this information to Honda vice president Tetsuo Iwamura.

UPDATE Five/20/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Mercedes-Benz has expanded its Takata recall, adding 196,975 cars to its list, all of which require fresh passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2012–2014 C-class, 2012–2017 E-class coupe and cabriolet, 2013–2015 GLK-class, and two thousand fifteen SLS AMG coupe and cabriolet.

UPDATE Five/23/2016, Trio:45 p.m.: NHTSA has announced a recall schedule so that the Takata airbag inflators likeliest to fail very first will be repaired very first. To do that, NHTSA has separated the country into three humidity zones and is prioritizing repairs to vehicles registered in states with the highest humidity. Many car owners will have to wait more than two years before they know their airbags are defective.

UPDATE Five/24/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toyota has expanded its recall by about 1,584,000 vehicles in the United States, all for Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2009–2011 Corolla and Matrix, two thousand eleven Sienna, 2006–2011 Yaris, 2010–2011 4Runner, 2008–2011 Scion xB, 2007–2011 Lexus ES, 2010–2011 Lexus GX, 2006–2011 Lexus IS.

UPDATE Five/27/2016, 1:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling an extra Two.Two million cars in the U.S. for defective Takata passenger-side front airbags, as well as two thousand seven hundred one motorcycles for possibly defective optional handlebar airbags. The total list of cars in this recall are: the 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2006 Acura MDX; 2003–2011 Pilot and Element; 2005–2011 CR-V and Acura RL; 2006–2011 Civic and Ridgeline; 2007–2011 Fit; 2008–2011 Accord; 2009–2011 Acura TSX; and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour, Insight, FCX Clarity, and Acura ZDX. The 2006–2010 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing motorcycle is also included.

The vehicles previously not involved in this recall are: 2006–2011 Civic, 2006–2010 Gold Wing, 2007–2008 Fit, 2008–2011 Accord, 2009–2011 Pilot, 2009–2011 TSX, and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour. They have been added to the list below.

UPDATE Five/31/2016, 11:30 a.m.: Ferrari is recalling two thousand eight hundred twenty cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This is the very first time Ferrari has been involved with this defect. The 2009–2011 California and 2010–2011 four hundred fifty eight Italia are included.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling Four,322,870 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the 2011–2012 Chrysler 300, two thousand nine Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango, 2011–2012 Dodge Charger and Challenger, two thousand ten Ram 3500, 2007–2012 Jeep Wrangler, and the 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500.

Mazda is recalling 731,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2005–2006 MPV, 2007–2011 CX-7 and CX-9, and 2009–2011 Mazda six and RX-8.

Mitsubishi is recalling 38,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand seven Lancer and Lancer Evolution.

Nissan is recalling 402,450 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2006–2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2007–2010 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007–2011 Versa.

Subaru is recalling 383,101 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand six Baja, 2006–2011 Impreza and Tribeca, and 2009–2011 Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, also is included in this total.

Our list below has been updated accordingly, but the recall totals for each brand haven’t yet been recalculated because some individual vehicles have already been accounted for in previous recalls for driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford has almost doubled the number of vehicles it is recalling for defective Takata-sourced airbags, adding 1,287,726 vehicles to its count, all for passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX, 2005–2011 Ford Mustang, 2005–2006 Ford GT, 2007–2011 Ford Ranger, and 2006–2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln MKZ and Zephyr. Of those, 608,717 Mustangs and about four hundred GTs had already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags; the other models are freshly added.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Three:00 p.m.: A report from Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) says that four automakers are continuing to use Takata airbag inflators containing non-desiccated ammonium nitrate in current fresh cars, despite tests proving these inflators are the most prone to ruptures. Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen said they were using front-airbag inflators without the moisture-absorbing desiccant on certain two thousand sixteen and two thousand seventeen model year cars including the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Volkswagen CC, Audi TT, and Audi R8. Not all the manufacturers gave specific models to Nelson, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, who, in March, queried the original fourteen automakers involved. Another five automakers are still using Takata’s ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators, with or without desiccant, including Daimler (vans only), Ford, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru. Nelson’s office says the “majority” of all replacement inflators installed as of May 20—4.6 million out of 8.Four million—are Takata ammonium-nitrate inflators. Of those, Two.1 million are non-desiccated. All of this is legal under NHTSA’s consent order, albeit all non-desiccated inflators will need to be recalled and substituted by 2019. Eventually, all of Takata’s ammonium-nitrate inflators may need to be recalled. It’s very confusing that automakers would be permitted to install parts that are known to be defective, except NHTSA thinks they won’t become defective until years later, at which time decent replacement parts will be available.

Meantime, Toyota has expanded its Takata recall by some 490,000 vehicles outside of the U.S., in places including Japan, China, Europe, Mexico, and South America. The vehicles in question include 2005–2011 Lexus products, as well as Toyota Siennas, 4Runners, Corollas, and Yarises.

UPDATE 6/Two/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Audi is recalling 217,000 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2004–2008 Audi A4 and the 2005–2011 Audi A6. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

BMW is recalling 91,806 SUVs as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 BMW X5, the 2008–2011 BMW X6, and the 2010–2011 BMW X6 ActiveHybrid.

General Motors is recalling 1.Four million 2007–2011 trucks and large SUVs for their Takata-supplied passenger-side airbags. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Avalanche, Tahoe, and Suburban; 2007–2011 GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2011 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade EXT, and Escalade ESV; 2009–2011 Silverado two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2009–2011 Sierra two thousand five hundred and 3500. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls. GM reports that there have been no airbag ruptures in approximately 44,000 crashes of the recalled vehicles.

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 54,350 vehicles as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and the 2009–2011 Jaguar XF. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 199,705 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2008–2011 C300 sedan, C350 sedan, and C63 AMG sedan; 2010–2011 GLK350 and E350 coupe; two thousand eleven E350 convertible, E550 coupe and convertible, and the SLS AMG. Also, the brand’s parent company, Daimler, is recalling five thousand one hundred vans for the same issue: 2010–2011 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2009–2011 Freightliner Sprinter, and two thousand nine Dodge Sprinter.

UPDATE 6/7/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: The possessor of a two thousand six Nissan X-Trail SUV has filed a suit against Takata and Nissan for wrist and head injuries she sustained in an October two thousand fifteen crash in Japan. The vehicle had been recalled for defective airbag inflators, but parts weren’t available at the time the woman’s spouse took the SUV to a dealership to get it immobile. According to Automotive News, this is the very first suit in Japan against Takata and an automaker for these airbags.

UPDATE 6/Ten/2016, Five:30 p.m.: Toyota has identified the fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. The 2015–2016 4Runner and Lexus GX460, two thousand fifteen Lexus IS250C and IS350C, and the two thousand fifteen Scion xB have these inflators and will need to be recalled by the end of two thousand eighteen even however they are still legal to sell. About 175,000 vehicles are affected in the U.S.

Meantime, Honda has recalled another 784,000 vehicles in Japan because of their Takata airbags, including Civic, Fit, and Odyssey models built inbetween two thousand three and 2009.

UPDATE 6/17/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Honda’s joint venture in China, is recalling one million vehicles for their Takata airbags, the Detroit News reports. Vehicles affected are Honda CR-V, Civic, and Civic hybrids as well as Platinum Rui sedans built inbetween two thousand seven and 2011.

UPDATE 6/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: Fiat Chrysler said it would stop using non-desiccated Takata airbag inflators with ammonium nitrate by next week. This applies to all of its cars built for the North American market. FCA will end production globally by mid-September. As of now, FCA said that only the two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler’s passenger-side front airbag used such an inflator and that it would notify potential buyers of any of these unsold vehicles. Without describing its methods, FCA also said it tested “nearly six thousand three hundred older versions” of this inflator and found no problems. The non-desiccated inflators are considered dangerous since they do not have a chemical to absorb moisture.

UPDATE 6/27/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Automotive News reports that a ruptured airbag emerges to have caused a woman’s death in an accident in Malaysia. The driver of a two thousand five Honda City was killed on Saturday, and the driver’s-side airbag was found to be ruptured. The official cause of death has yet to be announced as of this writing. The car involved in the accident had been recalled in May 2015, but it hadn’t been repaired. If verified, this would be the third death related to defective Takata airbags in Malaysia this year.

UPDATE 6/28/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Shigehisa Takada, the chief executive of automotive supplier Takata, announced in a shareholder meeting that he will resign once a “fresh management regime” has been selected.

UPDATE 6/30/2016, Two:30 p.m.: Seven Honda and Acura models from 2001–2003 pose the highest failure rate among all recalled vehicles, with as much as a fifty percent chance their airbag inflators will rupture, according to NHTSA. The agency identified the 2001–2002 Honda Civic and Accord, two thousand two CR-V and Odyssey, 2002–2003 Acura Three.2TL, and two thousand three Honda Pilot and Acura Trio.2CL as the most dangerous. These cars were primarily recalled for the defect inbetween two thousand eight and 2011, and while “more than seventy percent” now have fresh inflators, there are still 313,000 vehicles with the original inflators. Eight of the ten U.S. deaths involving Takata airbag inflators have involved this group of Honda and Acura models.

UPDATE 7/8/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toughly 1.Four million vehicles have been recalled in Japan for their Takata airbags. Mitsubishi recalled 520,000 vehicles, Mazda 490,000, Subaru 290,000, and Mercedes-Benz 93,000. Of particular note for U.S. owners is that Mazda said the two (known as the Demio in Japan) will be recalled in America; the company recalled 74,310 Mazda 2s in China built inbetween two thousand seven and 2015.

UPDATE 7/Nineteen/2016, Five:00 p.m.: An internal audit conducted by Takata and Honda found the airbag supplier manipulated airbag test data that stripped out poorer results, according to Bloomberg. Examples of “selective editing,” according to former IIHS president Brian O’Neill, who conducted the audit, resulted in a report that was a “prettier shortened version” of what actually occurred. Depositions of several Takata engineers from an ongoing lawsuit found that reports to Nissan, Toyota, and General Motors were similarly doctored. Takata said the audit’s findings were “entirely inexcusable.”

UPDATE 7/20/2016, Three:30 p.m.: The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has identified extra fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. They are: two thousand sixteen Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2016–2017 Mercedes-Benz E-class coupe/convertible, two thousand sixteen Ferrari FF, 2016–2017 Ferrari California T, 2016–2017 Ferrari 488GTB/488 Spider, 2016–2017 Ferrari F12/F12tdf, and two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso. These vehicles remain legal for sale, but, per NHTSA, they must be recalled by the end of 2018. Audi, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen had previously been found to still be building fresh cars with the suspect airbags.

UPDATE 7/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: General Motors has stated that it may have to recall an extra Four.Three million vehicles in the U.S. for their defective Takata airbags, which would cost the company an estimated $550 million, according to Automotive News. GM recently added Two.Five million vehicles to its list of Takata recalls, the repair costs for which will cost as much as $320 million.

Also, Mazda has added three thousand seven hundred forty three B-series pickups from the 2007–2009 model years to its list of vehicles recalled due to potentially defective Takata airbag inflators; these trucks are being recalled for the passenger-side airbags. This is in accordance to the recall schedule we described on May 23. These Mazdas are located in what is known as Zone B, which includes Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Fresh Jersey, Fresh Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Previously, 2004–2006 B-series trucks had been recalled; our list below has been updated to reflect these extra model years.

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA is expanding its investigation of airbag supplier ARC Automotive to eight million potentially defective airbags after the driver of a two thousand nine Hyundai Elantra was killed in Canada last month. Automotive News reports that the car’s airbag inflator was manufactured in China, unlike inflators in U.S.-market Elantras from the same time period. General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, and Kia also used ARC airbags that are part of this probe. In July 2015, NHTSA began investigating ARC for airbags produced in Tennessee after airbag-related injuries were reported in crashes of a two thousand two Chrysler Town & Country and a two thousand four Kia Optima. Preliminary investigations of inflators made by ARC, which is unaffiliated with Takata, display “significant design differences inbetween the ARC inflators and the Takata inflators presently under recall.”

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 9:00 p.m.: Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its recall by another 54,000 vehicles in the United States. The recalls affects 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and 2009–2011 Jaguar XF models for potentially defective passenger-side airbag inflators. Vehicles from these models and model years were very first recalled in May 2016; this activity essentially doubles the recalled population. Jaguar Land Rover says that “affected vehicles are being prioritized for repair—split into four separate phases—based on geographic zone and vehicle age” and that customers will be notified by mail later this year when parts become available. In a statement, the company went on to say that it “is not aware of any case of an airbag module rupture on any of the 108,000 vehicles included in this recall.”

UPDATE 8/29/2016, Four:00 p.m.: General Motors pressured a Swedish airbag supplier in the 1990s to match cheaper prices from its rival Takata, despite warnings that Takata’s inflators were unsafe, according to the Fresh York Times. When Takata introduced ammonium-nitrate-based airbag inflators in the late 1990s, Autoliv scientists studying Takata’s design determined the chemical compound was too dangerous. It lost GM’s airbag contract at the time. “We tore the Takata airbags apart, analyzed all the fuel, identified all the ingredients,” former Autoliv chief chemist Robert Taylor told the Times. “The gas is generated so prompt, it blows the inflater [sic] to bits.” The Times also exposed that employees at a former Takata plant in Georgia let defective airbag inflators pass inspections by manipulating leakage tests and creating fresh bar codes so the tests couldn’t be tracked.

UPDATE 9/8/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Honda will recall another 668,000 vehicles in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. Affected cars include Accord, Civic, and Fit models built inbetween two thousand nine and 2011. According to Reuters, that brings Honda’s recall total to fifty one million Takata airbags.

UPDATE 9/9/2016, 9:00 a.m.: BMW announced it will recall some 110,000 cars in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The recall affects passenger-side airbags on forty four BMW models made inbetween two thousand four and 2012, including the 116i, 118i, and 320i. The recall is part of a massive order from Japan’s transport ministry that seven million vehicles be recalled by 2019.

UPDATE 9/Nineteen/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors will submit a petition to NHTSA for a one-year deferral of a pending recall of some 980,000 trucks and SUVs tooled with Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators, Automotive News reports. Takata is slated to announce on December 31, 2016, that “a large batch” of parts are defective, but GM wants a 365-day deferral to accomplish a long-term aging research examine with aerospace and defense manufacturer Orbital ATK. The investigate, which we outlined in February, is scheduled to end in August 2017. GM maintains that the delayed recall won’t endanger vehicle occupants, telling the inflators will “likely perform as designed until at least December 31, 2019.” Of the 44,000 passenger-side inflators that have deployed in consumer use and the one thousand fifty five that have been deployed in testing, none have ruptured, GM says. The deferral affects 2007–2012 large trucks and SUVs, namely the Chevrolet Silverado, Tahoe, and Suburban, the GMC Sierra and Yukon, and the Cadillac Escalade.

UPDATE 9/26/2016, Ten:45 a.m.: Takata exposed in a latest report that it neglected to notify NHTSA of a two thousand three rupture of one of its airbag inflators in Switzerland, according to Reuters. NHTSA began looking into problems with Takata airbags in 2010, but Takata officials did not mention the Swiss incident to the agency at the time. In the freshly released report, Takata said the Swiss incident did not relate to the NHTSA investigation and noted that Takata made production switches shortly after the two thousand three incident.

In the same report (available for download at safercar.gov), Takata said that its U.S. arm, not the Japan-based parent company, “was primarily responsible for the development, testing, and production of the inflators at issue in Recall Nos. 15E-040, 15E-041, 15E-042, and 15E-043.” Other recently released Takata documents also exposed that six hundred sixty airbag inflators ruptured during testing of 245,000 of the devices, Bloomberg reports. The company resumes to reiterate that its airbag inflators are more at risk when they’re subjected to humid climates and as they age.

UPDATE 9/28/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda announced today that the driver’s-side airbag of a two thousand nine Honda City ruptured in a September twenty four crash in Johor, Malaysia, in which the driver was killed. This marks the fourth Malaysian death this year linked to a Takata-supplied airbag that ruptured in a Honda car. Honda said that it has ended replacements of 211,000 Takata front-airbag inflators in Malaysia, which is fifty four percent of the total number presently under recall.

