car safety company Autoliv is involved as a supplier of airbag to a number of the global 1.4 million Toyota vehicles are recalled due to faulty airbags.
car safety company Autoliv confirms involvement in the recall Toyota announced earlier in the day on 1.4 million vehicles of the models Toyota Prius and Lexus CT200, it is clear from a press release.
“it is too early to determine the final cost of Autoliv, but it is expected to be in the lower range between 10 and 40 million US dollars net of insurance compensation, which was published in the Company’s quarterly report for the first quarter on April 29 this year, “writes Autoliv in the press release.
Seven events with Toyota the Prius has been reported where the side airbag partially solved without receipt of a signal from the airbag control unit. At all events reported have been cars parked without a few people sitting in the cars. No injuries have occurred.
Details of the analysis on the cause remains, but no other events have been reported in models of the four car manufacturers which also uses the same airbag. It draws Autoliv concluded that the problems relate to something specific in the right Toyota Prius along with a detail of the manufacturing process. The manufacturing process for this type of gas generator was changed in January 2012 and in the cars recalled by Toyota now has half of the total of these gas generators manufactured until January 2012.
Toyota has with the US and Japanese transport authorities concluded that an additional bracket is the right solution to the problem in general.
“For Autoliv’s safety and quality our priority and we are cooperating fully with Toyota and will support our customers in the implementation of the solution,” said Autoliv Chairman and CEO Jan Carlson in the press release.
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