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Updated 9.44 am
TOYOYA AND RIVAL Nissan have announced the recall of about 6.5 million vehicles globally in the latest chapter of an issue linked with potential faulty airbags.
The potentially explosive airbags from the embattled Takata supplier are linked to about five deaths globally and are supplied to a number of car manufacturers. All of the deaths occurred in cars made by Honda.
Both Toyota and Nissan say there are no reports of deaths or injuries linked to their latest recall.
Toyota Ireland say there are no reports of any cases of improper deployment of their airbags in Ireland and this is a “purely precautionary measure”.
The world’s biggest carmaker said it is recalling a total of five million vehicles with 35 affected models.
Models
Toyota Ireland says the voluntary recall affects almost 27,000 vehicles here.
This includes vehicles manufactured from April 2004 to November 2007. The models involved are Yaris, Corolla and Avensis Verso, this total about 24,000 vehicles.
The recall also affects the driver’s side airbag on RAV4, Yaris and Hilux models manufactured between July 2003 and November 2005. There are 2,853 Irish vehicles involved in this recall.
Toyota Ireland says they will be contacting affected Irish car owners involved in the recall but customers can also get in touch themselves.
Nissan said it was calling back 1.56 million vehicles worldwide due to potentially faulty airbags.
“This will affect many of our markets, including Japan, Europe and North America,” according to a Nissan spokesman who added that the explosion risk was among a range of problems seen in the defective airbags.
“There might be many factors. (But) we have seen risks that the metal casing for inflators can malfunction.”
Nissan’s recall affects a range of models produced between 2004 and 2008.
The announcement comes after about 20 million vehicles produced by major automakers, including General Motors and Honda, were recalled because of the risk that their Takata-made airbags could improperly inflate and rupture, potentially firing deadly shrapnel at the occupants.
At least five deaths have been linked to the defect, with one in the United States initially investigated as a murder due to her grisly injuries.
“We have been conducting various ongoing investigations regarding Takata-produced airbag inflators,” Toytoa said in an email to AFP.
“Among the parts collected from the Japanese market, certain types of airbag inflators were found to have a potential for moisture intrusion over time. As a result, they could be susceptible to abnormal deployment in a crash.”
Tokyo-based Takata, one of the world’s biggest air-bag companies.
The company has said the defect surfaces mainly in humid, hotter regions and resisted US authorities’ call for a national recall of cars with its airbags.
© – AFP 2015 with reporting from Rónán Duffy and Reuters.
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RTE 1 Good evening and here is the news. Only six or seven people were shot in Dublin this evening but sources say it has nothing to do with the main gangs that are shooting each other. As soon as the smoke clears we will bring you further updates!
You forgot the reassuring soundbite full of jargon from francis the sycophantic social worker..
Seems like more of a punishment shooting than anything else 3 in the arm one in the leg.
Or the other way round lol
punishment? you think he was a bold boy?
Either that or the shooter has a very bad aim . Maybe it was his first time …
they are blooding new talent these days
Assel
Do you know know what a punishment shooting means?
Dublin 2016 = lawless to the point where lawlessness has now become normalized.
Take a bow Frances, Acting Minister for Chaos and Lawlessness.
are you threatening me Nick?
LOL……
@Assel, If you are going to troll the Journal, at least learn to read and write at a reasonable standard of English. God Bless you, Father Stack
Brian…give poor francis a break…she knows that behind every assassin..every killer,every thug,gunman,hitman,psychopath,drug dealer…lies a vulnerable individual.
Well if it is a so-called punishment shooting, carried out in Clondalkin, then it would probably the CIRA. And that would mean that so-called dissidents were out on the streets shooting people, and given all the connotations of the Kinihan-Hutch feud, any such shooting should be regarded as related.
Leave my name out of this please
Ironically in Frances’ constituency. Everyone was all over it during the election. A baby almost killed in Finglas. Cowards gunning down an innocent man in town, mistaken identity… And last week no less than 2 shootings in the same night and now this.
The Juan Kerr’s in government should hang their heads in shame. They only gave a a fook about being re-elected
Where’s the armed Garda patrol and checkpoints now? I didn’t see a single checkpoint at all this bank holiday. Couldn’t do (say) enough a few weeks back
I didn’t vote for you Frances. Your a disgrace, letting the criminals shoot the place out of it
Ah poor francis…she totally wants to conduct an intervention with these vulnerable groups of armed men and young people…perhaps a family welfare conference or two…perhaps approach the “issue” from a strenghts based perspective with a view to a wrap around care package for the most vulnerable gang members and targetted support – bespoke of course – for the remainder.Gardai operating in the area will of course wear tracksuits…to do otherwise may offend the the vulnerable gang members sensetivities and possibly upset them.
You forgot about the Nike trainers , dead giveaway if the Gardai are not wearing them !
Ah Sis…easy knowing im not from a social work background…duffer and armani tracksuits i know about…didnt think of the de rigeur Nike’s…thankfully francis is “across this” and will have vouchers to hand…
Bro , you’re right I’m sure she’ll have every angle covered … she’s usually on top of things .
Shocking so two gangs killing each other and now random shootings time for a zero tolerance policy on organised crime and use of guns in crime more eru on streets open back up the stations and get more gaurds on the beat enough is enough
we need a story about Halawa hurry up …. forget this Irish stuff make us feel guilty.
Shooting in Dublin !!
As long as it isn’t in Dartry or Milltown where the Defence barristers and Judges live then there is no need to worry.
no shooting in dublin 6 so do you think people get shot for no apparent reason at all?
Worse it’s getting instead of better!
Thanks Yoda.
Whatever he did it almost cost him an arm and a leg.
Elmo must be back again
Francis is a male and Frances is a female for all the people who seem to get mixed up, only saying.
Hope he wasn’t a Leicester City fan
Chat shit get banged!
Shit shot, bang bang
Victim known by the authorities???
Think he was a spurs fan.
gang bang …..
here
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