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NHTSA Campaign 16E007000

AIR BAGS

Issued by Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. · Reported Jan 27, 2016 · 5,000,000 vehicles affected

What's wrong

Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. (Continental) is recalling certain Air Bag Control Units (ABCU) manufactured January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2010. The affected units have a power supply component that may corrode and result in the failure of the ABCU.

Consequence

If the air bag control unit fails, safety systems such as seat belt pretensioners and air bags may not deploy in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of occupant injury. Additionally, in some vehicles, the air bags may inadvertently deploy, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Continental will notify the vehicle manufacturers that installed the air bag control units into vehicles. The affected vehicle manufacturers will file recalls for these vehicles and notify their customers and replace the air bag control units. The recall began on January 26, 2016.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT 5,000,000

Source: NHTSA Campaign 16E007000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.