UPDATE Ten/21/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Honda and NHTSA announced that a 50-year-old woman, Delia Robles of Corona, California, died of injuries that resulted from the deployment of a defective Takata airbag in her two thousand one Honda Civic. The crash occurred on September thirty in California’s Riverside County. According to an Associated Press report, the vehicle’s driver’s-side airbag inflator had been part of a recall since 2008; however, it was never repaired. Automotive News reported that more than twenty recall notices had been mailed to the vehicle’s registered owners. The deceased woman bought the car at the end of 2015, the AP report said. This is the 11th confirmed death in the United States that has been caused by a defective Takata-supplied airbag in a vehicle, all but one of which were in Honda vehicles.

UPDATE Ten/26/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another Five.8 million vehicles around the world because they might contain defective Takata airbag inflators. According to Reuters, the recall includes toughly 1.47 million vehicles in Europe, 1.16 million in Japan, and 820,000 in China, as well as vehicles in Central and South America, Africa, the Near and Middle East, and Singapore. Various Corolla, Yaris/Vitz, Hilux, and Etios models built inbetween May two thousand and November two thousand one and inbetween April two thousand six and December two thousand fourteen were recalled.

UPDATE 11/9/2016, 1:00 p.m.: In an effort to seek out recalled Takata airbag inflators that haven’t yet been stationary, Honda has partnered with CCC, a software provider for 22,000 automotive assets shops across the United States. When a Honda vehicle is entered into the CCC system for an estimate on repairing bod harm, Automotive News reports, an alert will show up onscreen if the vehicle has an unresolved open Takata recall. Figure shops are being “encouraged to reach out to [the customer’s favored] dealership to facilitate the repair on the customer’s behalf.”

UPDATE 12/12/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: To date, at least one hundred eighty four people have been injured by Takata airbags in the United States, according to a fresh report released by NHTSA on the recall’s progress. This is the very first hard number the agency has specified since investigations began in late 2014. Repairs won’t be finished until at least September two thousand twenty (in May, NHTSA set December two thousand nineteen as the end date). Another round of cars—including Tesla products, supercars from Ferrari and McLaren, and extra model years of previously recalled models—have been added to our master list of vehicles plagued by the defective Takata inflators. By 2020, NHTSA expects there will be forty two million vehicles with at least sixty four million inflators under recall. As of today, the count stands at about twenty nine million vehicles with forty six million inflators.

UPDATE 12/29/2016, Five:30 p.m.: So far, about 12.Five million suspect Takata inflators have been immobile of the harshly sixty five million inflators (in forty two million vehicles) that will ultimately be affected by this recall, which spans nineteen automakers. Carmakers and federal officials organizing the response to this massive recall insist that the supply chain is churning out replacement parts, most of which are coming from companies other than Takata. For those who are waiting, NHTSA advises that people not disable the airbags; the exceptions are the 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models that we listed on this page on June 30, 2016—vehicles which NHTSA is telling people to drive only to a dealer to get immobilized.

Meantime, a settlement stemming from a federal probe into criminal wrongdoing by Takata is expected early next year—perhaps as soon as January—and could treatment $1 billion.

UPDATE 1/11/2017, 1:00 p.m.: Honda added 772,000 more cars in a fresh round of recalls for non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. A total of 1.29 million Honda and Acura models plus eight hundred eighty two Gold Wing motorcycles are included; many were previously recalled for driver’s-side airbags. Besides the two thousand twelve Gold Wing, no fresh models or model years are included. Honda has the most U.S. vehicles of any automaker affected by the Takata recalls, now standing at 11.Four million cars and motorcycles.

UPDATE 1/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling 654,695 cars in the U.S. and 161,174 vehicles in Canada to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years are included, albeit Ford has added more of these same cars in other regions of the country that were not under previous recalls. Ford, including Mercury and Lincoln, now has recalled about three million cars in the U.S. The affected models in this particular regional expansion are the 2005–2009 and two thousand twelve Mustang; 2005–2006 GT; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln MKZ; 2006–2009 Mercury Milan; and the 2007–2009 Ranger, Edge, and Lincoln MKX.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, 11:00 a.m.: As with Honda and Ford, Toyota is recalling 543,000 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years have been added, albeit Toyota has included an unknown number of cars not previously under recall. Toyota, including Lexus and Scion and not including the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe, now has about six million cars in the U.S. under the Takata recalls. Affected models under this latest recall are the 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Lexus IS (including IS F); 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve Yaris and Lexus ES; 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve Scion xB; two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Corolla and Matrix; and the two thousand twelve 4Runner, Sienna, Lexus IS C, Lexus GX, and Lexus LFA.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, Three:00 p.m.: The U.S. government has fined Takata Corp. $1 billion as part of the Japanese supplier’s agreement to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud; the fine is violated down as a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million for victim compensation, and $850 million for compensating automakers. Also, a federal grand jury separately charged three Takata executives on six counts each of wire fraud and conspiracy.

UPDATE 1/23/2017, 7:00 p.m.: A total of sixteen brands recalled 652,541 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. Some or most of these cars may have been previously recalled to substitute other Takata airbags. Replacement parts may be available as soon as March or “Q1,” depending on the automaker. Only cars ever registered in specific states are under these recalls. Model-year two thousand eight and two thousand twelve Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG—as well as model-year two thousand nine Audi A4 and S4—were previously unaccounted for in our master list below. The cars recalled in this latest round are as goes after:

Audi is recalling 33,421 cars. They include the 2005–2009 A4, S4, and A6; 2007–2008 RS4; and the 2007–2009 S6.

BMW is recalling 48,380 cars. Included are the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve X5 and the 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve X6.

Daimler, in conjunction with Fiat Chrysler, is recalling 11,279 Sprinter vans. The two thousand nine Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter 2500/3500 and two thousand twelve Freightliner and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500/3500 are included.

Ferrari is recalling eight hundred twenty five cars from 2012. The FF, California, four hundred fifty eight Italia, and four hundred fifty eight Spider are all included.

Jaguar is recalling eight thousand one hundred ninety one XF sedans from two thousand nine and 2012.

Karma Automotive is recalling eight hundred eleven Fisker Karma models from 2012.

Land Rover is recalling eight thousand seven hundred sixty nine Range Rover models from 2007–2009 and 2012.

Mazda is recalling 93,812 vehicles. Included are the 2005–2006 MPV; 2005–2009 RX-8; 2007–2009 B-series pickup trucks; the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve CX-7 and CX-9; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Mazda 6.

McLaren is recalling three hundred fifty nine MP4-12C models from 2012.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 103,406 cars. Included are the two thousand twelve C-class sedan and coupe, E-class coupe and convertible, GLK, and SLS AMG, as well as the 2008–2009 C-class sedan and coupe, plus the 2008–2012 C63 sedan and coupe.

Mitsubishi is recalling one thousand nine hundred sixty four i-MiEV models from two thousand twelve and 2014.

Nissan is recalling 152,554 cars. Included are the 2005–2008 Infiniti FX; 2006–2010 Infiniti M; 2007–2009 Versa sedan and hatchback; and the two thousand twelve Versa hatchback.

Subaru is recalling 185,773 cars. Included models are the 2005–2006 Baja; 2006–2009 Impreza; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Tribeca, WRX, and STI; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, is also included.

Tesla is recalling two thousand nine hundred ninety seven Model S sedans from 2012.

In addition, thirteen automakers last week expanded the Takata recalls in Canada by almost 900,000 vehicles. According to Automotive News Canada, toughly Five.Two million Takata airbags have so far been recalled in Canada. A total list of affected Canada-market vehicles can be found at the Transport Canada website.

UPDATE Two/6/2017, Five:00 p.m.: BMW is recalling 230,117 cars in the U.S. that may have a Takata driver’s-side airbag. The company said it is possible that one percent of certain 2000–2003 models may have had their airbags substituted with a Takata unit during a service visit, whereas originally these models used non-ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators made by Petri AG. BMW said it shipped 14,600 Takata replacement airbag parts to U.S. dealers inbetween two thousand two and two thousand fifteen but had no way of knowing how many were actually installed. While some of the recalled vehicles are already under recall, many are fresh to our list below, which has been updated. The recalled vehicles include the 2000–2002 3-series sedan, coupe, wagon, convertible, and M3; the 2001–2002 5-series sedan, wagon, and M5; and the 2001–2003 X5. Owners will receive notification in March. Dealers will check for and substitute any Takata airbags they find.

UPDATE Two/27/2017, 6:30 p.m.: Takata has officially pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud for covering up the engineering defects that have led to at least seventeen deaths and the fattest recall in automotive history. The guilty prayer comes six weeks after a Justice Department announcement that Takata had agreed to a $1 billion settlement, including $850 million to compensate automakers for repairs, $125 million for a victim settlement fund, and a $25 million criminal fine. Three Takata executives also have been charged with fraud.

UPDATE Trio/Two/2017, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has recalled almost 32,000 vehicles in North America for Takata-supplied driver’s-side front airbags that “may not totally pack, or the airbag cushion may detach from the airbag module due to misalignment of components within the airbag module.” Ford says this concern is not related to Takata’s rupture-prone airbags that use non-desiccated ammonium nitrate as propellant. The affected models are the 2016–2017 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX and the two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental; these vehicles have not been added to the list below because they’re being recalled for a separate issue.

UPDATE Five/11/2017, Two:00 p.m.: Honda is urging owners in Hawaii to repair any affected 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models as soon as possible—or risk a fifty percent chance of the driver’s-side airbag inflator rupturing in a crash. The so-called Alpha inflators were the very first Takata inflators to be recalled, and combined with Hawaii’s constant high warmth and humidity, they are the most dangerous. Eight of the ten airbag deaths within the U.S. were the result of these Alpha inflators. Honda says that Hawaii houses harshly one thousand one hundred unrepaired 2001–2003 vehicles with Alpha inflators; these are among approximately 26,000 unfixed Honda and Acura vehicles in the state that are affected by these Takata recalls. Honda also says that “0ver seventy four percent” of these cars have been repaired nationwide, all with non-Takata replacement parts. For affected models, see our Acura and Honda lists below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2017, Five:30 p.m.: Four automakers—Toyota, Subaru, BMW, and Mazda—have agreed to pay a combined $553 million for economic losses. The automakers have jointly lodged a class-action lawsuit requiring owners be compensated while their cars are undergoing repairs. Owners of approximately 15.8 million cars in the U.S. are eligible. The lawsuit does not compensate owners for any alleged lost resale value in their cars nor does it address private injury or property harm claims. The court must approve the settlement before it is final.

UPDATE 6/16/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Takata will file for bankruptcy “as early as next week,” according to sources speaking to Reuters. The filing is no surprise. Company finances began unraveling in early two thousand sixteen as lawsuits, fines, lost sales, declining stock values, and recall costs left Takata in the crimson with billions in liabilities. Key Safety Systems, a Michigan auto supplier wielded by the Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, is the purported buyer. Takata owes automakers $850 million for recall costs it must pay by 2018. The U.S. Justice Department is expected to be a creditor in the bankruptcy filing.

UPDATE 6/26/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Takata officially filed for bankruptcy today and has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Key Safety Systems, a Michigan-based automotive supplier wielded by Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, for $1.6 billion.

UPDATE 6/28/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Key Safety Systems (KSS) said it will drop the Takata name once the bankruptcy and sale are approved, according to KSS senior vice president Ron Feldeisen. The sale does not include Takata’s liabilities or its airbag business. Automakers are still uncertain if they will be reimbursed for recall costs, and lawyers indicating victims say the bankruptcy may limit their capability to collect damages.

UPDATE 7/11/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Takata is recalling another Two.7 million airbag inflators in the United States for rupturing. Unlike all the other one hundred million inflators recalled globally to date, these inflators contain a moisture-absorbing desiccant. Until now, Takata had said that only non-desiccated inflators were at risk for exploding shrapnel during a crash. These driver’s-side front airbags were manufactured inbetween two thousand five and two thousand twelve and were installed on Ford, Mazda, and Nissan vehicles, Takata said in a NHTSA filing. Only inflators with the desiccant calcium sulfate are presently under recall; these inflators still contain the propellant ammonium nitrate. The affected automakers will release separate recalls at a later date.

UPDATE 7/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Honda has confirmed another fatality from airbag ruptures in its vehicles, according to the Associated Press. On June Eighteen, 2016, an 81-year-old man in Hialeah, Florida, allegedly was performing “unknown repairs” with a hammer while inwards a two thousand one Honda Accord. The vehicle was running, and the driver’s-side front airbag deployed and shot out shrapnel. Police and witnesses still do not know what the man was doing when he was found unconscious inwards the car. He died the next day. This is the 12th fatality from faulty Takata airbags in the U.S., all but one in Honda vehicles. Of the ems of millions of cars under recall in the U.S., 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models are the most dangerous. NHTSA estimates that these cars have a 50-50 chance of an airbag rupturing.

UPDATE 7/17/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Mazda is recalling Nineteen,000 cars in South Africa—including the Two, 6, and RX-8—for two thousand three and later models, according to Wheels24. About seventy million of the harshly one hundred million airbag inflators under recall globally are in the U.S.

UPDATE 7/21/2017, Two:30 p.m.: Ford is petitioning NHTSA to not recall Two.Five million cars proclaimed defective by Takata earlier this month, according to Reuters. The automaker wants to proceed testing but believes the particular inflators pose an “inconsequential” risk. The vehicles in question include: 2007–2011 Ranger, 2006–2012 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2006–2011 Mercury Milan, and 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. In January, GM petitioned NHTSA to exempt certain 2007–2011 pickups and SUVs (based on the GMT900 platform) from recalls until the automaker finished its evaluations by late August. NHTSA has not granted or denied either petition.

Also, Nissan has added 515,394 Versas, from model years two thousand seven through 2012, to this recall because the cars contain potentially defective inflators for their Takata-supplied driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 7/24/2017, 9:45 a.m.: Reuters reports that an Australian man died in Sydney after he crashed his two thousand seven Honda CR-V and the airbag sent shrapnel into his neck. Honda confirmed to Reuters that the car had a defective airbag. The deaths of eighteen people worldwide have now been attributed to these airbags.

Also, Mazda is requesting that NHTSA not recall extra B-series pickups; this comes in conjunction with Ford’s latest petition that claims in part that airbags in many of its Ranger pickups do not pose a risk of rupturing. The B-series is a clone of the Ford Ranger.

UPDATE 7/28/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Reuters reports that a 34-year-old woman in Holiday, Florida, was killed last week in a two thousand two Honda Accord after the airbag ruptured during a head-on collision. While officials have not determined the exact cause of death, she is likely the 19th person to die from defective Takata airbags.

UPDATE 8/9/2017, 12:30 p.m.: Nissan is the latest automaker to lodge a civil lawsuit that will compensate owners for economic losses while they go through repairs, provide rental cars to owners driving the most at-risk vehicles, and pay for advertising and outreach to encourage more owners to schedule repairs with their dealers. The $97.7 million settlement mirrors the $553 million settlement that BMW, Mazda, Toyota, and Subaru agreed to pay in May. A total of Four.Four million Nissan and Infiniti vehicles have been recalled in the U.S. Only thirty percent have been repaired.

UPDATE 8/31/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling six hundred fifty brand-new vehicles in the United States that have defective airbags, albeit there is a critical difference from the general recall population of Takata inflators. Certain two thousand seventeen Ford Mustang and F-150 models have finish airbag modules built by Takata, while the faulty inflators inwards the modules are made by ARC Automotive, a Tier two supplier in Knoxville, Tennessee. The passenger-side frontal airbags are affected. Takata notified Ford after it tested the airbags and found an “abnormal deployment,” Ford said. Since July 2015, NHTSA has been investigating ARC Automotive for defective airbag inflators after two ruptured in older-model Chrysler and Kia models not under the Takata recall. NHTSA presently estimates that up to eight million inflators may be defective in Chrysler, GM, Kia, and Hyundai models in the United States.

