Takada triggers the largest recall in history

Japan's Takada company's defective airbags have caused more than 20 million vehicles to be recalled since 2008, or have become the largest car recall ever. In addition to the previous ignition switch, the total volume of recalls in the world and the United States reached a new high.

The biggest recall in history?

Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States nhtsa considered pressure from GM, Ford Motor, Chrysler/FCA America, BMW, Honda, and Mazda, and let these companies expand the recall of Takata airbags vehicles in the United States, which may involve 5 million more. Car. Fiat Chrysler later announced that it will recall 3,314,873 old cars in all markets around the world. BMW also recalled 140,000 3 Series in the United States, becoming the latest two Takata Airbag recalls.

The gas generators/inflators of these defective Takata bags may explode, causing metal fragments to splatter and killing people in the vehicle. At least five people have already lost their lives as a result of this breakdown. Honda only reported 1,729 accidents earlier.

Since 2008, Takada defective airbags began to surface. So far, the world's major car companies have recalled more than 24 million Takata airbags. If Fiat Chrysler and other car companies outside BMW are also recalled due to pressure from nhtsa, the cumulative recall volume may further increase to 27 million, or even 30 million.

According to the collection of integrated data from Gasgoo.com, “Taodai Airbag Door” has been rated as the largest recall in history. In terms of the number of cars recalled, the recall has far exceeded the “Toyota Door” that was recalled by the leaderboard before 2014. Only this year, General Motors’ “Ignition Door” can be compared.

Previous examples of automotive recalls include the 7,000-million Ford car recalled in 1996, Toyota's "pedal door" from 2009 to 2011 (more than a million cars before and after), and Toyota's recall of 740 due to a power window switch in 2012. 10,000 cars.

According to GM’s official data, as of the end of November, it had recalled 26,852,215 vehicles in the United States this year, and recalled 30,415,462 vehicles in North American and export markets. However, in addition to the malfunction of the ignition switch and the failure of the headlight drive system, the recall was caused, and not all of the 30 million vehicles were due to the ignition switch. After calculation by Gasgoo.com, the total number of recalls related to “Ignition Switch” or “Car Keys” was 16,501,270 units.

In addition, Chrysler/FCA America also recalled millions of cars due to ignition. Therefore, the total number of recalls for the "Ignition Door" may be close to 20 million, but not as high as "Tiantian Airbag Doors." This also means that the Takada Airbag Recall is already the largest scale recall in history.

One in every four cars in the United States is recalled

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration nhtsa statistics show that this year can be called the “recall year” of the automotive industry. The cumulative recall of cars in the US market has reached 60.5 million vehicles, and only 37.5 million vehicles in the first half exceeded Any previous year's annual vehicle recalls.

According to Nhtsa, the average annual vehicle recall in the United States is between 10 million and 20 million vehicles, and the average value since 2004 was 16.1 million. Previously, only 1981 and 2004 reached 30 million vehicles, of which 30.8 million were in 2004. In 2012, the US market recalled 16.4 million vehicles, and in 2013, it recalled less than 22 million vehicles. In other words, the total number of US car recalls this year is almost double the previous record and three times last year.

According to ihs automotive company data, by the end of 2013, the total number of light vehicles still operating in the US market was 252.7 million units, which was a year-on-year increase of 2%. The total number of recalls this year has reached nearly one-fourth of the total, equivalent to one recall for every four vehicles.

However, the recall did not impact consumer confidence. From January to November, the US auto market sales increased by 5.5% year-on-year to 15 million vehicles. This year it will total more than 16 million vehicles, the highest since 2006.

Analysts believe that most of the vehicles recalled in this year’s “Tiantian Airbag Doors” and “Ignition Switch Doors” are old models, which are equal to the “repaying debts” paid by auto enterprises in previous years, and are not the fault of the past year. The outbreak of large recalls does not mean that declarations The end of the car market suddenly came. Moreover, the recall is not only a purely negative effect, but also shows that car companies are willing to make up for deficiencies, especially the impact on the image of enterprises in foreign countries is not necessarily as serious as domestic imagination.