Alps Electric recall: Air bags
What is wrong
Alps electric has reported that certain air bag clocksprings it manufactured and it sold to volvo cars and jaguar land rover as original equipment for use in their vehicle products are defective. There may be an intermittent fault in the driver's airbag clockspring wiring connector for the supplemental restraint system.
What could happen
In the event of a crash, the driver's frontal airbag may not deploy as intended or at all, and therefore will not be able to properly protect the driver, increasing the risk of injuries.
The fix
Alps electric is not conducting a recall campaign. Volvo cars and jaguar land rover are each conducting a recall campaign on their respective vehicles on which the defective equipment was installed. Volvo and jaguar land rover will notify their owners and dealers will provide a remedy free of charge. For more information please see volvo's recall campaign 10v-489 or jaguar land rover's recall campaign 10v-581.
Vehicles covered
- Alps Electric Clock Spring
Facts
- NHTSA recall number
- 10E060000
- Type
- Equipment
- Filed by
- Alps Electric Co., Ltd
- Reported to NHTSA
- Dec 21, 2010
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Vehicles or items affected
- 12,702
- Started by
- The manufacturer
- Built
- –
- Part
- Air bags
Notes
Owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov .
To check one car, enter its 17-character VIN on the official NHTSA page: a recall may cover only some vehicles of a model year.
Recall data: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by NHTSA.