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Important Airbag recall
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Thanks for the heads up Bas. Luckily my wife's Toyota is not one of the ones listed.
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Some more information here:
https://www.autoblog.com/2014/10/22/nhtsa-takata-airbag-car-recall-update-errors/
This is a good example of the downside of consolidation -- there are definitely benefits to these larger suppliers (lower cost it the main one), but there are also fewer points for bigger failure. Not that many airbag manufacturers, so if one (Takata in this case) has an issue, it effects almost everyone.
https://www.autoblog.com/2014/10/22/nhtsa-takata-airbag-car-recall-update-errors/
This is a good example of the downside of consolidation -- there are definitely benefits to these larger suppliers (lower cost it the main one), but there are also fewer points for bigger failure. Not that many airbag manufacturers, so if one (Takata in this case) has an issue, it effects almost everyone.
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