CLARKSVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) — When Pam Casteel heard this week that Japanese manufacturer Takata would add 3.3 million air bags to its already giant recall, she couldn’t believe it.
“I’m thinking to myself, are you kidding me?” the Clarksville wife and mom recalled. “I can’t even get my vehicle fixed now.”
Casteel’s 2008 Ford Edge is one of thousands of vehicles on Michigan roads that have recalled air bags that still haven’t been replaced.
Takata air bags can explode with too much force and hurl shrapnel into drivers and passengers. At least 20 people have been killed worldwide and more than 180 injured. The majority of the deaths happened in southern states and Malaysia, though one person died in Pennsylvania.
The number of recalled air bags, spread across at least 15 automakers, could reach 70 million by next year.
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