Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) is recalling 2018 Ford Escape vehicles because the side-curtain air bags on these vehicles have a piece that may detach during deployment of the inflatable curtain air bag. Owners are given no warning about the shrapnel that results, increasing the risk of injury. This of course is like the ongoing Takata airbag shrapnel recall. Ironically, Autoliv assumed much of the Takata business.

On 28 November 2017, Autoliv told Ford of an “inflator test anomaly” that occurred during a so-called lot acceptance test. Autoliv said that the stated that the potential root cause was attributed to improper metal forming of an unidentified sub-supplier’s “top hat diffuser.”