AFFECTED VEHICLES (total U.S.-market number in parentheses, if known):

Acura: 2002–2003 Three.2TL; two thousand three Trio.2CL; 2003–2006 MDX; 2005–2012 RL; 2007–2016 RDX; 2009–2014 TL and TSX; 2010–2013 ZDX; 2013–2016 ILX (including hybrid)

Audi (more than 387,000): 2004–2009 A4; 2005–2009 S4; 2003–2011 A6; 2006–2013 A3; 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet; 2007–2008 RS4; 2007–2009 S4 cabriolet; 2007–2011 S6; two thousand eight RS4 cabriolet; 2009–2012, two thousand fifteen Q5; 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet; 2010–2012 S5 cabriolet; 2016–2017 TT; two thousand seventeen R8

BMW (more than 1.97 million): 2000–2011 3-series sedan; 2000–2012 3-series wagon; 2000–2013 3-series coupe and convertible; 2000–2013 M3 coupe and convertible; 2001–2003 5-series and M5; 2001–2013 X5; 2007–2010 X3; 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible; 2008–2011 M3 sedan; 2008–2014 X6 (including hybrid); 2011–2015 X1

Cadillac: 2007–2014 Escalade, Escalade ESV; 2007–2013 Escalade EXT; two thousand fifteen XTS

Chevrolet (more than 1.91 million, including Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Saab, and Saturn): 2007–2014 Silverado HD, Suburban, and Tahoe; 2007–2013 Avalanche and Silverado 1500; two thousand fifteen Camaro, Equinox, and Malibu

Chrysler: 2005–2015 300; 2006–2008 Crossfire; 2007–2009 Aspen

Daimler: 2006–2009 Dodge Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2007–2017 Freightliner Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500

Dodge/Ram (more than Five.64 million, including Chrysler, not including Daimler-built Sprinter): 2003–2008 Ram 1500; 2003–2009 Ram 2500; 2003–2010 Ram 3500; 2004–2009 Durango; 2005–2008 Magnum; 2005–2011 Dakota; 2006–2015 Charger; 2008–2014 Challenger; 2008–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and Ram 5500

Ferrari (more than 2820): 2009–2014 California; 2010–2015 four hundred fifty eight Italia; 2012–2016 Ferrari FF; 2012–2015 four hundred fifty eight Spider; 2013–2017 Ferrari F12berlinetta; 2014–2015 four hundred fifty eight Speciale; two thousand fifteen 458 Speciale A; 2015–2017 California T; 2016–2017 Ferrari F12tdf, 488GTB, and four hundred eighty eight Spider; two thousand sixteen Ferrari F60; two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso

Ford (Three million, including Lincoln and Mercury): 2004–2011 Ranger; 2005–2006 GT; 2005–2014, two thousand seventeen Mustang; 2006–2012 Fusion; 2007–2010 Edge; two thousand seventeen F-150

GMC: 2007–2014 Sierra HD, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2013 Sierra 1500; two thousand fifteen Terrain

Honda (11.Four million, including Acura): 2001–2012 Accord; 2001–2011 Civic (including hybrid and NGV); 2002–2011, two thousand sixteen CR-V; 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2015 Pilot; 2003–2011 Element; 2006–2014 Ridgeline; 2006–2010, two thousand twelve Gold Wing motorcycle; 2007–2013 Fit; 2010–2015 Accord Crosstour; 2010–2014 Insight and FCX Clarity; 2011–2015 CR-Z; 2013–2014 Fit EV

Infiniti: 2001–2004 I30/I35; 2002–2003 QX4; 2003–2008 FX35/FX45; 2006–2010 M35/M45; 2009–2017 QX56/QX80; 2017–2018 QX30

Land Rover (more than 68,000): 2007–2012 Range Rover

Lexus: 2002–2010 SC430; 2006–2013 IS; 2007–2012 ES; 2008–2014 IS F; 2010–2015 IS C; 2010–2017 GX; 2010–2015 IS convertible; two thousand twelve LFA

Lincoln: 2006–2012 Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ; 2007–2010 Lincoln MKX

Mazda (more than 733,000): 2003–2011 Mazda 6; 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6; 2004–2011 RX-8; 2004–2006 MPV; 2004–2009 B-series; 2007–2012 CX-7; 2007–2015 CX-9

McLaren: 2011–2015 P1; 2012–2014 MP4-12C; 2015–2016 650S; 2016–2017 570; two thousand sixteen 675LT

Mercedes-Benz (1,044,602, including Daimler): 2005–2014 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2008–2012 C63 AMG); 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2007–2017 Sprinter; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2010–2011 E-class sedan and wagon; 2010–2017 E-class coupe; 2011–2017 E-class convertible; 2010–2015 GLK-class; 2011–2015 SLS AMG coupe and roadster

Mitsubishi (more than 105,000): two thousand four Lancer Sportback; 2004–2007 Lancer; 2004–2006 Lancer Evolution; 2006–2009 Raider; 2012–2017 iMiEV

Nissan (Four.Four million, including Infiniti): 2001–2003 and 2016–2017 Maxima; 2002–2004 Pathfinder; 2002–2006 Sentra; 2007–2017 Versa sedan; 2007–2012 Versa hatchback; 2008–2018 370Z coupe/roadster; 2009–2014 Cube; 2010–2017 NV; 2012–2017 Altima, Versa Note, Armada, and Titan; 2013–2017 NV200; 2014–2017 Rogue

Pontiac (more than 300,000): 2003–2010 Vibe

Saab: 2003–2011 9-3; 2005–2006 9-2X; 2006–2009 9-5

Subaru (more than 380,000): 2003–2014 Legacy and Outback; 2003–2006 Baja; 2004–2011 Impreza; 2006–2014 Tribeca; 2009–2013 Forester; 2012–2014 WRX and WRX STI

Tesla: 2012–2016 Tesla Model S

Toyota (6 million, including Lexus and Scion): 2002–2007 Sequoia; 2003–2013 Corolla and Corolla Matrix; 2003–2006 Tundra; 2004–2005 RAV4; 2006–2012 Yaris; 2010–2016 4Runner; 2011–2014 Sienna

Volkswagen (more than 680,000): 2006–2010, 2012–2014 Passat sedan and wagon; 2009–2017 CC; 2009–2013 GTI; 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf; 2010–2014 Eos; two thousand thirteen Golf R; two thousand fifteen Tiguan

We will update this list as soon as fresh information is available, but you can access NHTSA’s own running tally of affected vehicles here. For further information about your specific vehicle, go to the manufacturer’s consumer website or use NHTSA’s VIN-lookup implement.

This story was originally published on October 21, 2014. It has subsequently been updated to reflect the latest findings and official list of affected vehicles.

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Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Utter List of Affected Vehicles

The automotive world and beyond is humming about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from almost two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem; which vehicles may have the defective, shrapnel-shooting inflator parts from Japanese supplier Takata; and what to do if your vehicle is one of them.

The issue involves defective inflator and propellent devices that may deploy improperly in the event of a crash, shooting metal fragments into vehicle occupants. Approximately forty two million vehicles are potentially affected in the United States, and at least seven million have been recalled worldwide. (UPDATE 9/28/2016: Affected-vehicle numbers, along with improper-deployment figures, proceed to grow, as detailed in the updates below.)

Originally, only six makes were involved when Takata announced the fault in April 2013, but a Toyota recall in June this year—along with fresh admissions from Takata that it had little clue as to which cars used its defective inflators, or even what the root cause was—prompted more automakers to issue identical recalls. In July, NHTSA coerced extra regional recalls in high-humidity areas including Florida, Hawaii, and the U.S. Cherry Islands to gather eliminated parts and send them to Takata for review.

Another major recall issued on October twenty expanded the affected vehicles across several brands. For its part, Toyota said it would begin to substitute defective passenger-side inflators beginning October 25; if parts are unavailable, however, it has advised its dealers to disable the airbags and affix “Do Not Sit Here” messages to the dashboard.

While Toyota says there have been no related injuries or deaths involving its vehicles, a Fresh York Times report in September found a total of at least one hundred thirty nine reported injuries across all automakers. In particular, there have been at least two deaths and thirty injuries in Honda vehicles (UPDATE 12/12/2016: These figures are now verified as eleven deaths and one hundred eighty four injuries in the U.S., as detailed in the updates below). According to the Times, Honda and Takata allegedly have known about the faulty inflators since two thousand four but failed to notify NHTSA in previous recall filings (which began in 2008) that the affected airbags had actually ruptured or were linked to injuries and deaths.

Takata very first said that propellant chemicals were mishandled and improperly stored during assembly, which supposedly caused the metal airbag inflators to burst open due to excessive pressure inwards. In July, the company blamed humid weather and spurred extra recalls.

According to documents reviewed by Reuters, Takata says that rust, bad welds, and even chewing gum dropped into at least one inflator are also at fault. The same documents demonstrate that in 2002, Takata’s plant in Mexico permitted a defect rate that was “six to eight times above” acceptable boundaries, or harshly sixty to eighty defective parts for every one million airbag inflators shipped. The company’s investigate has yet to reach a final conclusion and report the findings to NHTSA.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, 9:44 a.m.: The Fresh York Times has published a report suggesting that Takata knew about the airbag issues in 2004, conducting secret tests off work hours to verify the problem. The results confirmed major issues with the inflators, and engineers quickly began researching a solution. But instead of notifying federal safety regulators and moving forward with fixes, Takata executives ordered its engineers to demolish the data and dispose of the physical evidence. This occurred a utter four years before Takata publicly acknowledged the problem.

UPDATE 11/7/2014, Five:29 p.m.: Two U.S. Senators have now called for the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation on this matter. Takata has stated that “the allegations contained in the [Fresh York Times] article are fundamentally inaccurate.” The company went on to state that it “takes very earnestly the accusations made in this article and we are cooperating and participating fully with the government investigation now underway.”

Read more about these developments on this C/D page.

UPDATE 11/13/2014, 11:Ten a.m.: Takata has released a more formal statement telling that the allegations made in last week’s Fresh York Times article “are fundamentally inaccurate” and that it “unfairly impugned the integrity of Takata and its employees.” The company says (in this PDF) that there were no tests of “scrapyard airbag inflators” in 2004, that after-hours tests in two thousand four “were not ‘secret tests’ . . . [but] were done at the request of NHTSA to address a cushion-tearing issue unrelated to inflator rupturing,” and that it “did not suppress any test results displaying cracking or rupturing in the inflators,” whether to automakers such as Honda or to NHTSA.

For its story about Takata’s statement, the Times spoke again with one of its two sources for the November six article. That anonymous person is quoted as telling: “What Takata says is not true . . . They are attempting to switch things around.”

On November 12, we reported about a switch in Takata’s chemical makeup of its airbag propellant, which the company says is unrelated to the ongoing recall situation.

UPDATE 11/Legitimate/2014, 6:Ten p.m.: In light of a latest airbag failure in a two thousand seven Ford Mustang in North Carolina—which was not part of the original “high-humidity areas” Takata recall—the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the defective Takata driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 11/20/2014, Five:35 p.m.: Automakers, officials from Takata, and motorists injured by defective airbags met for a hearing with Congress. NHTSA was accused of not responding quickly enough to the Takata airbag situation, and automakers also took fever for being slow with fixes. As of now, the recalls remain regional, but it seems only a matter of time before they’re blanketed nationwide.

UPDATE 11/26/2014, 1:00 p.m.: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has formally demanded that Takata shove through a nationwide recall of cars tooled with the suspect driver’s-side airbags. Also, officials in Japan are calling for a recall expansion, after an airbag from an unspecified car not covered by previous recalls ruptured in testing.

UPDATE 12/Two/2014, Five:45 p.m.: Toyota and Honda have released similar statements urging for an “industry-wide joint initiative to independently test Takata airbag inflators.” Meantime, Takata’s chairman stated today that he’ll create a “quality assurance panel” to scrutinize the company’s production procedures. Takata and NHTSA officials today made statements before the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. NHTSA is still pushing for a nationwide expansion of the still-regional airbag recall—but for defective driver’s-side airbags only; the agency says a coast-to-coast recall on passenger-side airbags isn’t necessary. Such a large-scale recall, many say, would squeeze the limited supply of replacement parts in the most at-risk (read: humid) regions of the country.

UPDATE 12/Three/2014, 6:50 p.m.: Takata executives, as well as those from NHTSA and several automakers, again sat before Congress, discussing how this nightmare situation went unaddressed for so long, how it can be stationary promptly and decently, and how it will be prevented from happening again. Honda is expanding its recall nationwide, and Takata’s internal testing has exposed high failure rates.

UPDATE 12/Four/2014, Ten:25 a.m.: Chrysler, Ford, and Toyota have expanded their recalls of vehicles tooled with Takata airbags.

Chrysler’s recall update adds the passenger-side airbags of toughly 149,000 two thousand three Ram pickups (1500, 2500, and 3500), which were already part of a driver’s-side airbag recall. The recall remains regional, encompassing trucks “sold or ever registered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Saipan, and the Cherry Islands.” Chrysler says it is unaware of any accidents or injuries related to these airbag inflators and that no failures have occurred in laboratory tests. NHTSA has already stated is dissatisfaction with Chrysler’s stir: “Chrysler’s latest recall is insufficient, doesn’t meet our requests, and fails to include all inflators covered by Takata’s defect information report.”

Ford’s expanded recall is very similar to Chrysler’s, adding passenger-side airbags to the repair list of about 13,000 vehicles (2004–2005 Rangers and 2005–2006 GTs) already involved in the regional Takata recalls. Ford is even more selective with the targeted locations: it covers vehicles “originally sold, or ever registered, in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Cherry Islands. It adds certain zip codes with high absolute humidity conditions in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Guam, Saipan, and American Samoa.”

Toyota has recalled some 190,000 vehicles in China and Japan, many of them similar to the company’s U.S.-market vehicles listed below.

UPDATE 12/Five/2014, Trio:15 p.m.: Honda has announced the addition of three million vehicles to its list of affected cars—and also that its recall is now nationwide. Read more on this development in this story.

UPDATE 12/Legitimate/2014, Ten:50 a.m.: Ford has expanded the breadth of its recall for Takata driver’s-side airbags, adding almost 450,000 vehicles—all Mustangs and GTs—to its list. (Rangers are part of a separate act.) Mazda also expanded its recall to be nationwide for 2004–2008 Mazda six and RX-8 vehicles, upping its total of affected cars by about 265,000. Also, Chrysler recently added harshly 139,000 vehicles from the 2003–2005 model years to its regional recall, which now includes the previously unaffected areas of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, American Samoa, Guam, and Saipan. (Also, the 2006–2007 Charger is now listed below, compensating for an oversight on NHTSA’s outdated master list.)

UPDATE 12/Nineteen/2014, 7:00 p.m.: Providing in to NHTSA’s requests, Chrysler has drastically expanded its now-nationwide recall—by more than two million vehicles. A number of 2004–2007 model-year products, included below and specifically called out in this press release, are being called back to have their driver’s-side airbag inflators substituted. The company reports only one related injury. According to The Detroit Free Press, BMW is now the last automaker (of five) holding out from NHTSA’s request for a nationwide airbag recall on affected vehicles.

UPDATE 12/30/2014, Ten:00 a.m.: BMW has added another 140,000 vehicles to its now-nationwide airbag-recall list, meaning that all five primary carmakers involved in this situation have ditched the regional recalls. Also, Takata president Stefan Stocker has stepped down from the presidency of Takata, and top company executives have agreed to take significant pay cuts.

UPDATE 1/20/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Six panelists—including one who oversaw the Cerberus ownership of Chrysler—will join an independent review board in looking into Takata’s manufacturing processes and recommending best practices for what has become one of the largest-ever auto recalls. Former U.S. transportation secretary (1989–1991) Samuel K. Skinner will lead the panel.

UPDATE Two/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: Takata—finally—is enhancing its capacity to produce replacement airbag inflators at its plants around the world. By September, according to Automotive News, Takata will be able to make 900,000 replacement units per month. Upgraded assembly lines at a factory in Mexico have already enhanced that plant’s capacity from 300,000 units per month to 450,000. Meantime, reports of people being gravely injured by these defective airbags proceed to arise.

UPDATE Two/20/2015, Four:Ten p.m.: Takata faces civil fines of $14,000 per day for its alleged refusal to cooperate with a federal investigation over these defective airbags. The supplier has provided slew of paperwork to NHTSA, but the agency found the “deluge of documents” unsatisfactory.

