NHTSA Verifies Additional Chrysler Takata Fatality

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) this morning verified another Takata airbag inflator rupture fatality, bringing the total number of Takata fatalities confirmed this year to five on vehicles that were recalled.

One person died in a recent crash in a 2010 Chrysler 300 where the Takata driver’s side air bag inflator ruptured –  sending shrapnel into the interior. This brings the total of Takata fatalities to 24, and the third confirmed this year in a Fiat Chrysler sedan.

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NHTSA is “urging ALL vehicle owners to immediately check to see if their vehicle has an open Takata air bag recall. If it does, owners need to contact their dealership to schedule a FREE repair as soon as possible and follow any warnings from the vehicle manufacturer.” (AutoInformed.com on: Takata Pleads Guilty of Falsifying Data on Airbag Shrapnel; FCA US Eliminates Use of Non-Desiccated Ammonium Nitrate Takata Air-bag Inflators)

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