Is This A Lemon?

NHTSA recall campaign

16E007000

ManufacturerContinental Automotive Systems, Inc.Reported2016-01-27Affected5,000,000 vehicles

What was wrong

Defect

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.

Risk

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.

Manufacturer 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.

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Affected vehicles

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NHTSA did not enumerate affected vehicles for this campaign.