UPDATE Trio/12/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Honda has announced that it is instituting a voluntary advertising campaign urging owners of Honda and Acura automobiles to check for open airbag and safety recalls that may affect their vehicle. See one of the ads and read more in our story.

UPDATE Trio/Nineteen/2015, Two:25 p.m.: Honda has added about 105,000 vehicles to its recall list. These include almost 90,000 Pilots from the two thousand eight model year as well as some two thousand four Civics and two thousand one Accords that previously weren’t part of the recall. Our list below has been updated.

UPDATE Three/23/2015, 1:40 p.m.: According to a fresh survey, a surprising and unnerving number of Americans evidently haven’t bothered to get these potentially lethal airbags repaired. Just twelve percent of all cars recalled for faulty Takata airbags in the U.S. have been repaired. In Japan, conversely, a total seventy percent of the three million cars under recall have been repaired.

UPDATE Four/14/2015, Two:30 p.m.: Honda has stated that the driver of a two thousand three Civic was injured by a ruptured airbag during a crash in Florida on March 20.

UPDATE Four/21/2015, Ten:15 a.m.: Nissan has added another 45,000 Sentras from the two thousand six model year to its large-scale recall for defective Takata airbags. Owners will be notified via FedEx. Affected cars, according to Nissan, are those “that presently are or previously were registered in Florida and adjacent counties in southern Georgia; Hawaii; Guam; Puerto Rico; Saipan; American Samoa; U.S. Cherry Islands; and coastal areas of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.” This activity was partially prompted by the investigation of a March crash in Louisiana in which a woman was injured by airbag shrapnel from her two thousand six Sentra.

UPDATE Five/13/2015, Trio:15 p.m.: Toyota and Nissan announced fresh and expanded recall activity to substitute potentially deadly Takata airbags in almost 6.Five million vehicles worldwide. The recall affects almost one million vehicles in North America. The Toyota RAV4 (model years two thousand four and 2005), previously unaffected by these recalls, is now on the list; Toyota is recalling some 160,000 of the models to substitute their driver’s-side airbags. The RAV4 has been added to our comprehensive list below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2015, 6:15 p.m.: Takata has proclaimed as defective almost thirty four million vehicles, which will lead to even more extensive recalls of vehicles with the company’s airbags (individual automakers will elaborate on the specific cars added to the recalls in the very near future). In its testing of the suspect parts, Takata also found that driver’s-side airbags in 2003–2007 Toyota Corolla and Matrix models (plus the Pontiac Vibe, a twin to the Matrix), as well as 2004–2007 Honda Accord models, are at the highest risk.

In a news conference today, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx called the expanded recall “the most complicated consumer-safety recall in U.S. history.” He added: “Up until now Takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. That switches today.” Also, the company has agreed to pay the U.S. government significant fines for not cooperating in the investigations of numerous injuries and deaths; the exact amount will be announced at a later date.

UPDATE Five/20/2015, 1:00 p.m.: Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg that Takata switched its airbag propellant in two thousand eight to reduce the risk of overly forceful deployment and to address the moisture-related degradation of the propellant.

UPDATE Five/27/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Next Tuesday, June Two, a panel from the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing to go after up on the status of this ongoing situation. “We have suffered a year of Takata ruptures and recalls, and families are still at risk. No excuses. Michiganders, and all Americans, have a right to answers,” committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said in a statement. The most latest Congressional hearing took place in December.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda has added 259,479 vehicles to its Japanese-market recall tally, according to Automotive News. Affected model years are from two thousand two through 2008, which marks the very first time that two thousand eight Hondas have been included in this big airbag recall. Honda soon will announce extra airbag recalls for the United States, which will be part of the massive recall expansion announced last week.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, 1:25 p.m.: Chrysler and Honda have added hundreds of thousands of vehicles to their U.S.-market recall lists; this goes after Takata’s announcement last week that thirty four million total vehicles were subject to activity. At this point, Honda is telling only that it will add toughly 350,000 vehicles to its list, albeit “most of the vehicles deemed at risk in Takata’s defect-determination report were already subject to previous voluntary deeds taken by Honda.”

The Chrysler expansion details approximately 1.Two million of its vehicles that were part of last week’s announcement, many of which are from model years that previously hadn’t been flagged. Accordingly, the following have been added to our list below: 2009–2010 Chrysler 300, 2008–2010 Dodge Charger, 2009–2011 Dodge Dakota, 2005–2010 Dodge Magnum (no Magnums were previously recalled for this problem), two thousand nine Ram two thousand five hundred and 3500, 2009–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and 5500, and 2008–2010 Mitsubishi Raider.

UPDATE Five/28/2015, Five:00 p.m.: Ford has added more than 900,000 vehicles to its list of recalls for potentially defective airbags from Takata. The 2009–2014 Mustang and the two thousand six Ranger are fresh additions to the list. The later-model Mustangs—recalled for driver’s-side airbags—are by far the newest cars to be included in this amazingly broad recall act.

UPDATE Five/29/2015, 6:25 p.m.: General Motors now has vehicles on the ever-growing list below (besides the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe): it is recalling heavy-duty examples of two thousand seven and two thousand eight Chevy Silverados and GMC Sierras. Also, Subaru has quadrupled the number of its vehicles subject to this airbag recall; that company’s additions are all 2004–2005 Imprezas.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: A Congressional hearing on this matter is scheduled for today at two p.m. We’ll cover the event across the afternoon. Meantime, yesterday a Takata executive announced that the company proposes “to substitute all” of the troublesome “ ‘batwing-shaped’ propellant wafers” installed in North America. We should know a lot more later today.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Trio:35 p.m.: Highlights so far from today’s Congressional hearing come mostly from NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind. He encourages consumers to frequently visit safercar.gov to see whether their vehicle and its VIN have been added to the list; he promises that the website will have VIN information for every single individual car affected by these expansive recalls within two weeks. Rosekind is calling for carmakers to be more diligent in tracking down vehicles that have passed through numerous owners over the years so that the current holder gets recall notices as quickly as possible. If NHTSA had the authority, Rosekind says, it would have compelled off the road vehicles affected by the Takata recalls sometime in 2014. Rosekind also points out that the suspect Takata airbag inflator has ten different configurations, which complicates discernment of the root cause.

Also, Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has pointed out that, “The messaging around these airbag recalls has been tormented at best,” and notes that Takata is attempting “to flawless an innumerable set of manufacturing variables, which for 10-plus years have resisted perfection.”

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, Four:55 p.m.: Sitting before the Congressional committee, Takata executive VP Kevin Kennedy states that he believes ammonium nitrate—a propellant that he admits is “a factor” in these rupturing airbags—is safe to use in his company’s products, including airbags installed as replacements in these recalls. He admits, however, that all of the defective airbags discovered in testing have used this type of propellant; Takata is, Kennedy says, transitioning to using guanidine nitrate, a propellant that other airbag suppliers already use. He reassures consumers that not all of the millions of recalled airbag inflators are defective and also that his company is testing components “outside the scope of the recall” to make sure that the callbacks are far-reaching enough. He also claims that his company shipped 740,000 replacement kits in May, in addition to supplying fountains of airbags for new-car production.

UPDATE 6/Two/2015, 7:05 p.m.: Now posted: our utter story on today’s developments and how Takata plans to treat this situation moving forward.

UPDATE 6/Four/2015, Three:00 p.m.: Takata has informed Reuters that at least ten percent of the four million replacement airbag inflators installed as part of these recalls will have to be substituted again. The number could be much greater, as Reuters notes, “the safety of more than three million replacement parts [is also] in question.” A NHTSA official said the agency will thrust Takata and individual carmakers to “demonstrate to us that the remedy parts are safe for the life of the vehicle.”

UPDATE 6/Five/2015, Ten:Ten a.m.: Mazda has added more than 100,000 vehicles to its list of recalls, bringing the total to toughly 450,000. Fresh to the list are the two thousand three Mazda six and the two thousand six B-series pickup; extra Mazdas from previously noted model years in the rundown below, including the RX-8 and the Mazdaspeed 6, are part of this expanded recall. The cars are being recalled for driver’s-side airbag inflators, while the pickups are called back for their passenger-side airbags.

Also, former Takata president Stefan Stocker, who resigned that position in December, has now left his spot on the company’s board of directors. Takata’s senior vice president of global quality assurance, Hiroshi Shimizu, has been named to the board, along with two other fresh appointments. Last December, speaking before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Shimizu “rebuffed NHTSA’s claims that several million driver’s-side airbags now demonstrate a national safety risk.”

UPDATE 6/Ten/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: A lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court in Lafayette, Louisiana, alleges that a 22-year-old woman was killed in early April when her two thousand five Honda Civic’s driver’s-side airbag “violently exploded and sent metal shards, shrapnel and/or other foreign material into the passenger compartment,” Automotive News reports. Her car hit a telephone pole on April Five, two days before she received a recall notice for her car’s Takata-supplied airbags. She died on April 9. Her death, if it was indeed caused by the airbag, would become the seventh attributed to a failed Takata airbag. The other six fatalities have all occurred in Honda vehicles, and only one crash happened outside of the United States.

UPDATE 6/11/2015, Ten:25 a.m.: There are many millions of vehicles involved in these recalls, but it seems as however thirty four million, a figure that Takata announced in mid-May, might be far too high. (That figure was for inflators, not vehicles, albeit few cars seem to be afflicted with numerous defective airbags.) Reuters reports that the number is most likely more like 16.Two million vehicles. Keep in mind, tho’, that Nissan and Toyota may not have yet announced their recall expansions in response to Takata’s aforementioned mid-May announcement. The figures in our chart below, as it emerges today, add up to 15.97 million vehicles, which is within two percent of Reuters’ figure.

UPDATE 6/12/2015, 11:35 a.m.: Honda has announced that its financial results for the fiscal year that ended on March thirty one will take a $363 million hit because of costs associated with repairing vehicles involved in the Takata recalls.

UPDATE 6/14/2015, 7:00 p.m.: Honda has confirmed that the death of Kylan Langlinais, whose two thousand five Civic crashed in Louisiana on April five and which we detailed above on June Ten, was indeed a result of the ruptured Takata-supplied airbag in her car. Automotive News reports that this is the 2nd of seven deaths—all in Honda vehicles—where “a driver received a [recall or safety-campaign] notification too late.” Honda has recalled toughly Five.Five million vehicles with Takata airbag inflators in the United States.

UPDATE 6/15/2015, Ten:45 p.m.: Honda has added almost 1.Four million airbag inflators to this ever-expanding recall. The fresh recall is for passenger-side airbags on 2003–2007 Accord and 2001–2005 Civic models—two vehicles with the highest defect rates uncovered in Takata tests. According to Automotive News, most of these particular vehicles have already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, 12:Ten p.m.: Daimler has recalled 40,061 Sprinter vans for their passenger-side airbags. Dodge-branded Sprinters from 2006–2008 are included, as are Freightliner-badged Sprinters from 2007–2008. Vans in both two thousand five hundred and three thousand five hundred capacities are being recalled.

UPDATE 6/16/2015, Trio:15 p.m.: Toyota has announced that 1,365,000 more vehicles are subject to its airbag recalls. All of these particular vehicles are being called in for their passenger-side airbags. Specific models involved are: 2003–2007 Corolla and Corolla Matrix, 2005–2007 Sequoia, 2005–2006 Tundra, and 2003–2007 Lexus SC430. Takata recalls now cover some Two.9 million vehicles in the United States. A report in Automotive News notes that twenty four incidents of “incorrect deployments” of Takata airbags have been recorded worldwide in Toyota vehicles, with at least eight reports of injuries and no deaths.

UPDATE 6/Legal/2015, 11:15 a.m.: NHTSA ultimately knows the utter scope of this massive, ongoing airbag recall. The eleven carmakers involved have identified every vehicle identification number (VIN) covered by the recall. Check your VIN by using the government agency’s search instrument. Also of note: The Senate Commerce Committee will meet next week to hear testimony from NHTSA experts, the Transportation Department’s Office of the Inspector General, and representatives from Takata and automakers regarding the recall.

UPDATE 6/Nineteen/2015, Four:50 p.m.: General Motors has added some 243,000 Pontiac Vibes to its tally of the already-recalled hatchback, which was built alongside the Toyota Matrix in the mid-2000s. The Vibes in this act, from the 2003–2007 model years, are being recalled for their passenger-side airbags. The two thousand six and two thousand seven model years previously had not been affected.

UPDATE 6/20/2015, 12:15 a.m.: Honda has confirmed that an eighth person’s death was caused by a defective airbag in one of its products. The woman who died was involved in a crash last August in Los Angeles; she was driving a rented two thousand one Civic. Bloomberg reports that this particular vehicle was part of four airbag-recall campaigns inbetween two thousand nine and 2014, each of which resulted in notifications being mailed to the car’s registered possessor, who never had the recalls addressed.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, 11:30 a.m.: Another hearing on this matter is happening in Congress today. Early points of note include:

• NHTSA’s Mark Rosekind estimates that the thirty four million defective airbag inflators are installed in thirty two million vehicles, so only a puny percentage of affected cars have more than one defective airbag. Those figures may still not be entirely accurate, however.

• For months, NHTSA has been coming under fire for how it has treated the Takata situation and other latest large-scale automotive recalls. Staffing and funding are an issue for the government agency, but Senator Claire McCaskill said this morning that “I’m not about to give you more money” until major reforms are made.

• Fiat-Chrysler has hired TRW to supply replacements for the defective Takata parts in its recalled vehicles. Takata has been supplying the industry at large with a major portion of the required replacement airbags thus far. FCA senior vice president Scott Kunselman said during the hearing that his company would only use replacement airbags from TRW and is certain that customers will not need to comeback for subsequent repairs.

UPDATE 6/23/2015, Trio:45 p.m.: Takata still does not know the root cause of its airbag failures and stopped brief of ensuring its replacement parts. The company’s executive vice president in North America, Kevin Kennedy, testified today during the company’s third Congressional hearing that “many of the replacement parts are alternative designs” but that it was continuing to test these replacements as it ramps up production to one million parts per month. “What we do know is that it takes a considerably long time for these problems to manifest,” Kennedy said to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

UPDATE 6/25/2015, Ten:50 a.m.: Following Takata’s annual shareholders meeting in Tokyo today, company president Shigehisa Takada publicly apologized for the deaths, injuries, and issues that have been caused by the airbags produced by the company that his grandfather founded in 1933. “I apologize for not having been able to communicate directly earlier, and also apologize for people who died or were injured,” Takada said, according to Bloomberg. “I feel sorry our products hurt customers, despite the fact that we are a supplier of safety products.” The apology came on the high-heeled shoes of Toyota and Honda adding another three million vehicles to the worldwide list of those recalled.

UPDATE 6/26/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: Reuters reports that Takata president Shigehisa Takada took a major pay cut last year, earning less than one hundred million yen (about $810,000) compared with the $1.67 million he took home the year before. His wages could have been much less than ¥100 million, since, as Reuters says, “Japanese companies are required to disclose individual executive compensation only if it exceeds one hundred million yen.” Other senior executives at Takata also earned less money last year.

Following up on news that we very first covered on June 12, Honda has restated its operating profit for last year after taking into account costs associated with repairing vehicles fitted with potentially defective Takata-supplied airbags. The effective cash loss of about $363 million remains as previously stated, bringing Honda’s operating profit for the fiscal year that ended in March to $Four.92 billion.

UPDATE 6/30/2015, Ten:30 a.m.: According to a latest audit by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector General, NHTSA—the agency that has been at the forefront of the examinations of these Takata airbag recalls—is utter of incompetent, mismanaged staff who are practically set up by their superiors to fail. Read our analysis here.

UPDATE 7/8/2015, 9:55 a.m.: The airbag in a Nissan X-Trail embarked a fire after the Takata-supplied device went off with excessive force during a crash in Japan, according to Automotive News. The passenger-side airbag “exploded, smashing the passenger-side window and sending high-temperature fragments into the dashboard, causing a fire.” The driver sustained minor injuries in the crash.

