CCTV News:In September, several major auto companies, such as Volkswagen and General Motors, successively announced the recall of some products.Within half a month, the total number of cars recalled by several major car companies reached more than 7.6 million, which is considered to be the largest number of car recalls in a short period of time.
On September 14, AQSIQ announced that Volkswagen includesImported Volkswagen, FAW-Volkswagen, SAIC Volkswagen recall partImported Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, SkodaBrand and domestic Volkswagen and Audi brands, totaling more than 4.86 million vehicles.
On September 15, GM included imports.Saab and OpelBrand, as well as domesticChevrolet and BuickBrand, announced a total recall of nearly 2.53 million cars.
On September 25th, Guangqi Honda recalled some domestic products.Accord, Fit, FengfanWaiting for cars, totaling more than 245,000.
The airbags produced by Takada Corporation of Japan are unsafe.
It is understood that such a huge number of recalls point to a Japanese supplier — — Takada company, because the airbag it is equipped with for the automobile factory is not safe.
It is understood that the reasons for the recall of Volkswagen, GM and Guangqi Honda include: the front airbag of the driver’s seat or the co-driver’s seat of some vehicles is equipped with an ammonium nitrate gas generator without desiccant produced by Takada Company. When the airbag is deployed, these gas generators may be abnormally damaged, causing debris to fly out, hurting people in the car, which poses a safety hazard. Several major car companies have said that they will replace airbags for vehicles within the recall range free of charge to eliminate potential safety hazards.
Changan Ford, BMW Brilliance and many other car companies have previously announced the recall of some vehicles. The Takada airbag incident was in China.It involves more than 30 vehicle companies, involving about 20 million vehicles..
Expert: the problem airbag is like a "throat cutter"
Problem airbags have potential safety hazards, which may hurt people inside the car. What is going on? The authoritative third-party automobile safety inspection agency in China — — The chief expert of China Automotive Technology Research Center made an interpretation.
In the test, the broken metal is ejected from the inferior airbag, just like a throat cutter, which directly stabs the dummy’s face and neck. The expert brought an airbag installed at the steering wheel to demonstrate on the spot: "The airbag is folded in the steering wheel. When the vehicle collides, the ignition device quickly ignites the combustion improver in the gas generator, and the energy released by the combustion improver quickly passes through the dense exhaust holes on the gas generator, so that the airbag expands and expands immediately."
Experts pointed out that the gas generator of Takada airbag is filled with unstable ammonium nitrate combustion improver. Under the condition of high temperature and high humidity, the medium of ammonium nitrate has changed from flake to powder. Therefore, in the process of explosion, a larger explosion equivalent is produced, which causes the shell of the gas generator to rupture.
Experts pointed out that when a vehicle collides, the airbag must be filled and deployed quickly in a short time, and its deployment speed is about 300 kilometers per hour. With such a fast speed, we must strictly ensure the safety of personnel.
First, the airbag must be matched with the seat belt.
Second, it is forbidden to put some ornaments, perfume bottles and so on in the area where the airbag is deployed.
The airbags produced by Takada Corporation of Japan have caused many casualties around the world. Takada Corporation paid huge fines and compensation for this, and the company also filed for bankruptcy protection in June this year.
Since 2008, after the first fatal accident occurred in airbags produced by Takada Company of Japan, by the end of February 2017, nearly 200 people had been killed or injured.
In 2014, Takada Airbag began to launch a global large-scale recall.
In January, 2017, Takada admitted that the hidden airbag would be fatal for 15 years, and agreed to pay a fine of $25 million, plus $125 million in compensation for the victims’ families and $850 million to pay the recall cost of the automobile manufacturer.
As of May 2017, 19 automobile manufacturers, including Honda, Toyota, Nissan, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Tesla, have recalled up to 120 million vehicles in the global market due to safety hazards of Takada airbags.
In June 2017, Takada filed for bankruptcy protection.
Expert: more attention should be paid to safety in parts concentration.
China Automobile Industry Association pointed out that globalization has accelerated the monopoly trend of large-scale parts enterprises, which has both advantages and disadvantages. Large-scale parts enterprises will strengthen research and development, and drive or assist vehicle enterprises to promote technological progress. The disadvantage is that once the parts are too concentrated and there is a safety problem, it will have an impact on the global automobile industry.
