The National Automobile Union (NAS), led by Anton Shaparov, has appealed to the Minister of Industry to compel AvtoVAZ to recall Lada Granta, Vesta, and Xray vehicles equipped with airbags manufactured by Takata.
NAS pointed out that 35 automotive brands worldwide have recalled 67 million potentially dangerous Takata airbags due to an unreliable gas generator. Its housing corrodes in just a few years, becomes brittle, and when the airbag is deployed, its pyrotechnic cartridge literally explodes, and metal parts scatter around the cabin as shrapnel.
According to various reports, Takata airbags have killed 36 people worldwide and injured several hundred over the years, leading to the recall of hundreds of thousands of vehicles.
The head of public relations at AvtoVAZ, Sergei Ilyinsky, responded to the claims by saying that "the issue has long been closed," and the emerging initiative is nothing more than an attempt to create hype.
He emphasized that the situation with Takata products installed on Lada Kalina, Priora, and Granta was resolved back in 2019. As part of the campaign, 1,716 vehicles of various model families were recalled.
As for the Lada Vesta, it was initially equipped with a design that can cope with the consequences of airbag deployment due to the reinforced design of the front panel. AvtoVAZ decided to strengthen this element of the cabin at the development stage, as the problems with Takata airbags were already known.
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