UPDATE 7/9/2015, 9:35 a.m.: Honda has recalled another Four.Five million vehicles, bringing the total number of its cars and SUVs involved in Takata-airbag-related deeds to 24.Five million. None of this newest batch were sold in North America; more than one-third are in Japan. This latest recall expands upon a mid-May recall of Four.8 million non-North-American Honda vehicles.

UPDATE 7/12/2015, 9:45 p.m.: Almost 90,000 Dodge Challengers from model years two thousand eight through two thousand ten have been added to this ever-growing airbag recall. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, Chrysler will recall 88,346 of the pony cars for possibly defective driver’s-side airbags. Prior to this activity, no Challengers had been recalled for this issue.

UPDATE 8/12/2015, 11:50 a.m.: Takata soon will begin a large-scale regional advertising campaign focused on raising awareness around the installation of replacement airbag inflators in affected vehicles. According to Automotive News and Bloomberg, the campaign is “a sturdy digital advertising campaign” that will include crimson “Urgent Airbag Recall Notice” banner ads on websites such as CNN and Facebook. Only high-humidity locales will be targeted with the ads: Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Cherry Islands. Also, a direct-mail campaign will target eighty five percent of the U.S. market.

UPDATE 8/Eighteen/2015, Ten:00 a.m.: Volkswagen is now part of NHTSA’s probe on Takata-supplied airbags, following the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Tiguan during a crash involving a deer in June, Automotive News reports. No one in the vehicle was hurt. If this problem is related to that which spurred the massive recall for Takata’s front airbags, it would be notable as the very first report of the issue affecting side airbags, Volkswagen vehicles, and a model later than the two thousand eleven model year (with the exception of the two thousand fourteen Ford Mustang). A Takata spokesman told AN, “We believe [this malfunction] is unrelated to the previous recalls, which the extensive data suggests were a result of aging and long-term exposure to warmth and high humidity.”

Automotive News points out that Volkswagen and Tesla are the only carmakers presently using Takata inflators that so far haven’t been subject to the recall deeds detailed here.

UPDATE 8/20/2015, Two:45 p.m.: Following news earlier this week about the rupture of a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen VW Tiguan, two U.S. senators on the committee investigating these defective airbags are calling for the instant recall of all vehicles that use Takata-supplied airbags. A statement on Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal’s website concludes: “In light of the most latest incident, which did not occur in one of the regions originally designated as ‘high humidity,’ and which involved a two thousand fifteen vehicle not presently subject to recall, we urge you to voluntarily recall all vehicles containing Takata airbags.”

UPDATE 8/21/2015, Trio:45 p.m.: Toyota said it would consider using replacement airbag inflators from other suppliers, including Autoliv, Daicel, and Nippon Kayaku, as Takata faces a production backlog and scrutiny over whether its replacement parts are just as defective. From the beginning, Takata had agreed to let its competitors produce replacement parts alongside its own. Toyota has about twelve million cars affected worldwide.

UPDATE 9/Two/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA has announced that its previous totals for how many U.S.-market vehicles are affected by this Takata airbag recall were vastly overestimated. The most latest figure that the government agency is reporting is Nineteen.Two million vehicles affected, containing 23.Four million defective inflators (since the late 1990s, cars sold in the U.S. have been required to feature at least two airbags). NHTSA had been telling that thirty four million defective inflators were in some thirty million cars and trucks here in America.

NHTSA’s updated figure is much closer to the total number of vehicles represented on our list below, which presently stands at Legal.6 million.

UPDATE 9/28/2015, 12:30 p.m.: These recalls could soon grow to include extra carmakers. Via letter, NHTSA recently contacted seven automakers that aren’t presently included in the Takata recalls but which have used Takata-supplied airbags containing the suspect ammonium-nitrate propellant. The companies are Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Suzuki, Tesla, Volkswagen, Volvo (trucks), as well as specialty manufacturer Spartan Motors. According to The Detroit News, NHTSA said in the letter that the “remedy programs that are individual to each of the affected vehicle manufacturers have created a patch-work solution that NHTSA believes may not adequately address the safety risks introduced by the defective inflators within a reasonable time. . . . This process is intended to produce solutions for the prioritization, organization, and phasing of remedy programs, and to appropriately address the multitude of factors contributing to the complexity of these recall programs.”

UPDATE Ten/Nineteen/2015, Five:35 p.m.: General Motors is recalling a few hundred 2015-model-year cars and crossover vehicles for potentially faulty Takata-sourced side airbags; these vehicles aren’t yet shown on our comprehensive list below, but they’re called out in the post linked here. Unlike these GM products, all of the vehicles presently noted below are being recalled for front airbags, and almost all of them are from the two thousand eleven model year or prior. Also, NHTSA is planning to disclose more details—including extra manufacturers subject to the recalls beyond the current eleven—during a hearing on October 22.

UPDATE Ten/22/2015, 12:50 p.m.: In a public hearing today, NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind exposed more information about this massive recall situation. Nationwide, only 22.Five percent of recalled vehicles have actually been immobilized. It’s only slightly better in the humid Gulf of Mexico region, where recalls have been ended in 29.Five percent of affected vehicles even however airbag inflators in those locales are more likely to explode upon deployment. Some inflators have been substituted with newer, but still at-risk, identical components. Of the 115,000 liquidated inflators that Takata has tested, four hundred fifty have ruptured.

At NHTSA’s request, the eleven affected automakers conducted a risk assessment, which found that six million total inflators in the United States “are in the highest-risk group that should take top priority for replacement parts,” according to Automotive News, while toughly eleven million are in the middle-priority group and two million are least at risk. In general, the older the vehicle and the more humid the environment, the higher the priority that the airbag inflator(s) be substituted.

UPDATE Ten/26/2015, 11:30 a.m.: The Volkswagen Group is gathering and testing Takata-supplied airbags, Automotive News reports. The company voiced to NHTSA a concern about the supply of replacement parts, if the Takata recalls are expanded to VW’s brands, which seems likely at this point. VW is presently unaffected by these extensive recalls, but as we noted in August, a two thousand fifteen Tiguan experienced a side-airbag rupture. All told, U.S.-market VW Group products are fitted with toughly Two.Four million Takata airbag inflators.

UPDATE 11/Two/2015, Four:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling a group of five hundred fifteen 2016 CR-Vs for driver’s-side front airbag inflators that could separate in the event of a crash.

UPDATE 11/Trio/2015, 6:00 p.m.: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued Takata a record civil penalty of at least $70 million. The airbag supplier could be responsible for paying NHTSA as much as $200 million total if further violations are discovered. As part of the issuance, NHTSA has ordered that Takata “phase out the manufacture and sale of inflators that use phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant.”

UPDATE 11/Four/2015, 9:45 a.m.: Honda has announced that it will no longer use airbag components from Takata. In a statement, Honda said: “We have become aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data for certain airbag inflators.” According to Automotive News, Honda has been Takata’s thickest customer for many years.

UPDATE 11/6/2015, 9:55 a.m.: Following Honda’s lead, both Toyota and Mazda have said they will stop purchasing airbag inflators from Takata, at least those that incorporate ammonium nitrate. According to Automotive News, Mitsubishi and Subaru also are considering ripping off the airbag supplier. Almost forty percent of Takata’s sales in two thousand fourteen came from airbag parts.

UPDATE 11/9/2015, Ten:35 a.m.: Nissan has now joined Toyota, Mazda, and Honda in announcing that it will no longer use Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The Automotive News report on Nissan’s declaration also notes that Takata lost $70 million in the 2nd quarter of 2015.

UPDATE 11/23/2015, 1:45 p.m.: Ford is the latest carmaker to proclaim that it will no longer use Takata airbag inflators with ammonium-nitrate propellant in its fresh cars. Ford is the very first non-Japanese company to take this step.

UPDATE 11/25/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Internal employee communications reviewed by The Wall Street Journal showcase Takata withheld airbag-inflator failures in reports to Honda in 2000, four years before that automaker began its own initial investigation of a ruptured Takata airbag in a customer car. The documents showcase Takata’s U.S. employees were voicing concerns over their Japanese colleagues doctoring data as “the way we do business in Japan.” Takata says the “lapses were and are totally incompatible with Takata’s engineering standards and protocols.”

UPDATE 12/Four/2015, 11:00 a.m.: Japan’s transport ministry has banned Takata airbag inflators that use ammonium nitrate as the propellant (and without a moisture-absorbing desiccant) from being installed in future cars. According to Automotive News, such airbags “will be phased out from driver’s-side airbags by two thousand seventeen and passenger-side devices by 2018.” Vehicle models that are subject to Takata-related recalls have a six-month-shorter time framework for the phase-out. As noted above, NHTSA announced a similar ban for U.S.-market vehicles on November Trio.

UPDATE 12/23/2015, 12:15 p.m.: NHTSA announced today that another person has died as a result of a faulty Takata airbag inflator. The fatal July two thousand fifteen crash occurred in a two thousand one Honda Accord. Albeit the crash happened in Pennsylvania, the car had spent several years in the humid Gulf region. Also, the agency has been informed of five fresh ruptures to passenger-side airbags, which is “likely” to result in expanded recalls of the 2002–2004 Honda CR-V, the 2005–2008 Mazda 6, and the 2005–2008 Subaru Legacy. (The Honda and Mazda models and model years are already reflected on the list below.)

UPDATE 1/Four/2016, Trio:00 p.m.: The Fresh York Times has detailed the contents of some internal Takata emails from more than nine years ago. As far back as 2000, internal reports exposed that there were “several instances [of] ‘pressure vessel failures,’ or airbag ruptures, . . . reported to Honda as normal airbag deployments.” One airbag engineer, according to the in-depth NYT story, wrote in a two thousand five report “that he had been ‘repeatedly exposed to the Japanese practice of altering data introduced to the customer,’ adding that such conduct was described at Takata as ‘the way we do business in Japan.’ ” In the same report, the engineer “warned that while the fudging of the data had primarily not switched the fundamental conclusions of the data, the practice had ‘gone beyond all reasonable bounds and now most likely constitutes fraud.’ ” In 2006, the same engineer wrote “Happy Manipulating. ” in an email to a colleague about how to graphically deemphasize the “bimodal distribution” of some tests conducted at high temperatures. He also suggested that his co-worker use “thick and lean lines to attempt and dress it up, or [switch] colors to divert attention.”

Takata maintains that “the emails in question are totally unrelated to the current airbag inflater recalls.” A Honda spokesman wouldn’t comment on the emails but said that his employer was “aware of evidence that suggests that Takata misrepresented and manipulated test data.”

Meantime, Automotive News reports that some Japanese carmakers “may jointly invest in Takata” in order to soften the financial hit that the airbag supplier is facing as a result of these massive recalls.

UPDATE 1/8/2016, Four:15 p.m.: Mazda will recall 374,000 cars in the United States due to their passenger-side airbags. According to Automotive News, these airbags were found to be “prone to ruptures” in latest tests by Takata. The 2003–2008 Mazda 6, the 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6, and the two thousand four RX-8 are affected; these models had already been included on our list below, and we’ve enlargened the total accordingly.

UPDATE 1/22/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: A Georgia man died last month in a Takata airbag–related crash while driving a two thousand six Ford Ranger. His death marks the very first of nine in the United States and ten worldwide that have not occurred in a Honda vehicle. In the wake of this news, U.S. safety regulators are expected to add another five million vehicles to the Takata recall list detailed below. Automotive News notes that one million of those added vehicles have inflators “similar to those installed on the Ford Ranger,” while the other four million are being recalled following results of fresh tests on Takata airbags. Audi and Mercedes-Benz products will be included on the list below for the very first time.

UPDATE 1/26/2016, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has expanded its recall of 2004–2006 Ranger pickups, following news last week of a driver who died as a result of injuries he received from airbag shrapnel. The recall is for driver’s-side airbags in 361,692 Rangers in the United States and another 29,334 in Canada. These trucks had already been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. All 2004–2006 Rangers built in North America are part of this recall.

UPDATE 1/27/2016, 12:45 p.m.: The driver of a two thousand seven Honda Civic was killed in India last year in a crash that involved at least one Takata-sourced airbag that sent shrapnel flying into the cabin. An American Honda spokesman told the Associated Press that the driver was likely killed by other injuries sustained in the high-speed crash and not those inflicted by the defective airbag(s). The two thousand seven Civic is not presently part of Honda’s recalls in the U.S., but it might be added to the list soon.

UPDATE Two/Trio/2016, Ten:15 a.m.: Mazda has recalled all 2004–2006 B-series pickups for potentially defective driver’s-side airbags. The B-series is a rebadged Ford Ranger, and this recall expansion mirrors the one we described on January twenty six for the Ranger. Some Nineteen,000 Mazda trucks are affected in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Saipan. These B-series models had previously been recalled for their passenger-side airbags. In total, Mazda says it has issued recalls for 442,266 driver’s-side airbag inflators and 416,475 passenger-side inflators. The up-to-date list of Mazdas is below; many have recalls outstanding for numerous airbags.

UPDATE Two/Trio/2016, 6:00 p.m.: Honda dealerships in the U.S. have received letters from the carmaker stating that a fresh recall and stop-sale order applies to a long list of used Honda products: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2011–2015 CR-Z, 2009–2013 Fit, 2013–2014 Fit EV, 2010–2014 Insight, and 2007–2014 Ridgeline. According to Automotive News, if dealers don’t abide by the stop-sale order, they could be liable for any injuries that occur as a result of defective Takata airbags in these cars, which number some 1.7 million. The aforementioned vehicles have not yet been added to our list below because the news is not yet official.

UPDATE Two/Four/2016, 8:30 a.m.: Honda has officially issued recalls for Takata-supplied “PSDI-5” driver’s-side airbags on Two.23 million vehicles. The Honda-branded vehicles are: 2007–2011 CR-V, 2007–2014 Ridgeline, 2009–2014 Fit, 2010–2014 FCX Clarity, 2010–2014 Insight, 2011–2015 CR-Z. Acura vehicles affected by this recall are: 2005–2012 RL, 2007–2016 RDX (early production MY2016 vehicles only), 2009–2014 TL, 2010–2013 ZDX, 2013–2016 ILX (early production MY2016 vehicles only). These vehicles have been added to our list below. According to Honda, “Due to the large volume of fresh inflators needed to repair vehicles, the necessary replacement parts will not become available until Summer 2016.”

Older vehicles and those in high-humidity locales will be given priority for the replacement parts. In the meantime, dealers have been issued stop-sale instructions for affected vehicles that haven’t been repaired. These recalls are in addition to the 6.28 million Hondas and Acuras that had already been recalled for their airbags.

UPDATE Two/8/2016, 11:00 a.m.: Seat-mounted side-airbag inflators with the code name “SSI-20” are now under recall. Takata says this recall is limited only to inflators manufactured inbetween December thirteen and 14, 2014. A total of one thousand one hundred twenty nine Volkswagen and General Motors vehicles from the two thousand fifteen model year are tooled with these inflators. NHTSA began investigating Takata side airbags in August after a side airbag in a two thousand fifteen Volkswagen Tiguan ruptured in June.

UPDATE Two/9/2016, Two:Ten p.m.: Daimler is recalling some 705,000 Mercedes-Benz cars and 136,000 Daimler vans in the U.S. market because NHTSA has indicated that the vehicles could contain defective Takata-supplied airbags. The Mercedes-Benzes are all from the 2005–2014 model years: SLK, C-class, E-class, M-class, GL-class, R-class, and SLS. The freshly recalled vans are 2007–2014 Sprinters with Dodge, Freightliner, or Mercedes badges. (Some 2006–2008 Sprinters had been added to the recall in June 2015.)

The Audi recall covers 170,000 vehicles from model years two thousand six through 2013. The Audis involved are: 2006–2013 A3, 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet, 2009–2012 Q5, and 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet.

BMW is recalling 840,000 vehicles from two thousand six through 2015; these vehicles weren’t among the toughly 765,000 that BMW had previously recalled for Takata airbags. The BMWs involved are: 2006–2011 3-series sedan and M3, 2006–2012 3-series wagon, 2007–2013 3-series and M3 coupe and convertible, 2007–2010 X3, 2007–2013 X5, 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible, 2008–2014 X6, and 2013–2015 X1.

