Prius Plug-in hybrid deliveries are now underway in 14 states.The latest safety defect is disturbing for car owners who already have doubts about the safety and durability of inflators – highly explosive devices – and in the case of Takata and now Autoliv – are shown to be unstable -Autocrat

“No incidents have been reported in any vehicles produced by the four other OEMs who used the same inflator, pointing to vehicle specific characteristics contributing to the issue in addition to a manufacturing issue,” said Autoliv in a statement as the root cause analysis of this safety defect is continuing.

The inflator manufacturing process suspected of contributing to the issue was changed in January 2012 and the vehicles now recalled by Toyota represent approximately half of all such inflators manufactured until January 2012.