The Volkswagen-branded vehicles, numbering 680,000, are from two thousand six through 2014. The VWs involved are: 2009–2014 CC, 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf, 2012–2014 Eos and U.S.-built Passat sedan, and 2006–2010 German-built Passat sedan and wagon.

UPDATE Two/13/2016, 11:30 a.m.: NHTSA has updated its website with more specifics regarding what Mercedes-Benz models are affected by this recall. They are detailed in an update to this story that we published earlier this week. The general models are as goes after, and they’ve been updated on our list below: 2005–2011 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2009–2011 C63 AMG); 2010–2011 E-class sedan, wagon, coupe, and convertible; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2010–2012 GLK-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2011–2014 SLS AMG coupe and roadster; 2007–2014 Sprinter.

Also fresh to the list below is the 2006–2007 Chrysler Crossfire, which was based on a Mercedes-Benz. A total of five thousand two hundred eighty three Crossfires have been recalled.

UPDATE Two/16/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors has added harshly 200,000 Saab and Saturn products in the U.S. and Canada to its list of vehicles covered by this recall. The cars involved are: 2003–2011 Saab 9-3, 2010–2011 Saab 9-5, and 2008–2009 Saturn Astra. These vehicles—numbering 179,861 in the U.S.—have been added to our list below.

UPDATE Two/17/2016, 6:15 p.m.: According to a report in the Fresh York Times, Takata executives allegedly withheld test results from its defective airbag inflators and demolished evidence as early as 2000. A top Takata executive is alleged to have ordered that failed parts be “discarded” and doctored a report.

UPDATE Two/22/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Reuters is reporting that the number of Takata airbag inflators recalled in the United States could almost quadruple, with the addition of inbetween seventy and ninety million units. That could bring the total of recalled Takata airbag inflators containing ammonium nitrate to as high as one hundred twenty million. (Some cars have more than one recalled airbag, so the overall vehicle total would be lower.) Reuters says that “Takata produced inbetween two hundred sixty million and two hundred eighty five million ammonium nitrate-based inflators worldwide inbetween two thousand and 2015, of which almost half wound up in U.S. vehicles.” The news service also notes that, “Takata produced most of the inflators that regulators are now investigating at its main inflator plant in Monclova, Mexico, or at plants in Georgia and Washington state, according to company documents.”

UPDATE Two/23/2016, Two:15 p.m.: A group of ten carmakers known as the Independent Testing Coalition hired a company called Orbital ATK (which works with rocket propulsion-systems) to conduct its own tests of suspect Takata airbag inflators. The conclusions, according to Automotive News, are that “it was the combination of these three factors—the use of ammonium nitrate, the construction of Takata’s inflator assembly, and the exposure to fever and humidity—that made the inflators vulnerable to rupture.” These results are consistent with Takata’s internal testing as well as testing by the Fraunhofer Group.

UPDATE Three/Two/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another 198,000 vehicles in the U.S. for suspect Takata-supplied, passenger-side airbags. The two thousand eight Corolla and Corolla Matrix, as well as the 2008–2010 Lexus SC430, are now included in this act. (Earlier model years of these vehicles were already included in this recall.)

UPDATE Trio/30/2016, Three:15 p.m.: According to court documents reviewed by Reuters, Honda requested that Takata redesign its faulty airbag inflators to be “fail-safe” back in 2009. That was after the company very first recalled a puny population of cars in two thousand eight after defective Takata airbag inflators in Honda models were linked to four injuries and one death. The revised inflators, which Honda began installing in 2011, have four extra crevices to vent gas so that if the inflators rupture, the metal enclosure is less likely to break apart and become shrapnel. Honda did not notify NHTSA of the design switch and denied that it ever had to do so, stating that it used revised parts to prevent “future manufacturing errors.”

Takata is facing a bevy of lawsuits, some of which are being consolidated in a federal court in Miami. Much worse, however, are the recalls themselves. According to Bloomberg, a Takata insider has estimated the cost of recalling every single airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate—a number in excess of two hundred eighty million—to be $24 billion.

UPDATE Four/1/2016, Five:00 p.m.: According to NHTSA, 7.Five million defective airbag inflators have been substituted as of March 11. That’s thirty three percent out of 22.Five million. But that doesn’t include another five million inflators recalled in February. Using those numbers, Reuters pegs the repair rate at about twenty five percent, using a baseline of twenty nine million defective inflators. Check out NHTSA’s Takata website to see the recall-completion rates by manufacturer. Honda has the highest completion rate, at fifty four percent, but several carmakers have rates of less than twenty percent. Expect NHTSA to update its numbers soon.

UPDATE Four/7/2016, Trio:15 p.m.: Honda has reported a death from an airbag rupture in a two thousand two Civic under recall. According to KTRK-TV in Houston, 17-year-old Huma Hanif rear-ended another car on March thirty one in Richmond, Texas. Albeit her airbag deployed, investigators determined the crash wasn’t severe enough to kill the teenager. Her mouth was lacerated by the airbag inflator and a witness described her collapsing after exiting her car. Hanif is the 11th Takata-related death worldwide, the 10th in the U.S., and the 10th in a Honda.

UPDATE Four/14/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA has stated that there are eighty five million Takata airbag inflators in the United States that haven’t been recalled at this point. Of that eighty five million, 43.Four million are passenger-side inflators, 26.9 million are for side airbags, and 14.Five million are installed in steering wheels. Takata “has until two thousand nineteen to demonstrate that all of the unrecalled airbag inflators are safe,” according to Automotive News, which counts 28.8 million airbags as being recalled at this point.

UPDATE Five/Four/2016, 11:15 a.m.: Honda has reported two extra deaths in Malaysia that may be related to defective Takata airbags. While authorities have not yet singled out the causes of either death, Honda said the driver’s-side front airbags in two City models from the two thousand six and two thousand three model years had ruptured in two separate crashes on April sixteen and May 1. Both cars, which were not sold in the U.S., were under recall.

UPDATE Five/Four/16, 1:15 p.m.: Confirming what we reported yesterday, NHTSA has announced that Takata will recall inbetween thirty five million and forty million extra front-airbag inflators as part of an amended consent order inbetween the Japanese supplier and the agency. All of the inflators in question are non-desiccated, which means they do not have a drying agent to compensate for humidity. So far, NHTSA says only the non-desiccated ammonium-nitrate inflators have been rupturing. Takata now has to prove that the desiccated inflators are safe or else it will be compelled to recall those, as well. The recall, which will be conducted in phases, is expected to last until December 2019. Exact car models have not been identified.

UPDATE Five/6/2016, 12:30 p.m.: Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) have demanded that NHTSA release the entire list of car models with ammonium-nitrate propellant. “This right to know should not be limited to the owners of the seemingly randomly identified fraction of vehicles containing Takata airbags that have been leisurely recalled to date,” the senators wrote to the agency. Blumenthal and Markey have repeatedly called on NHTSA to recall every airbag inflator with ammonium nitrate, albeit the agency is permitting Takata up to three years to prove they are safe.

UPDATE Five/13/2016, 1:30 p.m.: Honda will add another twenty one million vehicles to its recalls associated with these Takata airbags, bringing the automaker’s worldwide total to fifty one million vehicles. How many of those vehicles will be in the United States is unclear at this point, according to the Fresh York Times, which attributes this information to Honda vice president Tetsuo Iwamura.

UPDATE Five/20/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Mercedes-Benz has expanded its Takata recall, adding 196,975 cars to its list, all of which require fresh passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2012–2014 C-class, 2012–2017 E-class coupe and cabriolet, 2013–2015 GLK-class, and two thousand fifteen SLS AMG coupe and cabriolet.

UPDATE Five/23/2016, Three:45 p.m.: NHTSA has announced a recall schedule so that the Takata airbag inflators likeliest to fail very first will be repaired very first. To do that, NHTSA has separated the country into three humidity zones and is prioritizing repairs to vehicles registered in states with the highest humidity. Many car owners will have to wait more than two years before they know their airbags are defective.

UPDATE Five/24/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toyota has expanded its recall by about 1,584,000 vehicles in the United States, all for Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2009–2011 Corolla and Matrix, two thousand eleven Sienna, 2006–2011 Yaris, 2010–2011 4Runner, 2008–2011 Scion xB, 2007–2011 Lexus ES, 2010–2011 Lexus GX, 2006–2011 Lexus IS.

UPDATE Five/27/2016, 1:00 p.m.: Honda is recalling an extra Two.Two million cars in the U.S. for defective Takata passenger-side front airbags, as well as two thousand seven hundred one motorcycles for possibly defective optional handlebar airbags. The utter list of cars in this recall are: the 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2006 Acura MDX; 2003–2011 Pilot and Element; 2005–2011 CR-V and Acura RL; 2006–2011 Civic and Ridgeline; 2007–2011 Fit; 2008–2011 Accord; 2009–2011 Acura TSX; and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour, Insight, FCX Clarity, and Acura ZDX. The 2006–2010 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing motorcycle is also included.

The vehicles previously not involved in this recall are: 2006–2011 Civic, 2006–2010 Gold Wing, 2007–2008 Fit, 2008–2011 Accord, 2009–2011 Pilot, 2009–2011 TSX, and 2010–2011 Accord Crosstour. They have been added to the list below.

UPDATE Five/31/2016, 11:30 a.m.: Ferrari is recalling two thousand eight hundred twenty cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This is the very first time Ferrari has been involved with this defect. The 2009–2011 California and 2010–2011 four hundred fifty eight Italia are included.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling Four,322,870 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the 2011–2012 Chrysler 300, two thousand nine Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango, 2011–2012 Dodge Charger and Challenger, two thousand ten Ram 3500, 2007–2012 Jeep Wrangler, and the 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500.

Mazda is recalling 731,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2005–2006 MPV, 2007–2011 CX-7 and CX-9, and 2009–2011 Mazda six and RX-8.

Mitsubishi is recalling 38,628 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand seven Lancer and Lancer Evolution.

Nissan is recalling 402,450 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include 2006–2008 Infiniti FX35 and FX45, 2007–2010 Infiniti M35 and M45, and 2007–2011 Versa.

Subaru is recalling 383,101 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. Freshly added models include the two thousand six Baja, 2006–2011 Impreza and Tribeca, and 2009–2011 Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, also is included in this total.

Our list below has been updated accordingly, but the recall totals for each brand haven’t yet been recalculated because some individual vehicles have already been accounted for in previous recalls for driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford has almost doubled the number of vehicles it is recalling for defective Takata-sourced airbags, adding 1,287,726 vehicles to its count, all for passenger-side airbag inflators. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX, 2005–2011 Ford Mustang, 2005–2006 Ford GT, 2007–2011 Ford Ranger, and 2006–2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln MKZ and Zephyr. Of those, 608,717 Mustangs and about four hundred GTs had already been recalled for their driver’s-side airbags; the other models are freshly added.

UPDATE 6/1/2016, Three:00 p.m.: A report from Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) says that four automakers are continuing to use Takata airbag inflators containing non-desiccated ammonium nitrate in current fresh cars, despite tests proving these inflators are the most prone to ruptures. Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen said they were using front-airbag inflators without the moisture-absorbing desiccant on certain two thousand sixteen and two thousand seventeen model year cars including the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Volkswagen CC, Audi TT, and Audi R8. Not all the manufacturers gave specific models to Nelson, the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, who, in March, queried the original fourteen automakers involved. Another five automakers are still using Takata’s ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators, with or without desiccant, including Daimler (vans only), Ford, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru. Nelson’s office says the “majority” of all replacement inflators installed as of May 20—4.6 million out of 8.Four million—are Takata ammonium-nitrate inflators. Of those, Two.1 million are non-desiccated. All of this is legal under NHTSA’s consent order, albeit all non-desiccated inflators will need to be recalled and substituted by 2019. Eventually, all of Takata’s ammonium-nitrate inflators may need to be recalled. It’s very confusing that automakers would be permitted to install parts that are known to be defective, except NHTSA thinks they won’t become defective until years later, at which time decent replacement parts will be available.

Meantime, Toyota has expanded its Takata recall by some 490,000 vehicles outside of the U.S., in places including Japan, China, Europe, Mexico, and South America. The vehicles in question include 2005–2011 Lexus products, as well as Toyota Siennas, 4Runners, Corollas, and Yarises.

UPDATE 6/Two/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Audi is recalling 217,000 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2004–2008 Audi A4 and the 2005–2011 Audi A6. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

BMW is recalling 91,806 SUVs as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 BMW X5, the 2008–2011 BMW X6, and the 2010–2011 BMW X6 ActiveHybrid.

General Motors is recalling 1.Four million 2007–2011 trucks and large SUVs for their Takata-supplied passenger-side airbags. The models are as goes after, and they’ve been added to our list below: 2007–2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, Avalanche, Tahoe, and Suburban; 2007–2011 GMC Sierra 1500, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2011 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade EXT, and Escalade ESV; 2009–2011 Silverado two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2009–2011 Sierra two thousand five hundred and 3500. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls. GM reports that there have been no airbag ruptures in approximately 44,000 crashes of the recalled vehicles.

Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 54,350 vehicles as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and the 2009–2011 Jaguar XF. None of these vehicles had previously been included in these recalls.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 199,705 cars as part of the expanded Takata passenger-side airbag recalls. This recall affects the 2008–2011 C300 sedan, C350 sedan, and C63 AMG sedan; 2010–2011 GLK350 and E350 coupe; two thousand eleven E350 convertible, E550 coupe and convertible, and the SLS AMG. Also, the brand’s parent company, Daimler, is recalling five thousand one hundred vans for the same issue: 2010–2011 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2009–2011 Freightliner Sprinter, and two thousand nine Dodge Sprinter.

UPDATE 6/7/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: The holder of a two thousand six Nissan X-Trail SUV has filed a suit against Takata and Nissan for wrist and head injuries she sustained in an October two thousand fifteen crash in Japan. The vehicle had been recalled for defective airbag inflators, but parts weren’t available at the time the woman’s spouse took the SUV to a dealership to get it immobilized. According to Automotive News, this is the very first suit in Japan against Takata and an automaker for these airbags.

UPDATE 6/Ten/2016, Five:30 p.m.: Toyota has identified the fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. The 2015–2016 4Runner and Lexus GX460, two thousand fifteen Lexus IS250C and IS350C, and the two thousand fifteen Scion xB have these inflators and will need to be recalled by the end of two thousand eighteen even however they are still legal to sell. About 175,000 vehicles are affected in the U.S.

Meantime, Honda has recalled another 784,000 vehicles in Japan because of their Takata airbags, including Civic, Fit, and Odyssey models built inbetween two thousand three and 2009.

UPDATE 6/17/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Honda’s joint venture in China, is recalling one million vehicles for their Takata airbags, the Detroit News reports. Vehicles affected are Honda CR-V, Civic, and Civic hybrids as well as Platinum Rui sedans built inbetween two thousand seven and 2011.

UPDATE 6/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: Fiat Chrysler said it would stop using non-desiccated Takata airbag inflators with ammonium nitrate by next week. This applies to all of its cars built for the North American market. FCA will end production globally by mid-September. As of now, FCA said that only the two thousand sixteen Jeep Wrangler’s passenger-side front airbag used such an inflator and that it would notify potential buyers of any of these unsold vehicles. Without describing its methods, FCA also said it tested “nearly six thousand three hundred older versions” of this inflator and found no problems. The non-desiccated inflators are considered dangerous since they do not have a chemical to absorb moisture.

UPDATE 6/27/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Automotive News reports that a ruptured airbag shows up to have caused a woman’s death in an accident in Malaysia. The driver of a two thousand five Honda City was killed on Saturday, and the driver’s-side airbag was found to be ruptured. The official cause of death has yet to be proclaimed as of this writing. The car involved in the accident had been recalled in May 2015, but it hadn’t been repaired. If verified, this would be the third death related to defective Takata airbags in Malaysia this year.

UPDATE 6/28/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Shigehisa Takada, the chief executive of automotive supplier Takata, announced in a shareholder meeting that he will resign once a “fresh management regime” has been selected.

UPDATE 6/30/2016, Two:30 p.m.: Seven Honda and Acura models from 2001–2003 pose the highest failure rate among all recalled vehicles, with as much as a fifty percent chance their airbag inflators will rupture, according to NHTSA. The agency identified the 2001–2002 Honda Civic and Accord, two thousand two CR-V and Odyssey, 2002–2003 Acura Three.2TL, and two thousand three Honda Pilot and Acura Three.2CL as the most dangerous. These cars were primarily recalled for the defect inbetween two thousand eight and 2011, and while “more than seventy percent” now have fresh inflators, there are still 313,000 vehicles with the original inflators. Eight of the ten U.S. deaths involving Takata airbag inflators have involved this group of Honda and Acura models.

UPDATE 7/8/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Toughly 1.Four million vehicles have been recalled in Japan for their Takata airbags. Mitsubishi recalled 520,000 vehicles, Mazda 490,000, Subaru 290,000, and Mercedes-Benz 93,000. Of particular note for U.S. owners is that Mazda said the two (known as the Demio in Japan) will be recalled in America; the company recalled 74,310 Mazda 2s in China built inbetween two thousand seven and 2015.

UPDATE 7/Nineteen/2016, Five:00 p.m.: An internal audit conducted by Takata and Honda found the airbag supplier manipulated airbag test data that stripped out poorer results, according to Bloomberg. Examples of “selective editing,” according to former IIHS president Brian O’Neill, who conducted the audit, resulted in a report that was a “prettier shortened version” of what actually occurred. Depositions of several Takata engineers from an ongoing lawsuit found that reports to Nissan, Toyota, and General Motors were similarly doctored. Takata said the audit’s findings were “entirely inexcusable.”

UPDATE 7/20/2016, Trio:30 p.m.: The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has identified extra fresh cars that still use non-desiccated Takata inflators. They are: two thousand sixteen Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 2016–2017 Mercedes-Benz E-class coupe/convertible, two thousand sixteen Ferrari FF, 2016–2017 Ferrari California T, 2016–2017 Ferrari 488GTB/488 Spider, 2016–2017 Ferrari F12/F12tdf, and two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso. These vehicles remain legal for sale, but, per NHTSA, they must be recalled by the end of 2018. Audi, Lexus, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Volkswagen had previously been found to still be building fresh cars with the suspect airbags.

UPDATE 7/21/2016, Two:00 p.m.: General Motors has stated that it may have to recall an extra Four.Trio million vehicles in the U.S. for their defective Takata airbags, which would cost the company an estimated $550 million, according to Automotive News. GM recently added Two.Five million vehicles to its list of Takata recalls, the repair costs for which will cost as much as $320 million.

Also, Mazda has added three thousand seven hundred forty three B-series pickups from the 2007–2009 model years to its list of vehicles recalled due to potentially defective Takata airbag inflators; these trucks are being recalled for the passenger-side airbags. This is in accordance to the recall schedule we described on May 23. These Mazdas are located in what is known as Zone B, which includes Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Fresh Jersey, Fresh Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Previously, 2004–2006 B-series trucks had been recalled; our list below has been updated to reflect these extra model years.

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 11:00 a.m.: NHTSA is expanding its investigation of airbag supplier ARC Automotive to eight million potentially defective airbags after the driver of a two thousand nine Hyundai Elantra was killed in Canada last month. Automotive News reports that the car’s airbag inflator was manufactured in China, unlike inflators in U.S.-market Elantras from the same time period. General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, and Kia also used ARC airbags that are part of this probe. In July 2015, NHTSA began investigating ARC for airbags produced in Tennessee after airbag-related injuries were reported in crashes of a two thousand two Chrysler Town & Country and a two thousand four Kia Optima. Preliminary investigations of inflators made by ARC, which is unaffiliated with Takata, demonstrate “significant design differences inbetween the ARC inflators and the Takata inflators presently under recall.”

UPDATE 8/Five/2016, 9:00 p.m.: Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its recall by another 54,000 vehicles in the United States. The recalls affects 2007–2011 Land Rover Range Rover and 2009–2011 Jaguar XF models for potentially defective passenger-side airbag inflators. Vehicles from these models and model years were very first recalled in May 2016; this act essentially doubles the recalled population. Jaguar Land Rover says that “affected vehicles are being prioritized for repair—split into four separate phases—based on geographic zone and vehicle age” and that customers will be notified by mail later this year when parts become available. In a statement, the company went on to say that it “is not aware of any case of an airbag module rupture on any of the 108,000 vehicles included in this recall.”

UPDATE 8/29/2016, Four:00 p.m.: General Motors pressured a Swedish airbag supplier in the 1990s to match cheaper prices from its rival Takata, despite warnings that Takata’s inflators were unsafe, according to the Fresh York Times. When Takata introduced ammonium-nitrate-based airbag inflators in the late 1990s, Autoliv scientists studying Takata’s design determined the chemical compound was too dangerous. It lost GM’s airbag contract at the time. “We tore the Takata airbags apart, analyzed all the fuel, identified all the ingredients,” former Autoliv chief chemist Robert Taylor told the Times. “The gas is generated so rapid, it blows the inflater [sic] to bits.” The Times also exposed that employees at a former Takata plant in Georgia let defective airbag inflators pass inspections by manipulating leakage tests and creating fresh bar codes so the tests couldn’t be tracked.

UPDATE 9/8/2016, Ten:30 a.m.: Honda will recall another 668,000 vehicles in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators. Affected cars include Accord, Civic, and Fit models built inbetween two thousand nine and 2011. According to Reuters, that brings Honda’s recall total to fifty one million Takata airbags.

UPDATE 9/9/2016, 9:00 a.m.: BMW announced it will recall some 110,000 cars in Japan to substitute potentially defective Takata-supplied airbag inflators. The recall affects passenger-side airbags on forty four BMW models made inbetween two thousand four and 2012, including the 116i, 118i, and 320i. The recall is part of a massive order from Japan’s transport ministry that seven million vehicles be recalled by 2019.

UPDATE 9/Nineteen/2016, 11:00 a.m.: General Motors will submit a petition to NHTSA for a one-year deferral of a pending recall of some 980,000 trucks and SUVs tooled with Takata-supplied passenger-side airbag inflators, Automotive News reports. Takata is slated to proclaim on December 31, 2016, that “a large batch” of parts are defective, but GM wants a 365-day deferral to accomplish a long-term aging research investigate with aerospace and defense manufacturer Orbital ATK. The examine, which we outlined in February, is scheduled to end in August 2017. GM maintains that the delayed recall won’t endanger vehicle occupants, telling the inflators will “likely perform as designed until at least December 31, 2019.” Of the 44,000 passenger-side inflators that have deployed in consumer use and the one thousand fifty five that have been deployed in testing, none have ruptured, GM says. The deferral affects 2007–2012 large trucks and SUVs, namely the Chevrolet Silverado, Tahoe, and Suburban, the GMC Sierra and Yukon, and the Cadillac Escalade.

UPDATE 9/26/2016, Ten:45 a.m.: Takata exposed in a latest report that it neglected to notify NHTSA of a two thousand three rupture of one of its airbag inflators in Switzerland, according to Reuters. NHTSA began looking into problems with Takata airbags in 2010, but Takata officials did not mention the Swiss incident to the agency at the time. In the freshly released report, Takata said the Swiss incident did not relate to the NHTSA investigation and noted that Takata made production switches shortly after the two thousand three incident.

In the same report (available for download at safercar.gov), Takata said that its U.S. arm, not the Japan-based parent company, “was primarily responsible for the development, testing, and production of the inflators at issue in Recall Nos. 15E-040, 15E-041, 15E-042, and 15E-043.” Other recently released Takata documents also exposed that six hundred sixty airbag inflators ruptured during testing of 245,000 of the devices, Bloomberg reports. The company proceeds to reiterate that its airbag inflators are more at risk when they’re subjected to humid climates and as they age.

UPDATE 9/28/2016, Ten:00 a.m.: Honda announced today that the driver’s-side airbag of a two thousand nine Honda City ruptured in a September twenty four crash in Johor, Malaysia, in which the driver was killed. This marks the fourth Malaysian death this year linked to a Takata-supplied airbag that ruptured in a Honda car. Honda said that it has finished replacements of 211,000 Takata front-airbag inflators in Malaysia, which is fifty four percent of the total number presently under recall.

UPDATE Ten/21/2016, 7:30 a.m.: Honda and NHTSA announced that a 50-year-old woman, Delia Robles of Corona, California, died of injuries that resulted from the deployment of a defective Takata airbag in her two thousand one Honda Civic. The crash occurred on September thirty in California’s Riverside County. According to an Associated Press report, the vehicle’s driver’s-side airbag inflator had been part of a recall since 2008; however, it was never repaired. Automotive News reported that more than twenty recall notices had been mailed to the vehicle’s registered owners. The deceased woman bought the car at the end of 2015, the AP report said. This is the 11th confirmed death in the United States that has been caused by a defective Takata-supplied airbag in a vehicle, all but one of which were in Honda vehicles.

UPDATE Ten/26/2016, Five:00 p.m.: Toyota has recalled another Five.8 million vehicles around the world because they might contain defective Takata airbag inflators. According to Reuters, the recall includes harshly 1.47 million vehicles in Europe, 1.16 million in Japan, and 820,000 in China, as well as vehicles in Central and South America, Africa, the Near and Middle East, and Singapore. Various Corolla, Yaris/Vitz, Hilux, and Etios models built inbetween May two thousand and November two thousand one and inbetween April two thousand six and December two thousand fourteen were recalled.

UPDATE 11/9/2016, 1:00 p.m.: In an effort to seek out recalled Takata airbag inflators that haven’t yet been immobilized, Honda has partnered with CCC, a software provider for 22,000 automotive figure shops across the United States. When a Honda vehicle is entered into the CCC system for an estimate on repairing bod harm, Automotive News reports, an alert will show up onscreen if the vehicle has an unresolved open Takata recall. Assets shops are being “encouraged to reach out to [the customer’s favored] dealership to facilitate the repair on the customer’s behalf.”

UPDATE 12/12/2016, Three:30 p.m.: To date, at least one hundred eighty four people have been injured by Takata airbags in the United States, according to a fresh report released by NHTSA on the recall’s progress. This is the very first hard number the agency has specified since investigations began in late 2014. Repairs won’t be finished until at least September two thousand twenty (in May, NHTSA set December two thousand nineteen as the end date). Another round of cars—including Tesla products, supercars from Ferrari and McLaren, and extra model years of previously recalled models—have been added to our master list of vehicles plagued by the defective Takata inflators. By 2020, NHTSA expects there will be forty two million vehicles with at least sixty four million inflators under recall. As of today, the count stands at about twenty nine million vehicles with forty six million inflators.

UPDATE 12/29/2016, Five:30 p.m.: So far, about 12.Five million suspect Takata inflators have been stationary of the toughly sixty five million inflators (in forty two million vehicles) that will ultimately be affected by this recall, which spans nineteen automakers. Carmakers and federal officials organizing the response to this large recall insist that the supply chain is churning out replacement parts, most of which are coming from companies other than Takata. For those who are waiting, NHTSA advises that people not disable the airbags; the exceptions are the 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models that we listed on this page on June 30, 2016—vehicles which NHTSA is telling people to drive only to a dealer to get immobile.

Meantime, a settlement stemming from a federal probe into criminal wrongdoing by Takata is expected early next year—perhaps as soon as January—and could treatment $1 billion.

UPDATE 1/11/2017, 1:00 p.m.: Honda added 772,000 more cars in a fresh round of recalls for non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. A total of 1.29 million Honda and Acura models plus eight hundred eighty two Gold Wing motorcycles are included; many were previously recalled for driver’s-side airbags. Besides the two thousand twelve Gold Wing, no fresh models or model years are included. Honda has the most U.S. vehicles of any automaker affected by the Takata recalls, now standing at 11.Four million cars and motorcycles.

UPDATE 1/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling 654,695 cars in the U.S. and 161,174 vehicles in Canada to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years are included, albeit Ford has added more of these same cars in other regions of the country that were not under previous recalls. Ford, including Mercury and Lincoln, now has recalled about three million cars in the U.S. The affected models in this particular regional expansion are the 2005–2009 and two thousand twelve Mustang; 2005–2006 GT; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln MKZ; 2006–2009 Mercury Milan; and the 2007–2009 Ranger, Edge, and Lincoln MKX.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, 11:00 a.m.: As with Honda and Ford, Toyota is recalling 543,000 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. No fresh models or model years have been added, albeit Toyota has included an unknown number of cars not previously under recall. Toyota, including Lexus and Scion and not including the Toyota-built Pontiac Vibe, now has about six million cars in the U.S. under the Takata recalls. Affected models under this latest recall are the 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Lexus IS (including IS F); 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve Yaris and Lexus ES; 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve Scion xB; two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Corolla and Matrix; and the two thousand twelve 4Runner, Sienna, Lexus IS C, Lexus GX, and Lexus LFA.

UPDATE 1/13/2017, Trio:00 p.m.: The U.S. government has fined Takata Corp. $1 billion as part of the Japanese supplier’s agreement to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud; the fine is cracked down as a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million for victim compensation, and $850 million for compensating automakers. Also, a federal grand jury separately charged three Takata executives on six counts each of wire fraud and conspiracy.

UPDATE 1/23/2017, 7:00 p.m.: A total of sixteen brands recalled 652,541 cars in the U.S. to substitute non-desiccated front-passenger airbags. Some or most of these cars may have been previously recalled to substitute other Takata airbags. Replacement parts may be available as soon as March or “Q1,” depending on the automaker. Only cars ever registered in specific states are under these recalls. Model-year two thousand eight and two thousand twelve Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG—as well as model-year two thousand nine Audi A4 and S4—were previously unaccounted for in our master list below. The cars recalled in this latest round are as goes after:

Audi is recalling 33,421 cars. They include the 2005–2009 A4, S4, and A6; 2007–2008 RS4; and the 2007–2009 S6.

BMW is recalling 48,380 cars. Included are the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve X5 and the 2008–2009 and two thousand twelve X6.

Daimler, in conjunction with Fiat Chrysler, is recalling 11,279 Sprinter vans. The two thousand nine Dodge and Freightliner Sprinter 2500/3500 and two thousand twelve Freightliner and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2500/3500 are included.

Ferrari is recalling eight hundred twenty five cars from 2012. The FF, California, four hundred fifty eight Italia, and four hundred fifty eight Spider are all included.

Jaguar is recalling eight thousand one hundred ninety one XF sedans from two thousand nine and 2012.

Karma Automotive is recalling eight hundred eleven Fisker Karma models from 2012.

Land Rover is recalling eight thousand seven hundred sixty nine Range Rover models from 2007–2009 and 2012.

Mazda is recalling 93,812 vehicles. Included are the 2005–2006 MPV; 2005–2009 RX-8; 2007–2009 B-series pickup trucks; the 2007–2009 and two thousand twelve CX-7 and CX-9; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Mazda 6.

McLaren is recalling three hundred fifty nine MP4-12C models from 2012.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 103,406 cars. Included are the two thousand twelve C-class sedan and coupe, E-class coupe and convertible, GLK, and SLS AMG, as well as the 2008–2009 C-class sedan and coupe, plus the 2008–2012 C63 sedan and coupe.

Mitsubishi is recalling one thousand nine hundred sixty four i-MiEV models from two thousand twelve and 2014.

Nissan is recalling 152,554 cars. Included are the 2005–2008 Infiniti FX; 2006–2010 Infiniti M; 2007–2009 Versa sedan and hatchback; and the two thousand twelve Versa hatchback.

Subaru is recalling 185,773 cars. Included models are the 2005–2006 Baja; 2006–2009 Impreza; 2006–2009 and two thousand twelve Tribeca, WRX, and STI; and the two thousand nine and two thousand twelve Legacy, Outback, and Forester. The two thousand six Saab 9-2X, built by Subaru, is also included.

Tesla is recalling two thousand nine hundred ninety seven Model S sedans from 2012.

In addition, thirteen automakers last week expanded the Takata recalls in Canada by almost 900,000 vehicles. According to Automotive News Canada, harshly Five.Two million Takata airbags have so far been recalled in Canada. A utter list of affected Canada-market vehicles can be found at the Transport Canada website.

UPDATE Two/6/2017, Five:00 p.m.: BMW is recalling 230,117 cars in the U.S. that may have a Takata driver’s-side airbag. The company said it is possible that one percent of certain 2000–2003 models may have had their airbags substituted with a Takata unit during a service visit, whereas originally these models used non-ammonium-nitrate airbag inflators made by Petri AG. BMW said it shipped 14,600 Takata replacement airbag parts to U.S. dealers inbetween two thousand two and two thousand fifteen but had no way of knowing how many were actually installed. While some of the recalled vehicles are already under recall, many are fresh to our list below, which has been updated. The recalled vehicles include the 2000–2002 3-series sedan, coupe, wagon, convertible, and M3; the 2001–2002 5-series sedan, wagon, and M5; and the 2001–2003 X5. Owners will receive notification in March. Dealers will check for and substitute any Takata airbags they find.

UPDATE Two/27/2017, 6:30 p.m.: Takata has officially pleaded guilty to criminal wire fraud for covering up the engineering defects that have led to at least seventeen deaths and the largest recall in automotive history. The guilty prayer comes six weeks after a Justice Department announcement that Takata had agreed to a $1 billion settlement, including $850 million to compensate automakers for repairs, $125 million for a victim settlement fund, and a $25 million criminal fine. Three Takata executives also have been charged with fraud.

UPDATE Three/Two/2017, 9:30 a.m.: Ford has recalled almost 32,000 vehicles in North America for Takata-supplied driver’s-side front airbags that “may not downright pack, or the airbag cushion may detach from the airbag module due to misalignment of components within the airbag module.” Ford says this concern is not related to Takata’s rupture-prone airbags that use non-desiccated ammonium nitrate as propellant. The affected models are the 2016–2017 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX and the two thousand seventeen Lincoln Continental; these vehicles have not been added to the list below because they’re being recalled for a separate issue.

UPDATE Five/11/2017, Two:00 p.m.: Honda is urging owners in Hawaii to repair any affected 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models as soon as possible—or risk a fifty percent chance of the driver’s-side airbag inflator rupturing in a crash. The so-called Alpha inflators were the very first Takata inflators to be recalled, and combined with Hawaii’s constant high warmth and humidity, they are the most dangerous. Eight of the ten airbag deaths within the U.S. were the result of these Alpha inflators. Honda says that Hawaii houses toughly one thousand one hundred unrepaired 2001–2003 vehicles with Alpha inflators; these are among approximately 26,000 unfixed Honda and Acura vehicles in the state that are affected by these Takata recalls. Honda also says that “0ver seventy four percent” of these cars have been repaired nationwide, all with non-Takata replacement parts. For affected models, see our Acura and Honda lists below.

UPDATE Five/Nineteen/2017, Five:30 p.m.: Four automakers—Toyota, Subaru, BMW, and Mazda—have agreed to pay a combined $553 million for economic losses. The automakers have jointly lodged a class-action lawsuit requesting owners be compensated while their cars are undergoing repairs. Owners of approximately 15.8 million cars in the U.S. are eligible. The lawsuit does not compensate owners for any alleged lost resale value in their cars nor does it address private injury or property harm claims. The court must approve the settlement before it is final.

UPDATE 6/16/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Takata will file for bankruptcy “as early as next week,” according to sources speaking to Reuters. The filing is no surprise. Company finances began unraveling in early two thousand sixteen as lawsuits, fines, lost sales, declining stock values, and recall costs left Takata in the crimson with billions in liabilities. Key Safety Systems, a Michigan auto supplier possessed by the Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, is the purported buyer. Takata owes automakers $850 million for recall costs it must pay by 2018. The U.S. Justice Department is expected to be a creditor in the bankruptcy filing.

UPDATE 6/26/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Takata officially filed for bankruptcy today and has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Key Safety Systems, a Michigan-based automotive supplier wielded by Chinese electronics supplier Ningbo Joyson, for $1.6 billion.

UPDATE 6/28/2017, 11:30 a.m.: Key Safety Systems (KSS) said it will drop the Takata name once the bankruptcy and sale are approved, according to KSS senior vice president Ron Feldeisen. The sale does not include Takata’s liabilities or its airbag business. Automakers are still unassured if they will be reimbursed for recall costs, and lawyers signifying victims say the bankruptcy may limit their capability to collect damages.

UPDATE 7/11/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Takata is recalling another Two.7 million airbag inflators in the United States for rupturing. Unlike all the other one hundred million inflators recalled globally to date, these inflators contain a moisture-absorbing desiccant. Until now, Takata had said that only non-desiccated inflators were at risk for exploding shrapnel during a crash. These driver’s-side front airbags were manufactured inbetween two thousand five and two thousand twelve and were installed on Ford, Mazda, and Nissan vehicles, Takata said in a NHTSA filing. Only inflators with the desiccant calcium sulfate are presently under recall; these inflators still contain the propellant ammonium nitrate. The affected automakers will release separate recalls at a later date.

UPDATE 7/12/2017, 11:00 a.m.: Honda has confirmed another fatality from airbag ruptures in its vehicles, according to the Associated Press. On June Eighteen, 2016, an 81-year-old man in Hialeah, Florida, allegedly was performing “unknown repairs” with a hammer while inwards a two thousand one Honda Accord. The vehicle was running, and the driver’s-side front airbag deployed and shot out shrapnel. Police and witnesses still do not know what the man was doing when he was found unconscious inwards the car. He died the next day. This is the 12th fatality from faulty Takata airbags in the U.S., all but one in Honda vehicles. Of the ems of millions of cars under recall in the U.S., 2001–2003 Honda and Acura models are the most dangerous. NHTSA estimates that these cars have a 50-50 chance of an airbag rupturing.

UPDATE 7/17/2017, Four:00 p.m.: Mazda is recalling Nineteen,000 cars in South Africa—including the Two, 6, and RX-8—for two thousand three and later models, according to Wheels24. About seventy million of the toughly one hundred million airbag inflators under recall globally are in the U.S.

UPDATE 7/21/2017, Two:30 p.m.: Ford is petitioning NHTSA to not recall Two.Five million cars proclaimed defective by Takata earlier this month, according to Reuters. The automaker wants to proceed testing but believes the particular inflators pose an “inconsequential” risk. The vehicles in question include: 2007–2011 Ranger, 2006–2012 Fusion and Lincoln MKZ, 2006–2011 Mercury Milan, and 2007–2010 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX. In January, GM petitioned NHTSA to exempt certain 2007–2011 pickups and SUVs (based on the GMT900 platform) from recalls until the automaker finished its evaluations by late August. NHTSA has not granted or denied either petition.

Also, Nissan has added 515,394 Versas, from model years two thousand seven through 2012, to this recall because the cars contain potentially defective inflators for their Takata-supplied driver’s-side airbags.

UPDATE 7/24/2017, 9:45 a.m.: Reuters reports that an Australian man died in Sydney after he crashed his two thousand seven Honda CR-V and the airbag sent shrapnel into his neck. Honda confirmed to Reuters that the car had a defective airbag. The deaths of eighteen people worldwide have now been attributed to these airbags.

Also, Mazda is requesting that NHTSA not recall extra B-series pickups; this comes in conjunction with Ford’s latest petition that claims in part that airbags in many of its Ranger pickups do not pose a risk of rupturing. The B-series is a clone of the Ford Ranger.

UPDATE 7/28/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Reuters reports that a 34-year-old woman in Holiday, Florida, was killed last week in a two thousand two Honda Accord after the airbag ruptured during a head-on collision. While officials have not determined the exact cause of death, she is likely the 19th person to die from defective Takata airbags.

UPDATE 8/9/2017, 12:30 p.m.: Nissan is the latest automaker to lodge a civil lawsuit that will compensate owners for economic losses while they fall under repairs, provide rental cars to owners driving the most at-risk vehicles, and pay for advertising and outreach to encourage more owners to schedule repairs with their dealers. The $97.7 million settlement mirrors the $553 million settlement that BMW, Mazda, Toyota, and Subaru agreed to pay in May. A total of Four.Four million Nissan and Infiniti vehicles have been recalled in the U.S. Only thirty percent have been repaired.

UPDATE 8/31/2017, Ten:00 a.m.: Ford is recalling six hundred fifty brand-new vehicles in the United States that have defective airbags, albeit there is a critical difference from the general recall population of Takata inflators. Certain two thousand seventeen Ford Mustang and F-150 models have accomplish airbag modules built by Takata, while the faulty inflators inwards the modules are made by ARC Automotive, a Tier two supplier in Knoxville, Tennessee. The passenger-side frontal airbags are affected. Takata notified Ford after it tested the airbags and found an “abnormal deployment,” Ford said. Since July 2015, NHTSA has been investigating ARC Automotive for defective airbag inflators after two ruptured in older-model Chrysler and Kia models not under the Takata recall. NHTSA presently estimates that up to eight million inflators may be defective in Chrysler, GM, Kia, and Hyundai models in the United States.

AFFECTED VEHICLES (total U.S.-market number in parentheses, if known):

Acura: 2002–2003 Three.2TL; two thousand three Trio.2CL; 2003–2006 MDX; 2005–2012 RL; 2007–2016 RDX; 2009–2014 TL and TSX; 2010–2013 ZDX; 2013–2016 ILX (including hybrid)

Audi (more than 387,000): 2004–2009 A4; 2005–2009 S4; 2003–2011 A6; 2006–2013 A3; 2006–2009 A4 cabriolet; 2007–2008 RS4; 2007–2009 S4 cabriolet; 2007–2011 S6; two thousand eight RS4 cabriolet; 2009–2012, two thousand fifteen Q5; 2010–2011 A5 cabriolet; 2010–2012 S5 cabriolet; 2016–2017 TT; two thousand seventeen R8

BMW (more than 1.97 million): 2000–2011 3-series sedan; 2000–2012 3-series wagon; 2000–2013 3-series coupe and convertible; 2000–2013 M3 coupe and convertible; 2001–2003 5-series and M5; 2001–2013 X5; 2007–2010 X3; 2008–2013 1-series coupe and convertible; 2008–2011 M3 sedan; 2008–2014 X6 (including hybrid); 2011–2015 X1

Cadillac: 2007–2014 Escalade, Escalade ESV; 2007–2013 Escalade EXT; two thousand fifteen XTS

Chevrolet (more than 1.91 million, including Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Saab, and Saturn): 2007–2014 Silverado HD, Suburban, and Tahoe; 2007–2013 Avalanche and Silverado 1500; two thousand fifteen Camaro, Equinox, and Malibu

Chrysler: 2005–2015 300; 2006–2008 Crossfire; 2007–2009 Aspen

Daimler: 2006–2009 Dodge Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2007–2017 Freightliner Sprinter two thousand five hundred and 3500; 2008–2009 Sterling Bullet four thousand five hundred and 5500

Dodge/Ram (more than Five.64 million, including Chrysler, not including Daimler-built Sprinter): 2003–2008 Ram 1500; 2003–2009 Ram 2500; 2003–2010 Ram 3500; 2004–2009 Durango; 2005–2008 Magnum; 2005–2011 Dakota; 2006–2015 Charger; 2008–2014 Challenger; 2008–2010 Ram four thousand five hundred and Ram 5500

Ferrari (more than 2820): 2009–2014 California; 2010–2015 four hundred fifty eight Italia; 2012–2016 Ferrari FF; 2012–2015 four hundred fifty eight Spider; 2013–2017 Ferrari F12berlinetta; 2014–2015 four hundred fifty eight Speciale; two thousand fifteen 458 Speciale A; 2015–2017 California T; 2016–2017 Ferrari F12tdf, 488GTB, and four hundred eighty eight Spider; two thousand sixteen Ferrari F60; two thousand seventeen Ferrari GTC4Lusso

Ford (Trio million, including Lincoln and Mercury): 2004–2011 Ranger; 2005–2006 GT; 2005–2014, two thousand seventeen Mustang; 2006–2012 Fusion; 2007–2010 Edge; two thousand seventeen F-150

GMC: 2007–2014 Sierra HD, Yukon, and Yukon XL; 2007–2013 Sierra 1500; two thousand fifteen Terrain

Honda (11.Four million, including Acura): 2001–2012 Accord; 2001–2011 Civic (including hybrid and NGV); 2002–2011, two thousand sixteen CR-V; 2002–2004 Odyssey; 2003–2015 Pilot; 2003–2011 Element; 2006–2014 Ridgeline; 2006–2010, two thousand twelve Gold Wing motorcycle; 2007–2013 Fit; 2010–2015 Accord Crosstour; 2010–2014 Insight and FCX Clarity; 2011–2015 CR-Z; 2013–2014 Fit EV

Infiniti: 2001–2004 I30/I35; 2002–2003 QX4; 2003–2008 FX35/FX45; 2006–2010 M35/M45; 2009–2017 QX56/QX80; 2017–2018 QX30

Land Rover (more than 68,000): 2007–2012 Range Rover

Lexus: 2002–2010 SC430; 2006–2013 IS; 2007–2012 ES; 2008–2014 IS F; 2010–2015 IS C; 2010–2017 GX; 2010–2015 IS convertible; two thousand twelve LFA

Lincoln: 2006–2012 Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ; 2007–2010 Lincoln MKX

Mazda (more than 733,000): 2003–2011 Mazda 6; 2006–2007 Mazdaspeed 6; 2004–2011 RX-8; 2004–2006 MPV; 2004–2009 B-series; 2007–2012 CX-7; 2007–2015 CX-9

McLaren: 2011–2015 P1; 2012–2014 MP4-12C; 2015–2016 650S; 2016–2017 570; two thousand sixteen 675LT

Mercedes-Benz (1,044,602, including Daimler): 2005–2014 C-class (excluding C55 AMG but including 2008–2012 C63 AMG); 2007–2008 SLK-class; 2007–2017 Sprinter; 2009–2012 GL-class; 2009–2011 M-class; 2009–2012 R-class; 2010–2011 E-class sedan and wagon; 2010–2017 E-class coupe; 2011–2017 E-class convertible; 2010–2015 GLK-class; 2011–2015 SLS AMG coupe and roadster

Mitsubishi (more than 105,000): two thousand four Lancer Sportback; 2004–2007 Lancer; 2004–2006 Lancer Evolution; 2006–2009 Raider; 2012–2017 iMiEV

Nissan (Four.Four million, including Infiniti): 2001–2003 and 2016–2017 Maxima; 2002–2004 Pathfinder; 2002–2006 Sentra; 2007–2017 Versa sedan; 2007–2012 Versa hatchback; 2008–2018 370Z coupe/roadster; 2009–2014 Cube; 2010–2017 NV; 2012–2017 Altima, Versa Note, Armada, and Titan; 2013–2017 NV200; 2014–2017 Rogue

Pontiac (more than 300,000): 2003–2010 Vibe

Saab: 2003–2011 9-3; 2005–2006 9-2X; 2006–2009 9-5

Subaru (more than 380,000): 2003–2014 Legacy and Outback; 2003–2006 Baja; 2004–2011 Impreza; 2006–2014 Tribeca; 2009–2013 Forester; 2012–2014 WRX and WRX STI

Tesla: 2012–2016 Tesla Model S

Toyota (6 million, including Lexus and Scion): 2002–2007 Sequoia; 2003–2013 Corolla and Corolla Matrix; 2003–2006 Tundra; 2004–2005 RAV4; 2006–2012 Yaris; 2010–2016 4Runner; 2011–2014 Sienna

Volkswagen (more than 680,000): 2006–2010, 2012–2014 Passat sedan and wagon; 2009–2017 CC; 2009–2013 GTI; 2010–2014 Jetta SportWagen and Golf; 2010–2014 Eos; two thousand thirteen Golf R; two thousand fifteen Tiguan

We will update this list as soon as fresh information is available, but you can access NHTSA’s own running tally of affected vehicles here. For further information about your specific vehicle, go to the manufacturer’s consumer website or use NHTSA’s VIN-lookup implement.

This story was originally published on October 21, 2014. It has subsequently been updated to reflect the latest findings and official list of affected vehicles.

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